Teater Bodega ★ 3.8
The long-established bodega kitchen serves proper Danish classics at prices that have not kept pace with inflation. The frikadeller with pickled red cabbage is the best DKK 130 meal in the city centre.
Try: Frikadeller med rødkål
The dishBar lunch and draft lager
Location
Address: Jaegergaardsgade 38, 8000 Aarhus C
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La Cabra (pastry counter) ★ 4.7
A cardamom bun and a filter coffee at La Cabra is the best value specialty-coffee experience in Aarhus. The quality of both is world-class; the outlay is DKK 85.
Try: Cardamom bun and filter coffee
Roed's Hot Dog ★ 4.1
An artisan take on Denmark's most democratic food. Free-range pork sausage, pickled red onion, crispy fried onion and house remoulade for under DKK 80. The best quick snack in the city.
Try: Artisan polser with remoulade
Grotten ★ 3.5
The cave cafe near the university has served students cheap coffee and food since the 1980s. The lunch special changes daily and the prices are built around student incomes. The most reliably cheap eat near Aarhus University.
Try: Student lunch and coffee
Schweizerbageriet ★ 4.5
The oldest bakery in Aarhus, founded 1898, charges less than most specialty cafes for a kanelsnurre that is genuinely better. The basic filter coffee is cheap; the pastry is the point.
Try: Kanelsnurre and dark coffee
Mikkeller Bar Aarhus ★ 4.0
A craft beer and a cheese board at Mikkeller in Frederiksbjerg for under DKK 140 is the best value happy-hour in the neighbourhood. The half-pint tasters let you work through the rotation without spending heavily.
Try: Draft craft beer and bar snack