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  • Jaffna House on Tooting High Street. Great Sri Lankan curry. Really nice alternative to Indian curries...added below

    NORTH
    ANGEL - Le Mercury. Cheap and cheerful French bistro.
    CAMDEN - That whole in the wall on your right hand side a few doors down as you come out of Camden tube - great steak baguettes
    CHAPEL MARKET - Bhel Poori House. Super-cheap all you can eat veggie buffet. 4.95
    CHAPEL MARKET - The Naked Sausage, stall during the market hours [6am-5pm] A gourmet half pounder with cheese, double bacon, fried egg, and caramelized onion in a cheese and onion roll/brown roll/etc - 5 quid
    EUSTON - RASA Express, Euston Road opposite Euston Tower - two curries, rice, bread, pickle and dessert for £4 (vegetarian) or £4.50 (meat) - really good quality food as well
    HOLLOWAY ROAD: Amigos, Mexican takeaway/delivery, good and cheap, massive burritos for 5-6 quid and they make their own hot sauce which is amazing.
    PRIMROSE HILL - Trojka Tea Rooms, Regents Park Road. This place does awesome Russian food, all day long. Good stodgy meal and a frozen vodka is the perfect hangover cure and will cost less than a tenner.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Abu Ruchi, cheap and ace Keralan eats
    STOKE NEWINGTON - RASA (number 55, not 56) on Church Street, fantastic food for under £15 per head.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Super Kebab. £5.00 for large, and a little more for a Shish. Best Kebabs I have ever tasted. Not a restaurant, but has seating areas.
    UPPER STREET - La Divina, Mon-Fri 3-8pm deals of side+main+dessert £9.45, very good pizza out there, although watch out for spritzers, they charge them as big wine glasses

    SOUTH
    BERMONDSEY - Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall. Unlimited Korean bbq for 16.99.
    BRIXTON - Khamsa, Algerian, 140 Acre Lane - Tiny, healthy, delicious, authentic family restaurant.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Franco Manca - pizzas only - authentic Italian style toppings on sourdough bases. incredible. I've not had a better pizza in London. about £8 per disc of joy.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Honest Burgers - excellent burgers and chips - meat is from the Ginger Pig. £7.50 for plain beef burger and chips.
    CAMBERWELL - Zeret Kitchen for Eritrean/Ethiopian food, unfancy looking, incredible food (good for a big party of people too), £10er a head including a beer will be plenty
    CAMBERWELL - Silk Road for Chinese food, awesome food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking advisable
    DEPTFORD Mama Pho - 24A Evelyn Street, Deptford, London SE8 5DG I've put this down as Deptford because it is SE8 but in my book it is Rotherhithe any short menu rather meaty like the French they do not understand the word vegitarian but last week paid £25 for a meal for 3 be prepared to be the only none Vietmanese in the place.
    GREENWICH - Noodle Time. Fat eats for a few quid.
    LAVENDER HILL, BATTERSEA (& SHOREDITCH) - Mien Tay, Vietnamese. One of the best in London.
    ROTHERHITHE - Surrey Docks Farm Café, run by Frizzante (who are also at Hackney and Mudchute City Farm). Lovely breakfasts and Sunday lunches. Farm produced meat is on sale whenever available, as are plants, honey etc.
    TOOTING - Dosa n Chutny. Dosa, obviously, many of them under £3. Better for veggies than meat eaters though.
    TOOTING - Jaffna House, Tooting High Street. Delicious Sri Lankan curry for a great price.
    TOOTING - Meza on Trinity Road. Great (tiny) Lebanese restaurant, only about 4/5 tables so booking is a must. Main courses under £10. Great aubergine-based mezze.
    VAUXHALL - Hot Stuff. Awesome curry, tiny prices. BYO, no corkage. Order a family naan, it is the size of the table.
    WATERLOO - Master's Superfish, Waterloo Road. Best fried fish in town.
    WATERLOO - "ev", Isabella St just off the cut. Great £10 Turkish Meze for two. They are the suppliers to Tas restaurants

    EAST
    BETHNAL GREEN - Noodle King. Massive dishes for a fiver.
    BETHNAL GREEN RD (top of Brick Lane) - Tas Firin for wicked cheap Turkish. Amazing pide and kebabs (veggie ones too). Nearly always busy. You can eat very well for a tenner.
    BRICK LANE - Beigel shop,24 hour and a huge salt beef bagel, £2.50
    BRICK LANE - Sunday Upmarket has some decent food and a good atmosphere. The Japanese pancakes with cheese and vegetables, strange mayonnaise and a rice ball thing for £4.50 is top, as is the stand with cold mezze
    BRICK LANE - Sweet & Spicy for Pakistani near Heneage st
    BROADWAY MARKET - Joy, Indian. This place is under-rated and dammed good!
    BROADWAY MARKET - Bella Vita. 2 pizzas and a bottle of S.Pellegrino for about £16
    CLERKENWELL - Sedap for awesome Malaysian (and near LMNH) at 102 Old St
    DALSTON - Mangal Ocackbasi on Arcola Street. Amazing Turkish charcoal grill, BYOB. Feast like kings for two is c.£30 (not including whatever booze you take). This place is all about the meat though - dunno how great the choice is for veggies.
    DALSTON - 19 Numara Bos Cirrik. Best Turkish in town, no argument.
    EAST HAM - Thattukada for Keralan at 241 High Street
    MARE ST - Tre Viet, Vietnamese. Full sit down meal for less than a tenner a head. Unless you have wine.
    MIDDLESEX ST (88-90) - My Old Place, Szechuan. Always busy. Huge plates of delicious authentic food and not just for meat eaters. Cash only.
    SHOREDITCH - Calvert Ave (by shoreditch church), Home cooked thai that is made from seasonal veg. Irene, who runs it, is a real character. I can recommend the duck, pork belly and fish (cooked in tangy mango chilli sauce). Spring rolls + main + crumble for 2 = £25 - £30 and BYOB or wine.
    WHITECHAPEL - Indo opposite Whitechapel Mosque for superb pizzas & a great bar
    WHITECHAPEL RD - LaHore Pakistani / Kebab. Boom good and super cheap.
    WHITECHAPEL – Needoos, as good as Tayyebs, but cheaper and less queuing
    WHITECHAPEL RD – Tayyabs. Brilliant Pakistani food, again, super cheap and super super good. Booking essential.

    WEST
    BAYSWATER – Taza. Amazing falafel for about £3, just don't eat it standing up or you'll be wearing tahini
    EDGWARE RD – Mandalay for Burmese food, unfancy looking, incredible food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking essential
    EDGWARE RD - Kandoo for Persian is very good, a few doors down the road from Mandalay
    EDGWARE RD - Patogh for Persian just off Edgware rd (by cafe Nero).
    LADBROKE GROVE - Fez Mangal - Turkish BBQ with BYO IIRC. Good selection of meat and vegetarian dishes that won't break the bank - £20 will feed 2, easily.
    NOTTING HILL GATE, The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church St. Pub on the front, but authentic cheap Thai restaurant round the back.
    PORTOBELLO RD - Makan will give you change from a tenner. Best nasi campur I've come across.
    SHEPHERDS BUSH - Next to Barclays on Uxb Rd. Great kebabs but do a mix of Afghan/Lebanese/Pakistani so the curries make a perfect sit down meal, about £6 per person
    SOUTH KENSINGTON - Little Japan, tiny cafe, huge bentoes for about £5, cheap for a massive lunch

