Romados is a portuguese budget eat in Plateau, Montreal.
Romados serves a big plate of charcoal Portuguese chicken and fries for cheap on Rue Rachel in Montreal, one of the Plateau's best-value filling meals.
Editorially verified July 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: A half chicken with fries feeds one generously; the custard tarts are a cheap sweet finish.
Address: 115 Rue Rachel Est, Montreal, QC H2W 1C8
A hot St-Viateur bagel with cream cheese is Montreal's cheapest iconic bite, sold around the clock in Mile End for the price of pocket change.
Try: Bagel with cream cheese
Tip: Buy a dozen to take home; per bagel it is far cheaper than any cafe breakfast in the city.
Chalet BBQ serves a hardwood-charcoal quarter chicken with gravy fries for a modest sum in NDG, Montreal, a filling retro-diner meal that has held its value.
Try: Quarter chicken and fries
Tip: The quarter-chicken combo is the value order; dine in for the full 1960s room at no extra cost.
Boustan is a downtown Montreal institution for cheap, garlicky shawarma, its Rue Crescent counter feeding students and night owls well past midnight.
Try: Shawarma pita
Tip: The Aladin potato pita is the cult order and barely dents a tenner; extra toum is free and essential.
La Panthere Verte serves quick, cheap vegan falafel pitas and bowls across Montreal, a reliable meat-free lunch for well under fifteen dollars in Mile End.
Try: Falafel pita
Tip: The falafel pita with green sauce is the value pick; bowls cost a little more but feed you longer.
Nouilles de Lan Zhou fills a table for cheap in Montreal's Chinatown, its hand-pulled beef noodle soup one of the best-value hot bowls in the city.
Try: Hand-pulled noodle soup
Tip: One big beef soup and a plate of dumplings feeds two for the price of a downtown sandwich.
Qing Hua is a bargain in Montreal's Chinatown, a dozen hand-folded soup dumplings landing well under fifteen dollars and easily enough for a full lunch.
Try: Soup dumplings
Tip: A single dozen is a filling meal; split two orders across the table to try more fillings for less.
