THE PRICE HIKE

Thomas Keller’s Per Se, whose 9-course tasting menu costs $295 before supplements, offered a few interesting options yesterday: Scottish blue lobster for $50 and American Wagyu for $100. This was in addition to the regular $75 caviar and $40 foie gras add-ons. Guests opting for all of the supplement would have spent $560 on food, or 90% more than the menu’s base price. This is the highest that we’ve seen Per Se’s menu go since last summer, when we documented a $610 menu. 

If both members in a party of two each ordered all the supplements, the bill would have started at $1,120 before sales tax and wine. 

Is Per Se’s $560 menu a BUY HOLD OR SELL? Your call, world. Meanwhile, check out the supplements. We’ve been keeping close track of Per Se’s offerings as part of The Price Hike’s Most Excellent Menu Contest, which emphasizes the role Tumblr can play in promoting price transparency. 

One tweeter commented that Per Se also offered an “off-menu” $100 truffle supplement yesterday. We at The Price Hike rely on the three Michelin-starred restaurant’s online menu as our source. As always, all of Per Se’s prices are reflective of service.