Prix Fixe Menu?

Question

I'm the president of my school's culinary club and we're planning an event to go to a restaurant. They offer a Prix-Fixe Menu but I'm kinda unclear on how it works.

I'm interested in a menu that's $50 [includes appetizer, entree, coffee, tea, and dessert] but is that $50 per person? Or is it $50 [and tax and crap] for the group...[which I highly doubt]...Anyways, if it is per person, I'll just say no to the prix-fixe or get a cheaper one-- nonetheless, I must ask if it's a good idea to get a Prix-Fixe menu or no... it's a reservation of 15 people... And we're going shopping at old town later....

The cheapest Prix-Fixe is about $28--but I just don't like the lack of choice...

Entrees a la carte are like $15 - $30...

Answer 1

Prix Fixe Menu is a fixed amount per person for the meal. It's great if you happen to like the things on the list. It's also great if you have a big group, and you want to make things easier on yourself and the restaurant staff. That's why wedding banquets usually have a fixed menu with just a choice of three entrees but everything else fixed (usually beef or chicken, fish, veggie). I prefer ordering "a' la carte" (one thing at a time), since I invariably dislike one or more items on the prix fixe menu and I want to make up my own menu.

Answer 2

That's per-person, for the items just on the Prix Fixe menu. Sounds like a very expensive restaurant, because prix fixe is usually less expensive than ordering a similar amount a la carte.

Answer 3

It's "fixed price" per person. Tax and gratuity are usually extra, as are things like alcoholic beverages, although occasionally a prix fixe menu might include a glass or bottle of wine, but if so, it will be specified as part of the menu.

Answer 4

The price is per person, for a group of 15 that would be 750, plus whatever gratuity the restaurant adds.