Flipkart Dinner Set Price September 2026: Rs. 16 to Rs. 806 a Piece

One hundred disposable paper plates, 180 GSM, silver-coated, at Rs. 220. Divide and you get Rs. 2.20 a piece, which is the cheapest figure anywhere in this read by a factor of seven and completely meaningless as a comparison, because the piece it describes goes in the bin after one meal. We have seated this card first deliberately: it is the reductio of the arithmetic this whole page runs on. The seller has filed disposable catering plates in the same category as a Rs. 6,944 handmade ceramic set, and Flipkart's search returns them together. Neither the category nor the piece count is a lie - there really are a hundred plates - and both are useless without the material beside them. For a function of a hundred people this is a perfectly sensible Rs. 220. It publishes no ratings at all.

• Price: Rs. 220 (stated MRP Rs. 400)
• Piece count: 100 pieces of paper as stated by the listing - Rs. 2.20 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 4 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 220, Maahi Pack of 100 Paper Silver plate(180 GSM) Dinner Set - 45% off a stated Rs. 400
• Discount: 45% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 180
• Rating: Flipkart publishes no rating and no rating count for this listing
• Buying logic: Buy it for a function, not for a kitchen

Sixteen rupees a piece is the cheapest anything reusable gets here, and plastic is why. The listing states eighteen pieces of plates and bowls for everyday use; what it does not state, and what no plastic dinner listing on this shelf states, is whether the material is food-grade certified or microwave-safe, and the absence of both claims on a Rs. 283 listing should be read as an answer. A hundred and ninety-seven ratings at 3.7 is a usable sample with a mediocre score, which is roughly what Rs. 16 a piece buys. The 43 per cent badge against Rs. 499 is among the milder claims here, for whatever a milder claim on an anonymous label is worth. Buy it as picnic and children's crockery.

• Price: Rs. 283 (stated MRP Rs. 499)
• Piece count: 18 pieces of plastic as stated by the listing - Rs. 16 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 28 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 283, ANUWORD Pack of 18 Plastic Dinner Plates with Bowls - 43% off a stated Rs. 499
• Discount: 43% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 216
• Rating: 3.7 from 197 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Picnic and children's plates, not everyday crockery

Three plates, three bowls and three spoons for Rs. 292 is Rs. 32 a piece, the lowest per-piece figure on this page once the disposable plates are set aside. Steel at this price is thin-gauge and will dent rather than break, which for a hostel room or a first rented flat is the right failure mode. Two things to hold onto. Eight ratings is not a sample, so no rating pill is printed on this card and the 4.5 it displays is a statement about eight people. And the 79 per cent badge against a stated Rs. 1,399 is arithmetic on a number nobody paid: Rs. 1,399 for nine pieces of thin steel would be a remarkable price to charge. The checkout figure is the only one worth reading.

• Price: Rs. 292 (stated MRP Rs. 1,399)
• Piece count: 9 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 32 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 155 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 292, Cimis Pack of 9 Stainless Steel Dinner Set - 3 plates, 3 bowls and 3 spoons - 79% off a stated Rs. 1,399
• Discount: 79% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,107
• Rating: Flipkart shows 4.5 from only 8 ratings - too few to average, so no rating pill is shown
• Buying logic: Hostel-room crockery, eight people's worth of evidence

Thirty-three rupees fifty a piece across 32 pieces, with 10,220 ratings at 4.2 standing behind it, is the most defensible number in this read. Classic Essentials is a Mumbai steelware brand that sells through kitchenware shops as well as here, which is worth knowing when you weigh the 68 per cent badge - it is a large claim for a brand with a retail presence, so treat Rs. 3,389 as optimistic rather than invented. Laser-etched steel of this gauge does not chip, does not stain and survives being dropped, which is the entire argument for steel over opalware. What you give up is the look: nobody serves guests on a peacock-etched thali set to impress them. For a family kitchen that actually uses its crockery daily, this is the buy.

