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Monday cheap eats on the Gold Coast

El-cheapo eats to start your week.

February 21, 2024

Estimate Reading Time: 6 mins

The Beach Hotel Broadbeach (image supplied)

Thank God it’s Monday! … said no one, ever. Let’s face it, the day gets about as much love as peak hour commutes and the Orange Creams (don’t @ us) left lurking in the office bickie jar.

The day gets a bad wrap, but one thing Monday does have going for it is sweet dining deals. So if the prospect of a tasty treat to look forward to is all it takes to summon a modicum of enthusiasm for the day (and week) ahead, ‘tis but a small price to pay, if you ask us (literally, these deals are cheap as chips y’all).

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The Club at Parkwood: Serving up an absolute, finger lickin’ steal of a dining deal, scrape together some shrapnel and scoot over to The Club at Parkwood to start your week. Every Monday from 5:30pm, smash half price ribs and 69c wings – which are available in four different flavours to rotate between. Do we smell a new weekly ritual? 76-122 Napper Rd, Parkwood
Crafty’s: Noshers that pull off genuine fun for all ages can be hard to come by, and Crafty’s Sports Bar #NailIt every time. And it gets better, because on Monday’s, the ‘nugs and cheese pizzas are on the house! From 11am till late, get any kids meal free when you order a full priced adult meal. So if the fam is in a funk and the week has barely started – get it back on track with six simple words: ‘Kids! We’re going out for dinner!’ Dining kid-free? Score big every Monday with Crafty’s NEW sizzling $20 steak night! Wash it down with their MVP Lager or house wine for $6 (exclusively with the steak offer). Harbour Town Shopping Centre, 147 Brisbane Road, Biggera Waters

Steak at Crafty's Sports Bar, Harbour Town (image supplied)

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Cavill Hotel: Tell Monday to pound sand and get yourself down to Cavill Hotel for a mega parmi, pronto. This Surfers fave has nosh specials going down nightly, and starting your week off with a bang – aka, a heaping, plate-sized portion of Parmi and requisite sides, will only run you $20 bucks (and perhaps your pride, if you can’t finish it). You beauty. 46 Cavill Ave, Surfers Paradise
The Island: Goldies offer a different penny-pinching deal for every day of the week – and Mondays are all about getting your pub grub fix on the cheap. It’s impossible to be sad whilst tucking into the gloriousness that is a golden chicken schnitty with all the trimmings – and doubly so when it’ll set you back one crisp lobster for your trouble. Or grab the Parmi for just $22. 3128 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise

Goldie's, The Island, Surfers Paradise (image supplied)

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Salt Meats Cheese: Curing Mondayitis one slice at a time, Salt Meats Cheese is serving up an all-you-can-eat, handcrafted pizza feast for a spectacular start the week… and honestly, what price do you put on happiness? As it happens, about 30 bucks (and some change) – slide on in to Surfer’s wood-fired pizzeria and stuff yourself silly on their rotating selection for only $29 with a drink purchase. Plus, upgrade to the pasta menu for an extra $5pp. The 4217, Beach Road, Surfers Paradise
Harajuku Gyoza: If you’re a sucker for bargain eats (and who isn’t) you’ll beerly believe the value on offer over at The Oasis every Monday. Head on in to Harajuku Gyoza to give Cossie Liv a swift kick in the… dumplings, with a mean meal deal indeed – for $15 they’ll hook you up with five juicy Gyoza and a Japanese craft beer. Sayonara, Monday blues, we beerly knew ye. The Oasis Shopping Centre, Victoria Ave, Broadbeach
Beach Hotel Broadbeach: Monday blues? More like Monday steak dreams. The Beach Hotel Broadbeach is dishing up a juicy 200g rump with chips, salad and a blue cheese and black pepper gravy situation that’ll have you drooling, all for just $20. It’s available all day, so you can steak your claim whenever the craving hits. 50 Surf Parade, Broadbeach

Mermaid Beach Tavern, Mermaid Beach (image supplied)

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Mermaid Beach Tavern: All hail the almighty twofer deal! Every Monday, the absolute mad lads at the swish, new look Mermaid Beach Tav are bunging on 2-4-1 meals with any beverage purchase. So round up a willing participant to go splitsies with, and chow down on downright tasty pub classics to shake off the Monday monotony (without the shakedown for your wallet). 2500 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach
Mermaid Beach SLSC: So Monday kicked your butt, the dishwasher’s on the fritz and you cannot muster the motivation to rustle up a meal that’s bound to be rejected by your broccoli-dodging brood, anyway? Say no more, says Mermaid Beach SLSC, because Barra Monday is here to save the day. $19 buys you your pick of battered or grilled barramundi, served with chips and salad – and the kids eat free with every adult meal purchase. Love that for us. 172 Hedges Ave, Mermaid Beach
Bine: There’s no denying Nobby Beach is home to some cracking noshers – and Bine is one of the best whenever the hankering for frosty craft beer, wings and burgers hits. They’re also the MVP of cheap weeknight eats, and as Monday rolls around for another week, a Cheeseburger and Chips will set you back just $12. Happy wallet, happy tum… happy days. 1/28 Chairlift Avenue, Nobbys Beach

Cheesies at Apres Surf, Burleigh (image supplied)

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Apres Surf: Along with frosty beer, super tasty food and good vibrations, Burleigh’s friendly neighbourhood bar also dishes up a mighty irresistible cheeseburger deal to kick off the week. Just like a classic cheeseburger, the rub here is pretty simple – just head on down to Apres Surf and bliss out with some good ol’ fashioned $6.50 Cheeseburgers every Monday from 5pm. Shop 1/1837 Gold Coast Hwy, Burleigh Heads
Burleigh Pavilion: Enjoy delicious Mussels and Fries Mondays from 4pm. Single and Share serves available from $38, but that’s not the only news for Mondays at Burleigh Pav… kids also eat free with any main meal purchased! 43 Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads
Tank Bar & Dining: It’s Hospo Night at Tank. Grab yourself $8 burgers, $7 Black Hops or a $15 Burger & Tap Beer combo. 1166 Gold Coast Hwy, Palm Beach
Currumbin RSL: If you’ve got little ones, Currumbin RSL has news for you and it’s allll good. Kids eat FREE*, yes you read that correctly. 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

Words by Kellie Leader.

Mussels & Fries, Burleigh Pavilion (image supplied)

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Tuesday cheap eats on the Gold Coast

February 19, 2025

Estimate Reading Time: 4 mins

Crafty's, Harbour Town (image supplied)

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’s our list of cheap and cheerful Tuesday nosh-up spots for maximum taste with minimum damage to your bank account.