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A CBD curry canteen dishing out a $15 unlimited-roti thali into the small hours.
Cheap Eats You Must Try in Melbourne
From Delhi Rocks' unlimited roti to a Balaclava post office serving $15 Thai, 15 cheap eats across 12 cuisines where flavour always outpunches the price.
A CBD curry canteen dishing out a $15 unlimited-roti thali into the small hours.
Swanston Street's Thai institution — $3.50 pork bone soup, pad Thai, nightly queues.
Campbellfield's cult Adana kebab specialist — a $12, 700g feast worth the queue.
CBD Malaysian roti specialist on Lonsdale Street — fresh-made roti tisu and quick, halal eats.
Brunswick East's cheap, family-run late-night pizzeria, open until the early hours.
Footscray's legendary pho institution — rich broth, huge portions, brutally fast service.
Arcade-tucked ramen house off Bourke Street, famous for free extra noodles and no-bookings queues.
Brunswick's cult falafel counter — crispy, herb-packed falafel and rotating salads locals swear by.
CBD hand-pulled Lanzhou beef noodles — watch the noodle master stretch them fresh, then pick soup or dry, mild or numbing-spicy.
Clayton's tiny Taiwanese counter for braised pork rice and popcorn chicken, open into the late night near Monash.
Coburg's Lebanese bakery-grocery hybrid, famous for fresh zaatar saj and weekend breakfasts.
Box Hill's Chinese BBQ skewer institution serving lamb skewers and rice noodles until midnight.
Richmond's buzzy Greek taverna serving generous lamb and chicken gyros with genuine family warmth.
Wheelers Hill's Malaysian hawker specialist inside a shopping centre — nasi lemak and Hainanese chicken rice draw daily queues.
Balaclava's one-man Thai hideaway in an old post office — fragrant, affordable and special.
The Curator is the voice behind the Lowdown, Curateria's read on where Melbourne is eating, drawn from the reviews we track.