• Price: Rs. 1,072 (stated MRP Rs. 3,389)
• Piece count: 32 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 34 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 106 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,072, Classic Essentials Pack of 32 Stainless Steel Peacock Lazer Design Dinner Set - 68% off a stated Rs. 3,389
• Discount: 68% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 2,317
• Rating: 4.2 from 10,220 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The daily-use family answer

A hundred and one pieces is the largest count on this page and Rs. 35 a piece is close to the steel median, so the size is not buying you a discount - it is buying you a complete kitchen in one order, which for a new household is the actual value. What distinguishes this listing from the rest of the steel chapter is the phrase '24G' in its title: 24-gauge is a stated sheet thickness, roughly 0.6mm, and it is the only listing among the 153 we read that publishes one. Everything else on this shelf sells steel by piece count and finish and lets you guess the thickness, which is the single specification that determines whether a plate dents. Five hundred and ninety ratings at 4.3 is a solid if modest sample for a Rs. 3,570 purchase. The 46 per cent badge is mid-table.

• Price: Rs. 3,570 (stated MRP Rs. 6,599)
• Piece count: 101 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 35 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 65 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 3,570, NEELAM Pack of 101 Stainless Steel 24G Premium Eco Dinner Set - 46% off a stated Rs. 6,599
• Discount: 46% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 3,029
• Rating: 4.3 from 590 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: A whole kitchen in one order, with a stated gauge

Two listings in this read sell 61 stainless steel pieces against an identical stated MRP of Rs. 5,999: this one at Rs. 2,498 and Flipkart's own SmartBuy at Rs. 2,649. When two unrelated sellers print the same list price for the same piece count, the figure is a category convention rather than either seller's price. The Rs. 151 difference goes the KIARAA's way at Rs. 41 a piece against Rs. 43.40. Where SmartBuy wins is evidence: 14,286 ratings against 1,146. A thousand one hundred and forty-six at 4.1 is a real sample, so the pill stands, but on a set this size - which you buy once and keep for a decade - the larger crowd is worth Rs. 151 of anybody's money.

• Price: Rs. 2,498 (stated MRP Rs. 5,999)
• Piece count: 61 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 41 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 98 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 2,498, KIARAA Pack of 61 Stainless Steel Dinner Set - 58% off a stated Rs. 5,999
• Discount: 58% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 3,501
• Rating: 4.1 from 1,146 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Cheaper per piece, a twelfth of the feedback

Fourteen thousand two hundred and eighty-six ratings at 4.1 is the largest sample on any steel set here, and it belongs to Flipkart's own private label - which is worth understanding rather than discounting. SmartBuy products are sourced by Flipkart from the same Indian steel manufacturers that supply the branded listings, sold without a brand's marketing cost, and returned through Flipkart's own process rather than a brand's. That last point is the practical one: on a 61-piece order, a return that is handled by the shop rather than argued with a manufacturer is worth real money. Rs. 43.40 a piece is a fraction above the steel median. The 56 per cent badge against Rs. 5,999 is a figure SmartBuy chose for itself, so read it as a marker rather than a price.

• Price: Rs. 2,649 (stated MRP Rs. 5,999)
• Piece count: 61 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 43 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 98 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 2,649, Flipkart SmartBuy Pack of 61 Stainless Steel Dinner Set - 56% off a stated Rs. 5,999
• Discount: 56% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 3,350
• Rating: 4.1 from 14,286 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The steel set with the most people behind it

Twenty-seven per cent off a stated Rs. 2,999 is the most modest discount claim in this entire read, on a shelf whose median claim is 56 per cent and whose largest is 79. That restraint is the most interesting thing about this listing. Limetro is a Gujarat steelware manufacturer selling direct, and a manufacturer with a wholesale channel cannot print a fictional list price without its own trade customers noticing. Rs. 43 a piece across 51 pieces with 8,289 ratings at 4.1 behind it makes this the steel set to buy if you want the discount claim and the product to be describing the same reality. It states that it serves six, which is the only capacity claim any steel listing here makes, and is the more useful number if you are buying for a family rather than counting spoons.

