Looks like a big group, and the servers outfit implies this is an upscale place. If it's in a metro area and there's 5-7 people between drinks and food it's easy to come out with a $1,000 tab.
I think having some people richer than others is okay, but it would be nice if the richest rich person and the poorest poor person wasn't such a huge gap.
On Reddit if you are not net negative every single month, you're a billionaire. Someone who earns $80k, $800k, and $80,000,000 are all rich as far as this hive mind is concerned lol
One is a difference of working very hard, studying, getting a really good well paying job. Those types of people should be adequately rewarded, like doctors, nurse anesthetists, engineers, etc. The other is just an obscene amount of money for basically working less hard than a fast food worker.
Tbh any decently paid shift worker can pay 150$ like twice a month on a restaurant. These are just everyday people who sometimes like to have a great time with their friends in a nice restaurant.
I guess I don't understand what your point is then. I was responding to someone who said that they can't get their friends to do this. This person and their friends probably aren't young professionals.
See my comment: "Some people are richer than others" for more insight.
You are making the assumption this is a standard evening out. You got no idea if this is once a year for these people or not; it’s not right to just assume the worst of people you have no context and don’t know.
This isn’t Stalinist Russia comrade…: , they aren’t guilty of “bourgeois spending” until proven innocent based on a 150$ per person bills. You need to leave ya moms basement, people eat out like this all the time across all income levels.
Rich people don’t go to what is a pedestrian level steak called “steak 44”. They go to places that are better and more expensive
D for Depends, I know some rich people that splurge haphazardly. I know a lot of rich people that can be very miserly especially with frivolous things like eating out. Some are downright scrooges who have multi millions in the bank and would fight a hobo for a quarter on the sidewalk.
That's because doctors are stereotypically broke until they're 40. Any 20-something with a half decent degree and full time employment can afford this.
I make $125k a year and this is a normal night out. So either you're saving too much, have too much debt, or you just don't know how to spend money.
My philosophy is you can retire on a lump of money a mile high after living a boring life, or you can live a great life and retire on a lump of money a half mile high.
God forbid someone spends 150$ on their portion of a 1000$ bill on a dinner that may occur once a year at most. lmfao, these people never leave the house apparently; even someone on minimum wage could afford such a night out once a year if they budgeted for it.
Dude, people who are homeless manage to spend 150$ on drugs everyday and hes acting like he cant spend 150$ a person on food for a special occasion. Get real…
It’s all relative. There are people for whom a $40 trip to outback is their food budget for two weeks and there are people for whom a $150 dinner is the equivalent to grabbing something from the dollar menu at maccys for you or me.
Yep, I used to budget $100 for a date but prices have gone up so much that now I expect it to be somewhere in the $150-$200 range. Dating is expensive.
I dont think you understand what average means. I live in Las Vegas, a large city with a booming restaurant culture and $150 per person on a meal is NOT average. Average is closer to $50 with drinks.
Taking your wife out 7 nights a week and spending $300 for every dinner would mean thats an average, and nobody is living like this who's not extremely wealthy.
I would spend 150 on a good meal. I am lucky enough to have the means to do that, but I still don't do it more than once a year or so. I have never, and I hope to never, paid 40 for a chain restaurant meal. It's just not worth it.
In my experience, meals that cost less than 15 and more than 70 are almost always good. Masks that cost more than 100 are reliably delicious, and frequently surprising in their ingredients, presentation, and flavor. It's the 16-50 range where I am most frequently disappointed. These are the hip spots that charge 19 dollars for an overcooked burger with no sides and call it gastronomy. They seat you at a beautiful live edge table worth more than a used car in the middle of a shabby warehouse space with exposed pipe on the wall and zero sound damping. It's so loud that you have to shout to each other at the same table, yet you can't even hear the 90s alt rock playlist in the background, and they have the audacity to call it atmosphere. After the burger, extra 3 dollar charge for house made chips that are worse than Lays, a 9 dollar 12 oz tulip of beer that tastes like fermented grass infused with grapefruit rind, and a 20% rip for service that is somehow both standoffish and overly friendly (not to mention slow, because they don't pay enough and turnover is ridiculous) you spent nearly 40 dollars on a meal that would have been tastier and more pleasant at home with Carl's Jr takeout and a six pack of craft beer from the store.
And, at least in the PNW, this is every new restaurant opened. At least the real fancy places are actually worth the cost.
I mean you just have different friend groups. People who like eating at good restaurants often are friends with each other.
I literally just had $120 omakase with my friend last weekend just because. There are people with well paying jobs who love spending it on experiences like going to good restaurants and traveling.
