
Cheap Eats In Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia is famous for its quirky café culture and restaurants. However, eating out, even on week nights can be prove to be quite an expensive venture when cash is running low or you are saving your dosh for the festival season. In each suburb, there are plenty of promotions in Melbourne’s best food spots on most nights, check out these places below for a meal and a drink for no more than $10-15. Delicious.
This jammy chicken knows how to make you smile. With the famous pizzas taking centre stage every lunch and dinner, just pop along with $4 in your pocket and you’ll be surprised how filling they are.
Entertainment in one of Melbourne’s best restaurants is a real focal point at Lucky Coq, each night being different. On any given night you can find free table tennis, a free pool table, movie nights, BBQ’s, live bands and DJs- spend an evening in the sexy outside space and you’ll wish you had discovered this place a long time ago.
Windsor Place, Windsor, Melbourne, 3181
(03) 9525 1288
www.luckycoq.com.au
One of the original and one of the best Irish bars in Melbourne. Enjoy live sport, Guinness and of course a true Irish atmosphere in the centre of the city. If you’re feeling a little peckish, the sharers are great for you and your mates and won’t cost much between a few of you. Get rowdy over pizzas covered in olives and chorizo at just around $12, perfectly complimenting some true Irish ale.
106 – 112 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 3000
(03) 9670 227
www.puggs.com.au
Penny Black
This place is truly alive and kicking, showcasing some of the top live bands around. If the live bands in the pub just ‘aint your thang’, then the beer garden in the top Melbourne bar houses DJ’s and a chance to catch a bit of sunshine. The Penny is a place which welcomes locals, workers and travelers with open arms and has fantastic food promotions each night varying from $6 pizzas to $12 roasts – keep an eye on their website.
420 Sydney Rd Brunswick, Melbourne, 3056
(03) 9380 8667
www.thepennyblack.com.au
The Pint on Punt is convenient in every which way. It has one of the Hostels in Melbourne here and also a great bistro with $10 sandwiches to eat until your heart is content. This pub also houses a $12 steak night, or if curry is more your thing- their curry promotions are weekly too. With discounted food deals in Melbourne, weekly rates on their accommodation in Melbourne, which is usually around $20 a night, it leaves you with a little cash to spend on some good grub in the pubs in Melbourne. Every evening there is always something going on such as karaoke, trivia, poker and live local music so there is always a reason to pop in and meet some new folk.
42 Punt Road, Windsor, Melbourne, 3181
(03) 9510 3310
www.pintonpunt.com.au
Sassy Food Room-
This place oozes charm with a very traditional interior and great weekly promotions in Melbourne. Just 5 minutes from the city, you know that Sassy is never far away. Their $10 take away menu is perfect for those nights on the sofa watching Neighbours. If you fancy a proper sit down meal, they promote a $10 Sunday special menu and their blackboard specials menu inside is forever changing to add a little spice to your life after work.
688 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, Melbourne, 3039
(03) 9370 1008
www.sassyfoodroom.com.au
Oxford Scholar Hotel-
Friday night in the UK has fish ‘n’ chips written all over it, and the chefs down at the Scholar, one of Melbourne’s best hotels, they know exactly how to cook their fish and their chips to perfection for a small price of $10- making you feel right at home. Feel like a student again with live sport, trivia nights and their $12 lasagnes, roasts and parma nights.
427 Swanston St, Melbourne, 3000
(03) 9663 1619
www.theoxfordscholar.com.au
Three Degrees
5pm on a Friday is the best time of the week for many, and so the team at Three Degrees has a selection of drinks on offer at $5 to match the hour! With plenty of beers and ciders to choose from along with their main menu available all day and their pizza and tapas menu after 5pm. For $15 dollars, you can grab a pizza or parma and a tipple of your choice. Always a must for the best food deals in Melbourne as what’s on in Melbourne at Three Degrees is always different.
No 1, QV Sq Cnr, Swanston & Lonsdale Sts, Melbourne, 3000
(03) 9639 6766
www.3degrees.com.au
By Frankie Salt
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