Joe McNamee: The difference between price and value when it comes to dining out

"If a restaurant, has built its reputation on using premium produce, especially from local food producers, they can’t use an inferior substitute."

There is an old saying about knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing and it is especially apt when it comes to the public perception of the restaurant world.

There is an old saying about knowing the cost of everything and the value of nothing and it is especially apt when it comes to the public perception of the restaurant world.

A national news journalist, recently vacationing in West Cork with family, stopped off in a cafe for a small lunch but declared he was “shocked” when presented with the menu, professing himself to be “floored” by the prices, in particular, a chicken sandwich and soup retailing at €17.50.