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
Weekly Specials From $15 At Baptist Street Rec Club
Corner of Cleveland and Baptist Streets, Redfern
Image credit: Baptist Street Rec Club | Instagram
We can’t get over how good the weekly food specials are at Baptist Street Rec Club. Operating every day except Monday (cause they’re closed), grab $15 pad thai on Tuesdays, $15 pad see ew on Wednesdays, $18 curries on Thursdays, $18 burgers and rolls with fries on Fridays, $19 schnitty and chips on Saturdays and a rotating selection of cheap dishes on Sunday for Island Night.
The Details
What you get: A range of weekly specials
When: Tuesday–Thursday, 4pm–12am, Friday–Saturday, 4pm–2am, and Sunday, 2pm–10pm
Cost: From $15
Bentō On A Budget At Genzo
Shop 4/168 Walker Street, North Sydney
Image credit: Genzo | Instagram
Craving Japanese? Genzo does a $25 bentō lunch special almost every day of the week. Choose between the sushi set, karaage chicken set, okonomiyaki set, or miso-yaki set, all served with miso soup and a side. If you’re working with an appetite, you can also add on four pieces of sashimi for $15.
The Details
What you get: Bentō lunch special
When: Tuesday–Saturday, 12pm–3pm
Cost: $25
Felons' Winning Weekly Eats In Manly
10 Pittwater Road, Manly
Waterfront marvel, Felons Manly, has a round-up of cheap eats available Sunday to Wednesday, from 5pm ‘til late. Enjoy a $28 lamb roast on Sundays with all the trimmings, $20 pizzas on Mondays, $20 Big Felons Burgers with CopperTree Farms double beef patties on Tuesdays and $28 Hereford striploin steak and shoestring fries with Felon’s IPA mustard on Wednesdays.
The Details
What you get: Daily specials
When: Sunday–Wednesday, 5pm–late
Cost: From $20
Bar Tilda’s $20 Lunches Are A Steal
61–101 Phillip Street, Sydney CBD
Image credit: Bar Tilda | Jason Loucas
Cheap lunches are a rarity in Sydney’s CBD, but the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth’s bar tilda is switching things up with a $20 lunch deal every weekday from 12pm to 3pm. Choose between a gruyere-loaded cheeseburger with fries; tagliatelle entangling zucchini, garlic, lemon and chilli; a 200g Black Angus flat iron steak with bordelaise and fries; or a coal-roasted market fish. Walk-ins also welcome.
The Details
What you get: Lunch special
When: Monday–Friday, 12pm–3pm
Cost: $20
Wentworth Bar's $20 Lunch Bowls Are Worth It
61–101 Phillip Street, Sydney CBD
Lunch is sorted at Wentworth Bar with huge bowls for $20 and incredible views from one of the largest rooftop terraces in the Sydney CBD. Pick between Hanoi-style crispy chicken rice, satay noodles with slow-cooked pork belly or a banana blossom and glazed salmon salad. Walk-ins only.
The Details
What you get: Lunch bowl
When: Wednesday–Friday, 12pm–3pm
Cost: $20
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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 signature laksas 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 $2.50 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 2.50 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–Thursday, 12pm–10pm, and Friday–Saturday, 12pm–11pm
Cost: $2.50 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 8pm, 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, 8pm ‘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, $6 tequila shots and live music from 5pm ‘til late on Tuesdays, a sailboat burger combo with fries and house beer or wine on Wednesdays (plus the chance to score a free drinks bill if you roll a six), 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
Monday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Get Stir-Crazy With Wok Da Fuc Mondays 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 33% off wok-based dishes for Wok Da Fuc Mondays. Choose between ginger shallot egg noodles with Chef Andy’s house sambal (and add spanner crab curry for $10 extra—it’s delish), smoked beef nasi goreng, stir-fried garlic tiger prawns in tauco sauce and about nine other dishes all at a third of their normal price.
