The 14 best cheap eats in Elgin

V large fish! Lovely meal. Ate outside on wooden bench, but needed to keep cover down while eating to dissuade the circling seagulls!

The Ashvale is a shadow of its former glory. My experience was based on the snapshot in time I visited. It might not always be like this but overall it was disappointing. I always strive to be balanced therefore I will list positives first •plenty of parking •seated quickly •our server was really nice •not a long wait on food. Things that weren’t so good •I’m not sure the price we paid reflects the quality/portion size. •my partner asked for water and he didn’t get any •we overheard tables getting wrong orders •there was no atmosphere, it was really quiet, no music, no ambience. Nothing. Going to Ashvale was really nostalgic for me, I remember the hustle and bustle, lots of staff, great portions and overall tasty meals. I know it’s a sign of the times but doesn’t mean it is right for things to be overpriced and lower quality

I've had fish suppers from here before and they've been good with nice crispy batter. This time I ordered online with a collection time of an hour later. Got home with 3 fish suppers and all of us disappointed...the batter on the fish was soggy, all of it. I think they've obviously cooked it far too early and left it sat in the box as even though I turned up 5 mins early to collect, there it was in the box. I was waiting at counter for a bit when I entered chip shop and could see lady sweeping at back. She came to serve me and no hello how can I help you but waited for me to explain I was collecting an order. She asked if I wanted salt n vinegar and I said yes and she opened boxes , all the while still with her blue nitrile cleaning gloves on from when she was sweeping out back. She didn't touch the food , only put salt n vinegar on but still not good food safety practice. She was neither friendly or unfriendly, just not good customer service. At almost £40 for 3 fish suppers and 2 sauce pots , I expected more, don't think I will go again but certainly not an online order if I do.

First Time in Elgin Ashvale and the last! I walked in at 19.25 on a Saturday evening and was met with a very abrupt "we close at 8 o'clock " I order the jumbo haddock supper which arrived remarkably quickly, the batter was soggy, the cardboard chips had obviously been sitting for some time and ditto the mushy peas the bill was £22.40 with the can of iron bru RIP OFF! never again!

Need an option when ordering online to ask for batter. Sausage supper came unbattered. Rather odd to show up without batter as it usual the norm at chippies to batter food

Jumbo haddock chips and peas cup of tea. Haddock was fresh and tasty I was surprised. My mother had a senior citizens fish and chips also with tea. Bill was £28 but fish is expensive today. All in all it was a nice dinner. Although it was very hot inside I was sweating.

Great location in Elgin, easy parking as they have they own parking outside! Choice of either takeaway or sit in. I choose to sit in for lunch. Lovely service from staff member. Choice the lunchtime flyer, which consisted of haddock, chips and tea/coffee. Peas was offered, but I declined. Table and area clean, utensils all clean. Food was great, didn't have to wait for long. They even offered to top up my chips when I finished them ! Lovely place, well recommended.

Outstanding Performance, Cajun chicken baguette was amazing & the ham & potato soup was amazing so very happy and lovely staff, thank you.

This place is a supurb little spot for a toastie, wrap, fries or crisps!!! Very well managed, fantastic food, great and courteous staff! I will be back!!

The Little Lunchbox team arranged an amazing and very tasty catering for our training day. It was fresh and plenty of different choices of sandwiches/wraps/homebakes/fruits/crisps. The price/quality is superb and such a friendly staff and cooperative and really thinking out of the box and making sure everything for our lunch was taken care off and making sure to cater for any dietary preferences (gluten free/vegan/vegetarian). They delivered to the venue in Elgin without any issues and really go out of their way. All the participants loved the fresh and very wide selection of items and we are already looking at booking the Little Lunchbox for our next event. We can definitely recommend this caterer. A big thank you to Kathleen and her team.

Absolutely love this place, friendly service with fresh, quality food at a great price 😋😋😋

Great food at really reasonable prices. It's great to support a small business like this almost everyday.

