Cheap Eats in London

Cheap eats in London should be easy to price before you order. A 12-inch fire-baked Roman-style pizza at Pizza Union is £3.95, a Margherita £5.95, a beer £3.50. Pizza and a beer, £7.45. Everyday menu prices, not a limited-time deal.

Pizza Union has Pizza Bars across central London in Aldgate, Holborn, Hoxton, Kings Cross and Spitalfields. Guests order at the till, there is no table service, and pizza is usually ready in 5-10 minutes.

What cheap restaurants in London actually cost

The useful question is not whether somewhere calls itself affordable. It is what you can actually order for the money. The same core menu prices apply at every Pizza Bar, so you can decide what works before choosing an area.

Item	Price
Marinara pizza	£3.95
Margherita pizza	£5.95
Beer	from £3.50
Soft drinks	from £1.90
Frozen cocktails	£4.95
Wine	£4.95 a glass
Coffee and tea	from £2.50

The full food and drink range is on the Pizza Union menu.

Cheap eats in London for under £10

Staying under £10 is not difficult. A Marinara and a soft drink is £5.85. Make the drink a beer and it is £7.45. A Margherita and a soft drink, £7.85. Pizza on its own, £3.95.

That is a proper 12-inch pizza with room for a drink, rather than a snack-sized item used to advertise a low starting price.

The best cheap eats in London are the ones you can price in advance

Most guides to the best cheap eats in London mix genuinely low-cost food with places that are only cheap by central London standards. The difference here is that every number is on the menu before you order.

There are 15 pizzas on the menu, every one of them 12 inch, fire-baked Roman style, thin and crispy. The £3.95 Marinara is vegan, as are the mixed olives and the hot chilli dip, and dessert is Sicilian cannoli or gelato. Nothing on the list is a shrunken version of something bigger, so the entry price buys a whole pizza.

Affordable restaurants in London for lunch

At lunch, speed matters almost as much as price. Pizza Union is counter service rather than a table-service restaurant. Order at the till and a thin, crispy fire-baked pizza is usually ready in 5-10 minutes.

Every Pizza Bar opens at 11am, so the same prices apply from lunch onwards. There is no short deal window to arrive inside.

Cheap dinner in London without a set-menu catch

The same menu runs into the evening. Every Pizza Bar stays open until 11pm, seven days a week, and the entry prices do not change.

Drinks are priced in the same spirit. Beer starts at £3.50, frozen cocktails are £4.95, wine is £4.95 a glass and Prosecco is £5.95 a glass.

Cheap places to eat in London that are open all day

One of the hardest parts of finding cheap places to eat in London is the timing. Set menus stop at three, kitchens close between services, and the good value disappears exactly when you want it.

Every Pizza Bar runs the same menu from 11am to 11pm, seven days a week. Lunch, an early dinner, a late one after work, or food before heading somewhere else, all at the same prices.

Where to find cheap eats around London

Choose the guide for the area you are heading to.

Cheap eats in Covent Garden
Cheap eats in Kings Cross
Cheap eats in Shoreditch
Cheap eats near Liverpool Street
Cheap eats in Holborn
Cheap eats in Aldgate

Cheap restaurants in London for groups

Cheap food matters more when one bill turns into six or twenty orders. Six Margheritas cost £35.70 before drinks. Six Marinaras cost £23.70. Six Marinara-and-beer orders start at £44.70.

Pizza Union takes group tables from six to 50 people, and because everyone orders at the till from the same menu, the spend is visible before anybody orders.

Why Pizza Union works for cheap eats

Pizza Union is a Pizza Bar, not a table-service restaurant. Guests order at the till, pizzas are fire-baked fast, and there is no service layer added to what is meant to be a straightforward meal.

There are 15 pizzas on the menu, all 12 inch, all Roman style, thin and crispy, and the cheapest is £3.95.