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What does the $$ stand for in restaurant pricing guides?

I know I have seen this somewhere, and I know I should be able to find it on Google, but I’m not having any luck. I’m reading restaurant reviews and things to decide on a new place to go, and some are $$, some $$$ or $$$$. What does each dollar sign stand for? I was thinking it was $10 per sign, is that accurate?

it can mean two things…. either to indicate how expensive dishes are on a menu or to indicate how cheap or inexpensive a restaurant in general is…

For example, it means this when actually referring to menu prices:

$- Under $15
$$- $15-$25
$$$- $25-$40
$$$$- $40 and up

Or it can mean the following when referring to restaurants:

$- cheap/inexpensive
$$- moderately priced
$$$- expensive
$$$$- very expensive/ high priced

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5 Responses to “What does the $$ stand for in restaurant pricing guides?”

  1. the more of $ you see, the more expensive it is… (one $ does NOT mean 10 dollars..)
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  2. 1 "$" does have to equal a certain amount it is just that the more $’s the more expensive!
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  3. it can mean two things…. either to indicate how expensive dishes are on a menu or to indicate how cheap or inexpensive a restaurant in general is…

    For example, it means this when actually referring to menu prices:

    $- Under $15
    $$- $15-$25
    $$$- $25-$40
    $$$$- $40 and up

    Or it can mean the following when referring to restaurants:

    $- cheap/inexpensive
    $$- moderately priced
    $$$- expensive
    $$$$- very expensive/ high priced
    References :
    http://www.my-table.com/section/issue/43/restaurant.html

    http://restaurants.citypages.com/

  4. $=cheap $$$$=expensive
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  5. It really depends on the pricing guide. It generally refers to the average cost of a meal, including salad and dessert. The more $ the higher the price, but there is no set dollar amount that each $ represents. Different guides use different scales.
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