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London’s Best-Value Restaurants (When You’re Waiting For Payday)
Our favourite places to get a good sit-down meal for around £10-£15.
Where To Eat Lunch In Soho
From freshly made salt beef, to a French institution, to dumplings, shawarma, and more—here’s where to have lunch in Soho.
12 Mayfair Restaurants For When You Don’t Want To Spend A Lot Of Money
Mayfair is never cheap, but there are some excellent and affordable restaurants that you should consider when you don’t want to spend a fortune.
London’s Top Casual Neighbourhood Sushi Spots
Searching for that elusive middle ground of reasonable, casual neighbourhood sushi? Here's where to find it.
London’s Best Grab And Go Meals
From bubbling naan wraps and smoking jerk chicken fresh from the grill, to Taiwanese fried chicken, and more.
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The Best Turkish Kebab
The Best Turkish Kebab is an excellent Stoke Newington spot for well-stuffed Turkish wraps and celeb-spotting on their wall of famous fans.
Feijão Do Luis
Homesick Brazilians flock to Feijão Do Luis in Fitzrovia for live music and screenings of big football matches, but mostly for the great Brazilian food.
Jíxíang Baozi
Swinging by Jíxíang Baozi, a Fujianese takeaway spot, for a mid-afternoon crispy oyster cake is one of the best moves you can make in Chinatown.
Makimayo
Somewhere between the crunch of a particularly crispy chicken wing and ordering another round, we realised Makimayo, a pan-Asian spot in Tottenham, is somewhere we’ll be spending a lot of time.
London’s Best-Value Restaurants (When You’re Waiting For Payday)
Our favourite places to get a good sit-down meal for around £10-£15.
Amols Vada Pav
A vegetarian spot making Mumbai and Indo-Chinese street snacks, Amols Vada Pav in Wembley is great for a quick bite, lunch, or dinner.
Satta Kitchen
Small in size but big in flavour, Satta Kitchen is a great Caribbean takeaway shop in Wembley for a patty on the go or something heartier.
Shree Krishna Vada Pav
The Wembley outpost of Shree Krishna Vada Pav is a reliable spot for a pick-me-up vada pav and other brilliant-value Maharashtrian snacks.
Dosa Street
Dosa Street is a South Asian concession inside food court Trader Wembley, in Wembley, and makes satisfying dosas, hoppers, and more.
Mystic Burek
Mystic Burek, a Balkan spot in Sydenham, has a good-time energy and pies that we’d cross London for.
Sonora Taquería
There aren’t many places where we’d happily test our quad strength by squatting in an alley to eat a taco, but Sonora Taquería—a Mexican spot in Stoke Newington—is one of them.
Reem's
Reem's in Brixton is tiny—about 90% kitchen with two outdoor tables. But the £10 buffet, full of excellent Brazilian classics, is a big draw.
Mazal 76
Mazal 76 in Willesden is a simple spot but it's a cut above in terms of choice, with Brazilian dishes, plus those with Portuguese and Mediterranean influences, that you might not find elsewhere.
Kanok Thai Restaurant
Kanok Thai is the ideal spot for a stop-off lunch between Brighton Station and the beach.
Brass Monkey Ice Cream
Brass Monkey is our favourite place to get a scoop, cone, or a little sugar-sponsored brain freeze in Brighton.
London’s Best Grab And Go Meals
From bubbling naan wraps and smoking jerk chicken fresh from the grill, to Taiwanese fried chicken, and more.
Xi’an Impression
Xi’an Impression is a small restaurant in Highbury making some of the best Chinese food in London. Don’t miss the hand-pulled noodles.
Carnival Pot
Roll up to Carnival Pot—a takeaway Caribbean spot next to Southwark station—for a pick-me-up portion of curry goat to get you through the rest of the day.
Paolina Thai Cuisine
Paolina Thai Cuisine is a dependable spot in King’s Cross that we return to time and again for a solo lunch or low-key date night over solid Thai dishes.
Alhaji Suya Greenwich
Out of a tiny, takeaway-only hatch on an industrial park in Greenwich, Alhaji Suya serves Hausa cuisine and specifically, London's best suya.
La Salumeria
La Salumeria is a tiny, old-fashioned, family-run Italian deli in Greenwich, making great and great-value sandwiches.
Banh Mi Leo
The bánh mì, at cupboard-sized Vietnamese spot Banh Mi Leo near Greenwich station, are worth missing your train for.
Wandercrust Pizza at The Pelton Arms
Cooking from the kitchen at The Pelton Arms (a cosy Greenwich pub), Wandercrust specialises in excellent Neapolitan-style pizzas.