Chicken Biryani in Somerville

3 restaurants in Somerville list chicken biryani on their menus. The cheapest is Guru The Caterer at $14.99. The typical price across town is $16.95, and the dearest we found is $20.45 at Himalayan Kitchen, so the two ends of the list are $5.46 apart, which is 36% more for the same dish. Of the 3 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 1 charges more than a dollar over.

We track chicken biryani in 1 other area and compare them all on chicken biryani across United States. The typical price there runs $18.39 at the median, so Somerville is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 1 of the 1. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $15.99 at Monte's Grill & Bar in Sheboygan, WI. The nearest area with it is Sheboygan, about 843 mi away, where the best price is $15.99.

Where is the cheapest chicken biryani in Somerville? Guru The Caterer, at $14.99 on 1297 Broadway. The same dish reaches $20.45 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $5.46.

What should chicken biryani cost here? About $16.95 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in Somerville that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 1 is 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 Sheboygan, about 843 mi away, where the best price is $15.99. 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.