Affordable noodles $13 and under in Melbourne’s east
Pop on down to grab a cheap noodle dish at one of these restaurants.
Matthew Sims
August 21, 2025
At the end of your pay cycle but keen for something with a bit more flavour than a pack of Mi Goreng?
We’ve put a list together of six restaurants and eateries across Melbourne’s eastern suburbs where you can sit down (or pick up) some cheap noodle dishes on the go for $13 and under.
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Dodee Paidang
Until the end of the month, Dodee Paidang in Box Hill and Glen Waverley are both offering a $10 lunch special for crispy golden egg noodles with chicken gravy sauce, available from 11.30am to 3pm every weekday.
Otherwise, you can grab a range of noodle lunch specials for $12.90, with a range of spiciness levels ranging from “Devil” to “Super Nova”.
Where: Shop SP101, Box Hill Central, 1 Main Street, Box Hill and 100 Kingsway, Glen Waverley
Rainbow Chicken
If you’re looking for cheap and quick noodles on the go while in Box Hill, Rainbow Chicken is the place for you, with $11 being the most you’ll pay for a noodle dish, while a plain noodle bowl is available for only $10.
Other noodle dishes for $11 include duck blood vermicelli, beef tendon and lamb.
Where: Box Hill Central, 1 Market Street, Box Hill
Tang
The best deal we could find for noodles across the eastern suburbs - by far - was at Tang in Glen Waverley, where you can grab Yangchuan (light soup) noodles for $7, Kaiyang (dried shrimp and spring onion oil) or Congyou (scalliion oil) noodles for $6.
Other dishes costing a little more but still well below $13 include Wonton noodle for $10, Meejie (sausage wrapped in a bean curd) noodles for $12.50.
Where: 23 Railway Parade N, Glen Waverley
Nan Yang Kopitiam
Try Nan Yang Kopitiam’s bitter melon noodle soup or dry noodle for $12.50 – or grab a classic claypot noodle dish for $10.
If you’re really strapped for cash, try out their high tea menu available from 3pm to 5pm every weekday, where you can grab their economy fried bee hoon or rice vermicelli for $6, with extras including a fried egg for $2.50.
Where: 19 Railway Parade N, Glen Waverley
O’Town
From 11am to closing time at 5pm, O’Town offers a range of $10 lunch specials, including chicken chop with noodles and a Singapore Mee Pok.
Where: 92 Kingsway, Glen Waverley
Jalan Alor
We highlighted the recent arrival of Jalan Alor in Mitcham and their $10 deals. While our contributor and her mum grabbed two rice dishes, most of their noodle dishes are $10, including a roast sausage Kolo Mee dish and Curry Chee Cheong Fun (steamed rice noodle in a curry sauce).
Where: 26 Brittania Mall, Mitcham and Mountain Gate Shopping Centre, Shop 19, 1880 Ferntree Gully Road, Ferntree Gully