Always fresh food and reasonable prices. Kathleen is the best and is always asking how your day is going.

Brilliant food, all freshly made and good service

Very disappointed with Elgin McDonalds tonight I found someone hair inside my burger. Staff should be wearing hair nets and be more carful when handling food that’s just disgusting.

Can't get near the counter for delivery drivers and strange looking males hanging about, doesn't even feel safe to take kids inside the place

Was just there and they forgot the top to my burger?? Like how??

Only used the drive thru. Service really good always treated the customers nice. And food was hot, and was given what was ordered.

Worst Mcdonald’s I’ve ever been to. I travel all over the UK racing and I have to say anytime we stop at this Mcdonald’s it’s always the worst, The food is terrible (Orders never correct either), Never get sauces, Staff are spot on to be fair other than messing up orders they aren’t rude I suppose!

Shambles of a place, how hard is it to put in the bag the correct order! The amount of times this has happened, unreal. And again phoning them dozens of times and yet nobody pics up. Jobs worth of a place!....

Best Mcdonalds we have had in a long time, chips hot and crispy, big mac perfect, mc crispy spot on, Cola tasted like Cola. Fast service. Well done 👏

Food is decebt, if they can ever be bothered working. Been before and went down a 7pm for my dinner. There were people inside but the for was locked. As I confusedly tried to open the door, the woman came to the window (as se was serving a customer) and spat, "closed" at me, line I'd somehow pissed in her soupfor wanting to spend money there. Average chippie. Horrible staff. Never going again.

Ordered 3 fish and chips all of them has lots of bones my 5 year old daughter didn’t finish her food just too much bone, we always eat fish and chips every time we visit Scotland (no bone fish experience). Service is good though, fast. Table needs a bit of cleaning.

the foods ok but costumer service is abso terrible! been in here a few times and everytime im greeted with complete rudeness (when its not even busy so theres no need) you also have to pay £5 to sit inside 🤔

Just a couple of contractors from Manchester working in the area Haddock Chips and gravy 😋 👌 Fish was cooked to perfection batter nice and crispy , all piping hot Thanks very much , we will call again next time we are here 😀 👍

Not the best food, service was good. People smoking and vaping incessantly right outside the door which efficiently stunk up the eating area

Cadora or CaDONT? Disappointed but not surprised after reading the other reviews, should have done that first! Food was bad but the staff are worse. They were rude and obviously don’t want to be there. Some serious training is needed.

They didn't inform me that for purchases under 5 pounds and paying by card, they would charge an extra fee. The next day, I saw the charge on my bank account and went to ask for an explanation. There's an information sign that's not easy to see. They should inform customers before paying.

Came in to a shambles of an organised mess. Kiosks aren’t working. Had to order online or app. Waited ten minutes to be told a large portion of our order for family of six weren’t available but waiting ten minutes would solve the problem for a portion of the order. Then we would have to have our order refunded and then reordered for the correct food. My wife actually had to ask “what do you actually have available” in order to determine what ourselves and hungry minions will actually be able to eat. Then once the order was changed we were informed that after all our original order would be available. The trash area was literally overflowing the tables needed wiping and the floors needed sweeping. Gave them a three for the food as I am writing this before our food gets here. We’ve been waiting twenty minutes for our food. Certainly not fast food.

Filthy toilets, sticky floor throughout the restaurant. Food tasted good, but if front of house looks this back, I really hope the back of house is better. Had I seen the toilets before I ate, I wouldn't have eaten it!

