3 restaurants in West Long Branch list pasta and meatballs on their menus. The cheapest is Serpico's Pizza at $14.00, listed as Pasta with Meatballs. The typical price across town is $16.50, and the dearest we found is $24.00 at Nelly's Grill & Pizzeria, so the two ends of the list are $10.00 apart, which is 71% 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 Long Branch is about average, with a lower typical price than 57 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 Oakhurst, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $15.95.
Where is the cheapest pasta and meatballs in West Long Branch? Serpico's Pizza, at $14.00 on 145 Monmouth Rd. The same dish reaches $24.00 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $10.00.
What should pasta and meatballs cost here? About $16.50 is the typical price across the 3 kitchens in West Long Branch 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 Oakhurst, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $15.95. That is $1.95 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 Long Branch, NJ this page |
$14.00 | $16.50 | 3 |
| Oakhurst, NJ
Luigis Square Pizza · about 2 mi away |
$15.95 | $16.99 | 3 |
| Middletown, NJ
Tre Colore Pizzeria · about 9 mi away |
$14.35 | $15.49 | 3 |
| Point Pleasant, NJ
Maria's Pizza Point Pleasant · about 15 mi away |
$16.95 | $19.00 | 3 |
| Manalapan Township, NJ
Emilio's Pizzeria · about 15 mi away |
$11.95 | $15.95 | 4 |
| Brick Township, NJ
Serpico's Pizza · about 16 mi away |
$15.00 | $16.65 | 5 |
| Jackson, NJ
C & R's Pizza Ristorante · about 18 mi away |
$11.00 | $16.20 | 3 |
| Sayreville, NJ
La Rosetta Cafe · about 20 mi away |
$13.50 | $16.00 | 4 |
| East Brunswick, NJ
Michelangelo's Pizza · about 23 mi away |
$11.99 | $13.45 | 5 |
| Fords, NJ
Angelo's Pizza · about 23 mi away |
$13.00 | $14.50 | 3 |
| Toms River, NJ
Attilio's Pizza · about 23 mi away |
$10.00 | $15.95 | 12 |
| Avenel, NJ
JJ's Pizzeria · about 25 mi away |
$13.25 | $15.95 | 3 |
| Linden, NJ
Two Tony's Pizza · about 26 mi away |
$12.95 | $14.75 | 5 |
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 Long Branch.