Sydney’s Best Cheap Eats And Dining Deals That Won’t Break The Bank
Lizzie Scorer
Contributor | Urban List, Sydney, NSW
Eloise Luke
Contributor | Urban List
A meal out in Sydney/Eora can chew through your paycheck faster than a late-night Uber home. But eating well in this city doesn’t have to mean splashing serious cash.
Urban List has rounded up the most affordable eats, weekly specials and cheap restaurants in Sydney to get around. From 2-for-1 pizzas, steak frites nights, taco Tuesdays and wallet-friendly lunch specials—these offers will make your buck go the distance.
Here are the best cheap eats and dining deals in Sydney right now.
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Daily Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Aperi Pizza At a'Mare
Level 1 (Ground), 1 Barangaroo Avenue, Sydney CBD
Image credit: a'Mare | Supplied
a'Mare is bringing a little Italian aperitivo energy to Barangaroo with its new AperiPizza deal, and for once, a waterfront dining special that doesn't feel wildly unrealistic on the wallet. Running in the level one bar, the offer gets you any cocktail from the menu alongside a half-and-half pizza with two toppings of your choice for $35. Whether you're winding down after work or taking a Vivid detour, it's a pretty compelling reason to stop by.
The deal is particularly handy for anyone wandering the lights during the week and looking for something a little more substantial than a grab-and-go snack. Better still, it isn't disappearing once Vivid wraps up, with the special continuing beyond the festival and into the launch of Barangaroo's new Cutaway precinct.
The Details
What you get: Any cocktail and a half-and-half pizza with two toppings
When: Monday–Friday, 4pm–8pm
Cost: $35
Cosy Laksa Lunch Specials At Temasek
2/100 George Street, Parramatta
Temasek serves up some of the best laksa in Sydney. So, lucky are the people who live within a comfortable distance of this gem and its cosy bowls of noodle soup. Chock-full of egg noodles and delicious, juicy meat, Temasek’s signature laksa is exactly what you need on those nights when you need a bit of noodly goodness in your life. Head in at lunchtime to take advantage of its lunch specials, when you can get hainese chicken and prawn laksa for just $20, vegetarian fried noodles for $17, and more for under $22. Walk in or order online for takeaway.
The Details
What you get: Lunch specials
When: Wednesday–Friday, 11.30am–2.30pm
Cost: $17-22
BYO For Just $3.50 At Bar Reggio
135 Crown Street, Darlinghurst
Rounding up the crew for a night out but you don’t want to stretch the budget? Our answer: Bar Reggio. The Darlinghurst institution has been serving up cheap Italian fare to students, lunchtime office crowds, and thrifty locals for decades. Not only do you save money on booze thanks to it being BYO-friendly for just $3.50 per person, but the carb-fuelled menu is reasonable too—think $22 pizzas and $20 pastas.
The Details
What you get: BYO and cheap Italian food
When: Monday–Saturday, 12pm–late
Cost: $3.50 per person
Ballin' Bites At The Charles Bar's Late Night Supper Club
66 King Street, Sydney CBD
Image credit: The Charles Bar & Brasserie | Instagram
Classy French favourite The Charles Bar, hosts a late-night supper club with too-good-to-be-true snacks and discounted booze. From 9pm, dine on $2 oysters, $8 LP’s saucisson sec, $8 skin-on fries with aioli, $12 cheese and crackers, $15 aged wagyu cheeseburgers and $10 mini caramel magnums. Pair with $13 mini cocktails, $19 glasses of NV Moët & Chandon or $12 Triennes Rosé.
The Details
What you get: Late-night snacks and drinks
When: Monday–Saturday, 9pm ‘til close
Cost: From $2
Anchor Down For Daily Deals At The Hold
24 Sydney Road, Manly
The Hold is a cocktail bar in a ship’s hull on Manly’s shores with a dining deal every Tuesday through to Sunday. There’s $12 margs, $7 tequila shots and live music from 5pm ‘til late on Tuesdays, a sailboat burger combo with fries and house beer or wine on Wednesdays, 20% off the vegan menu on Thursdays, $7 Fireball shots and $10-$15 Fireball cocktails on Fridays, a $25 burger of your choice with fries and house beer or wine from 12pm to 4pm every Saturday and Sunday, or split the G for a free baby Guinness on Sundays from 12pm ‘til late.