    CENTRAL
    DEAN ST - French House does bavette & frites for about £10 mon - fri lunch
    EXMOUTH MARKET EC1 - Morito - Small but perfectly formed tapas/mezze bar next door to sister restaurant Moro. Dishes from £2.50. Veggie dishes are about £4, specials a bit more. Great sherries.
    GOODGE ST - Le Pain du Jour, big, well-filled baguettes from £1.80, cheap baked potatoes and soup as well
    JUDD ST - The King of Falafel, Judd St/Tavistock place - I like falafel, what can I say. This place is fantastic though, their 'moroccan bread' is a bit more expensive but stuffed with tomato or spinach and wrapped round really good falafel and salad. Best halloumi I've tasted as well
    LEATHER LANE - Sara's Food Store & King of Falafel. £4 for a lunch box of hot Turkish yum or about £3.50 for a falafel. Authentic and tasty.
    OLD COMPTON ST - Maoz, Delicious falafel in pitta for about £3.70, but with a sort of unlimited all-you-can-eat salad bar which they let you take the piss with. You just eat the filling from your pitta, fill it up again, take it back, repeat until bursting.
    PICCADILLY - Yoshino, must be the cheapest sushi in London. Shrink-wrapped in plastic but really good. £2.50 for a vegetarian lunch box
    REGENT STREET - Japan Centre - almost anything Japanese, love the dorayaki pancakes and korrokkes
    TACHBROOK ST MARKET, PIMLICO: Falafel Bros - £3 for a fantastic wrap with lots of filling. Check out the other stalls here too inc. the Mexican street food one.
    WARDOUR ST - Misato - great japanese fast food, bento box £8.60, huge queues on busy days, massive quantities
    WEBBER ST - El Vergel, chilean goods at 132 Webber Street
    WIGMORE ST - Comptoir Libanais - nice modern Lebanese food, canteen style cafe, sub £10

  • ^ Oh my, this place looks right up my street. Added to map: http://goo.gl/maps/b76qP

  • added tad turkish restaurant on mare st

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    NORTH**
    ANGEL - Le Mercury. Cheap and cheerful French bistro.
    CAMDEN - That whole in the wall on your right hand side a few doors down as you come out of Camden tube - great steak baguettes
    CHAPEL MARKET - Bhel Poori House. Super-cheap all you can eat veggie buffet. 4.95
    CHAPEL MARKET - The Naked Sausage, stall during the market hours [6am-5pm] A gourmet half pounder with cheese, double bacon, fried egg, and caramelized onion in a cheese and onion roll/brown roll/etc - 5 quid
    EUSTON - RASA Express, Euston Road opposite Euston Tower - two curries, rice, bread, pickle and dessert for £4 (vegetarian) or £4.50 (meat) - really good quality food as well
    HOLLOWAY ROAD: Amigos, Mexican takeaway/delivery, good and cheap, massive burritos for 5-6 quid and they make their own hot sauce which is amazing.
    PRIMROSE HILL - Trojka Tea Rooms, Regents Park Road. This place does awesome Russian food, all day long. Good stodgy meal and a frozen vodka is the perfect hangover cure and will cost less than a tenner.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Abu Ruchi, cheap and ace Keralan eats
    STOKE NEWINGTON - RASA (number 55, not 56) on Church Street, fantastic food for under £15 per head.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Super Kebab. £5.00 for large, and a little more for a Shish. Best Kebabs I have ever tasted. Not a restaurant, but has seating areas.
    UPPER STREET - La Divina, Mon-Fri 3-8pm deals of side+main+dessert £9.45, very good pizza out there, although watch out for spritzers, they charge them as big wine glasses

    SOUTH
    BERMONDSEY - Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall. Unlimited Korean bbq for 16.99.
    BRIXTON - Khamsa, Algerian, 140 Acre Lane - Tiny, healthy, delicious, authentic family restaurant.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Franco Manca - pizzas only - authentic Italian style toppings on sourdough bases. incredible. I've not had a better pizza in London. about £8 per disc of joy.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Honest Burgers - excellent burgers and chips - meat is from the Ginger Pig. £7.50 for plain beef burger and chips.
    CAMBERWELL - Zeret Kitchen for Eritrean/Ethiopian food, unfancy looking, incredible food (good for a big party of people too), £10er a head including a beer will be plenty
    CAMBERWELL - Silk Road for Chinese food, awesome food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking advisable
    DEPTFORD Mama Pho - 24A Evelyn Street, Deptford, London SE8 5DG I've put this down as Deptford because it is SE8 but in my book it is Rotherhithe any short menu rather meaty like the French they do not understand the word vegitarian but last week paid £25 for a meal for 3 be prepared to be the only none Vietmanese in the place.
    GREENWICH - Noodle Time. Fat eats for a few quid.
    LAVENDER HILL, BATTERSEA (& SHOREDITCH) - Mien Tay, Vietnamese. One of the best in London.
    ROTHERHITHE - Surrey Docks Farm Café, run by Frizzante (who are also at Hackney and Mudchute City Farm). Lovely breakfasts and Sunday lunches. Farm produced meat is on sale whenever available, as are plants, honey etc.
    TOOTING - Dosa n Chutny. Dosa, obviously, many of them under £3. Better for veggies than meat eaters though.
    TOOTING - Jaffna House, Tooting High Street. Delicious Sri Lankan curry for a great price.
    TOOTING - Meza on Trinity Road. Great (tiny) Lebanese restaurant, only about 4/5 tables so booking is a must. Main courses under £10. Great aubergine-based mezze.
    VAUXHALL - Hot Stuff. Awesome curry, tiny prices. BYO, no corkage. Order a family naan, it is the size of the table.
    WATERLOO - Master's Superfish, Waterloo Road. Best fried fish in town.
    WATERLOO - "ev", Isabella St just off the cut. Great £10 Turkish Meze for two. They are the suppliers to Tas restaurants

    EAST
    BETHNAL GREEN - Noodle King. Massive dishes for a fiver.
    BETHNAL GREEN RD (top of Brick Lane) - Tas Firin for wicked cheap Turkish. Amazing pide and kebabs (veggie ones too). Nearly always busy. You can eat very well for a tenner.
    BRICK LANE - Beigel shop,24 hour and a huge salt beef bagel, £2.50
    BRICK LANE - Sunday Upmarket has some decent food and a good atmosphere. The Japanese pancakes with cheese and vegetables, strange mayonnaise and a rice ball thing for £4.50 is top, as is the stand with cold mezze
    BRICK LANE - Sweet & Spicy for Pakistani near Heneage st
    BROADWAY MARKET - Joy, Indian. This place is under-rated and dammed good!
    BROADWAY MARKET - Bella Vita. 2 pizzas and a bottle of S.Pellegrino for about £16
    CLERKENWELL - Sedap for awesome Malaysian (and near LMNH) at 102 Old St
    DALSTON - Mangal Ocackbasi on Arcola Street. Amazing Turkish charcoal grill, BYOB. Feast like kings for two is c.£30 (not including whatever booze you take). This place is all about the meat though - dunno how great the choice is for veggies.
    DALSTON - 19 Numara Bos Cirrik. Best Turkish in town, no argument.
    EAST HAM - Thattukada for Keralan at 241 High Street
    MARE ST - Tre Viet, Vietnamese. Full sit down meal for less than a tenner a head. Unless you have wine.
    MARE ST - Tad Restaurant - 255 Mare St. Best salad lamacun for £1.90 or full meal for less than £10.
    MIDDLESEX ST (88-90) - My Old Place, Szechuan. Always busy. Huge plates of delicious authentic food and not just for meat eaters. Cash only.
    SHOREDITCH - Calvert Ave (by shoreditch church), Home cooked thai that is made from seasonal veg. Irene, who runs it, is a real character. I can recommend the duck, pork belly and fish (cooked in tangy mango chilli sauce). Spring rolls + main + crumble for 2 = £25 - £30 and BYOB or wine.
    WHITECHAPEL - Indo opposite Whitechapel Mosque for superb pizzas & a great bar
    WHITECHAPEL RD - LaHore Pakistani / Kebab. Boom good and super cheap.
    WHITECHAPEL – Needoos, as good as Tayyebs, but cheaper and less queuing
    WHITECHAPEL RD – Tayyabs. Brilliant Pakistani food, again, super cheap and super super good. Booking essential.

