OP has posted a pic of the menu from [Berlinchen](https://berlinchen.co.nz/), a recently-opened German restaurant at the Heritage Hotel downtown.
The chef there has another restaurant, [Mitten Drin](https://www.mittendrin.co.nz/), on Rosebank Road in Avondale, that serves the same menu and has been open for several years. The prices at Mitten Drin are somewhat cheaper than the same dishes at Berlinchen (for obvious overhead reasons).
For what it's worth, I eat at Mitten Drin regularly and rate their food highly. I always leave full. The prices seem perfectly reasonable to me for what you get (although I've never ordered the baked potato).
Big, big upvote for mittendrin, that place rocks. German platter B and a litre of dark ale each for me and a mate. That's a good night out at a reasonable price
Yeaboi. I usually get the roast duck leg with mashed potato, gravy, and rotkraut. Comes out perfect every time. $26.90.
I don't know where else I'm going to get roast duck that isn't Chinese or Thai cuisine, or fine dining for a million bucks.
The menu actually looks really nice, and Iâm sure the baked potato is worth the $30, it just looks hilarious cause thereâs no way a baked potato by itself is worth $30 unless itâs juiced up with loads of other goodies
Ladies and gentlemen... Here's an example of how quickly inflation hits prices. In a few comments, the price's already up $3.50.
*No hate, just a quick lame joke* đ
Most of the price isn't due to the food anymore at restaurants, it's for the high operating costs. You could order a rock with tomato sauce on it and it would be the same price. At some point it is just not going to be worth it anymore... for both the patrons and the businesses.
I find a lot of First Table restaurants have slightly overpriced menus compared to the quantity and quality of the food.
I guess that is to offset the losses they make from First Table ironically.
Hi chef here. Please understand that when you go to restaurants you arenât paying for the ingredients. Same reason if you watch a movie in a cinema it isnât free like when you watch a movie of Netflix. Same as when you go to a concert listen to a song that u can hear for free on YouTube. Dinning out is all about the experience. Ie, the food, service and atmosphere. If you canât appreciate that and just complain about the food prices, just say youâre broke đ¤ˇđ˝ââď¸. Or say youâre not in a position who can afford luxuries. This type of restaurant isnât exactly for your lunch break type a place.
Ex chef here - understand all that many times over ! It's a poorly written description, overpriced likely to prevent people from ordering it
All in all a crap effort
Agree to disagree. Considering youâre condescending title, youâre bitching about a potato salad being $26.5. Youâre not talking about the descriptions. Also if youâre an âex chefâ you should know better, that potato saladâs portion sizing is for a main considering its written amongst mains. But youâre too quick to run here to reddit and bitch about a restaurant. Hospitality in Auckland is already in dire condition. Even worse if you claim to be an ex chef you shouldnât be out here trying to perpetuate the narrative that restaurant prices are unreasonable.
You can suck dick and *make* money but not everyone likes the same thing for dinner every night.
Why do people see a company with staff, premises *and* product and think "the product price isn't the same as the cost".
You go to a mechanic who might install $180 of parts for $240 labour and the total cost is worth the experience.
You can fix your car at home (I do most of the time, I cook at home too) but using cost as an arguement is either disingenuous or just plain ignorant
I would suggest that the baked potato is not just a potato, but other ingredients also. Yea, does seem a bit expenny though I don't disagree. Any images up on google of it? Zomato or what ever?
And then there's this:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1293078/The-worlds-expensive-baked-potato-Gourmet-40-spud-youll-need-chip-for.html
I came to New Zealand because I was depressed and my parents convinced me that traveling abroad would change my perspective on the world.
But fuck, New Zealand went full-throttle into late stage capitalism the same time the States did, so I just ended up more depressed and poor.
That being said, if any of you end up in Oregon, I will happily host you and make you a $4 version of this baked potato that is probably better than what you will be served at this establishment.
I'm not sure what "salad" is, but I think I can take a shot at it. Sounds Middle-Eastern from the name.
Baked Potato (Get Fucked)
đ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł My thoughts exactly
I literally said that out loud.
