4 restaurants in Riverhead list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Carlo's Pizza Oven at $10.95, listed as Pasta with Meatballs Lunch. The typical price across town is $16.50, and the dearest we found is $16.95 at Rocco's Pizza & Pasta, so the two ends of the list are $6.00 apart, which is 55% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 2 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.
We track pasta and meatballs in 115 other areas and compare them all on pasta and meatballs across United States. The typical price there runs $16.50 at the median, so Riverhead is about average, with a lower typical price than 57 of the 115. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.00 at Prince of Pizza in Jersey City, NJ, and the highest best price is $22.00 in Boca Raton, FL. The nearest area with it is Smithtown, about 28 mi away, where the best price is $13.00.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Riverhead? Carlo's Pizza Oven, at $10.95 on 435 Osborn Ave. The same dish reaches $16.95 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $6.00.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $16.50 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Riverhead that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 0 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 Smithtown, about 28 mi away, where the best price is $13.00. That is $2.05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverhead, NY this page |
$10.95 | $16.50 | 4 |
| Smithtown, NY
Giorgios · about 28 mi away |
$13.00 | $17.75 | 4 |
| West Haven, CT
Falcon Pizza · about 28 mi away |
$14.25 | $17.99 | 4 |
| Commack, NY
Mama Tita's · about 32 mi away |
$14.85 | $20.69 | 3 |
| Bridgeport, CT
Beverly Pizza House · about 33 mi away |
$11.20 | $14.99 | 5 |
| North Haven, CT
Mama Rosa's Pizza · about 34 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.35 | 3 |
| Shelton, CT
The Pizza Box · about 34 mi away |
$14.70 | $20.00 | 4 |
| Fairfield, CT
Captain's Pizza · about 35 mi away |
$17.25 | $21.00 | 3 |
| West Islip, NY
Anthony's Pizza & Pasta · about 36 mi away |
$12.50 | $20.75 | 3 |
| Westport, CT
Angelina's Trattoria · about 38 mi away |
$16.99 | $18.00 | 3 |
| Meriden, CT
Bella Luna Pizza & Ristorante · about 42 mi away |
$12.02 | $15.00 | 7 |
| Newtown, CT
Franco's Pizza & Pasta · about 47 mi away |
$12.50 | $16.70 | 3 |
| Waterbury, CT
Pie Guys · about 47 mi away |
$12.65 | $17.65 | 4 |
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 Riverhead.