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!

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• Crafty’s: The humble chook is the star of the show with Crafty’s Mother Cluckin’ Thursday, where you can you tuck in to a classic schnitty for just $15. More of a parmy person? No problem, get yours for just $20 – talk about a seriously good deal. At 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 150 day grain-fed, Black Angus rump with chips and salad for just $18.90. At 76 – 122 Napper Road, Parkwood
• Mozza Mozza: Every Thursday Mozza Mozza is backing up the mid-week eats deals, bestowing upon us Pizza Party Thursdays, in the form of two wood-fired-to-perfection pizzas for $35. At Southport Sharks, Corner Olsen Avenue & Musgrave Avenue, Southport

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• 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 night on Thursday arvos here. At 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. At Level 1 Meriton Suites, 86 The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise
• The Island: Goldie’s are keeping the hunger pains at bay with daily dinner deals, on Thursday it’s all about RIBS! 1kg ribs board – 1/2kg pork ribs and 1/2kg smoked chicken wings with Valley Hops Diehards Original jug for $65. At 3128 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise

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• 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. At 1/28 Chairlift Avenue, 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
• Tropic Vice: You can always rely on Tropic Vice to bring good food and good vibes so their Thursday Tacos & Tequila night is no exception. Get your hands on $5 tacos and $12 margaritas while you watch the sunset from the rooftop. At 2215 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid Beach

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• Cambus Wallace: What’s not to love about about this gem, tucked away in Nobby’s. On Thursday’s grab a jaffle and a beer for $18. Count us in! At 2237 Gold Coast Hwy, Nobby Beach
• The Henchman: We’re big fans of the Henchman’s relaxed outdoor vibe, but we’re even bigger fans of their $10 cheeseburger and fries combo. Get yours from 12pm every Thursday or enjoy it with a side of open mic night from 7pm every week. At 6/8 Henchman Avenue, Miami
• Panchos: Our fave colourful Mexican joint is the new home of Burrito Thursdays. $25 for traditional Mexican Burrito and a Corona, Tecate or a Dos Equis. Who needs Old El Paso? At 581 Springbrook Road, Mudgeeraba

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• 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, 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. At 26 James Street, Burleigh Heads
• Paloma: As the nights get colder, Paloma is warming things up with a pasta and garlic bread special. Join them on Thursdays for a weekly changing pasta dish and garlic bread for $25. No reservation required. At 1/12 James St, Burleigh Heads
• 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 and $10 Balter XPA pints so you’ll definitely leave full and hydrated. At Shop 1, 1837 Gold Coast Highway, Burleigh Heads

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• 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 $15 singles, $20 doubles and $25 triples. At 4/10 Philippine Parade, Palm Beach
• Tank Bar & Dining: It might be Thirsty Thursday at Tank but we promise you’ll leave feeling anything but thirsty with their $20 parmi and beer combo. At 1166 Gold Coast Hwy, Palm Beach
• Lucia Tapas: If you love a bit of this and a bit of that, we know a spot. Splash out with $10 tapas at Lucia’s from 4-6pm, as well as some cheeky beer and wine specials to wash it down. At 1/445 Golden Four Drive, Tugun
• Currumbin Beach Vikings: It’s all about the two-for-one meals on Thursday arvos from 5pm for $30. There’s 180 degree ocean views and cheap beers too. Best. At 741 Pacific Parade, Currumbin

Congratulations, you’ve made it through Monday and this calls for a celebratory feed. But do keep the dollars in check so you don’t blow your weekend spend, coz that would be more devastating than a From Scratch binge.

Here are 17 cheap and cheerful Tuesday nosh-up spots for maximum taste with minimum damage to your bank account balance.

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• Crafty’s: Northerners, get ready for Mexican Fiesta Tuesdays! Sink your teeth into $6 tacos, $12 margaritas and $25 Corona buckets. Leave the wheels at home! At Harbour Town Shopping Centre, 147 Brisbane Road, Biggera Waters
• The Bavarian: It’s all about the 2 for 1 schnitzel at The Bavarian Coomera. It’s a schnitty fest! At Westfield Coomera, Level 1/109 Foxwell Rd, Coomera. 
• Southport Yacht Club: Take in the stunning Broadwater views, ogle fancy yachts, and devour a mouth-watering parmi from just $20 per member, or $25 per non-member. Done like a (cheap) dinner! At 1 Macarthur Parade, Main Beach