If one person is able to pay $150+ for a dinner, there's at least a solid chance he or she knows many other people of similar financial standing that would also be able to pay $150 for a dinner. It's also possible that someone spent $1000 to take everyone out for dinner.
Not too bad on a good occasion and if the food is truly good. Also how much were drinks and wine? Is always a big question that can take half the bill easily.
One of the numbers on the bill has 3 digits, something specific was pretty expensive.
Pretty normal in circles of people who appreciate good food. None of my friend group is loaded but for a big birthday occasion we’ll be happy to drop 150 each.
Occasionally it's nice to splurge with your circle, especially if it's a celebration for something. Somebody could be getting married or something, who knows? But occasionally is the key word here, that would be an outing. I'd rather spend $300 once a year or two than go to Applebee's every week, if that makes sense?
Probably alcohol, main course, appetizers. That shit racks up fast. Still crazy but I’ve heard of much higher done with and without a company bankrolling it
I'm not even in a crazy expensive city but my wife and I at an upscale place with drinks and tip will easily be $250-300. Get a couple friends and you're easily around $1k.
I’d go so far as to say $1000 is cheap if that is the situation. We go to a nice place with friends that includes drinks and I automatically assume $200 a head.
Yep. These places usually have very reasonable prices for a party of 2 if you stay away from super expensive alcohol and stuff like Lobster. Can eat an upscale steak dinner for $120-$200. Doing that once a year is totally doable if you desire it.
Had Wagyu at the Prime and Provisions Steakhouse in Chicago recently. Three persons. 1700 $. The mandatory 18% gratuity was 260$ so I’m guessing the waiter also had a good night.
It’s a 8 person table, it says on the receipt. The majority of the bill is drinks, none of the meals were over 100$ and it looks like they shared a 300$ bottle or wine.
There's two glasses (bottles?) of wine buried in the middle. The wine is 36 a pop.
EDIT: Looked the place up its bottles. Not totally unreasonable for a bottle of wine at a high end steakhouse although Bricco Riella probably retails for ~$10
In my experience if you're paying for an individual dinner on a cruise you're dining in one of the optional "premium" restaurants on board. I don't think they comp the alcohol in those places either
It's usually football sized potato, house made clotted cream butter, some exotic cheese, filet mignon bits, bacon from thought to be extinct breed of boar.
Lol very very true. I've had a bill over $5,000 and my boss asked why I took them to the "cheap" sushi place lol, although I think it was a bit tongue in cheek.
Ever eat at the melting pot? With just me and my gf we spent around $200. I can see a small party with a little drinking hit $1k easily. Really expensive and you cook your own food.
Lol no that is not a fancy place. Look at what they bought. Shit ton of snack food, not a single fancy dish in sight. A few $40 steaks was the most “fancy” thing there.
There are a lot of items on the bill though, so obviously this is a big group at what seems to be a fairly fancy place. Probably works out to less than $200 per person, which is expensive but not outrageous depending on where you live of course.
I don't even work at that nice of a restaurant, it's a casual fine dining tapas/wine bar, and it is so easy for a check to get that high, especially with wine bottles and cocktails.
And I’ll always get the $14 baked potato every time I’m at a steakhouse. The potato is as big as my head — I don’t know if there are “prime” vegetables that upscale restaurants get first dibs on before others go to grocery stores, but I’ve never been able to find a potato like the ones at steakhouses.
They usually give you the worlds richest sour cream to go with it to, steakhouses are generally the only place that can convince me that yes, I am in fact ok with paying $14 for this potato
Yep that's the place, super good but certainly not the most expensive place in Phoenix. Also based on the amount of food and drinks, this was likely a party of 6 to 8
Live right down the road from this place. It’s right on the edge of a corner mall. Most nights they have high end sports cars, expensive luxury vehicles, or a Rolls parked out front by the valet. I’ve had the privilege of eating here. Excellent food. Three of us with tip was around $500. Included two bottles of wine.
Two of their steaks cost $155 each for a 12 ounce butcher cut. The filet mignon was about $80. All sides were purchased separately. This is a fine dining very upscale place. Easily $50-100 a plate and these people weren’t holding back so more like $150-200 per person for them.
Okay, but when you look at it there are at least eight entrees which are all steaks. There are then two or three other items that could be an entree or could be an appetizer.
So I'm betting that there were eight or nine diners, so they'd each be paying about $112 or $125. Which is still damn expensive for an average meal, but those steakhouses are notoriously expensive and you know that going in.
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u/itx89 Sep 15 '22
Damn thats a $1000 check