Restaurant listing
Our selection of relatively cheap restaurants
Below, you can find a list of cheap restaurants in Central London. We’ve only included restaurants that have a website, so that you can see for yourself what kind of place it is and what kind of food they serve.
The selected restaurants all serve dinner at a cost below £ 25,- per person. Although we personally don’t qualify a meal at £ 25,- as cheap, we found that the cheapest restaurants are often not ‘real’ restaurants, but generally are take-out places, fastfood restaurants or sandwich bars (that will do very nicely for lunch).
There is a description available for the linked restaurants. The others will follow as soon as possible. Please note that the prices on these pages should be interpreted as a very rough estimate!
- Amato » View on map
Café with sandwiches and Italian dishes
Pricing: lunch £ 9,- / dinner £ 20,- - Apostrophe
Chain of shops with sandwiches and pastries
Pricing: lunch £ 8,- - Ask! Central
Italian restaurant with several branches in London
Pricing: dinner £ 20,- - Benugo
Deli sandwich bar with several branches in London
Pricing: lunch £ 9,- - Café Emm » View on map
Restaurant with a mix of British and International food
Pricing: lunch £ 15,- / dinner £ 22,- - Chowki » View on map
Trendy restaurant that serves Indian food
Pricing: dinner £ 20,- - Exotika » View on map
Fastfood-restaurant with various dishes
Pricing: lunch £ 8,- / dinner £ 15,- - Goddard’s Pie House » View on map
Traditional pie & mash restaurant
Pricing: lunch and dinner £ 10,- - Hamburger Union
‘Five-star McDonald’s’ fastfood-restaurant
Pricing: lunch £ 11,- / dinner £ 17,- - Havelock Tavern » View on map
Traditional English pub
Pricing: lunch £ 10,- / dinner £ 17,- - Navarro’s » View on map
Spanish restaurant
Pricing: dinner £ 20,- - Olley’s Fish Experience » View on map
Seafood restaurant (fish & chips)
Pricing: lunch and dinner £ 17,- - Pret a Manger
Chain with fresh sandwiches, sushi, salads and soups
Pricing: lunch £ 5,- / dinner £ 9,- - RedVeg (approx. £ 9,-)
- Sausage and Mash Cafe
- Star Café » View on map
Café that serves lunch and an all-day breakfast
Pricing: N/A - Tayyabs (approx. £ 15,-)
- Wagamama (approx. £ 22,-)
More information
- Harden’s London Restaurants Guide - you can search for restaurants here (registration is required)
- London Eats - this site has a list of the best ‘cheap eats’ in London
Last update: January 26th, 2006