    WEST
    BAYSWATER – Taza. Amazing falafel for about £3, just don't eat it standing up or you'll be wearing tahini
    EDGWARE RD – Mandalay for Burmese food, unfancy looking, incredible food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking essential
    EDGWARE RD - Kandoo for Persian is very good, a few doors down the road from Mandalay
    EDGWARE RD - Patogh for Persian just off Edgware rd (by cafe Nero).
    LADBROKE GROVE - Fez Mangal - Turkish BBQ with BYO IIRC. Good selection of meat and vegetarian dishes that won't break the bank - £20 will feed 2, easily.
    NOTTING HILL GATE, The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church St. Pub on the front, but authentic cheap Thai restaurant round the back.
    PORTOBELLO RD - Makan will give you change from a tenner. Best nasi campur I've come across.
    SHEPHERDS BUSH - Next to Barclays on Uxb Rd. Great kebabs but do a mix of Afghan/Lebanese/Pakistani so the curries make a perfect sit down meal, about £6 per person
    SOUTH KENSINGTON - Little Japan, tiny cafe, huge bentoes for about £5, cheap for a massive lunch

    CENTRAL
    DEAN ST - French House does bavette & frites for about £10 mon - fri lunch
    EXMOUTH MARKET EC1 - Morito - Small but perfectly formed tapas/mezze bar next door to sister restaurant Moro. Dishes from £2.50. Veggie dishes are about £4, specials a bit more. Great sherries.
    GOODGE ST - Le Pain du Jour, big, well-filled baguettes from £1.80, cheap baked potatoes and soup as well
    JUDD ST - The King of Falafel, Judd St/Tavistock place - I like falafel, what can I say. This place is fantastic though, their 'moroccan bread' is a bit more expensive but stuffed with tomato or spinach and wrapped round really good falafel and salad. Best halloumi I've tasted as well
    LEATHER LANE - Sara's Food Store & King of Falafel. £4 for a lunch box of hot Turkish yum or about £3.50 for a falafel. Authentic and tasty.
    OLD COMPTON ST - Maoz, Delicious falafel in pitta for about £3.70, but with a sort of unlimited all-you-can-eat salad bar which they let you take the piss with. You just eat the filling from your pitta, fill it up again, take it back, repeat until bursting.
    PICCADILLY - Yoshino, must be the cheapest sushi in London. Shrink-wrapped in plastic but really good. £2.50 for a vegetarian lunch box
    REGENT STREET - Japan Centre - almost anything Japanese, love the dorayaki pancakes and korrokkes
    TACHBROOK ST MARKET, PIMLICO: Falafel Bros - £3 for a fantastic wrap with lots of filling. Check out the other stalls here too inc. the Mexican street food one.
    WARDOUR ST - Misato - great japanese fast food, bento box £8.60, huge queues on busy days, massive quantities
    WEBBER ST - El Vergel, chilean goods at 132 Webber Street
    WIGMORE ST - Comptoir Libanais - nice modern Lebanese food, canteen style cafe, sub £10

  • north needs more love in this thread, all you bloody hipsters live south and east. i've heard that there's good stuff in kentish town, but i dont know what. anybody have any info?

  • The tube station?

  • Dirty burger in kentish towns amazing, but its not THAT cheap really

  • I went to the veggie falafel stall in Tachbrook Street today - I mentioned to them that we had added them to our lfgss map of good cheap eats and they were so chuffed they gave me extra filling and a free can of coke. It was very tasty too.

    Thanks for the recommendation wools and jim1985!

    i'm off there for my second ever visit in an hour or so... am quite excited.

  • Added Elephant in Brixton - cheap and tasty Pakistani thalis...

    **NORTH
    **ANGEL - Le Mercury. Cheap and cheerful French bistro.
    CAMDEN - That whole in the wall on your right hand side a few doors down as you come out of Camden tube - great steak baguettes
    CHAPEL MARKET - Bhel Poori House. Super-cheap all you can eat veggie buffet. 4.95
    CHAPEL MARKET - The Naked Sausage, stall during the market hours [6am-5pm] A gourmet half pounder with cheese, double bacon, fried egg, and caramelized onion in a cheese and onion roll/brown roll/etc - 5 quid
    EUSTON - RASA Express, Euston Road opposite Euston Tower - two curries, rice, bread, pickle and dessert for £4 (vegetarian) or £4.50 (meat) - really good quality food as well
    HOLLOWAY ROAD: Amigos, Mexican takeaway/delivery, good and cheap, massive burritos for 5-6 quid and they make their own hot sauce which is amazing.
    PRIMROSE HILL - Trojka Tea Rooms, Regents Park Road. This place does awesome Russian food, all day long. Good stodgy meal and a frozen vodka is the perfect hangover cure and will cost less than a tenner.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Abu Ruchi, cheap and ace Keralan eats
    STOKE NEWINGTON - RASA (number 55, not 56) on Church Street, fantastic food for under £15 per head.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Super Kebab. £5.00 for large, and a little more for a Shish. Best Kebabs I have ever tasted. Not a restaurant, but has seating areas.
    UPPER STREET - La Divina, Mon-Fri 3-8pm deals of side+main+dessert £9.45, very good pizza out there, although watch out for spritzers, they charge them as big wine glasses

    SOUTH
    BERMONDSEY - Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall. Unlimited Korean bbq for 16.99.
    BRIXTON - Khamsa, Algerian, 140 Acre Lane - Tiny, healthy, delicious, authentic family restaurant.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Franco Manca - pizzas only - authentic Italian style toppings on sourdough bases. incredible. I've not had a better pizza in London. about £8 per disc of joy.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Honest Burgers - excellent burgers and chips - meat is from the Ginger Pig. £7.50 for plain beef burger and chips.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Elephant - Pakistani cafe - great thalis for about £8. Bring your own booze.
    CAMBERWELL - Zeret Kitchen for Eritrean/Ethiopian food, unfancy looking, incredible food (good for a big party of people too), £10er a head including a beer will be plenty
    CAMBERWELL - Silk Road for Chinese food, awesome food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking advisable
    DEPTFORD Mama Pho - 24A Evelyn Street, Deptford, London SE8 5DG I've put this down as Deptford because it is SE8 but in my book it is Rotherhithe any short menu rather meaty like the French they do not understand the word vegitarian but last week paid £25 for a meal for 3 be prepared to be the only none Vietmanese in the place.
    GREENWICH - Noodle Time. Fat eats for a few quid.
    LAVENDER HILL, BATTERSEA (& SHOREDITCH) - Mien Tay, Vietnamese. One of the best in London.
    ROTHERHITHE - Surrey Docks Farm Café, run by Frizzante (who are also at Hackney and Mudchute City Farm). Lovely breakfasts and Sunday lunches. Farm produced meat is on sale whenever available, as are plants, honey etc.
    TOOTING - Dosa n Chutny. Dosa, obviously, many of them under £3. Better for veggies than meat eaters though.
    TOOTING - Jaffna House, Tooting High Street. Delicious Sri Lankan curry for a great price.
    TOOTING - Meza on Trinity Road. Great (tiny) Lebanese restaurant, only about 4/5 tables so booking is a must. Main courses under £10. Great aubergine-based mezze.
    VAUXHALL - Hot Stuff. Awesome curry, tiny prices. BYO, no corkage. Order a family naan, it is the size of the table.
    WATERLOO - Master's Superfish, Waterloo Road. Best fried fish in town.
    WATERLOO - "ev", Isabella St just off the cut. Great £10 Turkish Meze for two. They are the suppliers to Tas restaurants

