Best Budget Eats

In Brisbane
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.

Boo's Kitchen
Boo's Kitchen, Woolloongabba.
Boo's Kitchen brings the fresh flavours of northern Thailand to the Gabba with delicious Isan dishes
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Dinner at Neesh Bar
Dinner at Neesh Bar
Neesh is one of Brisbane's best value places for dinner offering wood-fired pizzas, share plates or Lazy Banquet for just $44pp
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NGON
NGON Paddington
NGON is a funky cool Vietnamese restaurant that draws a crowd in Paddington
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Wau Kitchen
Wau Kitchen, Kangaroo Point
Wau Kitchen in Kangaroo Point is a funky African eatery offering Afro-fusion fare
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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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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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Little Greek Taverna
Little Greek Taverna West End
Little Greek Taverna serves some of the best budget food in West End
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Burmese Fusion Restaurant
Burmese Fusion Restaurant, Stones Corner
Brisbane's first Burmese restaurant brings authentic Burmese cuisine to Stones Corner
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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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Hatori Karaage
Hatori Karaage Camp Hill
Hatori Karaage is a tiny bamboo-walled Japanese eatery and bar serving crispy fried chicken
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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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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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Caravanserai
Caravanserai West End
This hilltop cottage lit by colourful Turkish lights and candles is an enduring Brisbane favourite
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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 South Bank
Gnocchi Gnocchi Brothers South Bank is Australia's second dedicated gnoccheria, a sibling for their Paddington eatery
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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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