Shrimp Tempura Roll in Seattle

7 restaurants in Seattle list shrimp tempura roll on their menus. The cheapest is Star at $8.00. The typical price across town is $11.98, and the dearest we found is $15.99 at Nori Presto, so the two ends of the list are $7.99 apart, which is 100% more for the same dish. Of the 7 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 3 sit within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp tempura roll in 2 other areas and compare them all on shrimp tempura roll across United States. The typical price there runs $16.00 at the median, so Seattle is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 2 of the 2. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.99 at Kirin Noodle in Columbus, OH, and the highest best price is $9.00 in Cincinnati, OH. The nearest area with it is Cincinnati, about 1967 mi away, where the best price is $9.00.

Where is the cheapest shrimp tempura roll in Seattle? Star, at $8.00 on 538 Broadway East. The same dish reaches $15.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.99.

What should shrimp tempura roll cost here? About $11.98 is the typical price across the 7 kitchens in Seattle that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 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 Cincinnati, about 1967 mi away, where the best price is $9.00. That is $1.00 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.