• Price: Rs. 2,194 (stated MRP Rs. 2,999)
• Piece count: 51 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 43 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 59 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 2,194, LIMETRO STEEL Pack of 51 Stainless Steel Laser Printed Dinner Set, serves 6 - 27% off a stated Rs. 2,999
• Discount: 27% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 805
• Rating: 4.1 from 8,289 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The badge on this one is close to true

Here is the arithmetic working against the intuition. Limetro's 51-piece set costs Rs. 2,194 and its 33-piece set costs Rs. 1,775 - so the smaller set is Rs. 54 a piece against the larger one's Rs. 43. Buying less costs you 26 per cent more per piece, which is the ordinary shape of bulk pricing and is worth seeing stated, because the piece count is the number this shelf advertises and the per-piece price is the number it hides. The other thing worth noticing is the stated MRP: Rs. 2,999 on both listings, the 51-piece and the 33-piece. One crossed-out figure, two different products from the same seller. Four thousand eight hundred and sixty-six ratings at 4.2 is strong. Buy this one only if four people is genuinely the ceiling.

• Price: Rs. 1,775 (stated MRP Rs. 2,999)
• Piece count: 33 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 54 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 91 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,775, LIMETRO STEEL Pack of 33 Stainless Steel Laser Printed Dinner Set, serves 4 - 41% off a stated Rs. 2,999
• Discount: 41% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,224
• Rating: 4.2 from 4,866 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The smaller set at the higher rate - buy up if you can

Five pieces at Rs. 398 is Rs. 80 a piece - nearly two and a half times the Classic Essentials rate, for the same material. That is what buying a single place setting costs on this shelf, and it is a reasonable thing to want: one thali, one katori set, for one person in a rented room. What you should not do is read the 34 per cent badge as a saving; Rs. 599 for five pieces of thin steel is not a price anything was sold at, and the badge here is milder than most only because the seller chose a smaller number to cross out. Flipkart publishes no rating and no rating count for this listing at all, which on a Rs. 398 purchase is survivable and on this page is worth naming. The mirror finish shows every fingerprint.

• Price: Rs. 398 (stated MRP Rs. 599)
• Piece count: 5 pieces of stainless steel as stated by the listing - Rs. 80 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 120 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 398, BZILO Pack of 5 Stainless Steel Premium Mirror Finish Dinner Set - 34% off a stated Rs. 599
• Discount: 34% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 201
• Rating: Flipkart publishes no rating and no rating count for this listing
• Buying logic: One person's worth of steel, at twice the rate

Forty-seven pieces of opalware at Rs. 52 each, from the brand that dominates this category in India. Opalware is toughened glass-ceramic: lighter than ceramic, far harder to chip than bone china, dishwasher and microwave safe, and it shatters rather than cracks when it finally goes. Now look at the rating count. This listing shows 197,032 ratings - and so do cello's 37-piece set, its 35-piece set and its 10-piece set, three different products at three different prices, all displaying the identical figure. That is one Dazzle-series pool shown on every listing in the series, not 197,032 people rating this set. The 4.4 average is real and it is cello's series average; it tells you opalware from cello is good, which it is. It does not tell you anything about this particular 47-piece configuration.

• Price: Rs. 2,450 (stated MRP Rs. 6,099)
• Piece count: 47 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 52 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 130 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 2,450, cello Pack of 47 Opalware Dazzle Tropical Lagoon Crockery Set - 60% off a stated Rs. 6,099
• Discount: 60% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 3,649
• Rating: 4.4 from 197,032 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Buy the series reputation, and know that is what you are buying

Thirty-seven pieces at Rs. 58 each against the 47-piece set's Rs. 52 - the same bulk gradient the steel chapter showed, from the same brand in the same series. The rating count is identical to the rupee: 197,032, 4.4. Two listings, two piece counts, two prices, one number. What separates them in practice is the 41 per cent badge here against 60 per cent on the 47-piece, which means cello has crossed out Rs. 3,649 on this one and Rs. 6,099 on that one; per piece those stated MRPs are Rs. 99 and Rs. 130, for products in the same series with the same finish. The stated MRP is not tracking anything about the product. Lush Fiesta is the pattern name; the physical difference between these two sets is quantity and decoration.

