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Same dish, two prices

Lunch vs dinner

691 dishes at 103 restaurants are printed twice on the menu: once at the lunch price, once at the regular price. At a typical restaurant, lunch is $3.50 cheaper, 14% off.

Dishes with both prices
691
Restaurants
103
Typical saving
$3.50
Off the dinner price
14%

Typical saving

By city

The widest gaps

Where lunch saves the most

Lowest lunch price first

103 restaurants that print both prices

Under each name: the dishes listed at a lunch price and at a regular price. Open a restaurant to see the two side by side.

New York

378 lunch specials at 57 restaurants · from $10

Los Angeles

140 lunch specials at 23 restaurants · from $9.99

Washington, DC

123 lunch specials at 16 restaurants · from $12

San Francisco

50 lunch specials at 7 restaurants · from $8.95

Good to know

In short

How much cheaper is lunch than dinner?

At the 103 restaurants whose menu prints both prices, lunch costs $3.50 less at a typical restaurant, or 14% off the regular price.

What is the biggest lunch discount?

Ravioli Ai Porcini at Il Mulino in New York: $36 at lunch against $65 on the regular menu, $29 less.

How do you know the dinner price?

We only compare when the restaurant's own menu lists the same dish twice, once in the lunch section and once on the regular menu. 105 restaurants on GoLunch print a lunch price only, so they are not on this page.

"Dinner" means the same dish on the restaurant's regular menu. Typical saving: each restaurant counts once, at the middle gap of its own dishes. Menus read Sep 30, 2026. Prices at the table, before tax and tip.