Yummy budget feeds are the order of the day at these Leeds eateries.
Looking for cheap places to eat in Leeds? Fret not, you’ve got loads of options. From vegan junk food dripping with plant-based cheese to traditional tapas, you’re spoilt for choice when it comes to bargain feeds. You can even tuck into Thai, Chinese and Japanese fare for less than 10 of your hard-earned pounds. Bargains are all around, you just need to know the right places to look! So without further ado, check these out.
Rola Wala
Rola Wala is one of the best cheap places to eat in Leeds. There’s loads of choice for veggies, vegans and carnivores alike, all coming in under £10. First, choose your carrier – there’s a naan roll, a rice bowl and a cauliflower rice bowl to choose between. Then, pick your filling. There’s Nagaland lamb or chicken tikka, red channa dal, Keralan cauliflower or Goan roast pork. Prices vary from £5.95 for a wrap to £6.45 for a cauli bowl, leaving you room to grab a drink, a protein pot or a chocolate chip cookie.
Rola Wala, Trinity Kitchen, 27 Albion Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 5AT.
Thai Aroy Dee
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Thai Aroy Dee are well known as purveyors of brilliant cheap eats in Leeds. Their lunch deal between 12pm and 5pm is one of, if not the, best in the city. You can get a starter, a main and your choice of jasmine rice or chips all for under £8.95. Bargain! Tuck into marinated mushroom skewers or spicy spare ribs to start and a gaeng massaman or a pad Thai for main. Even without the lunch deal, there’s lots of choice for those on a budget. We’re talking Thai salads, layered with fresh veggies, and you could even squeeze in a Weeping Tiger for just £9.95!
Thai Aroy Dee, 120-122 Vicar Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7NL.
Dough Boys
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Feel like pizza? Of course you do! Dough Boys have earned a reputation as one of the best pizza-by-the-slice spots in Leeds, serving up a range of innovative flavours that come in at £4.10 or less. They put modern twists on classics, like the Salami of Darkness, which combines Salsiccia picante with salami Napoli and house-pickled chillis. They’ve got veggie delights like Queen Brie and Silvio the Margherita, as well as the vegan What’s The Quack? Feel free to make it your own with self-serve garlic oil, parmesan and hot sauce all on the house.
Dough Boys, Belgrave Music Hall, 1-1A Cross Belgrave Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 8JP.
Senbon Sakura
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Senbon Sakura is high on the list of cheap places to eat in Leeds. It’s small but perfectly formed, and it serves great Japanese fare for a decent price. You could have a cracking wok-fried rice dish on your table for under a tenner, with the Senbon Sakura Special packing in the value with chicken, beef and king prawn. Grab a pumpkin katsu curry for £8.60 and you’ll get a plate piled high with crunchy breaded pumpkin, slow-cooked veggies and steamed rice. Sushi is reasonable too – four salmon nigiri and six maki come in at £7.70!
Senbon Sakura, 71 Great George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3BR.
Mommy Thai
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Mommy Thai bring real Bangkok-style street food to Leeds city centre at two locations – one on Duncan Street and the other on Vicar Lane. Made fresh to order with original family recipes, their huge plates of noodles and heaving bowls of Thai curries of all colours and types are a joy just to look at and come in at under tenner, with your choice of starter at lunchtime. Will it be the chicken curry and jasmine rice with corn cakes and chilli sauce? Or how about the tofu pan-fried noodles with chicken satay skewers and peanut drizzle?
Mommy Thai, 7 Duncan Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 6DQ & Little Mommy Thai, 110 Vicar Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7NL.
Little Bao Boy
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Little Bao Boy is a hot contender for the best place to get a tasty yet cheap eat in Leeds. You can get your hands on loads of yummy bao, all stuffed with delicious ingredients. We’re talking braised beef with deep fried onions and sweet chilli sauce, pulled pork with Chinese five spice and deep-fried salt and pepper aubergine. And that’s not even half the menu. Luckily, with your tenner, you’ll be able to squeeze in two different fillings and still have change. As well as bao buns, you can also grab veg and chicken gyoza, loaded fries and noodle soup!
Little Bao Boy, North Brewing Co. Tap Room, 3 Sovereign Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 4BA & Springwell, Buslingthorpe Lane, Meanwood, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS7 2DF.
Manjit’s Kitchen
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Manjit’s Kitchen makes traditional vegetarian Punjabi fare all the more easy to get your hands on in Leeds. At both of their locations, the menu is laden with curried street food joy. Their chilli paneer wrap is the stuff of legend and comes in at £7.50, but if it’s curry you’re after, the choice between the house lentil dhal and the chickpea & potato curry is a hard one – both are under £7. Add yours to a colourful bowl of cumin rice for another £2.50. Or, you can save the decision and try it all – or most of it at least – with one of their thalis, for a complete meal for under a tenner.
Manjit’s Kitchen, 333 Kirkstall Road, Burley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS4 2HD & Leeds Kirkgate Market, George Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7HY.
Bundobust
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Did you know that every item on Bundobust’s food menu comes in at under a tenner? That’s right, as well as cooking up some of the best Indian food in Leeds, they’re also one of the most affordable places to eat. Prices start at £3 for the smacked khakri and finish at £7 with paneer kadai, with stops for onion bhajis, parka dahl and bundo chaat along the way. If you go down between 12pm to 4pm from Monday to Friday make sure to take advantage of their Lunch Express menu, where you can get two selected dishes for £9.95.
Bundobust, 6 Mill Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 5DQ.
Mr Su’s Noodles
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Mr Su’s Noodles is one of the best cheap places to eat in Leeds. It starts with owner Mr Su, whose impressive foodie background spans 25 years and brings wealth of knowledge and mastery to the kitchen. Every dish on the menu will give you change from £10, whether you plump for rice, soup or hotpot noodles. The latter is an explosion of flavours, where chewy noodles meet soy sauce, sesame, garlic and other aromatics. Will you go for chicken, grilled duck, beef, seafood or vegetable? Whatever you pick will be a treat.
Mr Su’s Noodles and Dumplings, 24 Black, Blenheim Ter, Woodhouse, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9HD.
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