I didn’t think this meal was an especially good value.
Adding up the individual components — $23.49 for a 10-piece Chick-n-Strips, $3.85 each for medium waffle fries, $5.35 each for mac and cheese, $2.19 each for the cookies, $2.99 each for the brownies — comes to $52.25.
So, I saved less than $5 by going with a family meal.
Plus, this choice locks everyone in the family into the same meal (I would’ve preferred a spicy chicken sandwich).
After we added in two drinks (iced tea/lemonades) and a fruit cup (for our 7-year-old dabbling in vegetarianism), we spent about $65 on our dinner.
That’s almost twice as much as it’d cost us to eat at a local pizzeria, and about exactly the same as we’d pay to eat our fill from a broader variety of options at a nearby Shake Shack, our usual go-to for quick, casual meals.
Even adjusting my expectations for the location in Midtown Manhattan (which tends to be expensive), the price felt high for what we got.
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