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Best Budget Eats

In Brisbane
Exterior evening view of Hai Hai Ramen, Paddington

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.

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
Plate of nnodles, Bang Bang Fresh Noodle Fortitude Valley
This little 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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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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