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Family meals under $7.50 a person in Nashville
Updated Nov 3, 2026. 37 places around Nashville sell family meals; 37 post a price we could check. Priced for your 4 people, before tax. How we price
- Cook it yourself$3.82a person · $15.28 for 4
- Store dinner$3.30a person · rotisserie chicken + sides
- Cheapest here$6.50Captain D’s (our estimate)
Cooking: USDA moderate-cost plan, Sept 2026. Store: Walmart Powell Ave, Nov 3. How we work these out
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1 spot under $7.50 a person
Cheapest first- Captain D’s
10 Piece Fish Family Meal$6.50each for 410 batter-dipped fish · 8 hush puppies · 2 family-size sides$25.99 for 4 · serves about 5 (our estimate) · 11 spots: Antioch, Gallatin, Hendersonville, Hermitage and more - Your line: $7.50 a person
- Red Lobster
Linguini Alfredo Family Meal$12.25each for 4Family-size Linguini Alfredo with Cajun chicken or shrimp · 8 Cheddar Bay Biscuits$48.99 and up for 4 · feeds 4 · 3 spots: Antioch, Franklin, Madison
0 more places sell family meals with no price posted
They sell family meals, but the price lives inside an ordering app, or they don’t say how many it feeds. We show what we can confirm and never guess a price. A parent’s “I paid $__” fills these in.
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Cheapest a person by kind of food, for 4 people
- Pizza Little Caesars, est.$3.49
- Chicken Popeyes$5.00
- Mexican Taco Bell$5.21
- Italian Fazoli's$6.25
- Seafood Captain D’s, est.$6.50
- American Golden Corral$8.50
- BBQ Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint$9.37
- Steakhouse Texas Roadhouse$10.00
- Southern Cracker Barrel$10.50
- Asian Panda Express$11.25
- Mediterranean Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe$11.60
Good to know
What’s the cheapest family meal in Nashville right now?
Popeyes’s 11 Piece Tenders Family Meal Deal: $20.00 for 4, or $5.00 a person before tax, checked Nov 3, 2026. Pizza can come in cheaper, but pizza chains don’t say how many a pizza feeds, so those numbers use our own serving estimate.
How do you work out the price a person?
We price enough of the meal to feed everyone you’re feeding, using the most people the restaurant says it feeds, then divide by your headcount. A “Meal for 2” counts twice for a family of four. Prices are the menu price before tax.
Is a family meal cheaper than cooking or the grocery store?
Almost never. Cooking from scratch on USDA’s moderate-cost plan works out to $3.82 a person per meal, and a store rotisserie chicken dinner for four is $3.30 a person. The cheapest family meal here costs $1.18 more a person than that; you’re paying for not cooking, shopping or cleaning up.
What about tax and delivery?
Prices here are before tax. Sales tax around Nashville is 10%, so a $30 meal comes to $32.92. Delivery apps usually charge more than the menu price, plus fees, so we list the restaurant’s own price.