{"id":377581,"date":"2025-08-27T12:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377581\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:19:17","slug":"london-officially-one-of-the-best-cities-for-foodies-on-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/377581\/","title":{"rendered":"London Officially One Of The Best Cities For Foodies On A Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In news that will come as a shock to Londoners and visitors alike, London has somehow been officially declared one of the UK\u2019s best cities for foodies on a budget<\/strong>. That\u2019s right, according to recent research from Canvas<\/a>, if you\u2019re a foodie and you\u2019re counting your coins, London is still one of the best cities to visit. In fact, we\u2019re the third best city in the UK for gourmands who don\u2019t want to drop all their cash on one meal.<\/p>\n

After analysing how many of a city\u2019s restaurants were \u2018cheap eats<\/a>\u2018, and looking at the average price of a three-course meal for two, Coventry was crowned the best UK city for foodies on a budget<\/strong>. Following closely behind was Southampton, and then London in third place.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that London is a proper foodie destination. We\u2019ve got world-class restaurants<\/a>, Michelin-starred dining<\/a>, incredible street food<\/a>, and more. But naturally, that means that there is also a wealth of ultra-expensive restaurants. Plus, with prices seemingly ever on the rise in the past few years, London has (understandably) developed a reputation for being an incredibly expensive place to dine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Despite that, London\u2019s street food traders, pop-up vendors, and hidden budget spots still make the city an affordable place to eat! Plus, with so much choice in our city, there\u2019s something for every foodie, no matter their taste.<\/p>\n

\"GrilledCredit: CacacacaWo, via Shutterstock The best cities for foodies on a budget <\/p>\n

So, if you want to eat well without overspending, where should you go? Here are the top 10 cities in the UK for foodies on a budget:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Coventry<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Southampton <\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. London<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Cardiff<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Sheffield<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Oxford<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Liverpool<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. York<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Glasgow <\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. Leicester<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Average dinner prices <\/p>\n

    Now, even though there are plenty of affordable eats in London, you might think the average price of dinner is far higher than elsewhere. However, thanks to the proliferation of budget spots, the average price of a three-course meal in London was on par with other affordable foodie destinations in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The average price of a dinner for two in the list-topping Coventry is a mere \u00a350, matched only by Liverpool.<\/strong> Meanwhile, the average price in Southampton is \u00a359, and an average dinner for two costs just one pound more in London. Other great cities for foodies on a budget had similar average costs, with Sheffield, Oxford, Glasgow, and Leicester all coming in at the \u00a360 mark. Cardiff was marginally cheaper at \u00a357.50, while an average meal for two in York will run you \u00a361.<\/p>\n

    So, next time you\u2019re wondering where to go to explore a culinary world without breaking the bank, why not just stick it out in London? (Or head to one of the other lovely cities in the list.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Wally Pruss, via Shutterstock In news that will come as a shock to Londoners and visitors alike,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,46301,64251,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-377581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-british-food","10":"tag-dinner","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-london","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115100697653320939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}