Cheap Eats in Cheltenham: 8 Places, Prices Checked
Eight cheap eats in Cheltenham town centre, from £5 pizza slices at Nasprias and £6.30 dahl at Mowgli to burritos, falafel, dosas and an award-winning noodle bar, with prices and opening times.
In short: the best cheap eats in Cheltenham are a slice of Sardinian pizza at Nasprias (from £5), a bowl of Temple Dahl at Mowgli Street Food (£6.30) and a burrito at Paparrito's (£8.50). All eight places below are in the town centre, and most of them sit on or just off the High Street. Habibah serves lunch only, and Nasprias opens at 4pm from Monday to Thursday.
This guide to cheap eats in Cheltenham picks eight places in the town centre where one person can eat well for about £10 or less. Every price was read on the venue's own website on 30 October 2026. Where a place does not publish its prices, we say so rather than guess. Set lunches and lunch deals have their own guide, Lunch in Cheltenham.
Where are the best cheap eats in Cheltenham?
The best cheap eats in Cheltenham are on the High Street and the streets just off it, from Clarence Street to Hewlett Road.
| Where | Cheapest dish we found | Food | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasprias | Margherita slice, £5 | Pizza by the slice | Mon to Sat |
| Mowgli Street Food | Temple Dahl, £6.30 | Indian street food | Every day |
| Revival Cafe Bar & Grill | Jacket potatoes from £7.10 | Café and all-day breakfast | Every day |
| Paparrito's | Nachos, £6.80 | Mexican | Every day |
| Habibah | Small falafel pita, £8.80 | Palestinian falafel | Mon to Sat, lunch |
| Deepam | Curries, £9.85 | South Indian | Every day |
| 288 Bar & Wok | Prices not checked | Hong Kong noodles | Tue to Sun |
| Dosa Station | Egg dosa, £10.75 | Dosas to collect | Not stated |
Where can you eat for under £10 in Cheltenham?
Five of our picks have a proper meal for under £10 on their own menus.
Nasprias
A Sardinian family café that sells pizza al taglio, by the slice, on dough it rises for 48 to 72 hours. Two slices make a cheap supper, and the toppings change every month.
- 💷 Margherita £5, vegan £5.50, others £6.40 to £6.80; take-away slices from £4.80
- ⏰ Mon to Thu 4pm to 10pm, Sat 12pm to 10pm, Sun closed; its pages differ on Friday (4pm or 12pm)
- 🥡 Eat in or take away
- 📍 95 Hewlett Road, Town Centre
Mowgli Street Food
An Indian street food chain with a long list of small curries for well under £10. A dahl and a plate of onion bhajis (£7) come to £13.30.
- 🍛 Temple Dahl £6.30, Picnic Potato Curry £6.50
- 🍟 Mowgli Chip Butty £8.80
- ⏰ Mon to Thu 12pm to 10pm, Fri and Sat to 10.30pm, Sun to 9.30pm
- 📍 The Brewery Quarter, Town Centre
Paparrito's
A Mexican cantina for burritos, tacos and nachos, to eat in or take away. A large burrito is £9.50.
- 🌯 Burrito £8.50 medium, £9.50 large; vegetarian or vegan from £7.90
- 🌮 Tacos £7.50, nachos £6.80
- 👧 Kids burrito £2.70
- 📍 214-216 High Street, Town Centre
Habibah
A Palestinian falafel café run to a family recipe, with pitas, spelt flatbreads and salad boxes. There is no meat on the menu, and the small sizes keep lunch under £10.
- 🥙 Falafel pita £8.80 small, £12 whole
- 🥗 Small hummus salad box £7.20
- ⏰ Mon to Sat 12pm to 4pm
- 📍 291 High Street, Town Centre
Deepam South Indian Restaurant
A South Indian restaurant on the High Street. Its online takeaway menu lists most of its curries at the same price.
- 🍛 Balti, korma, madras and more, £9.85
- 🍚 Vegetable biryani £10.75
- ⏰ 11am to 11pm, says its site
- 📍 56 High Street, Town Centre
Which cheap restaurants in Cheltenham are worth a sit-down meal?
For a cheap sit-down meal with friends, the noodle bar below has won a national award for it.
288 Bar & Wok
A noodle bar modelled on the ones in Hong Kong, with soup and wok-fried noodles, Cantonese dishes and street food at long tables and benches. It won Best Cheap Eats at the Observer Food Monthly Awards in 2019. It is noisy, so come for fun, not a quiet chat.
- 🍜 Soup noodles, wok noodles, Cantonese dishes
- 🏆 Observer Food Monthly Best Cheap Eats 2019
- 📅 Book online or order to collect
- 📍 288 High Street, Town Centre
Good to know: the menus on its website are pictures and we could not check its prices, so check them when you order.
Where can you get a cheap breakfast or takeaway in Cheltenham?
A town-centre café and a dosa counter cover the cheap breakfast and the cheap takeaway.
Revival Cafe Bar & Grill
A café with an all-day breakfast, jacket potatoes, lasagne and fish and chips. Students and NHS staff get 10% off on weekdays, and children have a meal deal.
- 🥔 Jacket potatoes from £7.10
- 👧 Kids meal, drink and ice cream: £5.50 on its website, £6.50 on its menu
- 🎓 10% off for students and NHS staff, Mon to Fri
- ⏰ Mon and Tue 8am to 7pm, Wed to Sat 8am to 9pm, Sun 9am to 6pm
- 📍 5-7 Winchcombe Street, Town Centre
Dosa Station
A South Indian and Sri Lankan takeaway built around the dosa, the crisp rice and lentil pancake. Its site calls it a takeaway, collection only, so order online and pick up.
- 🥞 Egg dosa £10.75, masala dosa £10.90
- 🥡 Collection only
- 📍 9 Clarence Street, Town Centre
How did we choose these cheap eats?
We read every menu on the venue's own website on 30 October 2026 and kept the places where a meal costs about £10 or less. Prices change, so treat them as a guide. 288 Bar & Wok is here for its cheap eats award, as we could not check its prices on its website, and Dosa Station for its dosas to collect.
FAQ
Where can I get cheap food in Cheltenham?
Nasprias sells pizza slices from £5, Mowgli Street Food has curries from £6.30, and Paparrito's sells burritos from £7.90. All three are in the town centre.
What is the cheapest meal in Cheltenham town centre?
Of the menus we checked, a Margherita slice at Nasprias, £5 to eat in or £4.80 to take away, is the cheapest. Mowgli's Temple Dahl, £6.30, is the cheapest hot curry.
Where can I eat cheaply in Cheltenham as a student?
Revival Cafe Bar & Grill gives students 10% off food and drink from Monday to Friday. Paparrito's and Habibah both have meals under £10.
Are there cheap vegetarian eats in Cheltenham?
Yes. Habibah has no meat on its menu, with falafel pitas from £8.80, and Mowgli's Temple Dahl costs £6.30.