Well if course it is cheaper to eat at home sassenach, restaurant's, overheads, staff, rent, business taxes together are probably higher than the food costs. Home cooked food tastes nice but you have to cook it! The joy of eating out for me is no cooking, pleasant surrounding and food different from my repertoire. We do not do it often but I always enjoy it. O e thing that puzzles me, the veggie dish is often my choice but the lack of expensive meat does not seem to make the price a cheaper option.