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The math · 25% off, every meal

You already pay for it.Just not to the right place.

The maths on a Lagos dining membership are not subtle. We took two honest profiles — someone who cooks at home and a young professional who dines out four nights a week — and ran them through the 25% member rate. The ₦25,000 Founder fee paid itself back in a single week for one of them and just over a fortnight for the other.

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Lagos meal costs · per person

First, what does a meal actually cost?

Numbers below are 2026 Lagos market rates from our partner directory — Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki Phase 1. Per person, food only.

Casual / lunch
₦12K/ pp
₦8K–₦15K typical

Sao Café, neighbourhood spots

Mid-tier dinner
₦22K/ pp
₦18K–₦28K typical

Yellow Chilli, Z Kitchen, RSVP

Premium dinner
₦40K/ pp
₦30K–₦50K typical

Shiro, Casa Lydia, hotel restaurants

Chef's table / tasting
₦72K/ pp
₦60K–₦90K typical

Nok by Alara, premium hotel suites

The honest mean across the Lagos restaurants we partner with sits at ~₦20,000–₦25,000 per person for a sit-down dinner. A casual café lunch lands at ~₦12,000; a tasting menu at Nok runs north of ₦70,000. Anchor those numbers — the rest of the page builds on them.
Two profiles, two months

Honest math on two real Lagos lives.

Nobody we know dines out every night. Most professionals fall somewhere between these two. Pick the one closer to you, then run your own numbers below.

Persona · 01

The Home Cook

Cooks at home. Dines out for the moments that matter.

Lagos professional, mid-career, often cooking dinner at home and packing lunch. Eats out 1–2 times a week — mostly client meetings during the week and a weekend dinner with the family or close friends.

Their typical month
  • 04 Client lunches (mid-tier)@ ₦18,000
  • 02 Weekend dinners (premium)@ ₦35,000
Monthly spend₦142,000
Annual spend
₦1,704,000
Saved at 25%
₦426,000
ROI on ₦25K
17×
The math

Your ₦25,000 Founder fee pays itself back after 5 meals. Everything after that is ₦401,000 in your pocket this year.

Persona · 02

The Frequent Diner

Doesn't really cook. Lagos dining is the routine.

Young professional, expat, or busy executive. Doesn't keep a stocked kitchen. Eats out 3–4 times a week — a mix of café lunches, mid-tier dinners, and the occasional premium night out.

Their typical month
  • 08 Lunches (casual)@ ₦12,000
  • 04 Mid-tier dinners@ ₦22,000
  • 02 Premium dinners@ ₦40,000
Monthly spend₦264,000
Annual spend
₦3,168,000
Saved at 25%
₦792,000
ROI on ₦25K
32×
The math

Your ₦25,000 Founder fee pays itself back after 6 meals. Everything after that is ₦767,000 in your pocket this year.

Annual dining spend

What you spend, what you keep.

Full-priceMember rateFounder fee
The Home Cook
6 meals / month · ₦142K / month
you keep
₦401K
₦1.70M
₦1.28M
The Frequent Diner
14 meals / month · ₦264K / month
you keep
₦767K
₦3.17M
₦2.38M

Indigo = what you actually pay with the 25% member rate. Amber sliver at the start = your ₦25,000 Founder fee. Everything to the right of that is the saving you keep.

Run your own numbers

How often, how much.

Move the sliders. The numbers update live. The whole page is the same idea.

2 meals

Steady: client lunch + weekend dinner.

₦20,000

Mid-tier dinner.

You at this rate
₦519,600/ year saved
20.8× return on a ₦25,000 Founder fee.
Monthly spend
₦173,200
Monthly saving
₦43,300
Annual spend
₦2,078,400
After Founder fee
₦494,600
Break-even

5 meals pays back the ₦25,000 Founder fee. Roughly 2.5 weeks of your normal dining.

Break-even

The first five meals are the whole game.

At ₦25,000 a year and a 25% member rate on a typical mid-tier Lagos dinner, your founder fee is paid back inside the first month. Every meal after that is your own money kept in your pocket.

  • Home Cook: 5 meals → break-even. About a fortnight of normal dining.
  • Frequent Diner: 6 meals → break-even. Roughly the first week.
  • After that: the rest of the year is pure saving. No upsells, no renewal price hike for founders, ever.
Founder fee, in meals

Each circle = one mid-tier Lagos meal at ~₦20,000. Amber = paying back the ₦25,000 fee. Cream = saving you keep.

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5Paid back
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Saving by meal 12~₦35,000
Quick answers

The honest small print.

What if I only eat out once a fortnight?
Even at one mid-tier dinner every other week, your ₦25,000 founder fee is paid back inside three months and you're saving roughly ₦40,000 a year on top. The break-even is 5 meals — that's the floor.
What about drinks?
The standard 25% rate applies to the food bill, not drinks. We do that deliberately so venues can keep their wine programme and we don't lean on alcohol margins. A handful of bars run a separate 50% Happy Hour rate for members.
Are these numbers real or aspirational?
They're real. The cost bands above are pulled from actual menu prices at Nok by Alara, Yellow Chilli, RSVP, Z Kitchen, Shiro, and Sheraton Lagos as of April 2026. The ₦42,000 average member cover figure on our partner page is the median paid bill, not a marketing number.
Is the founder rate really locked forever?
Yes. Founders pay ₦25,000 every year, indefinitely, as long as they renew. Launch Year tier (₦60,000) and Regular tier (₦120,000) come later for everyone else.
Ready when you are

The math is the math. Get on the list.

Founder pricing locks at ₦25,000/year, forever — closes when 100 sold or when our 15th venue is signed.

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