    EAST
    BETHNAL GREEN - Noodle King. Massive dishes for a fiver.
    BETHNAL GREEN RD (top of Brick Lane) - Tas Firin for wicked cheap Turkish. Amazing pide and kebabs (veggie ones too). Nearly always busy. You can eat very well for a tenner.
    BRICK LANE - Beigel shop,24 hour and a huge salt beef bagel, £2.50
    BRICK LANE - Sunday Upmarket has some decent food and a good atmosphere. The Japanese pancakes with cheese and vegetables, strange mayonnaise and a rice ball thing for £4.50 is top, as is the stand with cold mezze
    BRICK LANE - Sweet & Spicy for Pakistani near Heneage st
    BROADWAY MARKET - Joy, Indian. This place is under-rated and dammed good!
    BROADWAY MARKET - Bella Vita. 2 pizzas and a bottle of S.Pellegrino for about £16
    CLERKENWELL - Sedap for awesome Malaysian (and near LMNH) at 102 Old St
    DALSTON - Mangal Ocackbasi on Arcola Street. Amazing Turkish charcoal grill, BYOB. Feast like kings for two is c.£30 (not including whatever booze you take). This place is all about the meat though - dunno how great the choice is for veggies.
    DALSTON - 19 Numara Bos Cirrik. Best Turkish in town, no argument.
    EAST HAM - Thattukada for Keralan at 241 High Street
    MARE ST - Tre Viet, Vietnamese. Full sit down meal for less than a tenner a head. Unless you have wine.
    MARE ST - Tad Restaurant - 255 Mare St. Best salad lamacun for £1.90 or full meal for less than £10.
    MIDDLESEX ST (88-90) - My Old Place, Szechuan. Always busy. Huge plates of delicious authentic food and not just for meat eaters. Cash only.
    SHOREDITCH - Calvert Ave (by shoreditch church), Home cooked thai that is made from seasonal veg. Irene, who runs it, is a real character. I can recommend the duck, pork belly and fish (cooked in tangy mango chilli sauce). Spring rolls + main + crumble for 2 = £25 - £30 and BYOB or wine.
    WHITECHAPEL - Indo opposite Whitechapel Mosque for superb pizzas & a great bar
    WHITECHAPEL RD - LaHore Pakistani / Kebab. Boom good and super cheap.
    WHITECHAPEL – Needoos, as good as Tayyebs, but cheaper and less queuing
    WHITECHAPEL RD – Tayyabs. Brilliant Pakistani food, again, super cheap and super super good. Booking essential.

    WEST
    BAYSWATER – Taza. Amazing falafel for about £3, just don't eat it standing up or you'll be wearing tahini
    EDGWARE RD – Mandalay for Burmese food, unfancy looking, incredible food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking essential
    EDGWARE RD - Kandoo for Persian is very good, a few doors down the road from Mandalay
    EDGWARE RD - Patogh for Persian just off Edgware rd (by cafe Nero).
    LADBROKE GROVE - Fez Mangal - Turkish BBQ with BYO IIRC. Good selection of meat and vegetarian dishes that won't break the bank - £20 will feed 2, easily.
    NOTTING HILL GATE, The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church St. Pub on the front, but authentic cheap Thai restaurant round the back.
    PORTOBELLO RD - Makan will give you change from a tenner. Best nasi campur I've come across.
    SHEPHERDS BUSH - Next to Barclays on Uxb Rd. Great kebabs but do a mix of Afghan/Lebanese/Pakistani so the curries make a perfect sit down meal, about £6 per person
    SOUTH KENSINGTON - Little Japan, tiny cafe, huge bentoes for about £5, cheap for a massive lunch

    CENTRAL
    DEAN ST - French House does bavette & frites for about £10 mon - fri lunch
    EXMOUTH MARKET EC1 - Morito - Small but perfectly formed tapas/mezze bar next door to sister restaurant Moro. Dishes from £2.50. Veggie dishes are about £4, specials a bit more. Great sherries.
    GOODGE ST - Le Pain du Jour, big, well-filled baguettes from £1.80, cheap baked potatoes and soup as well
    JUDD ST - The King of Falafel, Judd St/Tavistock place - I like falafel, what can I say. This place is fantastic though, their 'moroccan bread' is a bit more expensive but stuffed with tomato or spinach and wrapped round really good falafel and salad. Best halloumi I've tasted as well
    LEATHER LANE - Sara's Food Store & King of Falafel. £4 for a lunch box of hot Turkish yum or about £3.50 for a falafel. Authentic and tasty.
    OLD COMPTON ST - Maoz, Delicious falafel in pitta for about £3.70, but with a sort of unlimited all-you-can-eat salad bar which they let you take the piss with. You just eat the filling from your pitta, fill it up again, take it back, repeat until bursting.
    PICCADILLY - Yoshino, must be the cheapest sushi in London. Shrink-wrapped in plastic but really good. £2.50 for a vegetarian lunch box
    REGENT STREET - Japan Centre - almost anything Japanese, love the dorayaki pancakes and korrokkes
    TACHBROOK ST MARKET, PIMLICO: Falafel Bros - £3 for a fantastic wrap with lots of filling. Check out the other stalls here too inc. the Mexican street food one.
    WARDOUR ST - Misato - great japanese fast food, bento box £8.60, huge queues on busy days, massive quantities
    WEBBER ST - El Vergel, chilean goods at 132 Webber Street
    WIGMORE ST - Comptoir Libanais - nice modern Lebanese food, canteen style cafe, sub £10

  • Malaysia week is on at the Southbank at the moment (6-10 October)

    Plenty of food for under a fiver.
    http://www.malaysiakitchen.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=451:recipe-template&catid=31:general&Itemid=62

  • Malaysia week is on at the Southbank at the moment (6-10 October)

    Plenty of food for under a fiver.
    http://www.malaysiakitchen.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=451:recipe-template&catid=31:general&Itemid=62
    looks good, wish i knew that was on yesterday

  • I only got to know of it because I walked right into Malaysia at Trafalgar on Saturday on my way to the Ghostpoet concert at the RFH.

    Give it a go if you're nearby, good opportunity to sample some restaurant food for market stall prices.

  • Good call, I'm well up for some Malaysian nosh...

  • Just had a Falafel in Leather Lane (Sara's Food Store & King of Falafel) based on this forum thread/recommendation - It was tasty, filling and great value.

    Thanks

  • Malaysia week is on at the Southbank at the moment (6-10 October)

    Plenty of food for under a fiver.
    http://www.malaysiakitchen.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=451:recipe-template&catid=31:general&Itemid=62

    Damnmnmn. Gutted to miss this.

  • It's only £22 for burger and chips at The Dorchester.

    Don't fucking wander in there with your sidis and rolled up jeans though, you plebs.

  • keep that quiet, I don't want everyone going there.

