What changes when you wait for parma night?
We put each pub’s lowest regular parma price beside its lowest qualifying recurring parma special. It is a same-venue menu comparison, with the day and restrictions kept attached.
of matched venues list parma special for less
Share of matched venues where parma special costs less
Same-venue price pairs · share of the matching sample · bar scale 0–100% · n = contributing venues
- Melbourne93.0%158 venues
- Sydney100.0%87 venues
- Brisbane97.0%66 venues
- Perth98.6%73 venues
Rows with fewer than 30 venues are omitted. Each venue needs both prices. Meal portions, restrictions and evidence dates can differ.
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The same pub, with a different day attached
Comparing the two prices at one venue avoids treating an expensive city pub and a cheaper pub elsewhere as a discount. The meal name, sides and conditions can still differ.
A price gap is not a guaranteed saving
The recorded menus may come from different dates. Check the regular meal and the special before ordering; the cheaper listing may have a different portion, topping or time window.
What changes when you wait for parma night?
| Place | Venues | Regular parma | Parma special | Second is lower | Same price | Second is higher | Share less |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 620 | $30.00 | $22.00 | 595 | 9 | 16 | 96.0% |
| Victoria | 228 | $30.00 | $21.90 | 211 | 9 | 8 | 92.5% |
| New South Wales | 135 | $29.00 | $21.00 | 135 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Queensland | 138 | $30.00 | $24.00 | 133 | 0 | 5 | 96.4% |
| Western Australia | 87 | $31.00 | $22.00 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 98.9% |
| Melbourne | 158 | $30.00 | $20.00 | 147 | 6 | 5 | 93.0% |
| Sydney | 87 | $29.00 | $21.00 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% |
| Brisbane | 66 | $30.00 | $24.00 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 97.0% |
| Perth | 73 | $30.00 | $22.00 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 98.6% |
The data behind the report
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Frozen edition 2026-11-07-501081af9ed8. These download URLs remain attached to this snapshot.
What the fields mean
- venues / n
- Distinct contributing venues in that place and table; not all pubs in the area.
- value
- First price minus second price in AUD. regularPrice = Regular parma; offerPrice = Parma special. Negative values and higher second prices are retained.
- checked
- Recorded source-check date. Blank means a complete date is unavailable. For a venue average or bill, every part needs a date; the earliest date is retained.
- snapshot_date
- When the public PINTR catalogue snapshot was retrieved, not when every venue’s menu was checked.
How we counted
620 distinct venues contribute 620 venue-level figures to this report. 0 of those figures have a complete recorded source-check date.
- PINTR includes pubs, bars, clubs and other licensed venues. Every headline count refers to the matching PINTR sample, not every pub in an area.
- This is a snapshot of reported prices in PINTR, not a representative survey of every Australian pub. A venue without a matching price is outside the denominator, rather than counted as expensive.
- A table row needs at least 30 contributing venues. City areas use PINTR’s published state-boundary and radius definitions; neighbouring city catchments can overlap.
- A snapshot date records when PINTR’s public catalogue was retrieved. It does not mean each menu was checked that day. Individual source-check dates, including blanks, are retained in the downloads.
- Use explicitly priced recurring food-special rows with a named weekday. Exclude member-only, children’s, bottomless, per-person and food-plus-drink bundle descriptions. Do not extract a guessed price from unstructured text.
- Match the named meal category. Where a venue has several matching specials, count its lowest listed qualifying price once. The selected day, original name and restrictions remain in the venue download.
- Different meal portions, cuts, toppings and sides are not standardised. A calendar price is not a promise of current availability; check the venue and day.
- Inner-join the lowest regular parma and lowest qualifying parma special at the same venue. Each venue contributes one pair. Do not assume identical portions or simultaneous verification.
Prices come from PINTR’s published venue and price catalogue, retrieved . The public directory and downloads show the supporting figures. This report does not measure inflation, national market share or changes over time.
PINTR price methodologyCite this finding
595 of 620 matched venues (96%) in PINTR’s sample listed parma special below regular parma.
PINTR. “What changes when you wait for parma night?” The PINTR Times. Catalogue snapshot 7 November 2026. https://www.pintr.com.au/articles/data/parma-night-vs-menu-price
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