Nomás is a mexican budget eat in Vauban Esquermes, Lille.
Editorially verified August 17, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Two services daily, seven days a week, which is rare for a kitchen this small.
Address: 68 Rue Nationale, 59800 Lille
Smokey Banh Mi on Avenue du Peuple Belge in Lille sells a pork banh mi at 11.50 euros, meat smoked on site and bread from a Vieux-Lille bakery.
Try: Banh mi au porc
Tip: At 11.50 euros this is the best value sandwich in Vieux-Lille.
Arancini Lovers on Rue Saint-André in Lille fries Sicilian rice balls to order, a cheap and filling walk-up lunch in the middle of Vieux-Lille.
Try: Arancini
Tip: Two arancini and a coffee makes a lunch for well under 10 euros.
Friterie des Lilas on Rue Saint-Gabriel in Lille cuts its own potatoes and prices its student menus low enough that Wazemmes queues for them.
Try: Frites and fricadelle
Tip: Ask for the student menu if you have a card. Sunday is evening service only.
La Friterie du Splendid on Place du Mont de Terre in Lille is a working baraque à frites, cheap plates of frites with sauces made on the premises.
Try: Frites with house sauce
Tip: Closed Monday, and both weekend days run an evening service only, from 18:30.
Friterie Meunier beside Lille Flandres station sells frites, croquettes and fricadelle from 11:00 to 22:30 daily, the cheapest fill near the trains.
Try: Frites and croquettes
Tip: It runs to 22:30 every day, so it covers the gap after most kitchens close.
Costaud on Place du Vieux Marché aux Chevaux in Lille builds sandwiches to order by day and turns to shared plates at night, across three floors.
Try: Sandwich Costaud
Tip: The garlic and cheese bread at 9.50 euros is the order to add if you are two.
