Congratulations, you’ve survived Monday, and that calls for a celebratory feed! But keep those dollars in check so you don’t blow your weekend budget – that’d be more tragic than dropping your last fry.

Here are 20 cheap and cheerful Tuesday nosh-up spots for maximum taste with minimum damage to your bank account.

NORTH GC

• Pimpama Pavilion: For $25, run, don’t walk to snag Tuesday’s special of the Surf ‘n Turf, a 200g Rump Steak cooked to you liking & topped with garlic prawns or salt & pepper calamari… or both! And of course, served with yumm chips and house salad. 5 Dixon Drive, Pimpama
• Enzo’s Cucina Coomera: Every Tuesday is Bottomless Pasta Night at Enzo’s Cucina for just $28pp, why stop at just one bowl… when your night can be endless? 19 Harbour Village Parade, Coomera
• Red’s Kitchen & Bar: It doesn’t get much better than this, and that’s why it’s called super Tuesday! Get 50% off your food bill when choosing 3 courses from the Super Tuesday menu. Book a table for 2 or more to get this awesome deal. Sanctuary Cove Village, Hope Island
• Helensvale Tavern: Enjoy a juicy 250g rump steak for only $15, served with crispy chips, fresh salad, and your choice of sauce every Tuesday! 8 Sir John Overall Drive, Helensvale
• Crafty’s: Northerners, get ready for Mexican Fiesta Tuesdays – tacos are 2 for $13, so dig in and leave the wheels at home! Harbour Town Shopping Centre, 147 Brisbane Road, Biggera Waters

MID GC

• The Island: No-one does a burger and chips like The Island, choose any burger with fries it will only set you back $18. 3128 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise
• Stingray Lounge: Enjoy tacos, tequila and tunes! Stingray has you covered, with $5 tacos, $30 unlimited tacos and a Margarita menu to match. Boom! QT Gold Coast, 7 Staghorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise
• The Avenue: Tuesday Palmi for $20. 3-15 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise
• House of Brews: On Tuesdays they’re serving up $15 nachos loaded with crispy corn chips, melted mozzarella, tomato-onion salsa, jalapeños, beans, sour cream, and guac. 17 Orchid Ave, Surfers Paradise

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• Gold Coast Tavern: On Tuesday we eat pizza! For just $18. Mumma Mia what a good deal! 150 Bundall Road, Bundall
• Loose Moose: Midweek Madness serves up half-priced buffalo wings, $7 tacos and drink deals from Tuesday to Thursday, 12–5pm. Saving dollars never tasted so good! 75 Surf Parade, Broadbeach
• Bonita Bonita: Our dreams are made of tacos from this cult fave. Every Tuesday enjoy $6 classic Tacos and $20 jugs of Sangria #seeyouthere.2460 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach
• MexiCali: One of your favourite spots for Mexican and margs, Taco Thursday at Mexicali means $6 tacos and good vibes all night long. Guaranteed. At Level 1/2223 Gold Coast Hwy, Nobby Beach

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• Bine Bar & Dining: There’s always something on at Bine, including on a Tuesday where you can nom your way through $5 tacos and try your hand at trivia #SoSold! 1/28 Chairlift Avenue, Mermaid Beach
• Precinct: Precinct is bringing the fun with $20 pizza and trivia—because brain food should taste this good! 17 Christine Avenue, Miami
• Hail Mary: Another Burleigh fave doing Taco Tuesday from 5pm, Hail Mary is whipping up classic tacos for $7 #areebaareeba. 26 James Street, Burleigh Heads
• Burleigh Pavilion: Any excuse to get down to the Burleigh Pav is a good one, but this is a clanger – Taco Tuesday enjoy $6 Tacos and $15 Frozen Margaritas, from 4 – 9PM, #CallAnUber! 43 Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads

SOUTH GC

• Frida Sol: This place is owning Taco Tuesday in Palm Beach, serving up $6 tacos and $20 sangria jugs from its perch above the Gold Coast Highway—too cheap to resist! 1176 Gold Coast Hwy, Palm Beach
• Currumbin Beach Vikings Surf Life Saving Club: Want to feed yourself and your bestie for $35? This is where to do it! Enjoy a variety of two-for-one meals from 5pm…yes please! 741 Pacific Parade, Currumbin
• Currumbin RSL: Currumbin RSL has a pizza our hearts on Tuesday nights, serving up $17 pizzas from 5pm! 165 Duringan Street, Currumbin
• 4 Pines Brewing Co x Boardriders Coolangatta: $5 Taco Tuesday is a hit every Tuesday from 5pm at this coastal hot spot. The Strand, 72-80 Marine Parade, Coolangatta

Words by Bianca Trathen

Hump day is always a fun time, the week is half over and it’s a downhill slope to the weekend. You know what else is a fun time? Cheap and delicious foods. Combine the two and you’ve got yourself the best day of the week.