  • Best takeout around shoreditch/old street ? not fancying a bagel

  • NORTH
    ANGEL - Le Mercury. Cheap and cheerful French bistro.
    CAMDEN - That whole in the wall on your right hand side a few doors down as you come out of Camden tube - great steak baguettes
    CHAPEL MARKET - Bhel Poori House. Super-cheap all you can eat veggie buffet. 4.95
    CHAPEL MARKET - The Naked Sausage, stall during the market hours [6am-5pm] A gourmet half pounder with cheese, double bacon, fried egg, and caramelized onion in a cheese and onion roll/brown roll/etc - 5 quid
    EUSTON - RASA Express, Euston Road opposite Euston Tower - two curries, rice, bread, pickle and dessert for £4 (vegetarian) or £4.50 (meat) - really good quality food as well
    HOLLOWAY ROAD: Amigos, Mexican takeaway/delivery, good and cheap, massive burritos for 5-6 quid and they make their own hot sauce which is amazing.
    PRIMROSE HILL - Trojka Tea Rooms, Regents Park Road. This place does awesome Russian food, all day long. Good stodgy meal and a frozen vodka is the perfect hangover cure and will cost less than a tenner.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Abu Ruchi, cheap and ace Keralan eats
    STOKE NEWINGTON - RASA (number 55, not 56) on Church Street, fantastic food for under £15 per head.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Super Kebab. £5.00 for large, and a little more for a Shish. Best Kebabs I have ever tasted. Not a restaurant, but has seating areas.
    UPPER STREET - La Divina, Mon-Fri 3-8pm deals of side+main+dessert £9.45, very good pizza out there, although watch out for spritzers, they charge them as big wine glasses

    SOUTH
    BERMONDSEY - Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall. Unlimited Korean bbq for 16.99.
    BRIXTON - Khamsa, Algerian, 140 Acre Lane - Tiny, healthy, delicious, authentic family restaurant.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Franco Manca - pizzas only - authentic Italian style toppings on sourdough bases. incredible. I've not had a better pizza in London. about £8 per disc of joy.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Honest Burgers - excellent burgers and chips - meat is from the Ginger Pig. £7.50 for plain beef burger and chips.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Elephant - Pakistani cafe - great thalis for about £8. Bring your own booze.
    CAMBERWELL - Zeret Kitchen for Eritrean/Ethiopian food, unfancy looking, incredible food (good for a big party of people too), £10er a head including a beer will be plenty
    CAMBERWELL - Silk Road for Chinese food, awesome food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking advisable
    DEPTFORD Mama Pho - 24A Evelyn Street, Deptford, London SE8 5DG I've put this down as Deptford because it is SE8 but in my book it is Rotherhithe any short menu rather meaty like the French they do not understand the word vegitarian but last week paid £25 for a meal for 3 be prepared to be the only none Vietmanese in the place.
    GREENWICH - Noodle Time. Fat eats for a few quid.
    LAVENDER HILL, BATTERSEA (& SHOREDITCH) - Mien Tay, Vietnamese. One of the best in London.
    ROTHERHITHE - Surrey Docks Farm Café, run by Frizzante (who are also at Hackney and Mudchute City Farm). Lovely breakfasts and Sunday lunches. Farm produced meat is on sale whenever available, as are plants, honey etc.
    SOUTHWARK - Bangkok Kitchen - Union st - like a real thai street stall, tarps and plastic chairs. Recommend the freshly stir fried dishes. ~£5
    SOUTHWARK - Rosie Tate Cafe - huge toasted sandwiches for about £3, decent salads for £3-4
    TOOTING - Dosa n Chutny. Dosa, obviously, many of them under £3. Better for veggies than meat eaters though.
    TOOTING - Jaffna House, Tooting High Street. Delicious Sri Lankan curry for a great price.
    TOOTING - Meza on Trinity Road. Great (tiny) Lebanese restaurant, only about 4/5 tables so booking is a must. Main courses under £10. Great aubergine-based mezze.
    VAUXHALL - Hot Stuff. Awesome curry, tiny prices. BYO, no corkage. Order a family naan, it is the size of the table.
    WATERLOO - Master's Superfish, Waterloo Road. Best fried fish in town.
    WATERLOO - "ev", Isabella St just off the cut. Great £10 Turkish Meze for two. They are the suppliers to Tas restaurants

    EAST
    BETHNAL GREEN - Noodle King. Massive dishes for a fiver.
    BETHNAL GREEN RD (top of Brick Lane) - Tas Firin for wicked cheap Turkish. Amazing pide and kebabs (veggie ones too). Nearly always busy. You can eat very well for a tenner.
    BRICK LANE - Beigel shop,24 hour and a huge salt beef bagel, £2.50
    BRICK LANE - Sunday Upmarket has some decent food and a good atmosphere. The Japanese pancakes with cheese and vegetables, strange mayonnaise and a rice ball thing for £4.50 is top, as is the stand with cold mezze
    BRICK LANE - Sweet & Spicy for Pakistani near Heneage st
    BROADWAY MARKET - Joy, Indian. This place is under-rated and dammed good!
    BROADWAY MARKET - Bella Vita. 2 pizzas and a bottle of S.Pellegrino for about £16
    CLERKENWELL - Sedap for awesome Malaysian (and near LMNH) at 102 Old St
    DALSTON - Mangal Ocackbasi on Arcola Street. Amazing Turkish charcoal grill, BYOB. Feast like kings for two is c.£30 (not including whatever booze you take). This place is all about the meat though - dunno how great the choice is for veggies.
    DALSTON - 19 Numara Bos Cirrik. Best Turkish in town, no argument.
    EAST HAM - Thattukada for Keralan at 241 High Street
    MARE ST - Tre Viet, Vietnamese. Full sit down meal for less than a tenner a head. Unless you have wine.
    MARE ST - Tad Restaurant - 255 Mare St. Best salad lamacun for £1.90 or full meal for less than £10.
    MIDDLESEX ST (88-90) - My Old Place, Szechuan. Always busy. Huge plates of delicious authentic food and not just for meat eaters. Cash only.
    SHOREDITCH - Calvert Ave (by shoreditch church), Home cooked thai that is made from seasonal veg. Irene, who runs it, is a real character. I can recommend the duck, pork belly and fish (cooked in tangy mango chilli sauce). Spring rolls + main + crumble for 2 = £25 - £30 and BYOB or wine.
    WHITECHAPEL - Indo opposite Whitechapel Mosque for superb pizzas & a great bar
    WHITECHAPEL RD - LaHore Pakistani / Kebab. Boom good and super cheap.
    WHITECHAPEL – Needoos, as good as Tayyebs, but cheaper and less queuing
    WHITECHAPEL RD – Tayyabs. Brilliant Pakistani food, again, super cheap and super super good. Booking essential.

    WEST
    BAYSWATER – Taza. Amazing falafel for about £3, just don't eat it standing up or you'll be wearing tahini
    EDGWARE RD – Mandalay for Burmese food, unfancy looking, incredible food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking essential
    EDGWARE RD - Kandoo for Persian is very good, a few doors down the road from Mandalay
    EDGWARE RD - Patogh for Persian just off Edgware rd (by cafe Nero).
    LADBROKE GROVE - Fez Mangal - Turkish BBQ with BYO IIRC. Good selection of meat and vegetarian dishes that won't break the bank - £20 will feed 2, easily.
    NOTTING HILL GATE, The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church St. Pub on the front, but authentic cheap Thai restaurant round the back.
    PORTOBELLO RD - Makan will give you change from a tenner. Best nasi campur I've come across.
    SHEPHERDS BUSH - Next to Barclays on Uxb Rd. Great kebabs but do a mix of Afghan/Lebanese/Pakistani so the curries make a perfect sit down meal, about £6 per person
    SOUTH KENSINGTON - Little Japan, tiny cafe, huge bentoes for about £5, cheap for a massive lunch

