What would you consider a “lavish” meal price-wise?

For 2? $500 is lavish enough.

More often than not its the alcohol that drives our price up.

Depends on the city. Using the below as a guide for city size/type.

2 people in NYC - $1,000
2 people in NOLA- $500
2 people in Mobile- $350

The guys in here are making me feel a lot better about some of the bills I have at restaurants.

I think I've spent over $500 once in my life for two people.

$200 or so for a meal for two is about my max. Ive only went over that a few times

"Lavish" is an interesting term to use.

I think when I'm home in NOLA, over 200 is "expensive". I would say "lavish" would be over 300ish.

If I'm on vacation in a major city, I would say 300 is expensive with 500ish being entering lavish territory.

But personally for me I have never enjoyed the meals at the ULTRA fancy white table cloth as much as their more casual sister restaurants at lower price points but high quality food.

Couldn't see myself ever spending $500+ for 2 on any meal.
I've spent $200ish several times. Not paying $75 for that $15 bottle of Duck Decoy.
We'll go somewhere nice and i'll tell my wife you can have one glass of wine, that's it, and i more than likely won't get a drink. I came here to eat good food, not pay 5x's more for a drink i can have at home. That Buffalo Trace or beer doesn't make this food taste better. I'm not making this food at home, that's why we are here. Sorry not sorry for being a cheap arse.

Anything above $100 a person is lavish to me

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We'll go somewhere nice and i'll tell my wife you can have one glass of wine, that's it,

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Lord. $300, $500, $1,000? I’ll see my way out of this thread now.

You can't compare the cost of a lavish meal to the cost of average daily sustenance. You are paying for the experience. The 2 star Michelin meal for $800 for two people was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Worth every penny. Some of the same posters in this thread who won't spend more than $200 on a meal would gladly pay $800 or much more for great seats to see Elton John (or whatever music legend you'd want to see) or see LSU win a football national championship. It just depends what you want to spend money on.