Here you go hungry peeps.

NORTH GC

• Aviary Rooftop Bar: All food half price – say no more! Enjoy authentic Italian handmade pizzas and tapas style share plates, all for half price, every Wednesday! Corner Olsen and Musgrave Ave, Southport
• Holy Ship: Enjoy half price oysters all day, every Wednesday! 74 Seaworld Drive Main Beach

MID GC

• Coast: Every Wednesday indulge in *$7 Tacos, $10 Wing Baskets & $15 Margaritas from 5pm on the Terrace. Level 1, Ocean by Meriton, 86 Esplanade, Surfers Paradise.
• House of Brews: $1 finger-licking buffalo-style crispy chicken wings with your choice of sauce – yum! 17 Orchid Ave, Surfers Paradise.
• Waxy’s: Serves up an $8 Rump Steak with your choice of Bangers & Mash or Beef & Guinness Pie – with the purchase of one side. 3206 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise.
• Steampunk: Wednesdays just got a whole lot saucier with this sizzling offer – $2 Rib Night! Brace yourself for a feast that won’t break the bank. L1 3113 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise.

• The Island: Enjoy a mid-week protein-fix with Steak frites (minute steak and chips with bearnaise) $16 or Steak with Roma tomato and basil salad with aged balsamic (df, gf) $19  available for both lunch and dinner! 3128 Surfers Paradise Blvd, Surfers Paradise.
• Longboards: Get your hands (and your mouth) on a Basic Chicken or Beef Burger for just $15. If burgers aren’t your thang, try the Panko crumbed Fish & chips or Pig Out Pulled Pork Loaded Fries, also just $15. Q1 Resort & Spa, Corner of Hamilton Avenue &, Northcliffe Terrace, Surfers Paradise
• Montezumas: Got a hankering for Mexican? Enjoy a small Nachos and a drink for only $15! Aloha Apartments, 8/12 Trickett St, Surfers Paradise.
• Sports Bar: Get your schnitty fix! From 11am to 10pm, snag a crispy, golden chicken schnitzel for just $15. Weekday wins never tasted so good! The Star Gold Coast, Broadbeach
• Harajuku Gyoza: It’s Japanese beer stadium and gyoza bar, but Wednesdays are all about bowls at Harajuku Gyoza, enjoy for just $15. 2/26 Victoria Ave, Broadbeach
• Moustache: Cozy, stylish and serving up $14 pasta on a Wednesday. Let the good times pour! The Oxley, 2217 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach

• Miami Marketta: the place to be on hump day with tons of tasty tapas plates to share with your mates (or not). The original street market on the GC and it’s still serving up the goods. From just ten bucks a pop, you can afford to splurge. 23 Hillcrest Pde, Miami
• Local Burleigh: Fire down the grill and book yourself a table at Local Burleigh for a $22 rump steak, fries and salad. At 1744 Gold Coast Hwy, Burleigh Heads
• Hail Mary: We can always count on Hail Mary’s for a great feed. On Wednesdays, it’s all about Burrito’s at $20 a pop from 5pm. 26 James Street, Burleigh Heads
• Paloma: Burleigh’s favourite wine bar takes things to the next level on Wednesdays with their $14 cheeseburger and fries offering. You’re basically losing money by not treating yourself #girlmath. 1/12 James St, Burleigh Heads
• La Bella Cellar: Join their free membership for an offer you won’t want to miss with 50% off food menu Wednesdays! 9/3 Deodar Drive, Burleigh Heads

SOUTH GC

• Frida Sol: If you don’t like nachos this is nacho day. Side note, who doesn’t like nachos? For everyone else head to Frida Sol for $15 nacho Wednesday! Level 1, 1176 Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach
• Burgster: Burgers are great all the time, but on Wednesdays, this stellar burger joint helps us wing our way to happiness, one bite at a time! $1.50 chicken wings in Southern, Buffalo, or BBQ. Just wing it peeps. 4/10 Philippine Parade, Palm Beach
• Currumbin RSL: Sea-riously! $2.50 Oysters lunch & dinner. The only catch? This one’s for members only, which will set you back a fiver if you’re not already… watch yourself, centre console coin stash – we’re comin’ for ya! 165 Duringan Street, Currumbin
• Lucia Tapas: Enjoy $19 Steak Night every Wednesday from 5pm! 1/445 Golden Four Drive, Tugun
• Kirra Beach House: Juicy steak frites drizzled in decadent Café de Paris butter and served with bottomless crispy fries. You’re talking our language KBH. Choose between a 250g grain-fed rump steak, $28, or 250g grain-fed striploin steak, $35. Where: Level 1, 2 Marine Parade, Coolangatta

Words by Belinda Symons

Full price meals? Not in this economy. We don’t know what it is about cheap eats, but for some reason food just tastes that much better when you’re not paying full price.

