Cheap Food in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion*

Corner eateries, quick bites and the local chippy

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Cheap Food

• Morrisons expect dried out food but its really cheap
• Morrisons...quality dropped since takeover from Safeway Bins behind the Marine...gross
• Burger kings in the middle of town if you like that ballony, cheap sausage rolls n stuff from the popty bakery. nice cheep food at wetherspoons 2 meals for £6.99
• Morgans Hot Baps on North parade - best student takeaway food in aber - roast beef and yorkshire pudding & gravy rolls to go - wow!!
• The Agra indian restaurant, under-estimated and consistently very good. The Chinese in pier street, basic, but of good quality. The Chinese on the seafront (the left hand one if you stand facing) does crispy aromatic duck, a rare dlicacy in these parts, you need to give them advance notice though. Spartacus and subway in terrace road and great darkgate street do good sandwiches etc. The new french restaurant in eastgate street is top, but it is fairly expensive.
• Speaking as someone who used to work for the central fish bar, or whatever its called, the chippie near Philip Evans the esate agents the food might be cheap but its not worth the health risk. Like many chippies in aber the fish is cheap, crappy, frozen imported rubish and the health and safety in the kitchen is non-existant.
• Agra has been under new management for a while. Spice of Bengal is very helpfully open late until 1am, or 2am on the right nights. Pizza Alley, Dinner Jackets, Pipers, Gourmet Pizza Co. and Pizza-Pasta stop are all long gone.

• I worked in the Kings Hall Restaurant and if you knew how they prepared the food you wouldn't eat there. Ditto Burger King. I'm not being nasty, but brutally honest. There's a reason staff turnover is so high in both places. Students beware - not a secure form of employment.
• Casablanca has closed! Shame! Less aggro at the Agra now - it's got new owners
• If you want pizza go to Hollywood (on Pier street) they're the best. Hardly anywhere delivers in Aber, if you don't want pizza or kebab then you'll have to get off your arse and go get it yourself. Something the Chinese takeaways could think about?!
• Harry's is the only decent place to eat in town.
• There are some great places for a small town... but a little moan... there are no REALLY nice Indians anymore. The Agra is fairly ick, and you run the risk of a highly embarrasssing proposal of marriage from the owner (Ash) during the main course! There is a new one by the station, which looks lush, but everything was cold!! The Light of Asia has great food and staff, but the premises are a bit dull looking. On Non-Indian front: Harry's is definitely the best food in town (yum), while Serendipity has very rich but also very delish food. The Pier Brasserie is good, but the food is mainly frozen/bought in. Little Italy is ALWAYS a safe and yummy bet if you're not sure.
• dont go to burger king... they think they're so above everyone. comeon we got chucked out for no reason wat so ever apart from a "we dont like YOUR type" and somehow we've been band completly.. doesn't bother me, burgerking food is rank anyway.
• GANNETS HAS THE BEST FOOD IN TOWN...TRY THE GARLIC MUSHROOMS!!!!