The Details
What you get: 33% off wok-made dishes (available for groups of 2–7 only)
When: Mondays from 5pm, until 25 August, 2025
Cost: From $12.10
$1 Wings And Trivia At The Light Brigade
Oxford Street and Jersey Road, Woollahra
Nip the Monday blues in the bud with $1 wings and free trivia at The Light Brigade in Woollahra. Round up your mates, register at 6.30pm for trivia kick-offs at 7pm and order bucket-loads of dollar chicken wings. 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: Chicken wings
When: Mondays, from 5pm
Cost: $1
Shell Out Just $2 For Oysters At Arms Length
7 Kellett Street, Potts Point
Fetch freshly shucked oysters for only two bucks on Monday nights at Potts Point’s fairy-light-lit bar, Arms Length. As a cheeky double deal, head there early at happy hour between 4pm to 6pm for $8 G&T’s, $8 wine and beer, $12 signature cocktails like a passionfruit spritz, pineapple margarita and bloody shiraz gin sour, and $12 toasted jaffles filled with four cheeses or smoked ham and mozzarella. Check out more of Arms Length’s daily specials online.
The Details
What you get: Oysters
When: Mondays, from 6pm
Cost: $2
Tuesday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
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 $12 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.
Hot tip: You can do it all again on Wednesdays from 5pm at its sister venue Alma in Avalon with $5 tacos and $15 margs.
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
Chula's Two-Day $6 Taco Takeover
19, Shop 7/33 Bayswater Road, Potts Point
Potts Point’s go-to Mexican joint, Chula dishes up one helluva Taco Tuesday that’s so good it also spills into Wednesday. For just $6 each, load up on cripsy prawn, baja fish, chicken, al pastor pork, mushroom and eggplant tacos.
Hot tip: head there at happy hour from 5pm to 6pm to also enjoy $15 Chula margaritas too.
The Details
What you get: Tacos
When: Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 5pm
Cost: $6
Wednesday Cheap Eats And Dining Deals
Bottomless Dumplings At Little Pearl
8/13 South Steyne, Manly
Image credit: Little Pearl | Anna Kucera
Have your chopsticks at the ready cause Little Pearl is loading you up with bottomless dumplings right by the water at Manly Beach. Dig into plates upon plates of bursting dumplings loaded with chicken, prawn and mushroom doused in spicy gochujang glaze, prawns in a Malaysian laksa sauce with crispy shallots, plus fluffy BBQ pork bao buns and shiitake mushroom spring rolls.
The Details
What you get: Bottomless dumplings for 90 minutes
When: Wednesdays, 5pm–8pm
Cost: $39
Half Price Noodle And Rice Dishes At Delta Rue
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth 61, 101 Phillip Street, Sydney CBD
Image credit: Delta Rue | Steven Woodburn
Delta Rue is slinging its noodle and rice dishes for 50% every Wednesday night. Think Delta’s special fried rice sprinkled with pork belly pieces and five spice gravy, and Saigon-style drunken chicken noodles for $15.50 each, plus XO mushrooms tangled in wok-fried egg noodles for just $14, and luxe spicy spanner crab egg noodles that’s usually $49, now down to $24.50—talk about ballin’ on a budget.
The Details
What you get: 50% off all noodle and rice dishes
When: Wednesdays, from 5pm
Cost: From $13.50
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
$15 Pasta Meets Creative Nights At Buddy's Bar In Newtown
391 King Street, Newtown
Image credit: Buddy's Bar | Instagram
Self-pouring taphouse Buddy’s in Newtown whips up big bowls of a daily special pasta for $15 and pairs it with a rotating roster of arts and crafts, stand-up comedy nights, and more fun live entertainment. Check out what’s on online.
The Details
What you get: Pasta and live entertainment
When: Wednesdays, from 4.30pm
Cost: $15
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
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: Thursdays, from 5.30pm
Cost: $30
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 $25 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: $25
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
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
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