    CENTRAL
    DEAN ST - French House does bavette & frites for about £10 mon - fri lunch
    EXMOUTH MARKET EC1 - Morito - Small but perfectly formed tapas/mezze bar next door to sister restaurant Moro. Dishes from £2.50. Veggie dishes are about £4, specials a bit more. Great sherries.
    GOODGE ST - Le Pain du Jour, big, well-filled baguettes from £1.80, cheap baked potatoes and soup as well
    JUDD ST - The King of Falafel, Judd St/Tavistock place - I like falafel, what can I say. This place is fantastic though, their 'moroccan bread' is a bit more expensive but stuffed with tomato or spinach and wrapped round really good falafel and salad. Best halloumi I've tasted as well
    LEATHER LANE - Sara's Food Store & King of Falafel. £4 for a lunch box of hot Turkish yum or about £3.50 for a falafel. Authentic and tasty.
    OLD COMPTON ST - Maoz, Delicious falafel in pitta for about £3.70, but with a sort of unlimited all-you-can-eat salad bar which they let you take the piss with. You just eat the filling from your pitta, fill it up again, take it back, repeat until bursting.
    PICCADILLY - Yoshino, must be the cheapest sushi in London. Shrink-wrapped in plastic but really good. £2.50 for a vegetarian lunch box
    REGENT STREET - Japan Centre - almost anything Japanese, love the dorayaki pancakes and korrokkes
    TACHBROOK ST MARKET, PIMLICO: Falafel Bros - £3 for a fantastic wrap with lots of filling. Check out the other stalls here too inc. the Mexican street food one.
    WARDOUR ST - Misato - great japanese fast food, bento box £8.60, huge queues on busy days, massive quantities
    WEBBER ST - El Vergel, chilean goods at 132 Webber Street
    WIGMORE ST - Comptoir Libanais - nice modern Lebanese food, canteen style cafe, sub £10

  • Ugh, I'm reluctant to mention this one as I've never had problems getting a table because no one knows about it; Lorelei in Soho on Bateman Street. They do pizzas and standard italian dishes. The carbonara is ridiculously good. Everything is about £7. It's simple, good food. OH and the coffee. It's wicked. There is also a large naked mermaid.

  • Has eat st at st Pancras shut? If so, any ideas for cheap grub around kings cross?

  • Yeah - Eat Street has shut and made a restart as Kerb.

  • Adding:
    West: Bonda Cafe 190 Sussex Gardens W2 1TU. Kopi Tiam Malaysia style. Nasi Goreng and Teh Tarik for £6 they also serve a nice Nasi Campur

    and

    POLAND ST - Kati Roll Company - Kati Rolls starting at £2.75, grilled flatbreads with delicious fillings

    NORTH
    ANGEL - Le Mercury. Cheap and cheerful French bistro.
    CAMDEN - That whole in the wall on your right hand side a few doors down as you come out of Camden tube - great steak baguettes
    CHAPEL MARKET - Bhel Poori House. Super-cheap all you can eat veggie buffet. 4.95
    CHAPEL MARKET - The Naked Sausage, stall during the market hours [6am-5pm] A gourmet half pounder with cheese, double bacon, fried egg, and caramelized onion in a cheese and onion roll/brown roll/etc - 5 quid
    EUSTON - RASA Express, Euston Road opposite Euston Tower - two curries, rice, bread, pickle and dessert for £4 (vegetarian) or £4.50 (meat) - really good quality food as well
    HOLLOWAY ROAD: Amigos, Mexican takeaway/delivery, good and cheap, massive burritos for 5-6 quid and they make their own hot sauce which is amazing.
    PRIMROSE HILL - Trojka Tea Rooms, Regents Park Road. This place does awesome Russian food, all day long. Good stodgy meal and a frozen vodka is the perfect hangover cure and will cost less than a tenner.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Abu Ruchi, cheap and ace Keralan eats
    STOKE NEWINGTON - RASA (number 55, not 56) on Church Street, fantastic food for under £15 per head.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Super Kebab. £5.00 for large, and a little more for a Shish. Best Kebabs I have ever tasted. Not a restaurant, but has seating areas.
    UPPER STREET - La Divina, Mon-Fri 3-8pm deals of side+main+dessert £9.45, very good pizza out there, although watch out for spritzers, they charge them as big wine glasses

    SOUTH
    BERMONDSEY - Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall. Unlimited Korean bbq for 16.99.
    BRIXTON - Khamsa, Algerian, 140 Acre Lane - Tiny, healthy, delicious, authentic family restaurant.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Franco Manca - pizzas only - authentic Italian style toppings on sourdough bases. incredible. I've not had a better pizza in London. about £8 per disc of joy.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Honest Burgers - excellent burgers and chips - meat is from the Ginger Pig. £7.50 for plain beef burger and chips.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Elephant - Pakistani cafe - great thalis for about £8. Bring your own booze.
    CAMBERWELL - Zeret Kitchen for Eritrean/Ethiopian food, unfancy looking, incredible food (good for a big party of people too), £10er a head including a beer will be plenty
    CAMBERWELL - Silk Road for Chinese food, awesome food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking advisable
    DEPTFORD Mama Pho - 24A Evelyn Street, Deptford, London SE8 5DG I've put this down as Deptford because it is SE8 but in my book it is Rotherhithe any short menu rather meaty like the French they do not understand the word vegitarian but last week paid £25 for a meal for 3 be prepared to be the only none Vietmanese in the place.
    GREENWICH - Noodle Time. Fat eats for a few quid.
    LAVENDER HILL, BATTERSEA (& SHOREDITCH) - Mien Tay, Vietnamese. One of the best in London.
    ROTHERHITHE - Surrey Docks Farm Café, run by Frizzante (who are also at Hackney and Mudchute City Farm). Lovely breakfasts and Sunday lunches. Farm produced meat is on sale whenever available, as are plants, honey etc.
    SOUTHWARK - Bangkok Kitchen - Union st - like a real thai street stall, tarps and plastic chairs. Recommend the freshly stir fried dishes. ~£5
    SOUTHWARK - Rosie Tate Cafe - huge toasted sandwiches for about £3, decent salads for £3-4
    TOOTING - Dosa n Chutny. Dosa, obviously, many of them under £3. Better for veggies than meat eaters though.
    TOOTING - Jaffna House, Tooting High Street. Delicious Sri Lankan curry for a great price.
    TOOTING - Meza on Trinity Road. Great (tiny) Lebanese restaurant, only about 4/5 tables so booking is a must. Main courses under £10. Great aubergine-based mezze.
    VAUXHALL - Hot Stuff. Awesome curry, tiny prices. BYO, no corkage. Order a family naan, it is the size of the table.
    WATERLOO - Master's Superfish, Waterloo Road. Best fried fish in town.
    WATERLOO - "ev", Isabella St just off the cut. Great £10 Turkish Meze for two. They are the suppliers to Tas restaurants

