Eis Christina is an ice cream budget eat in Nordend, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Cash speeds the queue; the price board by the window has barely moved in years and the portions have not shrunk either.
Address: Eckenheimer Landstraße 78, 60318 Frankfurt am Main
Im Herzen Afrikas stretches a Frankfurt food budget furthest when shared, Eritrean platters that feed two for one main-course price elsewhere.
Try: Vegetarian injera platter, shared
Tip: The vegetarian platters are the value champions; count one platter per two people and add injera before adding dishes.
Medici's €29.50 business lunch is Frankfurt's white-tablecloth bargain, a Michelin Guide kitchen at weekday-menu pricing near the Römer on weekdays.
Try: Business lunch, two courses €29.50
Tip: It stretches the definition of budget upward, but per course this is the cheapest polished cooking in the Altstadt.
Edel's stand in the Kleinmarkthalle plates Frankfurt's cheapest proper Grüne Soße, eaten standing among the market crowds at lunch every weekday.
Try: Grüne Soße with eggs at the market counter
Tip: A full plate costs less than a cocktail across town; pair with a roll from Huck's stand two aisles over.
Schreiber's sausage counter in the Kleinmarkthalle is Frankfurt's definitive cheap lunch, hot Fleischwurst handed over the glass for pocket change.
Try: Hot Fleischwurst with mustard and a roll
Tip: Cash ready, order fast, eat standing; the whole transaction takes ninety seconds once you reach the front.
Apfelwein Wagner proves Frankfurt tradition is a budget cuisine: Handkäs at €5.10 and Rippchen with kraut under €15 on Schweizer Strasse every day.
Try: Handkäs mit Musik at €5.10, Grüne Soße at €14.50
Tip: Order Handkäs and a Schoppen for the cheapest authentic Frankfurt dinner going; bread comes with it, and nobody hurries you out.
Saravanaa Bhavan feeds Frankfurt generously for little on Kaiserstraße, dosa and thali portions that defeat most appetites at lunch prices and dinner alike.
Try: Masala dosa or the full vegetarian thali
Tip: The thali is the value play: multiple curries, rice, bread and dessert on one tray, refilled in the South Indian tradition.