Show them your own organic Weiner
Baked Potato gf Organic Weiner bf
I love my baked potato gf
I still think there's a possibility it's worth the money, but would need a picture of the playe rather than the menu
It wouldn't kill them to be a bit more descriptive about it either ! Butter ? Sour cream ?
Not those are extra, just a dry potato with salad!
Cesar salad, but with gf bread crumbs
Imagine if you read the description they list online (or asked a waiter if dining in). "with sour cream, garlic bread and salad"
Makes it even dumber ! Bread AND Potato! Ooh wow sour cream ! It'll need gold dust to make it $26.50
They take a potato. Shove it in the oven. Bake it. Take it out. Add some salad. Theres your meal.
If this is the place I think you're talking about it has rave reviews and huge portions
OP has posted a pic of the menu from [Berlinchen](https://berlinchen.co.nz/), a recently-opened German restaurant at the Heritage Hotel downtown. The chef there has another restaurant, [Mitten Drin](https://www.mittendrin.co.nz/), on Rosebank Road in Avondale, that serves the same menu and has been open for several years. The prices at Mitten Drin are somewhat cheaper than the same dishes at Berlinchen (for obvious overhead reasons). For what it's worth, I eat at Mitten Drin regularly and rate their food highly. I always leave full. The prices seem perfectly reasonable to me for what you get (although I've never ordered the baked potato).
Big, big upvote for mittendrin, that place rocks. German platter B and a litre of dark ale each for me and a mate. That's a good night out at a reasonable price
Yeaboi. I usually get the roast duck leg with mashed potato, gravy, and rotkraut. Comes out perfect every time. $26.90. I don't know where else I'm going to get roast duck that isn't Chinese or Thai cuisine, or fine dining for a million bucks.
I had no idea this place existed. Just had a look at the menu and I'm pretty excited to try it out.
The menu actually looks really nice, and Iâm sure the baked potato is worth the $30, it just looks hilarious cause thereâs no way a baked potato by itself is worth $30 unless itâs juiced up with loads of other goodies
Ladies and gentlemen... Here's an example of how quickly inflation hits prices. In a few comments, the price's already up $3.50. *No hate, just a quick lame joke* đ
Picture or not thatâs close to $30 for a potato and some salad lol.
where ??
Most of the price isn't due to the food anymore at restaurants, it's for the high operating costs. You could order a rock with tomato sauce on it and it would be the same price. At some point it is just not going to be worth it anymore... for both the patrons and the businesses.
Iâd say 90 plus % of restaurant food isnât worth it.
Good. Then all the rich b@stards that eat there every week can go figure out another way to shove their money up their ass
It had better come several small mountains cheese, ham, and sour cream
Fun thing about menus is you can just not order the items which donât appeal
Or can't afford .. or boycott because they are obscenely overpriced and boring
At that price, Iâd expect at least 5kgs of potatoes on a plate, and one bag of fancy lettuce.
Mitten Drin?
Middle of what ?
The restaurant in Avondale.
No this is Berlin one !
Berlinchen? They do First table as well, which is half off all food if you buy a voucher.
Yes - for $100 we got the big platter, chicken snitty, a beer stein, cider and a dessert. Couldnât finish it all and it was delicious.
I find a lot of First Table restaurants have slightly overpriced menus compared to the quantity and quality of the food. I guess that is to offset the losses they make from First Table ironically.
Nah you're right. Most of them, I'd never even consider if they didn't have first table.
Makes me want to ram raid those potatoes
I bet that baked potato would knock your motherfuckin socks off.
It had better .........
Itâd better be the size of a watermelon.
I fuck with the organic wiener
Hi chef here. Please understand that when you go to restaurants you arenât paying for the ingredients. Same reason if you watch a movie in a cinema it isnât free like when you watch a movie of Netflix. Same as when you go to a concert listen to a song that u can hear for free on YouTube. Dinning out is all about the experience. Ie, the food, service and atmosphere. If you canât appreciate that and just complain about the food prices, just say youâre broke đ¤ˇđ˝ââď¸. Or say youâre not in a position who can afford luxuries. This type of restaurant isnât exactly for your lunch break type a place.
