Shrimp Scampi in Uniondale

4 restaurants in Uniondale list shrimp scampi on their menus. The cheapest is Papa Presto Pizza at $17.50. The typical price across town is $22.00, and the dearest we found is $31.00 at Napolini Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $13.50 apart, which is 77% more for the same dish. Of the 4 kitchens listed, 2 charge 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 shrimp scampi in 272 other areas and compare them all on shrimp scampi across United States. The typical price there runs $23.00 at the median, so Uniondale is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 167 of the 272. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $8.99 at Via Italian Table in Worcester, MA, and the highest best price is $32.00 in Red Bank, NJ. The nearest area with it is East Meadow, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $28.95.

Where is the cheapest shrimp scampi in Uniondale? Papa Presto Pizza, at $17.50 on 1144 Front St. The same dish reaches $31.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $13.50.

What should shrimp scampi cost here? About $22.00 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Uniondale that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are 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 East Meadow, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $28.95. That is $11.45 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.