Shrimp in Toronto

4 restaurants in Toronto list shrimp on their menus. The cheapest is Prince Japanese Steak House at $7.00. The typical price across town is $14.45, and the dearest we found is $33.00 at Krystos Modern Greek Cuisine, so the two ends of the list are $26.00 apart, which is 371% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 1 charges 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 shrimp in 5 other areas and compare them all on shrimp across Canada. The typical price there runs $17.50 at the median, so Toronto is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 4 of the 5. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Madrocks Bar and Grill in Oshawa, ON, and the highest best price is $8.00 in Whitby, ON. The nearest area with it is Mississauga, about 17 km away, where the best price is $7.00.

Where is the cheapest shrimp in Toronto? Prince Japanese Steak House, at $7.00 on 5555 Eglinton Ave W. The same dish reaches $33.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $26.00.

What should shrimp cost here? About $14.45 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Toronto that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is 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 Mississauga, about 17 km away, where the best price is $7.00. That is the same as 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.