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Best Budget Eats

In Brisbane

For a delicious lunch or dinner on a budget, check out this list of the most hip-pocket friendly eats that Brisbane has to offer, with mains coming in at less than $25 and a majority $20 or less.

Ladokolla on the Hill
Ladokolla on the Hill Highgate Hill
Tucked away in Highgate Hill, this little Greek taverna serves the most authentic and best value Greek food in town
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Vietnam House
Vietnam House Milton
A sibling for the popular restaurant of the same name in the Valley has a second casual eatery tucked away in a Milton lane
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Tapri
Tapri Rosalie
An authentic and delectable Indian street food diner, unlike anything to be found elsewhere in Brisbane
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Latin Manna
Latin Manna West End
This quirky colourful Colombian restaurant is located in an old West End cottage
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Authentic Char Grill & Kebab
Authentic CharGrill & Kebab Turkish Bardon
The quaint hilltop eatery is serving up the best Turkish street food to be found in Brisbane
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Bang Bang Fresh Noodle
Bang Bang Fresh Noodle Fortitude Valley
This new noodle bar in the Valley dishes up the fattest and freshest, authentic Chinese biang biang noodles in town
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Arhibu Ethiopian Restaurant
Arhibu Ethiopian Restaurant Moorooka
An authentic Ethiopian/Eritrean restaurant found in an arcade in the heart of Brisbane's Little Africa
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Ciro's Italian Restaurant
Ciro’s Italian Restaurant Auchenflower
Ciro’s Italian Restaurant is a tiny hidden gem of an Italian trattoria found in an Auchenflower side street
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La Bodega Taqueria
La Bodega Taqueria East Brisbane
A bright and breezy terracotta-hued Mexican restaurant located in a tiny precinct of eateries off Lytton Rd
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The Ukrainian Club
The Ukrainian Club Holland Park West
The Ukrainian Club Restaurant and Bar brings a traditional slice of The Ukraine to a quiet suburban street
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Kafenio
Kafenio West End
Kafenio offers traditional Greek and Cypriot cuisine from its blue and white West End workers cottage
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Momo Chicken
Momo Chicken Newmarket
One of Brisbane's best Korean fried chicken restaurants, tucked away underneath Newmarket Village
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Kathmandu Newa Chhe'n
Kathmandu Newa Chhe'n
This colourful flag-trimmed cottage in Paddington provides authentic Nepalese cuisine
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El Torito
El Torito, West End
This lively West End restaurant dishes up some of the best Mexican food in Brisbane
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Polish Club
Club Polonia is the place to go for traditional Polish cuisine, beers and vodka
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Sing's Asian Kitchen
Sing’s Asian Kitchen at Rosalie is one of the inner west’s long-lasting gems
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Hai Hai Ramen
Hai-Hai Ramen Paddington
Hai Hai Ramen is a tiny Japanese ramen bar found in a black worker’s cottage on Paddington’s Latrobe Tce.
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Taste of Saffron
Taste of Saffron
Taste of Saffron is a Persian and Mediterranean restaurant serving authentic cuisine in Stones Corner
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Yeshi Buna Ethio-African Restaurant
Plate of traditional Ethiopian food on plate inside Yeshi Buna Ethiopian restaurant in Brisbane's Moorooka
Yeshi Buna is a charming little palm-filled Ethiopian restaurant
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Taro's Ramen
Taro's Ramen, Stones Corner
One of Brisbane's best ramen bars serving big bowls of slurp-worthy soup
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Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers
Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers Paddington
Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers, Australia’s very first dedicated Italian gnoccheria, can be found on Paddington’s Given Terrace
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Still hungry for more suggestions on where to eat out in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Happy grazing!

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