Eat well in Brussels for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.

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Cheap eats worth seeking out

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Fritland

Try Homemade fresh fries with sauce

Fritland has served Belgian fries near the Stock Exchange since 1978, with burgers, hot dogs and sandwiches, and is open daily from 11:00 to 01:00.

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Yummy Bowl

  • ★ 4.4
  • Vegetarian and vegan
  • €€

Try Sweet potato noodles with kimchi, Korean pancakes and fried egg

Yummy Bowl serves vegetarian and vegan bowls a short walk from the Grand-Place, with vegetables roasted in the morning and each bowl assembled to order.

Vitalgaufre

Try Liège waffle in vanilla, cinnamon, raspberry or chocolate

Vitalgaufre is a Belgian waffle specialist at Rue Neuve 25 in Brussels, recognised as a Maison de Qualité since 1998 and devoted to the Liège waffle.

La Brouette

  • ★ 4.6

Order Waffles, brunches and pastries from the morning menu, or a good Belgian beer.

La Brouette, at Grand Place 2, serves coffees, breakfasts, pastries, brunches and waffles from early morning, plus Belgian beer in a building full of story.

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La Piola Pizza

Order The cornicione, the pizza's crust, poured into buffalo ricotta, is the house specialty.

La Piola Pizza, at Place Saint-Josse 8, makes Neapolitan pizzas in respect of tradition, with ingredients from Italy and seasonal suggestions.

Spuntino

  • ★ 4.2

Order Antipasti and the tasty pizzas from the menu.

Spuntino is a warm, friendly Italian bistro restaurant in the European quarter, opposite the Luxembourg station exit, at Rue de Trèves 24 in Ixelles.

Cosi Come

  • ★ 4.4
  • Pizza

Order A pizza on its farine germe di grano dough, an Italian flour that keeps the wheat germ.

Cosi Come, a family pizzeria in Forest since 1997, bakes giant 38 centimetre pizzas at prices it calls very contained, with more than 30 types of pizza.

Chez Clémentine

  • ★ 4.4
  • Friture

Order Fries three ways: beef fat, vegetable with the skin in rapeseed oil, or sweet potato.

Chez Clémentine is a friterie on Place de Saint-Job in Uccle with a sustainable-business label, serving fresh fries and burgers made with local ingredients.

Love Ciabatta

  • ★ 4.1

Love Ciabatta is a sandwich shop at Coudenberg 70 on the Mont des Arts, next to the MIM and the Place Royale, with a sunny terrace and homemade daily cooking.