6 restaurants in Somerset list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Bella Pizza 2 at $9.50, listed as Pasta with Meatballs Lunch. The typical price across town is $17.99, and the dearest we found is $23.05 at King's Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $13.55 apart, which is 143% more for the same dish. Of the 6 kitchens listed, 3 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 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 Somerset is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 28 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 New Brunswick, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $16.19.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in Somerset? Bella Pizza 2, at $9.50 on 1075 Easton Ave. The same dish reaches $23.05 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $13.55.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $17.99 is the typical price across the 6 kitchens in Somerset that list it. Of the ones listed above, 3 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 New Brunswick, about 3 mi away, where the best price is $16.19. That is $6.69 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset, NJ this page |
$9.50 | $17.99 | 6 |
| New Brunswick, NJ
Douglas Pizza & Grill · about 3 mi away |
$16.19 | $18.50 | 3 |
| Piscataway, NJ
Romano's Pizza Steaks & Subs · about 4 mi away |
$13.99 | $19.99 | 3 |
| East Brunswick, NJ
Michelangelo's Pizza · about 7 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.45 | 5 |
| Sayreville, NJ
La Rosetta Cafe · about 10 mi away |
$13.50 | $16.00 | 4 |
| Fords, NJ
Angelo's Pizza · about 10 mi away |
$13.00 | $14.50 | 3 |
| Avenel, NJ
JJ's Pizzeria · about 12 mi away |
$13.25 | $15.95 | 3 |
| Westfield, NJ
Outta Hand Pizza · about 12 mi away |
$11.95 | $17.95 | 5 |
| Linden, NJ
Two Tony's Pizza · about 15 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.75 | 5 |
| Manalapan Township, NJ
Emilio's Pizzeria · about 17 mi away |
$11.95 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Monroe Township, NJ
D & T Pizza Restaurant · about 18 mi away |
$11.50 | $15.50 | 3 |
| Elizabeth, NJ
Tommy's Pizzeria & Restaurant · about 19 mi away |
$11.50 | $14.00 | 5 |
| Flemington, NJ
Delizia Pizza Kitchen · about 19 mi away |
$10.50 | $15.00 | 3 |
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 Somerset.