Best Cheap Eats in Melbourne for Under $15
Reminder: The cheapest meals are probably prepared at home. Or if you are visiting Melbourne then consider brining plastic cutlery, bowls & plates to have cereal for breakfast and a picnic lunch etc.
Earl Canteen- $10-15 sandwiches and salads
Schmucks Bagels (CBD)- $10-11
Mile End Bagels (Fitzroy,Brunswick & Richmond)- Bagels from $9-17
Nosh (multiple locations) - Poke bowl
Green Cup (multiple locations)- acai and smoothies
Greenstreat (Multiple locations including, CBD, Fitzroy & Richmond)
N Lee Bakery (CBD) - Banh Mi
Feliz Bakery & Cafe (Carlton) -$8.5-10 Banh Mi
Stick it grill (Collingwood)- $10 bowls (current lunch special)
SpudBAR (CBD, Richmond, Woodgrove & Chevron)- $10-20 bowls
Son in Law- Gau Bao $6.5- 7
Om Vegetarian- All you can eat $9.5
Dodee Paidang CBD and other locations- Thai street food $8-15
Hi Chong Qing (Carlton)- $13-15 Chinese noodle bar
CDMX (CBD & Brunswick East)- Tacos & Quesadillas $13-15
Master lanzhou Noodle Bar (CBD) -popular Chinese noodle bar $13-25
Citris (Fitzroy North)- Sri Lankan dishes $10 lunch deals, $13-17 meals
Goz City (CBD)- Turkish food, specialising in gozleme $11
Mamak (CBD)- Malaysian $10-15 for roti and 2 curry dips
Salero Kito Padang Rose Lane (CBD)- Indonesian restaurant focusing in Padang foods $14-16
FAST FOOD
Fish Bowl - Street food boxes from $11.90
GYG
Subway - value bites i.e. avo toastie $3.50
Roll'd
Soul Origin
MARKET FOOD
Queen Victoria Markets
Ripe -baguette sandwich (Winner of the Australian Good Food Guide Readers’ Choice 2023)
Bratwurst shop - $10 sandwichs
Gilli - porchetta
South Melbourne Markets
Agathé Pâtisserie -pastries $5-7
Small Town Pie Co - salads and pies
Market Borex- $5 borek (cheapest food of the whole market)
DESSERTS
Lune Croissantarie- very popular
Gacha cafe- mochi ice cream and milky snow $4-10
Moon Cruller- near Rose Markets, donuts for $6
Uncle Testu- crepe brûlée
Bakemono Bakery -$5.50-7
Keki milk bar- Japanese pancake souffle $11-15
Kumo Desserts - approx $18-20, long queues
BEST CAFES (FOR SOLO TRAVELLERS)
Sit down
Guild Cafe (CBD)- charging ports available to charge your phone or laptop. The Guild Cafe is apart of the state library.
Vacation Coffee (CBD)
Sunhands (Carlton)
Dymocks Cafe (CBD)
Clement Coffee (South Melbourne Market)
St Ali (South Melbourne)
Alimentari (Fitzroy)
Takeaway
Bench Coffee Co
Hikari - for matcha
Tori’s - for matcha
Puzzle coffee- have edible coffee cups for an extra $3
Code Black
Padre
Proud Mary