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What the next size up costs in Melbourne
On the 379 menus in Melbourne that price a dish by size (small, large, family and the like), the next size up costs a median of $5 more, or 40% more than the size below it.
The next size up
+$5
the middle half of menus: $3 to $8.10
As a share
+40%
the middle half: 26% to 58%
Priced by size
3,210 dishes
on 379 menus of 2,109
By kind of place
- Pizza+$4+29% on the median menu, across 58 menus pricing by size
- Italian restaurants+$8+39% on the median menu, across 39 menus pricing by size
- Bakeries+$2.50+31% on the median menu, across 35 menus pricing by size
- Indian restaurants+$7.28+52% on the median menu, across 32 menus pricing by size
- Greek+$6+42% on the median menu, across 27 menus pricing by size
- Thai+$6+45% on the median menu, across 17 menus pricing by size
- Fish and chips+$3+34% on the median menu, across 16 menus pricing by size
- Turkish+$4.50+30% on the median menu, across 15 menus pricing by size
- Vietnamese+$2+43% on the median menu, across 12 menus pricing by size
- Pubs+$7+38% on the median menu, across 11 menus pricing by size
- Burgers+$3+40% on the median menu, across 11 menus pricing by size
- Steakhouses+$4.50+44% on the median menu, across 8 menus pricing by size
- Japanese restaurants+$12+55% on the median menu, across 7 menus pricing by size
- Lebanese+$6+56% on the median menu, across 7 menus pricing by size
- Fried chicken+$3+61% on the median menu, across 7 menus pricing by size
- Mexican+$4.50+34% on the median menu, across 6 menus pricing by size
- Chinese restaurants+$5.50+33% on the median menu, across 6 menus pricing by size
- Sandwich shops+$4+75% on the median menu, across 5 menus pricing by size
- Sushi+$16.50+84% on the median menu, across 5 menus pricing by size
Each menu counts once: its step is the median of every step between neighbouring sizes of its dishes. Only sizes count; a price that changes with the filling, a gluten-free base or a glass against a bottle is another dish, not a size.
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How we worked this out
We read menus from venues’ own websites, as they publish them, between 13 and 16 October 2026. Each menu counts once, prices as printed. A chain’s branches that serve the same menu count as one menu. We never name a venue: every figure here is a median, a range or a share, with the number of menus it rests on.
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