10th May 10
Best Budget Restaurants in London
by Editor
If you’re on a tight budget but still want to enjoy good food while visiting London then what about trying a nation’s favourite: fish and chips. More than a quarter of the potatoes eaten in the UK are served up as chips and we consume more than 277 million portions of chips bought from fish and chip restaurants.
In London, one of the tried and tested ones is the Golden Fish Bar on Farringdon Road, a takeaway and restaurant that has been in business here for 150 years.
The Masters Super Fish is a restaurant beside the Imperial War Museum and the Old Vic. Don’t be put off by the restaurant’s décor; you’ll get huge helpings of fantastic food. The fish is fresh from London’s Billingsgate Fish Market. If you choose to eat in the restaurant you’ll get free prawns and pickles.
The Golden Hind is a good quality fish and chip restaurant as is Rock and Sole Plaice, London’s oldest fish and chip shop, which has tables outside to eat al fresco.
If you have to eat at a table then the restaurants are fine but I would recommend that at least once you buy a takeaway and enjoy the experience of eating British fish and chips from the paper. If you buy your meal from Sea Shell of Lisson Grove, Regent’s Park is only a five-minute walk away.
Another option is to wander to Chinatown and enjoy a meal in one of its 80 restaurants. There is food from all over Asia, not just China, including Cantonese, Mongolian, Malaysian and Szechuan.
Gaby’s Deli is a popular budget restaurant that sells a whole array of Mediterranean, vegetarian, Jewish, Kosher, Greek hummous and kebab. It is situated on Charing Cross Road, close to Covent Garden with Leicester Square being your closest tube station. Choose a takeaway from the lamb kebabs and lots of salad options and sit in Trafalgar Square.
Soba Noodle Bar is located just off Oxford Street in Soho Street and it is a perfect place for a quick lunch of oriental noodles before heading back to the shops. The generous portions are freshly made but the prices are surprising low. The Stockpot is a budget chain of restaurants serving the traditional British stodgy food that we long for on cold nights or as an alternative to chocolate as a comfort food. You’ll find winter warmers such as rhubarb crumble and custard main courses of roast beef stew. The restaurants are located in Soho, King’s Road, Chelsea and Panton Street in Leicester Square.
You’ll find Brasil by Kilo on Oxford Street and the food in this restaurant is simply divine. Close your eyes to the surroundings and pile your plate from a range of simple hot dishes and salads and delicious fruit juices. Your plate is weighed and you pay, using the Brazilian pay by weight system, for each 100g of food.
Wagamama have more than 15 restaurants across London and are modelled on the ramen bars so popular in Japan. You are seated on one of the long bench seats and your order is taken on your place mat that doubles up as a menu. The waiter writes on your place mat but orders your meal using an electronic handheld notepad that is routed to the kitchen via a radio signal. The food is cooked and served quickly, sometimes arriving at different times, but the Japanese believe that to enjoy food it must be served and eaten as soon as it is ready.
Leon is a chain that has several restaurants across London where you can choose to eat in or take away. The ethos of the company is fresh, healthy food at affordable prices; fast food supporting organic food and fair-trade ingredients. They cater for specific dietary requirements and there are symbols on the menu to highlight meals that are good carbs/good sugars, gluten free, vegetarian, no animal fat, dairy/lactose free and wheat-free.
Sophie’s Steakhouse and Bar has a New York basement feel about it, relaxed but an upbeat atmosphere. The food is steak from British cows hung for a month, salads, fish, rotisserie chicken and homemade puddings. The restaurant in Covent Garden was opened in 2008 and targets local employees for business lunches during the week and changes its emphasis at the weekend to an earlier brunch.
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