3 restaurants in West Islip list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Anthony's Pizza & Pasta at $12.50, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $20.75, and the dearest we found is $21.99 at Our Little Italy Pizza & Pasta, so the two ends of the list are $9.49 apart, which is 76% 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 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 West Islip is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 6 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 Commack, about 9 mi away, where the best price is $14.85.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in West Islip? Anthony's Pizza & Pasta, at $12.50 on 791 Udall Rd. The same dish reaches $21.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $9.49.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $20.75 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in West Islip 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 Commack, about 9 mi away, where the best price is $14.85. That is $2.35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Islip, NY this page |
$12.50 | $20.75 | 3 |
| Commack, NY
Mama Tita's · about 9 mi away |
$14.85 | $20.69 | 3 |
| Smithtown, NY
Giorgios · about 11 mi away |
$13.00 | $17.75 | 4 |
| Merrick, NY
Via Roma Pizza · about 14 mi away |
$14.05 | $15.42 | 5 |
| Queens Village, NY
Big John's Pizza & Pasta · about 23 mi away |
$10.95 | $12.95 | 3 |
| Flushing, NY
Bellerose Famous Pizza · about 27 mi away |
$13.00 | $14.95 | 8 |
| Ozone Park, NY
Vincent & Andrea's · about 28 mi away |
$13.95 | $16.00 | 5 |
| New Rochelle, NY
CSF Family's Pizzeria · about 29 mi away |
$16.00 | $18.00 | 4 |
| Westport, CT
Angelina's Trattoria · about 30 mi away |
$16.99 | $18.00 | 3 |
| Jackson Heights, NY
Gianni's Pizza · about 31 mi away |
$16.00 | $18.75 | 3 |
| Ridgewood, NY
La Bella Pizza and Chicken · about 32 mi away |
$14.00 | $16.95 | 4 |
| Fairfield, CT
Captain's Pizza · about 32 mi away |
$17.25 | $21.00 | 3 |
| White Plains, NY
Broadway Pizzeria · about 33 mi away |
$16.75 | $17.99 | 4 |
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 West Islip.