• We have a wetherspoons what more can i say
• Believe it or believe it not, two good, reasonable, places to go for a meal - The National Library and Pen Bryn on the Uni Campus on Penglais Hill. Cheap and filling and a good choice (try the breakfast at Pen Bryn!!!)
• HOLLYWOOD PIZZA! The best pizza takeaway in the whole of Aberystwyth... and quite possibly, Wales.
• 24hour spar...cheap food...tastes like crap...doesnt really matter at 2 in the morning and several pints later
• Agra is cheapest nice food too. Light of Asia little bit more expensive but nice atmosphere, just ask for Nahar and tell him these certain words that will get you endless freebies "I SAW YOUR CAR TODAY AND IT LOOKS DA BIZZ", as hes a car freak.
• Is Agra the rudest restaurant in Britain? Nice food but the staff are agressive and there's a blonde waitress so up herself I'm suprised anyone goes there!
• I'm amazed no-one has mentioned the Treehouse. At the top of Baker Street, this is an organic wholefood restaurant, and their food is always fantastic. It's also one of the two places you can reliably get a vegan meal (the other is the Ancient Rain), and they usually have some sort of nice vegan dessert too!
• The Clocktower restaurant,strategically sited at the new clocktower at the top of town serves wonderful food with excellent friendly (as long as you dont piss Dominic off!), family run service.The coffee shop/cafe downstairs is open all day with loads of seating outside - superb when the sun is shining!
• Does anyone know if that gorgeous girl "helen" with the strawberry blonde hair is still working at "Gannets" - I think I'm in love
• Holywood Pizza. The Inn on the Pier's pizzas.
• The Academy is shit. They have no food and stop serving at dinnertime. The Varsity is OK except weekends when food takes at least an hour to prepare. They also have some of the most miserable (and stupid) staff I have ever met.
• Does the Night Owl still park on Penglais hill?
• Hollywood Pizza is fairly good... and The Dolphin do an outstanding Egg and chips.
• Casablance is lovely, lovely, lovely.
• The Black Lion, or Y Llew Du, has the best puib food in town, also cheap. Go there NOW!
• Morgans for brekkies and jacket potatoes. Upper Limit do a decent all day brekkie too.
• Now that the Agra indian restaurant has been open a while, whatever you do dont ask for anything else like extra plates, glasses or in fact anything other than what they give you or you may end up a statistic in Bronglais hospital due to the "entertaining" staff especially Ash
• Gannets in Aberystwyth is ghastly! Nice atmosphere but everything served covered with a strange brown goo - and they actually serve "cheesy peas" - gloppy bowls of cheese sauce with peas and diced ham floating in them.
• Rob the lad in HOLLYWOOD PIZZA is a moody git, who takes offence when u pinch his oregano spice when you're in a drunken stuper and ask to use the toilet.. (By the way... the bath has got fake plants in!!! Interesting!!) Go into the kebab shop and ask to use the toilet... then.... look in their bathroom cabinet!! We did!! And we found.... Chesty Cough Medicine and 3 bottles of OLD SPICE!! ... Nice!!
• Casablanca in Eastgate Street in great fun - they let you bring your own alcohol,the food is good and you can make as much noise as you want.Little Italy is also great fun - if a little expensive.
• ISTANBUL!!!! Kebabs for you and food poisoning for all. Respectable places include Harleys (steak and chips for £3) Varsity, good for lunch if expensive. Other gooies are Little Italy (mmmm), Gannets(nice) and Pizza Alley (great). Hollywood pizza is best for take-away pizzas.
• 3 Kebabs in strategic locations a BK and also McDonalds but these are located near the Industrial Estate so why bother. My favourite is Pizza Alley on Baker Street just near Natwest Bank. Really cozy place reasonable prices licenced, friendly, perfect
• McDonalds drive-thru is great - unless you're vegetarian (expect a long wait for your burger) , or they've run out of milkshake, or milk, or coke... For the cheapest food in Aber, try Lidl's or Kwik Save.
• Dinner Jackets, on Great Darkgate Street- well cheap, and amazingly good.
• Istanbul Kebab does the BEST kebab buns- cheap too.
• Aber has finally entered the 20th Century!!!! They built a McDonalds drive thru at LLanbadarn in three days but expect to wait that long for your order if you want an Apple pie at lunchtime
• The new indian, Agra, on North Parade, is excellent- staff are very entertaining, and the service is really fast.
• Large selection of vegetarian-catering places compared with many more urban areas, oddly enough
• Spartacus does best rolls in Aber.
• Pizza-Pasta Stop.
• Ernie's chippie.
• Welsh Fudge Shop. Now closed.
• Also Burger King & Gourmet Pizza Co., if you must.
• Gannets Restaurant for the best (and most expensive) food in town. Students special for 10 pounds.
• Pipers for the best Italian food!
• Casblanca for brilliant atmosphere - bring your own wine.
• Elizabeth's Coffee Shop: Excellent food, an impressive array of coffee-based drinks, friendly service, cute waitresses!
• The King's Hall Restaurant and Carvery. V. good food, reasonably priced. McDonalds Drive-Thru. Admittedly about a mile out of town (opposite Safeway), but a must for anyone with transport.
• Easgate Fish Market, across the street from Downey's Vaults. It has great chips, battered burgers & sausages and gravy.

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