11 restaurants in Reading list manicotti on their menus. The cheapest is Russo's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant at $10.40, listed as Manicotti Lunch. The typical price across town is $15.95, and the dearest we found is $18.99 at Sophia's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $8.59 apart, which is 83% more for the same dish. Of the 11 kitchens listed, 4 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 5 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.
We track manicotti in 155 other areas and compare them all on manicotti across United States. The typical price there runs $16.00 at the median, so Reading is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 87 of the 155. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $6.00 at Vitale's Sports Bar Ada in Grand Rapids, MI, and the highest best price is $19.00 in Woodbury, CT. The nearest area with it is Ephrata, about 18 mi away, where the best price is $13.99.
Where is the cheapest manicotti in Reading? Russo's Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant, at $10.40 on 527 Penn St. The same dish reaches $18.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $8.59.
What should manicotti cost here? About $15.95 is the typical price across the 11 kitchens in Reading that list it. Of the ones listed above, 4 are more than a dollar below that and 2 are more than a dollar above, so the typical price is a middle rather than a floor.
Is it cheaper nearby? The nearest area we track it in is Ephrata, about 18 mi away, where the best price is $13.99. That is $3.59 more than the best price here.
Why do the prices differ so much? We compare what each menu calls the same dish, and menus are not identical: portion, cut, sides and the kind of room you are sitting in all ride on the price, and none of that shows up in a number. Part portions and half sizes are kept out of this comparison, and a chain charging the same at several addresses is counted once, so the spread above is between genuinely different kitchens rather than the same one repeated.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, PA this page |
$10.40 | $15.95 | 11 |
| Ephrata, PA
Two Cousins Pizza Brownstown · about 18 mi away |
$13.99 | $14.99 | 3 |
| Phoenixville, PA
Liberty Square Pizza · about 26 mi away |
$15.99 | $19.80 | 4 |
| Lebanon, PA
A & M Pizza Restaurant · about 26 mi away |
$10.75 | $15.14 | 3 |
| Allentown, PA
Slice Of Italy By Tony · about 29 mi away |
$13.95 | $16.95 | 12 |
| Schnecksville, PA
Sam's Pizza & Pasta · about 30 mi away |
$16.50 | $18.70 | 3 |
| Quakertown, PA
Sal's Pizza Randa · about 31 mi away |
$14.40 | $15.55 | 4 |
| Norristown, PA
Via Veneto Pizza · about 34 mi away |
$16.95 | $18.65 | 3 |
| Perkasie, PA
Basilico's Pizza · about 35 mi away |
$16.95 | $18.00 | 3 |
| Bethlehem, PA
Broad St Pizzeria · about 36 mi away |
$12.95 | $16.85 | 7 |
| Palmerton, PA
Tony's Pizza · about 36 mi away |
$14.85 | $15.86 | 3 |
| Warrington, PA
HG Coal Fired Pizza (Warrington Pizza) · about 42 mi away |
$15.00 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Easton, PA
Casa di Franco Pizzeria · about 44 mi away |
$11.71 | $16.95 | 11 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Reading.