• Price: Rs. 2,138 (stated MRP Rs. 3,649)
• Piece count: 37 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 58 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 99 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 2,138, cello Pack of 37 Opalware Dazzle Lush Fiesta Dinner Set - 41% off a stated Rs. 3,649
• Discount: 41% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,511
• Rating: 4.4 from 197,032 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Only buy the smaller set if you need the smaller set

Rs. 58.20 a piece, which is within a rupee of the 37-piece Lush Fiesta above it, and the same 197,032 ratings at 4.4 for the third time on this page. Once you have seen it three times the point is made: on Flipkart, cello's opalware ratings are a series-level asset applied to every configuration in it. The practical consequence is that you cannot use the rating count to choose between cello sets - it is constant - so choose on piece count, pattern and price per piece instead, all three of which this page prints. The stated Rs. 4,295 works out at Rs. 123 a piece, which is the figure cello would have you believe opalware costs; the 47-piece set's stated MRP implies Rs. 130 and the 10-piece set's implies Rs. 140. Three different fictions from one brand.

• Price: Rs. 2,036 (stated MRP Rs. 4,295)
• Piece count: 35 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 58 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 123 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 2,036, cello Pack of 35 Opalware Blue Swirl Dazzle Dinner Set - 53% off a stated Rs. 4,295
• Discount: 53% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 2,259
• Rating: 4.4 from 197,032 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Choose on pattern and per-piece price, not on the count

Seven hundred and sixty-five rupees is the cheapest cello opalware on this page and Rs. 76.50 a piece is the dearest rate among the four Dazzle listings seated here - against Rs. 52 on the 47-piece set, which is 47 per cent more per piece for buying a tenth as many. That is the honest cost of starting small, and for two people in a flat it is very often the right cost to pay, because 47 pieces of anything in a two-person kitchen is 30 pieces in a cupboard. The same 197,032 rating pool applies, for the fourth time. Girasol is the pattern. The 45 per cent badge against Rs. 1,399 is the mildest of cello's four claims here, which fits the pattern across this whole page: the smaller the pack, the smaller the fiction required to make it look discounted.

• Price: Rs. 765 (stated MRP Rs. 1,399)
• Piece count: 10 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 76 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 140 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 765, cello Pack of 10 Opalware Dazzle Series Girasol Crockery Set - 45% off a stated Rs. 1,399
• Discount: 45% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 634
• Rating: 4.4 from 197,032 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The two-person answer, at a premium you can justify

This is the card that proves the pooled-ratings point from the other direction. It is cello, it is opalware, and it carries 1,797 ratings at 4.3 - not 197,032 - because Solitaire is a separate series from Dazzle and pools separately. Same brand, same material, two entirely different evidence bases on the same page. What Solitaire buys for its Rs. 96 a piece against Dazzle's Rs. 52 is a heavier body, which cello markets as 'extra strong'; the listing gives no thickness or weight figure to check that against, so it is a claim rather than a specification. Eighteen pieces is a two-to-four-person configuration. If you want cello opalware and the Dazzle patterns look too busy for your table, this is the alternative, and you are paying for the pattern.