The Details
What you get: Daily specials
When: Tuesday–Friday from 5pm and Saturday–Sunday from 12pm
Cost: Varies
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Monday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
$1 Gyoza Mondays At Sakura House
Basement/82-88 Elizabeth Street, Sydney CBD
Image credit: Yusuke Oba
Nothing gets us more excited than a weekly food special and the one we absolutely cannot stop thinking about right now is the $1 gyoza Mondays at Sakura House. This late-night izakaya is from your trusted team behind Darlinghurst's The Warahtah, with Nick Sherman (ex-Cho Cho San) leading the kitchen. In terms of the gyoza goodies on offer, pack your plate with chicken, sesame la-yu or fried garlic morsels and, take it from us, the Nagano Sour with wasabi is a must, to wash it all down.
Spoiler alert, you'll have to order a minimum of five gyozas to qualify for the deal (oh no!) but we think you'll find that task relatively easy.
The Details
What you get: $1 Gyoza's
When: Mondays
Cost: From $5
Get Stir-Crazy With Neighbourhood Nights At Island Radio
Corner of Cleveland and Baptist Street, Redfern
Image credit: Island Radio | Steven Woodburn
Score more bang for your buck at Island Radio with a cheeky 30% off your bill on Mondays—so long as you live in the vicinity. Anyone with a postcode of 2008, 2010, 2015, 2016, or 2017 can lock in their Neighbourhood Nights special—order whatever you want, and save a few dollars at the till.
The Details
What you get: 30% off the final bill (available for local postcodes only)
When: Mondays
Cost: Varies
$20 Schnitty And Trivia At The Light Brigade
Oxford Street and Jersey Road, Woollahra
Nip the Monday blues in the bud with a $20 schitty and free trivia at The Light Brigade in Woollahra. Round up your mates, register at 6.30pm for trivia kick-offs at 7pm and settle in with a plate full of chicken. You could even win prizes and pub vouchers, making the night even cheaper. Check out more of The Brigade’s weekly food and drink specials online.
The Details
What you get: A chicken schnitzel
When: Mondays
Cost: $20
Two Courses And A Glass Of Wine For $49 At Arms Length
7 Kellett Street, Potts Point
Image credit: Arms Length | Instagram
If your Mondays need a little softening, Potts Point bar Arms Length is now doing a $49 two-course set menu with a glass of wine from 4pm—making the start of the week feel a lot less bleak.
Expect a tight edit of crowd-pleasers—think arancini, tuna ceviche or pâté to start, followed by pasta, roast chicken or steak frites (for a small supplement), plus dessert to finish. Bookings are recommended to lock in your spot.
The Details
What you get: Two-course set menu + glass of wine
When: Mondays from 4pm
Cost: $49
Tuesday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Rocker's Burger Nights
5/39-53 Campbell Parade, North Bondi
Image credit: Rocker | Supplied
Rocker’s famed Burger Nights, running across Monday and Tuesdays each week. Starting from just $10, their menu serves up crowd-pleasers from classic cheeseburgers to buttermilk fried chicken.
Guests can drop in from 4 pm to enjoy burgers alongside weekly drink specials and Happy Hour on beers, Margaritas, and wines from 4:30–5:30 pm. Catching the sunset over Bondi is optional—but highly recommended.
The Details
What you get: Burgers
When: Mondays and Tuesdays
Cost: From $10
St Alma's Elevated Taco Tuesday
20 Albert Street, Freshwater
Image credit: St Alma | Instagram
For a special Mexican fiesta on Sydney's Northern Beaches, St Alma in Freshwater does $5 tacos and cheap margaritas all night long every Tuesday. The tacos here are no joke too—we’re talking beef birria with tomatillo salsa and pommé frites; smoked confit eggplant with a coriander cashew salsa; cochinita pork with charred pineapple salsa and chicharron; and a barramundi baddie with guac, coleslaw and chipotle aioli.
