If you have ten bucks, you are rich with dining options that will save you from hitting up the closest drive-thru and settling for sad fast food. If you know where to look, Brisbane/Meanjin has some impossibly fine feeds for any penny pincher—and we're not just talking about a bowl of chips.
From slurpable bowls of ramen to hanger-busting yiros wraps, we’ve compiled the ultimate list of cheap eats in Brisbane that will make the wait until payday just that little bit easier.
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Under $10
Hai Hai Ramen
102 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington
An early week bargain to help cure those Monday (and Tuesday) blues, Paddington’s dishes up $10 bowls of ramen every Monday and Tuesday between 5pm and 6pm. That’s right, a massive bowl of slurpable ramen for just a tenner (so you'll have spare cash to splash on their irresistible miso corn).
The Bagel Boys
Various Locations
Whether you’re rushing to work in the morning or trying to keep up on that saving rather than spending spree, has you and your wallet covered. Serving up a whole heap of tasty bargain bagels that will cost you no more than $9.90, with fillings like pastrami and Swiss cheese, salami, roast capsicum and rocket, and ham, cheese, tomato and mayo, The Bagel Boys is the perfect grab-and-go lunch option that will be sure to become your new regular spot.
Brooklyn Depot
172 Grey Street, South Brisbane
Every Friday from 11.30am-5pm (early dinner, anyone?) you can score one of a selection of Brooklyn Depot's epic burgers and hotdogs for a mere $10—at that price, you could even splurge on some chips on the side. Or, head in on a Thursday when they do a hot dog, chicken burger or classic with a schooner of BD Lger tap beer for $15. They've got a few other cheap eats too, check them all out .
My Street Food
130 Logan Road, Woolloongabba
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Regarded by many as the best banh in town, My Street Food's fresh, fluffy rolls packed with tasty ingredients come in at an easy $9-$10. Choose from a traditional crispy pork, pork patty, triple pork, lemongrass pork or spicy lemongrass chicken to pair with the butter mayo and pate, pickled carrotand daikon, crunchy cucumbers and fresh coriander (and don't forget the fresh chilli).
Hashtag Burgers & Waffles
Various Locations
If there's one thing we love, it's options. has you covered, with $10 burgers available every weekeday until 5pm. There's five different burgers to choose from, including several smashd beef burgers and the Crazy Jane, which comes stacked with a deep-fried mac 'n' cheese patty.
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5 Boroughs
Various Locations
restaurants everywhere from Carseldine to Springwood means that no matter what side of town you're on, you can score $1 wings every Wednesday. There's a minimum of 10 per order, but who's going to order less than 10, let's be honest—it's a nice round number and a whole lot of saucy wing goodness. All that's left to decide is, are you getting fries or waffle fries on the side?
Good Lookin' Rooster
Various Locations
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Roll up, roll up! 's got a good lookin' deal for you with their classic chicken and gravy roll and for just $10, it's irrestistability grows. If you've got a few extra dollars, you can even get it with a side of chips for $12 on Tuesdays. And they cover both sides of town? GLR, you spoil us.
YOMG
Westfield Chermside, Chermside
You can smash a cheeseburger for just $8 every Tuesday at this burger and froyo spot, which sounds like a damn good excuse to have froyo for dessert to us. YOMG's cheesy burgers feature just the classic ingredients of a beef patty, cheese, onion, pickles, ketchup and mustard, but you can add on extras if you're flush with cash.
Under $15
Fritzenberger
11-12 Little Stanley Street, South Brisbane
They do frites, they do beers, and they most definitely do burgers. is starting the week right with specials Monday through Wednesday. First up they are dishing up $12 burgers on Mondays, with the burger love continuing on Tuesdays with two-for-one burgers. And if you're craving some wings as a midweek treat, Wednesdays are your day with $1 wings available with any drink purchase. That's how you kickstart your week in style.
Claw
56 King Street, Bowen Hills
When that craving for tacos hits, is the place to be. Every Wednesday you can score tacos for just $5 each—grab three of their Baja fish, pulled beef or pulled pork tacos and you've got yourself a meal. You can even add on a margarita for $10, though personally, we'd be going for a side of corn chips and salsa.
The Yiros Shop
Various Locations
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Harajuku Gyoza
184 Grey Street, South Bank | 141 QueensStreet, Brisbane CBD
is dishing out some serious midweek perks without emptying your pockets, thanks to their lunch specials running through the busy work week. Grab your favourite pair of chopsticks because Monday and Tuesday is two-for-one plates of gyoza—so you can grab five cheeseburger gyoza and five buffalo chicken gyoza for just $15. And the specials don’t stop there, with their bowls going for just $15 on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Beef, chicken, pork, tofu—you name it, they’ve got it.
Little Greek Taverna
1 Browning Street, West End
Yums! Chicken
Various Locations
Could you polish off a kilo of wings? Find out at , where they dish up 1kg of crispy wings for just $15 every Wednesday. You can also get half a kilo for $10, but why would you? Choose from flavours like southern crispy, spicy crispy, buffalow, sweet BBQ, lemon pepper and more, with fries just $6 extra.
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