• Price: Rs. 1,727 (stated MRP Rs. 3,499)
• Piece count: 18 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 96 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 194 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,727, cello Pack of 18 Opalware Solitaire Series Moonstone, extra strong, lightweight - 51% off a stated Rs. 3,499
• Discount: 51% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,772
• Rating: 4.3 from 1,797 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Pay the premium for the range, not for evidence

Borosil has made glassware in India since 1962 and Larah is its opalware line, which makes this the one name on this shelf that carries any real engineering reputation. Rs. 53.80 a piece is within two rupees of cello's 47-piece rate, so you are not paying a brand premium at this size. The rating count is 63,588 at 4.4 - and it appears identically on the 17-piece Rosalie listing further down, which is the same series-pooling behaviour cello shows, at a different brand. Two listings, one pool. The 56 per cent badge against Rs. 4,200 implies Rs. 124 a piece as a list price; Borosil does sell through department stores, so that figure is closer to real than cello's, though still not a price we can verify anything sold at.

• Price: Rs. 1,828 (stated MRP Rs. 4,200)
• Piece count: 34 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 54 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 124 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,828, Larah by Borosil Pack of 34 Opalware Rosalie Galaxy Dinner Set - 56% off a stated Rs. 4,200
• Discount: 56% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 2,372
• Rating: 4.4 from 63,588 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The best-regarded opalware brand, at the ordinary rate

Seventeen pieces is exactly half of 34, and Rs. 1,120 is 61 per cent of Rs. 1,828 - so halving the set costs you 22 per cent more per piece, Rs. 65.90 against Rs. 53.80. Same series, same pattern, same brand, same 63,588 pooled ratings displayed on both. This pair is the cleanest bulk-pricing comparison on the page because everything except the quantity is held constant, and it puts a number on a decision most people make by eye: buying the small set costs about a fifth more per plate. For two people that is still usually correct, because the alternative is storing seventeen pieces you never use. The 57 per cent badge against Rs. 2,625 is a per-piece list price of Rs. 154, which is higher than the 34-piece set's implied Rs. 124.

• Price: Rs. 1,120 (stated MRP Rs. 2,625)
• Piece count: 17 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 66 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 154 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,120, Larah by Borosil Pack of 17 Opalware Rosalie Galaxy Crockery Set - 57% off a stated Rs. 2,625
• Discount: 57% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,505
• Rating: 4.4 from 63,588 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The honest price of buying only what you need

Nine hundred and fifteen rupees is the cheapest route to Borosil opalware on this page, at Rs. 70.40 a piece. What makes it worth a card of its own is the rating count: 2,168 at 4.4, not the 63,588 that the two Rosalie listings share. Florence is a different pattern in the Galaxy series and it pools separately, which confirms that these counts follow the pattern name rather than the brand or the material. Thirteen pieces is a genuine two-person set - four plates, four bowls, four small plates and a serving piece is the usual arrangement, though this listing does not itemise. Buy this one if you want Borosil and you want the rating number on the page to mean something about the thing you are buying, which on this shelf is rarer than it should be.

• Price: Rs. 915 (stated MRP Rs. 2,100)
• Piece count: 13 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 70 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 162 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 915, Larah by Borosil Pack of 13 Opalware Galaxy Series Florence Dinner Set - 56% off a stated Rs. 2,100
• Discount: 56% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,185
• Rating: 4.4 from 2,168 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Borosil at its cheapest, with feedback that is actually its own

La Opala has made opalware in India since the late 1980s and is the brand most often found in department stores rather than on marketplaces, which shows here: Rs. 56.60 a piece is squarely mid-table, indistinguishable from cello and Borosil, but the rating count is 597 against their tens of thousands. That is a visibility gap, not a quality one, and it is the single best illustration on this page of why a rating count measures marketplace presence rather than merit. Four point three across 597 is a perfectly respectable score. The 43 per cent badge against Rs. 3,295 is milder than cello's on comparable sets, which fits a brand with a physical retail channel. The listing does not name a pattern or itemise the 33 pieces, which is a real information gap at this price.