    EAST
    BETHNAL GREEN - Noodle King. Massive dishes for a fiver.
    BETHNAL GREEN RD (top of Brick Lane) - Tas Firin for wicked cheap Turkish. Amazing pide and kebabs (veggie ones too). Nearly always busy. You can eat very well for a tenner.
    BRICK LANE - Beigel shop,24 hour and a huge salt beef bagel, £2.50
    BRICK LANE - Sunday Upmarket has some decent food and a good atmosphere. The Japanese pancakes with cheese and vegetables, strange mayonnaise and a rice ball thing for £4.50 is top, as is the stand with cold mezze
    BRICK LANE - Sweet & Spicy for Pakistani near Heneage st
    BROADWAY MARKET - Joy, Indian. This place is under-rated and dammed good!
    BROADWAY MARKET - Bella Vita. 2 pizzas and a bottle of S.Pellegrino for about £16
    CLERKENWELL - Sedap for awesome Malaysian (and near LMNH) at 102 Old St
    DALSTON - Mangal Ocackbasi on Arcola Street. Amazing Turkish charcoal grill, BYOB. Feast like kings for two is c.£30 (not including whatever booze you take). This place is all about the meat though - dunno how great the choice is for veggies.
    DALSTON - 19 Numara Bos Cirrik. Best Turkish in town, no argument.
    EAST HAM - Thattukada for Keralan at 241 High Street
    MARE ST - Tre Viet, Vietnamese. Full sit down meal for less than a tenner a head. Unless you have wine.
    MARE ST - Tad Restaurant - 255 Mare St. Best salad lamacun for £1.90 or full meal for less than £10.
    MIDDLESEX ST (88-90) - My Old Place, Szechuan. Always busy. Huge plates of delicious authentic food and not just for meat eaters. Cash only.
    SHOREDITCH - Calvert Ave (by shoreditch church), Home cooked thai that is made from seasonal veg. Irene, who runs it, is a real character. I can recommend the duck, pork belly and fish (cooked in tangy mango chilli sauce). Spring rolls + main + crumble for 2 = £25 - £30 and BYOB or wine.
    WHITECHAPEL - Indo opposite Whitechapel Mosque for superb pizzas & a great bar
    WHITECHAPEL RD - LaHore Pakistani / Kebab. Boom good and super cheap.
    WHITECHAPEL – Needoos, as good as Tayyebs, but cheaper and less queuing
    WHITECHAPEL RD – Tayyabs. Brilliant Pakistani food, again, super cheap and super super good. Booking essential.

    WEST
    BAYSWATER – Taza. Amazing falafel for about £3, just don't eat it standing up or you'll be wearing tahini
    EDGWARE RD – Mandalay for Burmese food, unfancy looking, incredible food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking essential
    EDGWARE RD - Kandoo for Persian is very good, a few doors down the road from Mandalay
    EDGWARE RD - Patogh for Persian just off Edgware rd (by cafe Nero).
    LADBROKE GROVE - Fez Mangal - Turkish BBQ with BYO IIRC. Good selection of meat and vegetarian dishes that won't break the bank - £20 will feed 2, easily.
    NOTTING HILL GATE, The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church St. Pub on the front, but authentic cheap Thai restaurant round the back.
    PADDINGTON - Bonda Cafe 190 Sussex Gardens W2 1TU. Kopi Tiam Malaysia style. Nasi Goreng and Teh Tarik for £6 they also serve a nice Nasi Campur
    PORTOBELLO RD - Makan will give you change from a tenner. Best nasi campur I've come across.
    SHEPHERDS BUSH - Next to Barclays on Uxb Rd. Great kebabs but do a mix of Afghan/Lebanese/Pakistani so the curries make a perfect sit down meal, about £6 per person
    SOUTH KENSINGTON - Little Japan, tiny cafe, huge bentoes for about £5, cheap for a massive lunch

    CENTRAL
    DEAN ST - French House does bavette & frites for about £10 mon - fri lunch
    EXMOUTH MARKET EC1 - Morito - Small but perfectly formed tapas/mezze bar next door to sister restaurant Moro. Dishes from £2.50. Veggie dishes are about £4, specials a bit more. Great sherries.
    GOODGE ST - Le Pain du Jour, big, well-filled baguettes from £1.80, cheap baked potatoes and soup as well
    JUDD ST - The King of Falafel, Judd St/Tavistock place - I like falafel, what can I say. This place is fantastic though, their 'moroccan bread' is a bit more expensive but stuffed with tomato or spinach and wrapped round really good falafel and salad. Best halloumi I've tasted as well
    LEATHER LANE - Sara's Food Store & King of Falafel. £4 for a lunch box of hot Turkish yum or about £3.50 for a falafel. Authentic and tasty.
    OLD COMPTON ST - Maoz, Delicious falafel in pitta for about £3.70, but with a sort of unlimited all-you-can-eat salad bar which they let you take the piss with. You just eat the filling from your pitta, fill it up again, take it back, repeat until bursting.
    PICCADILLY - Yoshino, must be the cheapest sushi in London. Shrink-wrapped in plastic but really good. £2.50 for a vegetarian lunch box
    POLAND ST - Kati Roll Company - Kati Rolls starting at £2.75, grilled flatbreads with delicious fillings, open till late (now licensed)
    REGENT STREET - Japan Centre - almost anything Japanese, love the dorayaki pancakes and korrokkes
    TACHBROOK ST MARKET, PIMLICO: Falafel Bros - £3 for a fantastic wrap with lots of filling. Check out the other stalls here too inc. the Mexican street food one.
    WARDOUR ST - Misato - great japanese fast food, bento box £8.60, huge queues on busy days, massive quantities
    WEBBER ST - El Vergel, chilean goods at 132 Webber Street
    WIGMORE ST - Comptoir Libanais - nice modern Lebanese food, canteen style cafe, sub £10

  • Has eat st at st Pancras shut? If so, any ideas for cheap grub around kings cross?

    chop chop noodles?
    or you need it to be tasty?

  • Repost, for 1000AA.

    Euston - Yen Chinese Doric Way

    Great Chinese, huge range of dishes, some Malaysian. Simple starter included in price, jasmine tea for 30p. Incredibly tasty and, best of all it is about £6 a head for two courses.

    Don't be put off by the exterior.

  • NORTH
    ANGEL - Le Mercury. Cheap and cheerful French bistro.
    CAMDEN - That whole in the wall on your right hand side a few doors down as you come out of Camden tube - great steak baguettes
    CHAPEL MARKET - Bhel Poori House. Super-cheap all you can eat veggie buffet. 4.95
    CHAPEL MARKET - The Naked Sausage, stall during the market hours [6am-5pm] A gourmet half pounder with cheese, double bacon, fried egg, and caramelized onion in a cheese and onion roll/brown roll/etc - 5 quid
    EUSTON - RASA Express, Euston Road opposite Euston Tower - two curries, rice, bread, pickle and dessert for £4 (vegetarian) or £4.50 (meat) - really good quality food as well
    HOLLOWAY ROAD: Amigos, Mexican takeaway/delivery, good and cheap, massive burritos for 5-6 quid and they make their own hot sauce which is amazing.
    PRIMROSE HILL - Trojka Tea Rooms, Regents Park Road. This place does awesome Russian food, all day long. Good stodgy meal and a frozen vodka is the perfect hangover cure and will cost less than a tenner.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Abu Ruchi, cheap and ace Keralan eats
    STOKE NEWINGTON - RASA (number 55, not 56) on Church Street, fantastic food for under £15 per head.
    STOKE NEWINGTON - Super Kebab. £5.00 for large, and a little more for a Shish. Best Kebabs I have ever tasted. Not a restaurant, but has seating areas.
    UPPER STREET - La Divina, Mon-Fri 3-8pm deals of side+main+dessert £9.45, very good pizza out there, although watch out for spritzers, they charge them as big wine glasses

