How to get a cheap meal in Melbourne every night of the week
In Melbourne, food FOMO is real. Why cook when you could choose from endless delicious restaurants every night of the week? Unfortunately, we don't all have the cash to back up that lifestyle – which is where Melbourne's cheap eats heroes come into play. These eateries are doing the sweetest deals around, from $5 parmas to cheap yet tasty tapas.
For more great meals on a budget, check out our cheap eats under $20 list, and find out which restaurant won Best Cheap Eat at the 2017 Time Out Food Awards.
Monday
Beer DeLuxe, Hawthorn
All-you-can-eat chicken wings for $15
Cherry Tree Hotel, Cremorne
2-for-1 wood-fired pizzas from 5.30pm
Forester’s Pub and Dining, Collingwood
$5 parmas (with a drink purchase) between 4 and 10pm
The Maori Chief Hotel, South Melbourne
$10 fish 'n' chips or $14 vegetarian dahl
The Wesley Anne, Northcote
Roo and wine for $14.99 from 5pm
Tuesday
Bobbie Peels, North Melbourne
300g steak for $15
Dodee Paidang, CBD
Vegetarian pad see ewe for $8.90
Retreat Hotel, Brunswick
Thali curry with a pot for $15 from 5.30pm
The Reverence Hotel, Footscray
$3 tacos, $5 spicy fries, $3 Tecate tinnies from 6-9pm
The National Hotel, Richmond
$16 burgers and $9 4 Pines pints
Wednesday
The Panama, Fitzroy
$1 oysters 6-7pm
Trippy Taco, Fitzroy and St Kilda
$11 bean and cheese burrito
29th Apartment, St Kilda
$5 drinks and $1 whole pizza after 8pm
Thursday
Beer DeLuxe, CBD
$16 burger and beer
Bowl Bowl Dumplings, Collingwood
$10.50 steamed dumpling platter
Gami Chicken, CBD
$12 chicken spare rib with apple dressed greens salad
The Last Jar, Melbourne
$15 chicken parmas from 5pm
Mukka Indian, Fitzroy
$12.50 classic dosa
Friday
Juanita Peaches, Brunswick
$14 fish burrito with masa fried fish and jalapeños
Laksa King, Flemington
$11.80 combination curry laksa
The Lucky Coq, Windsor
$4 pizza 7-9pm
Oasis Bakery, Murrumbeena
$10.90 for kafta wrap with tabouli and hummus
Saturday
Heartattack and Vine, Carlton
$4 for one cicchetti (Venetian-style snack) or $10 for three
Lentil as Anything, St Kilda and Abbotsford
Pay what you want for Sri Lankan Uttapam
Poké Me, South Yarra
$15 salmon poké bowl
ShanDong MaMa, CBD
$14.80 for 12 prawn, mushroom and chive dumplings
Shujinko, Melbourne
$12.80 signature pork ramen
Sunday
Biggie Smalls, Collingwood and Windsor
$10.50 flaxseed falafel kebab
Naked for Satan, Fitzroy
50c pintxos (finger food bites)
The Palace Hotel, South Melbourne
$15 Sunday roast
The Wolf and I, Windsor
$7 tacos or $12 feta and silverbeet spanakopita
More tips for dining on a budget in Melbourne
Cheap eats under $20 in Melbourne
With so many cheap eats options in Melbourne it's not hard to eat out without breaking the bank