When I Got In To The KFC In Elgin,Not So Long Ago. I Ordered 8 Pieces Of Original Recipe Chicken,Large Popcorn Chicken And A Large Pepsi Max Cherry,Costing £24.27. (£8.09 Per Item On Average.) The Chicken Was Cooked To Perfection,And The Popcorn Chicken Was Perfect. I Only Drank A Wee Bit Of My Drink,Because I Needed The Toilet. Then At Around Between 18:32 And 18:33,When I Came Back From The Toilet,Some Idiot Decided To Clear My Table,Before I Even Got A Chance To Drink The Rest Of My Pepsi Max Cherry. I Don't Know Why That Idiot Decided To Clear My Table For No Reason. Maybe It Was Probably Because That Idiot Thought I Was Too Overweight To Eat Or Drink Anything,That's Probably Why. I Mean,I Had Never Had Anything Like That Before Happening To Me When I Went Here. I Had No Problems Until Now. I Am Getting Sick Of People Making Me Feel Less Than. The Manager Of KFC Elgin,Please Crack Down On People Emptying Meals/Drinks Into The Bin For No Reason,Please. Because,I Think That Is Totally Unacceptable,I Didn't Do Anything Wrong,Or Discriminated In Any Way,Shape,Form Or Complex. Please Sort It Out. I Will Still Come Back,Don't Worry. But,I Would Recommend,People Who Are Throwing People's Food Away For No Good Reason,An Excuse To Bar The Person Who Did This To Me,From This KFC,And Every Other KFC Store Worldwide. In The End,I Had To Go To McDonald's,Located At Linkwood Place,Near Premier Inn Elgin To Get An Oasis Zero,I Can't Believe That Sick,Twisted,Fat Shaming People Are Making People Waste Their Money On Drinks From Everywhere Else. Please Identify The Person Who Did This. If It Was A Person,Who Doesn't Work At KFC,Bar Them Immediately,Because That Should Be Branded As Anti-Social Behaviour. If It Was A KFC Staff Member Who Works At The Restaurant,Please Come Up With A Disciplinary Procedure To Dish Out Onto Them,Because That Is Unacceptable Behaviour/Customer Service. My Message Is,Just Sort It Out,Please Do So,Because You Will Be Losing A Lot More Customers Than Anybody Can Predict. So The Experience Was A 6/10,And A 3 Star Rating.

Drive up menu not working, ignorant staff at drive thru window just lounging about not acknowledging you. Eventually young lad came to window but the body odour coming from him was disgusting. Drove off and went to McDonald’s.

Another time we ordered take away. And its another time when extras were missing. I do not know but somebody should check is the ticket the same as what is in the bag. We are not talking about £2, we are talking about £ 10/£15 per order! I am dissapointed to be honest.

I thought that the overflowing external bins and seagulls going through the rubbish didn’t create a good impression, but I wasn’t expecting overflowing bins inside as well. Food was dry; drink was flat - a very disappointing experience and I wouldn’t return if I was in the area for longer.

Filthy male toilets. No soap to clean hands. Loose taps. Water everywhere. Food tray served to us had sauce smeared all over the bottom of it Outside bins overflowing. Rubbish all around the building. Image what the kitchen is like. We await the generic response saying you'll try to do better, even though that promise seems to be going on for many many months. Poor show guys.

Tried to show scale...this is apparently a £2.50 bag of chips. Quite a small portion, glad I did not go for a cone. Service good, staff pleasant, chips taste good but I'm not a fan of portion size. A tiny bit more would of been good. Saying that, will go again to try a fish supper because fish looked good

My king rib supper was very greasy and it was just swimming in oil, it was the worst I have ever seen, it's just too much oil nae need for this...

Haven't been here for a few years. Both ordered the CJ Burger and chips. We were not disappointed. Food was cooked fresh to order. The food was delicious and filling. Highly recommend here.