The Details
What you get: Tacos
When: Tuesdays, from 5pm
Cost: From $5
The Shop’s Budget-Friendly Pasta & Wine Night Affair
78 Curlewis Street, Bondi Beach
Image credit: The Shop & Wine Bar | Instagram
The Shop is a Bondi staple that goes all out on Tuesday and Sunday nights with an unmissable $25 pasta and wine deal. The dishes rotate, but expect the likes of tomato vodka pasta, lamb saffron bolognaise, and creamy stracciatella-topped lemon, zucchini and basil pasta. Plus, enjoy a selection of $9 drinks for happy hour if you make it there between 4pm and 6pm.
The Details
What you get: Pasta and a glass of wine
When: Tuesdays and Sundays from 4pm
Cost: $25
Feast On Steak Frites At Bar Nina
85A Stanley Street, Darlinghurst
Darlo’s bustling Bar Nina is serving up a special steak frites night on Tuesdays from 6pm with a glass of wine included for just $25.
Double down on the deal by arriving between 4pm and 6pm for happy hour drinks like $8 wine and tap beers, and $12 Aperol Spritzes, margaritas and espresso martinis. Check out more of Bar Nina’s daily specials online.
The Details
What you get: Steak, fries and a glass of wine
When: Tuesdays, from 6pm
Cost: $25
Wednesday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
All-You-Can-Eat Pizza At Dr Goodes
27-33 Oxford Street Paddington
Image credit: Dr Goodes | Instagram
The 90s called and they want their pizza prices back. Every Wednesday from 4pm, Paddington's Dr Goodes is winding the clock back with $19.90 all-you-can-eat woodfire pizza, served in one-hour sessions on the hour. Think hot, blistered bases, share plates landing thick and fast, and the kind of midweek feed that actually makes leaving the house feel worth it.
Bookings run in one-hour slots, with pizzas served to share at the table and fresh rounds ordered as you go. It’s $19.90 per person without a drink purchase, or $29.90 per person with a drink included.
The Details
What you get: All-You-Can-Eat woodfire pizza
When: Wednesdays, from 5pm
Cost: $19.90
Pocket-Friendly Burger Nights At Pocket Bondi
266 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach
Image credit: Pocket Bondi | Instagram
Helping you keep more pennies in your pocket, Bondi favourite Pocket plates up a $22 hump day dinner deal of cheeseburgers and fries. This Sydney cheap eats offer went viral so we highly recommend booking in. Pocket also currently offers a $39 steak frites night on Tuesdays that’s just as scrumptious.
The Details
What you get: Burger and fries
When: Wednesdays, from 5pm
Cost: $22
Hump Day Hawke Chop At Taphouse Sydney
122 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst
Wednesdays just got a whole lot juicer in Darlo thanks to Taphouse’s hump day deal. Inspired by the famous pork chop curry by the legendary Sun King Yuen in Wai Chan, Hong Kong, tuck into Taphouse’s OG marinated pork chop curry with secret seasonings for $16, a salt and pepper pork chop with steamed rice and crispy garlic for $19 or a pork chop burger with curry mayo, pickles and chips for $26, and Hawke’s Brewin Pale Ale or Lager for just $6.
The Details
What you get: Pork chop night
When: Wednesdays, from 4pm
Cost: From $16
Wine Down With Penny-Pinchin' Pasta Nights At Busta
10 Pittwater Road, Manly
Manly’s beachy Italian diner Busta does a delicious weekly pasta special with a glass of vino for $30 on Thursday nights. Each week the chefs change the menu but expect big favourites like creamy cacio e pepe, a hearty ragu or a tomato-y sugo with all kinds of shapes. Check out this week’s special on Busta’s Instagram.
The Details
What you get: Pasta and a glass of wine
When: Wednesdays, from 5.30pm
Cost: $30
Thursday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Double The Pizza For Half The Price At Soluna
Shop 3/168 Walker Street, North Sydney
Image credit: Soluna | Instagram
What’s better than one pizza? Two, of course. North Sydney’s sprawling Italian restaurant Soluna does a 2-for-1 pizza night, where you pay for the pricier option and get the second pizza free. Grab a date or a mate and order from 5pm on Thursdays. Check out more of Soluna’s weekly specials online.