• Price: Rs. 1,867 (stated MRP Rs. 3,295)
• Piece count: 33 pieces of opalware as stated by the listing - Rs. 57 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 100 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,867, LAOPALA Pack of 33 Opalware Dinner Set - 43% off a stated Rs. 3,295
• Discount: 43% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,428
• Rating: 4.3 from 597 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The department-store brand, priced like the marketplace ones

Melamine is moulded plastic resin: it does not break when dropped, it does not chip, it is markedly cheaper per piece than opalware, and it must never go in a microwave, which is the one fact this category consistently buries. Flipkart's own label is Rs. 36.40 a piece across 40 pieces with 15,807 ratings at 4.2, which is the largest melamine sample here. The listing states dishwasher safe and stain resistant and does not state microwave safe - read that omission as the answer, because for melamine it is. What should give you pause is the badge: 78 per cent off a stated Rs. 6,500, which implies a list price of Rs. 163 a melamine piece. Nobody has ever charged that. This is the cheapest good crockery on the page and the most invented list price on it.

• Price: Rs. 1,455 (stated MRP Rs. 6,500)
• Piece count: 40 pieces of melamine as stated by the listing - Rs. 36 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 162 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,455, Flipkart SmartBuy Pack of 40 Melamin Emerald Bloom, dishwasher safe, stain resistant - 78% off a stated Rs. 6,500
• Discount: 78% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 5,045
• Rating: 4.2 from 15,807 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Best value here, if you accept no microwave

The same material, the same piece count and a checkout price Rs. 45 above Flipkart's own 40-piece melamine set - but a stated MRP of Rs. 7,200 against SmartBuy's Rs. 6,500, producing the largest discount badge in this entire read at 79 per cent. Two sellers, one product class, two invented ceilings. Rs. 37.50 a piece is still excellent value in absolute terms and 3,991 ratings at 4.3 is a marginally better average than SmartBuy's 4.2 on a quarter of the sample. This is a genuinely reasonable buy; the reason it is seated here is the badge. When you see 79 per cent on this shelf, what varied was not the price you pay but the number the seller chose to strike through, and the card two above it proves it.

• Price: Rs. 1,500 (stated MRP Rs. 7,200)
• Piece count: 40 pieces of melamine as stated by the listing - Rs. 38 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 180 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,500, Sigri-wala Pack of 40 Melamin Pink White Dinner Set - 79% off a stated Rs. 7,200
• Discount: 79% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 5,700
• Rating: 4.3 from 3,991 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: A fine set behind the page's biggest fiction

Thirty-nine rupees seventy a piece puts this between the two 40-piece melamine sets and the steel chapter, and the reason to look at it is the stated MRP: Rs. 2,999 against Rs. 6,500 and Rs. 7,200 on the sets above. Per piece that is Rs. 94 as a claimed list price rather than Rs. 163 or Rs. 180 - still high for melamine but within the range a physical shop might actually ask. Two thousand six hundred and fourteen ratings at 4.1 is a decent sample and the weakest average of the three melamine sets here. The same microwave caution applies and this listing, like the others, does not mention it. Stain resistance is worth having in melamine, which absorbs turmeric and tomato over time in a way that steel and opalware do not.

• Price: Rs. 1,271 (stated MRP Rs. 2,999)
• Piece count: 32 pieces of melamine as stated by the listing - Rs. 40 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 94 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,271, Home-pro Pack of 32 Melamin Boss Elegant, stain resistant, white floral - 58% off a stated Rs. 2,999
• Discount: 58% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,728
• Rating: 4.1 from 2,614 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: Melamine with a list price you could almost believe

One hundred and eighteen rupees a piece for melamine, against Rs. 36 on Flipkart's own 40-piece set of the same material. Some of that gap is real: these are 10.5-inch dinner plates, the largest and most expensive item in any set, while a 40-piece count is padded with katoris and spoons that cost a fraction of a plate to mould. That is the honest defence of the price and it is also the single most important caveat on this whole page - a piece is not a piece. What has no defence is the 72 per cent badge against a stated Rs. 2,499, which would be Rs. 417 a melamine plate. Flipkart publishes no rating and no rating count for this listing. Six matching large plates is a real need; this is an expensive way to meet it.