Life’s expensive (you don’t have to tell us twice) so we’ve rounded up the best Thursday cheap eats the Gold Coast has to offer so you can spend less time googling and more time on the important things – eating!

NORTH GC

• Crafty’s: The humble chook is the star of the show with Crafty’s Mother Cluckin’ Thursday, where you can you tuck in to $15 Tenders or Wings, or a classic schnitty for just $22. More of a parmy person? No problem, get yours for just $25 – talk about a seriously good deal. Harbour Town Shopping Centre, 147 Brisbane Road, Biggera Waters
• The Club at Parkwood Estate: Thursdays are for steak at The Club. We’re talking a 250g Black Angus rump with chips and salad for just $20.90. 76 – 122 Napper Road, Parkwood
• The Boathouse Tavern: Hungry? Go all out with Ribs and Wings night for $37.90. 101 Dreamworld Pkwy, Coomera

MID GC

• Gold Coast Tavern: Name a more iconic duo than Gold Coast Tavern and a schnitty… we’ll wait. A local favourite for a reason, it’s all about the waterfront views and $20 schnitz’s here. 150 Bundall Road, Bundall
• Coast: This one really fans the flames of our culinary desires. Tuck into a 250g Angus Rump, crisped to perfection over wood & charcoal, paired with crispy fries and herb butter for only $25. Level 1, Meriton Suites, 86 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise
• The Avenue: Finger lickin’ Thursday ribs for $25. 3-15 Orchid Avenue, Surfers Paradise
• The Island: Goldie’s are keeping the hunger pains at bay with daily dinner deals, on Thursday it’s all about Pizza! Any wood-fired pizza for just $18. 3128 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise
• Sandbar Surfers Paradise: Every Thursday night from 5pm enjoy $6 tacos. 52 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise

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• Longboards: Voted one of Australia’s best burger joints get in and try $15 selected burgers and cocktails all day! 9 Hamilton Avenue, Surfers Paradise
• Isla Cantina: Pop over to Isla Cantina for Taco Thursday from 5pm. Enjoy $6 tacos, $15 margaritas (classic, coconut, or spicy) and $8 tap beers. Shop 4, G7, Capri on Via Roma, Surfers Paradise
• Montezumas Surfers Paradise: It’s Two up Thursday every week at Monte’s. Buy one Main Meal and receive another Main Meal Free! Aloha Apartments, 8/12 Trickett Street, Surfers Paradise
• Sports Bar: Rev up your appetite! From 11am to 10pm, grab the $15 Schumacher Schnitzel Burger – stacked with aioli, sweet chilli, lettuce, tomato, onion and a side of chips. The Star Gold Coast, Broadbeach
• Bine: The team at Bine Bar & Dining are bringing the goods with a chicken parmy and beer for $20. If you aren’t full by the time you leave, we’ll eat our hats. 1/28 Chairlift Avenue, Mermaid Beach

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• Panchos: Our fave colourful Mexican joint is home of Taco Thursdays. All tacos from $7. Eat your heart out! 581 Springbrook Road, Mudgeeraba
• The Henchman: We’re big fans of the Henchman’s relaxed outdoor vibe, but we’re even bigger fans of their $12 selected burger and drink combo. Get yours from 12pm every Thursday or enjoy it with a side of open mic night fr om 7pm first Thursday of every month! 6/8 Henchman Avenue, Miami
• Apres Surf: The crew at Apres Surf have a special on every weekday so you can save many shiny pennies. On Thursday it’s $1 dumplings. Shop 1, 1837 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads
• Hail Mary: Okay this one feels almost too good to be true. Hail Mary’s Thursday Fiesta is the ultimate (cheap) date night with four tacos or nachos and two drinks for $50. You can also upgrade to a classic marg for $5 – it’d be rude not to if you ask us. 26 James Street, Burleigh Heads

SOUTH GC

• Burgster: Someone once said that cheeseburgers are good for the soul (it was us, we are someone), so excuse us while we get around Burgster’s Cheeseburger Thursdays with $16 singles, $22 doubles and $28 triples with fries. 4/10 Philippine Parade, Palm Beach
• Las Palmas: Indulge in the flavours of Latin America! Enjoy Taco Thursday with $7 tacos. Upstairs at 1097 Gold Coast Highway, Palm Beach 
• Currumbin Beach Vikings: It’s all about the two-for-one meals on Thursday arvos from 5pm for $35. There’s 180 degree ocean views and cheap beers too. Best. 741 Pacific Parade, Currumbin
• Currumbin RSL: Vegetarians look away. $24 steak night is here. The only catch? This one’s for members only, which will set you back a fiver if you’re not already… watch yourself, centre console coin stash – we’re comin’ for ya! 165 Duringan Street, Currumbin