How to get a cheap meal in Melbourne every day of the week

Punters Club, Fitzroy
$20 chicken or vegan schnitzel with potato salad and herb butter, available from 4pm (with $12 Rothaus Pils and $10 schnapps drinks deals also available)

Token, South Yarra
$1 dumplings

Pinchy's, CBD
Half-price tacos with king crab, tuna, fish and spicy chicken

Harley and Rose, West Footscray
$20 parma and $10 pints

Little Prince Wine, St Kilda
Hand-cut pasta for $20

Goldy's Tavern, Collingwood
$20 parma (except this is a next-level one, with 24-hour brined chicken, panko crumbs, housemade roast tomato sauce, a three-cheese blend and tasty Virginia ham)

Il Mercato Centrale, CBD
$3 tacos at Il Texan Barbecue

The Standard Hotel, Fitzroy
$20 chicken schnitzel with chips, salad and gravy (plus free-entry Trivia Night)

The Empress Hotel, Fitzroy North
$20 parma with roast potatoes and slaw, from 5pm

The Workers Club, Fitzroy
$16 lunch specials, from noon-3pm (daily until Friday)

The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy
25% off your total food bill

The Wesley Anne, Northcote
Two-for-one meal deal

The Bridge Hotel, Richmond
Butcher's cut of steak, chips, your choice of sauce or gravy, and salad, plus glass of house wine or pot of Carlton for $25

Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood
$22 chicken or $20 eggplant parma with chips and salad, from 5-9pm (optional $4 pot of Coopers Pale Ale to sweeten the deal)

The Cornish Arms, Brunswick
3 tacos for $18, add a Marg for $14

The Rochey, Fitzroy 
Burger and chips for $15 (and $20 jugs, plus it's Trivia Night)

Pinchy's, CBD
Half-price premium lobster rolls

Three Blue Ducks, Tullamarine
250-gram grass-fed Angus rump beef steak with Ducks' beer mustard and chips for just $25 (other cuts available too, for different prices)

Mr L's, South Yarra
'Quick Fix' $20 lunch special (available through to Sunday from noon to 3pm)

Firebird, Prahran
Firebird's signature free-range chicken with burnt chilli nuoc mam and two sides of your choice for $25

Lona Pintxos Bar, St Kilda
50% off the food bill and happy hour deals all day

Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood
$20 burger (veggie, Angus beef or chicken), served with the lot and hand cut chips

Stomping Ground, Collingwood
$24 steak night (250-gram porterhouse served with fries, salad and gravy), option to add on $5 pot of beer

Lucky Coq, Prahran
$5 pizzas all day (daily until Sunday)

Northcote Social Club, Northcote
$20 pie, chips and salad, from 5pm

The Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy
250-gram of rare breed porterhouse steak cooked to your liking, with your choice of sauces and two sides, for just $25

Carlton Brewhouse, Abbotsford
$15 burgers and jugs all day

The Cornish Arms, Brunswick
$20 vegan steak or $23 steak, available all day

Harlow, Richmond
$23 schnitties and parmas, from 5-8pm

The Wesley Anne, Northcote
Pie (venison or cauliflower), mushy peas, mash and a pot for $24.99 from 5pm

Harlow, Richmond
$23 burgers

The Empress Hotel, Fitzroy North
$1 wings

The Rochey, Fitzroy 
Porterhouse steak (or roasted pumpkin) with Rochey butter, fries and salad for just $22

Lona Pintxos Bar, Saint Kilda
200-gram porterhouse steak for $20 or 300-gram porterhouse steak for $25, with chips, salad and red wine or pepper sauce

The Bridge Hotel, Richmond
Chicken parma, chips and salad for $23 (veggie option available)

Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood
250-gram porterhouse steak with chips and rocket for $25 (optional glass of $9 Sangiovese)

Northcote Social Club, Northcote
$23 steak, chips and salad, from 5pm

Good Times, Fitzroy North
$9 pasta, $9 carafes of wine and $9 Negronis, from 4pm until late (continues until Saturday)

Il Mercato Centrale, CBD
$1.50 oysters all day long

Carlton Brewhouse, Abbotsford
$15 parmas all day

The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy
$16 burgers and two cocktails for $35

The Cornish Arms, Brunswick
$15 burgers for lunch, from 12-3pm

Stomping Ground, Collingwood
$2 oysters with beer mignonette

The National Hotel, Richmond
$4 steamed bao buns and happy hour drink specials, from 5-7pm

Il Mercato Centrale, CBD
$13 smash burgers at Lo Smash Burger and $15 crepes and waffles at Il Gelato

Pinchy's, CBD
Half-price Wagyu and lobster burgers and cocktails

The Rochey, Fitzroy 
Bargain Saturday late lunch deal: a main with a pot or glass of wine for $20 (from 2-4pm)

Heartattack and Vine, Carlton
$4.50 to $8 for assorted cicchetti at dinner (Venetian-style snacks) or grab a $12 Spanish omelette roll in the morning

Pinchy's, CBD
Half-price catch-of-the-day fish and chips

Lona Pintxos Bar Saint Kilda, Saint Kilda
$16 chicken parmas all day (club members only, but membership is free!)

With so many cheap eats options in Melbourne it's not hard to eat out without breaking the bank