You can get cheap food in Rome, the problem is that if you don't know the city well or are forced to eat out in the centre, the prices go up.
?3.5 - You buy the pizza and eat it walking around, since it's a bread shop with no sitting area. You can choose how much you want to eat, but you'll be spending about ?2 per slice + about ?1.50 for a can of soda or ?1 for water.
?15-20 - At lunchtime if you go to a restaurant you'll be spending between ?15 for a set menu (not always good, try to go where you see Italian office people having their lunch as your best bet) and ?20. For this you should get a pasta dish and a second course (meat) ending with coffee. Obviously if you have special wine the price will increase.
?20 - At night you can spend about ?20 at a pizza restaurant or if you have only one main course. Again, if you have special wine it will cost more.
?20+ - For a sit down lunch or dinner in a restaurant €20 is cheap and if you want you can go up to €200 a head.
Chinese restaurants are still quite cheap but other ethnic restaurants (Thai, Indian) are generally expensive (think ?30 upwards per person). Sushi is very expensive (?40 minimum per person).
Waitresses have been known to take advantage of patrons by bringing more expensive items than what was ordered or asking for a tip although it's not mandatory and should be included in the price by law.
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