Olympic Meats ★ 4.5
Greek grill house on Marrickville Road, Sydney. Nothing on the menu over A$21; walk-in only, BYO, queues from 5pm every night, lamb on the spit.
Try: Greek grill plate
Fishermans Wharf Seafoods is a budget eat in Pyrmont, Sydney.
Sydney Fish Market takeaway counter at Bank Street, Pyrmont. Fish and chips, salt-and-pepper squid and prawn rolls in paper boats; daily 7am-4pm.
Address: Level 1, 50 Bank Street, Pyrmont NSW 2009, Sydney
Greek grill house on Marrickville Road, Sydney. Nothing on the menu over A$21; walk-in only, BYO, queues from 5pm every night, lamb on the spit.
Try: Greek grill plate
Bill Granger's original ricotta hotcakes at Bills on Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney for A$25. Walk-in brunch counter, the canonical Sydney breakfast.
Try: Ricotta hotcakes with honeycomb butter
Middle Eastern sweet counter on Haldon Street, Lakemba, Sydney. Diamond-cut baklava, knafeh and zenoud by the piece; counter slices under A$8.
Try: Diamond-cut baklava slice
Daily prix-fixe lunch at Lazybones Lounge on Marrickville Road, Sydney for A$25. Two-course French-leaning bistro lunch in the supper club's daytime hours.
Try: Daily prix-fixe lunch
Sydney's A$5.50 banh mi counter on Illawarra Road, Marrickville. Pork roll with house pate, the city's most-recommended budget lunch. Daily from 7am.
Try: Pork banh mi
Cabramatta's classic A$7.50 banh mi counter on John Street, Sydney. Pork, pate, chilli, herbs and pickled veg, just outside the train station.
Try: Banh mi