Gref-Völsings is a german budget eat in Ostend, Frankfurt.
Editorially verified August 27, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Weekday lunch only; the price has crept up over 130 years but remains one of the city's great food bargains.
Address: Hanauer Landstraße 132, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
Frittenwerk's fresh-cut fries fill Frankfurt station-district lunch breaks for under ten euros, poutine gravy included and vegan dips on the board.
Try: Loaded fries or poutine
Tip: The plain fries with two house dips are the honest budget order; poutine upgrades still land under most lunch menus.
Der Fette Bulle keeps a serious burger and fries in reach of a Frankfurt lunch budget, portions built for the Kaiserstraße appetite at any hour.
Try: Cheeseburger with fries
Tip: The lunch hours before 12:30 dodge both the queue and the office rush; water is the local's drink here, and free-ish.
Ramen Jun's bowls are Frankfurt's best value hot meal near the Messe, a complete dinner in broth for the price of two fair-trade coffees in this town.
Try: A full tonkotsu bowl
Tip: Skip the sides on a budget; the bowl alone is a meal, and tap water comes without the German side-eye.
Margarete's weekday lunch is the Altstadt's quality-per-euro anomaly in Frankfurt, seasonal plates at canteen prices in a listed hall by the Römer.
Try: The weekday changing lunch plate
Tip: Lunch runs 12:00 to 14:30 only; the vegan option usually undercuts the meat plate by a euro or two.
Zeit für Brot's Kaiserstraße counter beats every station snack in Frankfurt on price and quality, organic bread rolls from early morning until evening.
Try: Belegte Brote and a cinnamon roll
Tip: A topped bread and coffee runs cheaper than anything inside the Hauptbahnhof and tastes double the price.
Baguette Jeanette's filled sticks are Bornheim's classic cheap lunch in Frankfurt, French bakery prices held on the long Berger Straße shopping mile.
Try: A filled baguette to take to the park
Tip: Eat it on the benches at Bornheim Mitte or carry on to the Günthersburgpark lawns ten minutes north.
