Shrimp Tempura in Wilmington

4 restaurants in Wilmington list shrimp tempura on their menus. The cheapest is Yaki Express at $8.50. The typical price across town is $15.50, and the dearest we found is $20.50 at Okami Japanese Steakhouse, so the two ends of the list are $12.00 apart, which is 141% 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 tempura in 3 other areas and compare them all on shrimp tempura across United States. The typical price there runs $13.00 at the median, so Wilmington is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 0 of the 3. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Ichiya Asian Bistro in Jonesboro, AR, and the highest best price is $9.00 in Indianapolis, IN. The nearest area with it is Indianapolis, about 598 mi away, where the best price is $9.00.

Where is the cheapest shrimp tempura in Wilmington? Yaki Express, at $8.50 on 5709 Oleander Dr Ste B. The same dish reaches $20.50 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $12.00.

What should shrimp tempura cost here? About $15.50 is the typical price across the 4 kitchens in Wilmington 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 Indianapolis, about 598 mi away, where the best price is $9.00. That is $0.50 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.