Increasing Costs of Dining Out

[linguafood (Natascha)]

While I agree with your initial sentence, I started a whole discussion about how I thought dining out in Germany was cheaper than it is stateside. It went relatively well

Why is dining out in Germany generally cheaper than in the US?

I hope this can be discussed without getting political or contentious, but I am consistently baffled by just how affordable our meals are here - despite the fact that wait staff is generally paid more than in the US, there seems to be no pressure to turn tables multiple times in one night, and rents aren’t exactly a steal, at least in Berlin. Someone in a Facebook food group I’m in suggested government subsidies, but I couldn’t find much along those lines, save for temporary financial support f…

The 20%+ gratuity expected here seems to be the main reason for the difference.