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• Gold Coast Tavern: Tuesday nights pasta party will only set you back $22 for a pasta with wine. Mumma Mia what a good deal! At 150 Bundall Road, Bundall
• Stingray Lounge: Enjoy tacos, tequila and tunes! Stingray has you covered, with $5 tacos, $30 unlimited tacos, and a new Margarita menu to match. Boom! At QT Gold Coast, 7 Staghorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise
• The Island: No-one does a burger and chips like The Island, choose any burger with fries it will only set you back $18. At 3128 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise

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• Finn McCool’s: If ever it was chicken parmy o-clock, it’s on a Tuesday night at Finn McCools, for just $20 buckaroonies. Plus you can test your trivia prowess every Tuesday from 7pm. At 39 Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise
• Bonita Bonita: Our dreams are made of tacos from this cult fave. Every Tuesday enjoy $6 classic Tacos and $20 jugs of Sangria #seeyouthere. At 2460 Gold Coast Highway, Mermaid 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 whilst enjoying daily live music #SoSold! At 1/28 Chairlift Avenue, Mermaid Beach
• The Arc at Nobby’s: The Arc embraces Margi’s and Bahn Mi Tuesday. Offering $12 Bahn Mi, $5 chips and drink specials from 2PM. See you there! At Shop 3/28 Chairlift Avenue, Miami
• 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! At 43 Goodwin Terrace, Burleigh Heads
• Hail Mary: Another Burleigh fave doing Taco Tuesday from 5pm, Hail Mary is whipping up classic tacos for $6 #areebaareeba. For an extra $1.50, you can get stuck into the pork belly taco #GetSomePorkOnYaFork. At 26 James Street, Burleigh Heads

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• Currumbin Beach Vikings Surf Life Saving Club: Want to feed yourself and your bestie for $30? This is where to do it! Enjoy a variety of two-for-one meals from 5pm…yes please! At 741 Pacific Parade, Currumbin
• Currumbin RSL: Currumbin RSL has a pizza our hearts on Tuesday nights, serving up $17 pizzas from 5pm! At 165 Duringan Street, Currumbin

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

• El Camino Cantina: Ok hold the phone coz it doesn’t get any cheaper than this! Soft shell tacos are just $2 on a Tuesday (say what?), plus you can upgrade to the best-selling Cadillac tacos for just $4! At 2 Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise & Robina Town Centre, 19-33 Robina Town Centre Drive, Robina
• TGI Fridays: At $1 a pop, just wing it we say! Signature wings in serves of six, tossed in your choice of sauce. You’re going to love Tuesdays so much, you’ll want to put a wing on it. At Paradise Centre, 2 Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise & at Robina Town Centre: Robina Town Centre Drive

Words by Bianca Trathen.

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? At 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). At Harbour Town Shopping Centre, 147 Brisbane Road, Biggera Waters

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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. At 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. At 3128 Surfers Paradise Boulevard, Surfers Paradise

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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. At 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. At The Oasis Shopping Centre, Victoria Ave, Broadbeach
• 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). At 2500 Gold Coast Hwy, Mermaid Beach

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• 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. At 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 a mere tenner. Happy wallet, happy tum… happy days. At 1/28 Chairlift Avenue, Nobbys Beach
• The Arc: Move over Cheap Tuesday, Mad Mondays at The Arc are where it’s at. Cheap eats and drink specials are the M.O. and (not unlike another #MadMonday we know) the prices are scandalous. Pick from six of their most popular Pizzas, or Crispy Wings for $12, and if you’re a sucker for a chippie you can also throw some fries in the mix for a fiver. At 3-4/28 Chairlift Ave, Miami 

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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. At Shop 1/1837 Gold Coast Hwy, Burleigh Heads
• Maman Bar & Kitchen: Throughout February and March our Burleigh fave for Mediterranean feasting is all about Moroccan Curry on Monday nights. For just $39/pp, enjoy a delicious Moroccan curry served with rice, papadams, minted yoghurt, tomato and cucumber salsa and chutney. At 49 James Street, Burleigh Heads
• Currumbin RSL: If you’re partial to a Parmi and excellent bang for your buck, Currumbin RSL has news for you and it’s allll good. Cure the Monday blues with a satisfying helping of chippies, house salad and Chicken Parmigiana for $21. 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! At 165 Duringan Street, Currumbin

Words by Kellie Leader.