Afrikaandermarkt Street Food is a street food budget eat in Rotterdam Zuid, Rotterdam.
Editorially verified June 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Saturday is best: full range of vendors and freshest kibbeling from Van Don's fish stall.
Address: Afrikaanderplein, 3072 EM Rotterdam
A Rotterdam institution in a 1930 Dudok-designed building, with good-value daily lunch specials alongside their famous apple pie in a handsome heritage.
Tip: The daily lunch special (dagschotel) is always the best value at €10-13 with a side salad.
Rotterdam's biggest twice-weekly market fills the Binnenrotte square with haring stands, stroopwafels, poffertjes, samosas. Located in Centrum.
Tip: Arrive by 10am on Saturday for fresh stroopwafels hot off the iron before the queue forms.
One of Rotterdam's earliest specialty roasters doubles as a low-cost lunch spot, with exceptional filter coffee, avocado toast and grain bowls all served.
Tip: The granola bowl with seasonal fruit is the most filling €7 lunch in the Centrum.
The Markthal's 100 vendors offer one of the most diverse budget lunches in the Netherlands, Indonesian nasi, Dutch herring, kibbeling. Located in Centrum.
Tip: The Indonesian nasi goreng stall on the right inner perimeter is the best-value lunch under €9.
Delfshaven's historic pub brewery offers hearty Dutch pub food -- erwtensoep, uitsmijter, brewer's boards -- alongside house-brewed Mayflower ales.
Tip: The brewer's board of cheese, meat, and bread at €12 with a Pelgrim Pils is the definitive budget afternoon in Delfshaven.
A Belgian-style bakery chain with high standards and low prices: butter croissants, pain au chocolat, and open-faced sandwiches on rye. Located in Centrum.
Tip: A warm croissant and black coffee at 8am is €3.50 -- the cheapest decent breakfast in the Centrum.