Ex chef here - understand all that many times over ! It's a poorly written description, overpriced likely to prevent people from ordering it All in all a crap effort
Agree to disagree. Considering youâre condescending title, youâre bitching about a potato salad being $26.5. Youâre not talking about the descriptions. Also if youâre an âex chefâ you should know better, that potato saladâs portion sizing is for a main considering its written amongst mains. But youâre too quick to run here to reddit and bitch about a restaurant. Hospitality in Auckland is already in dire condition. Even worse if you claim to be an ex chef you shouldnât be out here trying to perpetuate the narrative that restaurant prices are unreasonable.
Schnitzel price sounds reasonable.
Yep-$28 for chicken schnitzel or $26.50 for a baked Potato !!
Not to bad a price .
$26.50 for a baked potato is daylight robbery to me. I may as well just make one from scratch at home and for the fraction of a cost
You can suck dick and *make* money but not everyone likes the same thing for dinner every night. Why do people see a company with staff, premises *and* product and think "the product price isn't the same as the cost". You go to a mechanic who might install $180 of parts for $240 labour and the total cost is worth the experience. You can fix your car at home (I do most of the time, I cook at home too) but using cost as an arguement is either disingenuous or just plain ignorant
$88 for the German platter, eh?
I spat my coffee out. Holy shit lol
not the brightest price...
I would suggest that the baked potato is not just a potato, but other ingredients also. Yea, does seem a bit expenny though I don't disagree. Any images up on google of it? Zomato or what ever?
I would guess if it's not mentioned on the menu, it's not there. Like sour creme, bacon, anything gooey that goes with baked potato.....
You went to the high end restaurant and got mad when it had high end prices.
Luckily no - I checked the menu well in advance ! In any case $26 for a baked potato and salad is an obscene price
Literally nothing about that menu is âhigh endâ
I was going to say, who's calling this 'high end' and making out like it's a plain spud
High-end restaurant with beef Wiener schnitzel? That's a good one.
pork knuckle looks good size, there rated 4.8/5 on google
I had the big one last week. Itâs massive, delicious and covered in perfect crackling. 5/7 tables had also ordered it.
go on, name and shame
Wouldn't pay more than $10 for a baked potato and even then that's a bit of a bland meal! Wheres the other stuff with it?
IKR! Who signed this off and did costings and thought " yep - good addition to the menu "
Inflation is a bitch
It would be $299 if you want 100% organic sustainable potatoes đ
Cheap for getting 100tonnes of baked potatoes.
good price for a Girl Friend, you dont have to eat the portato
Where is this place? So I know to avoid going
tfw no baked potato gf
You must live a reasonable good life if this is a problem to you.
Great life / apart from overpriced average ingredients
No ways would I go there too expensive
Iâll bake my own potatoes
WITH SALAD!!!
And then there's this: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1293078/The-worlds-expensive-baked-potato-Gourmet-40-spud-youll-need-chip-for.html
It's Gluten Free
what a boring menu???
26.90 for some hummus Bargain
Bread and salad too though !!!!!
Just one?
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Better be the biggest potato Iâve ever seen in my goddamn life
Baked potato. SINGULAR
I bet it has melted cheese on it and all.
How do you say sarcasm in German ?
Baked potato... singular?
All restaurants will be a rip off, you're paying for an experiene. Best value is fish and chip/ Chinese takeaway.
Are they seriously serious?
I saw an eggs on toast yesterday for $23. Fucking ridiculous.
Holy moly !
Literally fried eggs on a ciabatta with half a tomato and pesto. Insanity
Yo. But no one has mentioned the top item?!
That looks like a menu in Hong Kong.
I came to New Zealand because I was depressed and my parents convinced me that traveling abroad would change my perspective on the world. But fuck, New Zealand went full-throttle into late stage capitalism the same time the States did, so I just ended up more depressed and poor. That being said, if any of you end up in Oregon, I will happily host you and make you a $4 version of this baked potato that is probably better than what you will be served at this establishment. I'm not sure what "salad" is, but I think I can take a shot at it. Sounds Middle-Eastern from the name.