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I went for lunch on Saturday, to one of my favourite restaurants in Marbella, Terrasana. It´s nothing flash, just a café-style eaterie serving things like wraps, salads, smoothies, plus a variety of daily specials.
I ordered the chicken breast with rice, my companion had a tuna salad. We also had 2 still waters and one smoothie – no starters, no desserts.
The bill came to 43 euros.
I was shocked. I have been dining at this same place for years, and had never really taken much notice of the bill, but now that we´ve tried to steer clear of having 2 courses at lunchtime (need to get rid of the love handles!), I thought the price for a decent lunch would be around 30 euros.
I checked the prices, and saw that my chicken cost € 16,50 – that´s crazy money. I would expect to pay this sort of figure in a 5 star establishment or hotel restaurant on somewhere like the Golden Mile in Marbella.
I´ve noticed this with a lot of restaurants recently. Their way of responding to the credit crunch seems to be to increase their prices, thereby charging their loyal clientele more than ever for their meals. The only problem is that I don´t think most ordinary people will put up with this. It´s not as if the restaurant is packed out every day.
Surely, restaurants should be competing for business by offering incentives to eat in their establishments? Trying to pack people in, even if it means taking a hit on their food margins?
It will be interesting to see which restaurants in Marbella survive this crisis. I´ll keep you posted.
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