Paris most expensive city for a Club Sandwich
May 10, 2012, 2:29 am
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Paris most expensive city for a Club Sandwich
The Telegraph: Paris most expensive city for a Club Sandwich
Quite pricey for something seemingly simple!
Quite pricey for something seemingly simple!
The classic chicken, bacon, egg, lettuce and mayonnaise sandwich costs £20.43 in Paris, where prices range from £33.44 in a five-star hotel to £13.72 in a two-star hotel.
The second most expensive city was Geneva, where a sandwich costs £20.10 on average.
This compares with an average £11.55 sandwich in London, a £10.45 sandwich in New York and a £10.11 one in Moscow.
The second most expensive city was Geneva, where a sandwich costs £20.10 on average.
This compares with an average £11.55 sandwich in London, a £10.45 sandwich in New York and a £10.11 one in Moscow.
May 10, 2012, 3:30 am
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Of course, you can also get a 3 course set menu at lunch for EUR 15 in small restaurants, rather than have a sandwich in a hotel.
May 10, 2012, 4:43 am
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Who would order a club sandwich in a hotel with all the wonderful bakeries and markets where you can compile a complete picnic/ things to snack on in the hotel room? And of course get superior meals outside of the hotel.
The worst thing about that list is those prices are in GBP! $32 for a club sandwich. Imagine the nice bottle of wine that buys! Oh well..
The worst thing about that list is those prices are in GBP! $32 for a club sandwich. Imagine the nice bottle of wine that buys! Oh well..
May 10, 2012, 5:25 am
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May 10, 2012, 8:29 am
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I have often found hotel food to be priced much more than "local food", and more according to the hotel price.
I am not surprised Paris comes on top of this survey.
I am not surprised Paris comes on top of this survey.
May 10, 2012, 10:59 am
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Originally Posted by rwoman
Quite pricey for something seemingly simple!
These sorts of surveys mean little to me.
May 10, 2012, 12:38 pm
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Who in their right mind would go to Paris (or anywhere with anything remotely resembling a gastronomic experience) and feel compelled to order a Club sandwich? And at a hotel, to boot? 
Talk about much ado about nothing!
Talk about much ado about nothing!
May 10, 2012, 3:20 pm
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As anything else, there are good and bad club sandwiches.
I like to sometime order a club sandwich at a hotel bar, when I do not want to get a traditional meal.
I love the club sandwiches at Le Meurice and Westminster hotels (and it is priced under EUR 25, which is more than ok).
It is paying a diet Coke more than 7 euros which seems completely mad to me.
I like to sometime order a club sandwich at a hotel bar, when I do not want to get a traditional meal.
I love the club sandwiches at Le Meurice and Westminster hotels (and it is priced under EUR 25, which is more than ok).
It is paying a diet Coke more than 7 euros which seems completely mad to me.
May 13, 2012, 8:54 am
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I don't agree. It's a lot cheaper than London (even before Olympics) and Rome for hotels, and as far as food, sure-- there are expensive places. But there are also moderately priced places to get food as well. A huge variety of moderately priced excellent restaurants and bistros.
Hotel bars and restaurants will be notoriously overpriced, as overpriced as a mini-bar in your room!
Don't know about this "club sandwich", but the staple of this ilk in France, the Croque Monsieur, is usually between 6-10 Euro.
Hotel bars and restaurants will be notoriously overpriced, as overpriced as a mini-bar in your room!
Don't know about this "club sandwich", but the staple of this ilk in France, the Croque Monsieur, is usually between 6-10 Euro.
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May 13, 2012, 11:36 am
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Paris, before the arrival this decade of the 'Easyjet Set ' et al ,
was a veritable bargain at all levels ,luxury aside.
London ,on the other hand,has always been pricey .....though standards ,it has to be said,have risen quite dramatically.Paris sadly has gone a bit downhill....
was a veritable bargain at all levels ,luxury aside.
London ,on the other hand,has always been pricey .....though standards ,it has to be said,have risen quite dramatically.Paris sadly has gone a bit downhill....
May 13, 2012, 1:32 pm
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I don't agree. It's a lot cheaper than London (even before Olympics) and Rome for hotels, and as far as food, sure-- there are expensive places. But there are also moderately priced places to get food as well. A huge variety of moderately priced excellent restaurants and bistros.
Hard to say about London, the value of the GBP has changed quite bit after 2008/2009.
May 15, 2012, 5:53 pm
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Yes, London and Paris are equally pricey (especially when considering the $ exchange rates). I have no problem ordering a simple chicken sandwich in the bar of the Stafford Hotel in London or Le Meurie in Paris. Yes, it's pricey for what it is, but after being away from one's "normal" diet it's comforting to eat something simple.