No, you're not. But I guess it depends on what you call "restaurant" and "lunch out". Some people will basically eat every working day in a restaurant. So more

No, you're not. But I guess it depends on what you call "restaurant" and "lunch out". Some people will basically eat every working day in a restaurant. So more than £/$/€10 will be seen as expensive. Some people, like me, will go to[1] a restaurant once or twice a month. In this case, £/$/€50 will be totally acceptable. And giving what is sold in places where you eat for £/$/€10, they will avoid going to those places in the first place. So I guess restaurants that sells food are having a hard time, but restaurants that sells a service have a different story to tell. [1] See how in the first case it's "to eat in a restaurant" and in the second it's "to go to a restaurant". To me that's the big difference : when you are here to fulfill a natural need (eating), you don't want to pay a lot for it, while you are here to have a nice time out, you will gladly pay more.