The Details
What you get: 2-for-1 pizzas
When: Thursdays, from 5pm
Cost: From 24
Stretch Your Dollar With Steak Nights At The Waratah
308-310 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst
Image credit: The Waratah | Instagram
There’s nothing better than ducking into The Tah for one of its weekly specials. On Thursdays, it offers a $28 200g Angus beef rump steak with shoestring fries and davidson plum butter. There is a minimum spend of $35, which can be easily reached with $14 Waratah spritzes or $11 glasses of wine during Golden Hour between 4pm–6pm (on daily).
The Details
What you get: Steak and chips
When: Thursdays, from 4pm
Cost: $28
Friday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Sizzle Into The Weekend With Bottomless Fajita Fridays At SoCal
1 Young Street, Neutral Bay
Image credit: SoCal | Instagram
For a fab Friday, Neutral Bay’s Mexican rooftop restaurant and bar SoCal is dishing up bottomless fajitas for $40 per person every Friday, all day long. The DIY platters are loaded with your choice of sizzling cumin-coated steak or tofu, warm tortillas, fries, red chilli salsa, sour cream, pickled jalapeños, grilled peppers, onions and refried beans. And, you can add on guac and chips, margs or churros for an extra cost.
The Details
What you get: Bottomless fajitas
When: Fridays, 3pm–1am
Cost: $40 per person
Saturday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Slurp And Save With $1 Oysters At Bat & Ball Hotel
495 Cleveland Street, Redfern
It doesn't get much better than $1 oysters on Saturdays at The Bat and Ball Hotel. This Saturday special is just one of the reasons why we love the Redfern boozer, along with its high energy, nostalgic Aussie fit-out and epic pub feeds.
The Details
What you get: Oysters
When: Saturdays, until sold out
Cost: $1
Score 2-for-1 Pizza At Surry Hills Boozer Keg & Brew
26 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills
Amid its packed daily specials lineup, Surry Hills pub Keg & Brew offers two pizzas for the price of one on Saturdays. The heritage-listed hotel spans four levels, including a ground floor, restaurant, function room and—the pièce de résistance—a sunny rooftop bar fit for Saturday pizza-fuelled hangouts.
The Details
What you get: 2-for-1 pizzas
When: Saturdays, 11am–10pm
Cost: From $16
Sunday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Duke’s After Hours: Adult Happy Meal
109 Cronulla Street, Cronulla
Image credit: Duke's Providore | Instagram
Forget sad Sunday scaries—Duke’s After Hours is giving Sydneysiders something much better to look forward to. Available on Sunday nights only, the venue’s limited-edition “Adult Happy Meal” bundles together a three-course Italian feast and a glass of wine for a fraction of what you’d normally expect to pay.
The menu starts with a cacio e pepe croquette before moving onto pan-fried lasagne layered with slow-cooked ragù, finishing with a praline tiramisu for dessert. To wash it all down, you’ll score a glass of either Mario Primo Chianti or Rosetta Toscana Bianco, making this one of the city’s most tempting end-of-week treats.
The Details
What you get: Three course Italian feast
When: Sundays
Cost: $50
Load Up On Loulou's Bottomless Poulet Frites
61 Lavender Street, Milsons Point
Image credit: Loulou | Supplied
Spend a Sunday lapping up Loulou’s bottomless poulet frites. Swapping steak for tender roasted chicken, accompanied by free-flowing golden fries, the team provides a generous 90 minutes to down as much as you can. Walk in anytime on Sunday from 11.30am ‘til close, or book ahead if you want to secure your spot.
The Details
What you get: Bottomless poulet frites for 90 minutes
When: Sundays, from 11.30am
Cost: $39
Wrap The Week With Sunday Shenanigans At Taphouse
122 Flinders Street, Darlinghurst
Image credit: Taphouse | Supplied
Darlinghurst’s cool corner operator, Taphouse, takes it up a notch with Sunday Shenanigans. The $34 Chinese-Irish pub feed includes a full-on six-course spread of prawn crackers, veggie spring rolls, salt and pepper fries, fried rice, chilli chicken, sweet and sour chicken and Taphouse’s infamous McDonnell’s curry sauce. Grab with $12 Guinness or Kilkenny pints, $15 Five Spice Bloody Marys or $14 Aperol Spritzes.
The Details
What You Get: Six-dish Chinese-Irish shared feast
When: Sundays, 11.30am–11pm
Cost: $34
Main image credit: Baptist Street Rec Club | Instagram
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