    SOUTH
    BERMONDSEY - Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall. Unlimited Korean bbq for 16.99.
    BRIXTON - Khamsa, Algerian, 140 Acre Lane - Tiny, healthy, delicious, authentic family restaurant.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Franco Manca - pizzas only - authentic Italian style toppings on sourdough bases. incredible. I've not had a better pizza in London. about £8 per disc of joy.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Honest Burgers - excellent burgers and chips - meat is from the Ginger Pig. £7.50 for plain beef burger and chips.
    BRIXTON VILLAGE - Elephant - Pakistani cafe - great thalis for about £8. Bring your own booze.
    CAMBERWELL - Zeret Kitchen for Eritrean/Ethiopian food, unfancy looking, incredible food (good for a big party of people too), £10er a head including a beer will be plenty
    CAMBERWELL - Silk Road for Chinese food, awesome food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking advisable
    DEPTFORD Mama Pho - 24A Evelyn Street, Deptford, London SE8 5DG I've put this down as Deptford because it is SE8 but in my book it is Rotherhithe any short menu rather meaty like the French they do not understand the word vegitarian but last week paid £25 for a meal for 3 be prepared to be the only none Vietmanese in the place.
    GREENWICH - Noodle Time. Fat eats for a few quid.
    LAVENDER HILL, BATTERSEA (& SHOREDITCH) - Mien Tay, Vietnamese. One of the best in London.
    ROTHERHITHE - Surrey Docks Farm Café, run by Frizzante (who are also at Hackney and Mudchute City Farm). Lovely breakfasts and Sunday lunches. Farm produced meat is on sale whenever available, as are plants, honey etc.
    SOUTHWARK - Bangkok Kitchen - Union st - like a real thai street stall, tarps and plastic chairs. Recommend the freshly stir fried dishes. ~£5
    SOUTHWARK - Rosie Tate Cafe - huge toasted sandwiches for about £3, decent salads for £3-4
    TOOTING - Dosa n Chutny. Dosa, obviously, many of them under £3. Better for veggies than meat eaters though.
    TOOTING - Jaffna House, Tooting High Street. Delicious Sri Lankan curry for a great price.
    TOOTING - Meza on Trinity Road. Great (tiny) Lebanese restaurant, only about 4/5 tables so booking is a must. Main courses under £10. Great aubergine-based mezze.
    VAUXHALL - Hot Stuff. Awesome curry, tiny prices. BYO, no corkage. Order a family naan, it is the size of the table.
    WATERLOO - Master's Superfish, Waterloo Road. Best fried fish in town.
    WATERLOO - "ev", Isabella St just off the cut. Great £10 Turkish Meze for two. They are the suppliers to Tas restaurants

    EAST
    BETHNAL GREEN - Noodle King. Massive dishes for a fiver.
    BETHNAL GREEN RD (top of Brick Lane) - Tas Firin for wicked cheap Turkish. Amazing pide and kebabs (veggie ones too). Nearly always busy. You can eat very well for a tenner.
    BRICK LANE - Beigel shop,24 hour and a huge salt beef bagel, £2.50
    BRICK LANE - Sunday Upmarket has some decent food and a good atmosphere. The Japanese pancakes with cheese and vegetables, strange mayonnaise and a rice ball thing for £4.50 is top, as is the stand with cold mezze
    BRICK LANE - Sweet & Spicy for Pakistani near Heneage st
    BROADWAY MARKET - Joy, Indian. This place is under-rated and dammed good!
    BROADWAY MARKET - Bella Vita. 2 pizzas and a bottle of S.Pellegrino for about £16
    CLERKENWELL - Sedap for awesome Malaysian (and near LMNH) at 102 Old St
    DALSTON - Mangal Ocackbasi on Arcola Street. Amazing Turkish charcoal grill, BYOB. Feast like kings for two is c.£30 (not including whatever booze you take). This place is all about the meat though - dunno how great the choice is for veggies.
    DALSTON - 19 Numara Bos Cirrik. Best Turkish in town, no argument.
    EAST HAM - Thattukada for Keralan at 241 High Street
    MARE ST - Tre Viet, Vietnamese. Full sit down meal for less than a tenner a head. Unless you have wine.
    MARE ST - Tad Restaurant - 255 Mare St. Best salad lamacun for £1.90 or full meal for less than £10.
    MIDDLESEX ST (88-90) - My Old Place, Szechuan. Always busy. Huge plates of delicious authentic food and not just for meat eaters. Cash only.
    SHOREDITCH - Calvert Ave (by shoreditch church), Home cooked thai that is made from seasonal veg. Irene, who runs it, is a real character. I can recommend the duck, pork belly and fish (cooked in tangy mango chilli sauce). Spring rolls + main + crumble for 2 = £25 - £30 and BYOB or wine.
    WHITECHAPEL - Indo opposite Whitechapel Mosque for superb pizzas & a great bar
    WHITECHAPEL RD - LaHore Pakistani / Kebab. Boom good and super cheap.
    WHITECHAPEL – Needoos, as good as Tayyebs, but cheaper and less queuing
    WHITECHAPEL RD – Tayyabs. Brilliant Pakistani food, again, super cheap and super super good. Booking essential.

    WEST
    BAYSWATER – Taza. Amazing falafel for about £3, just don't eat it standing up or you'll be wearing tahini
    EDGWARE RD – Mandalay for Burmese food, unfancy looking, incredible food, £10er a head including a beer will be plenty, booking essential
    EDGWARE RD - Kandoo for Persian is very good, a few doors down the road from Mandalay
    EDGWARE RD - Patogh for Persian just off Edgware rd (by cafe Nero).
    LADBROKE GROVE - Fez Mangal - Turkish BBQ with BYO IIRC. Good selection of meat and vegetarian dishes that won't break the bank - £20 will feed 2, easily.
    NOTTING HILL GATE, The Churchill Arms on Kensington Church St. Pub on the front, but authentic cheap Thai restaurant round the back.
    PADDINGTON - Bonda Cafe 190 Sussex Gardens W2 1TU. Kopi Tiam Malaysia style. Nasi Goreng and Teh Tarik for £6 they also serve a nice Nasi Campur
    PORTOBELLO RD - Makan will give you change from a tenner. Best nasi campur I've come across.
    SHEPHERDS BUSH - Next to Barclays on Uxb Rd. Great kebabs but do a mix of Afghan/Lebanese/Pakistani so the curries make a perfect sit down meal, about £6 per person
    SOUTH KENSINGTON - Little Japan, tiny cafe, huge bentoes for about £5, cheap for a massive lunch

    CENTRAL
    DEAN ST - French House does bavette & frites for about £10 mon - fri lunch
    EXMOUTH MARKET EC1 - Morito - Small but perfectly formed tapas/mezze bar next door to sister restaurant Moro. Dishes from £2.50. Veggie dishes are about £4, specials a bit more. Great sherries.
    GOODGE ST - Le Pain du Jour, big, well-filled baguettes from £1.80, cheap baked potatoes and soup as well
    JUDD ST - The King of Falafel, Judd St/Tavistock place - I like falafel, what can I say. This place is fantastic though, their 'moroccan bread' is a bit more expensive but stuffed with tomato or spinach and wrapped round really good falafel and salad. Best halloumi I've tasted as well
    LEATHER LANE - Sara's Food Store & King of Falafel. £4 for a lunch box of hot Turkish yum or about £3.50 for a falafel. Authentic and tasty.
    OLD COMPTON ST - Maoz, Delicious falafel in pitta for about £3.70, but with a sort of unlimited all-you-can-eat salad bar which they let you take the piss with. You just eat the filling from your pitta, fill it up again, take it back, repeat until bursting.
    PICCADILLY - Yoshino, must be the cheapest sushi in London. Shrink-wrapped in plastic but really good. £2.50 for a vegetarian lunch box
    POLAND ST - Kati Roll Company - Kati Rolls starting at £2.75, grilled flatbreads with delicious fillings, open till late (now licensed)
    REGENT STREET - Japan Centre - almost anything Japanese, love the dorayaki pancakes and korrokkes
    TACHBROOK ST MARKET, PIMLICO: Falafel Bros - £3 for a fantastic wrap with lots of filling. Check out the other stalls here too inc. the Mexican street food one.
    WARDOUR ST - Misato - great japanese fast food, bento box £8.60, huge queues on busy days, massive quantities
    WEBBER ST - El Vergel, chilean goods at 132 Webber Street
    WIGMORE ST - Comptoir Libanais - nice modern Lebanese food, canteen style cafe, sub £10
    EUSTON - Yen Chinese, Doric Way. Cheap, yummy, scary exterior. £5.80 for two course.

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