• Price: Rs. 709 (stated MRP Rs. 2,499)
• Piece count: 6 pieces of melamine as stated by the listing - Rs. 118 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 416 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 709, AURKA Pack of 6 Melamin 10.5-inch Dinner Plates, dishwasher safe - 72% off a stated Rs. 2,499
• Discount: 72% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,790
• Rating: Flipkart publishes no rating and no rating count for this listing
• Buying logic: Buy plates as plates, but know what a piece count hides

Every melamine set on this page stays silent about microwaves, because melamine cannot go in one. This listing is plastic rather than melamine and states microwave safe in its own title, which is the difference worth Rs. 1,309 to a household that reheats. Rs. 36.40 a piece matches the cheapest melamine rate exactly. What holds it back is the score: 3.7 from 838 ratings is the lowest average of any multi-piece set on this page, and on plastic the usual complaints - warping, staining, a lingering smell - are exactly what a 3.7 describes. The 35 per cent badge against Rs. 1,999 is among the milder claims here. If the microwave matters more than the finish, this is the card; if not, steel does everything plastic does and lasts.

• Price: Rs. 1,309 (stated MRP Rs. 1,999)
• Piece count: 36 pieces of plastic as stated by the listing - Rs. 36 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 56 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 1,309, Solinc Pack of 36 Plastic Dinner Set, microwave safe - 35% off a stated Rs. 1,999
• Discount: 35% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 690
• Rating: 3.7 from 838 Flipkart ratings
• Buying logic: The reheating household's compromise

Four hundred and sixty-three rupees a piece is nine times the opalware rate and thirteen times the steel rate, and what it buys is studio ceramic: hand-thrown, hand-painted blue Mughal pattern, each piece slightly different from the next. That is a legitimate thing to spend money on and this page has no argument against it. Notice the badge, though, because it makes the point this page keeps making from the expensive end: 13 per cent off Rs. 7,999 is the second-smallest claim in the read, and it belongs to the seller with the most defensible price. Sellers with real prices print small discounts. Eight ratings is too thin for a pill and the 4.1 it shows is eight people's opinion of a Rs. 6,944 purchase, which is the main reason for caution here. Handmade ceramic chips.

• Price: Rs. 6,944 (stated MRP Rs. 7,999)
• Piece count: 15 pieces of ceramic as stated by the listing - Rs. 463 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 533 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 6,944, caffeine Pack of 15 Ceramic Handmade Blue Mughal Dinner Set - 13% off a stated Rs. 7,999
• Discount: 13% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 1,055
• Rating: Flipkart shows 4.1 from only 8 ratings - too few to average, so no rating pill is shown
• Buying logic: A real craft price, and almost no evidence

Eight hundred and six rupees a piece is the top of this page by a wide margin, and kansa is why. Bronze - traditionally 78 per cent copper to 22 per cent tin - is bought in India for Ayurvedic reasons as much as culinary ones, costs many times steel by weight, tarnishes, needs hand-polishing with tamarind or lemon and must never go in a dishwasher. None of that is a criticism; it is a different object that happens to sit in the same search results. We have seated it as the ceiling of the per-piece scale, opposite the Rs. 2.20 paper plates that open this page: two listings 366 times apart, both filed as Dinner Set. Fifty-seven ratings at 4.1 is a thin sample for Rs. 5,639, so no rating pill is printed. We make no health claim for kansa and neither should a listing.

• Price: Rs. 5,639 (stated MRP Rs. 9,999)
• Piece count: 7 pieces of kansa bronze as stated by the listing - Rs. 806 a piece, against a stated MRP of Rs. 1,428 a piece
• Key detail: Rs. 5,639, The Healing Store Pack of 7 Bronze 100% Pure Kansa Bronze Dinner Set / Thali Set - 44% off a stated Rs. 9,999
• Discount: 44% off a stated MRP, which is Rs. 4,360
• Rating: Flipkart shows 4.1 from only 57 ratings - too few to average, so no rating pill is shown
• Buying logic: Buy it as metalware, not as crockery