Fantastic food and friendly service and staff. Just a pity they stopped making pizzas they were amazing

Regular customer until last week, ordered fish supper and chicken Clenched fillet supper, as we always do, lot of times 4 of us, went outside as there as a few piling into shop, I’ve underlying condition so don’t want covid, I noticed people coming and going I’m just outside the door waiting to be called, mostly everyone Barr myself was served, I went in asked where my order was, fryer wasn’t very nice, they missed me, I thought they would have it written down, I said people that was after me has been served nearly half an hour, I just got abuse instead of a sorry, I said I as outside waiting, she said well that’s maybe why you haven’t been served, 😂 put the whole blame on me, they just had not a clue where they were, CJ when they were both they were lovely changed days, they gave me my money back, they’ve lost a good customer, yes and more than one, we won’t be back, just made a complete fool of, I hope the management knows about it, if they can afford to lose customers like that fair enough, Adolfo’s scored other side of town, will go there in future very good chip shop, lovely people, and completely organised, they don’t make a fool of you that’s for sure. And they have gained a regular customer, well 4 normally twice a week

Really nice traditional fish and chips. Sometimes busy so you might wait a wee while, but that's cos yr fish is being cooked for you. Best chippy in Elgin imo.

The food was nice when we eventually got it! But had to wait about half an hour for it other people who ordered after us got their food before us the staff were rude when asked why other people got food before us! Would not advise English to eat there was made uncomfortable. Thought Scotland was part of the UK. Was like being abraud with other rude nationalities

Our household loves subway. We can live with the long delivery times.. The last 2 orders have missed items (a little inconvenient but whatever). Ordered today and left a note mentioning this and asked if they can remember to add them. Whoever made the order obviously took offence and dumped what seems like the bottle of sauce over my order leaving it drenched and soggy. Called and recieved no offer of remaking the order and was told they cant do refunds and to donit through just eat.

Would rather watch a snail crossing the road than come back and wait in the que for Subway Elgin. No pillows provided for a nap. Fairly sure the staff are also asleep. Five stars if you are boring and like waiting all day though.

Keep canceling orders on just eat ... if ur so busy take down the option to order. Often orders are very late and often have the wrong things are sent or missing

Food is good but no point in being able to order online for a pick up just to arrive on time and made to wait another 20 mins just to get the order and being made to watch yous stand about sorting other people's orders. Whole point of ordering online is to get it quicker

This place needs closed down or a complete change. The staff here are entitled lazy brats and the food is disgusting. Ordering online is a complete joke as well they take over 2 hours to deliver and then hang up when you try to cancel an order. AVOID!!

Was very disappointed with our subway yesterday, got served at 1.55pm, ordered 2 footlongs and a kids sub. Got mine toasted and it was then sat on the counter side till 2.20pm before it got wrapped up, looked like one lady was running about doing everything as she was recorrecting 2 of the guys. Then got to the till to be told the card machine had just broken down. Now I understand that things happen etc but there was absolutely no apology to us and they asked my daughter what she wanted in her meal deal crisps or cookie she chose crisps and when we got to the car her crisps weren't in her box and my sub was absolutely freezing . I totally understand the situation and feel sorry for the lady that was on as she was running about doing everything but we are very very disappointed in our experience at subway yesterday and will not be going again.

Horrendous!! Came here monday morning for 2 breakfast subs and 2 coffee! Girls atitude was stinking. Tried to charge an extra £4 odds for some Lettuce on one of the subs , will definitely not recommend this subway to anyone

good food, tried a battered mars bar and it was AMAZING!!! i recommend the amount of cheese they put on the chips and cheese is perfect defo coming again!

Won't be back food terrible need to learn how to cook and make gravy

Standards have gone down hill dramatically. Fish size was a joke. Been going for over 20 years and unlikely to return

Nipped in past as had a busy day, ordered 2 fish suppers, both cooked to order, really fresh and tasty and piping hot. £22 for both which is on par. I’d happily return again!

Good Service, very clean chippy, was served by a kind young gentleman called Ollie.

It's worth a visit. I popped in during lunchtime and was greeted by friendly staff. Great selection of quick bites to choose from and in the end I ordered fish and chips. The fish was a large portion, cooked to perfection, and tasted delicious. The chips were crispy on the outside and fluffy in the middle with just the right amount of salt and vinegar that I like!

Veggie burger & chips were ace. It was nice to see a veggie option on menu. The new owners are keen to trial more vegetarian options. The chips were cooked to perfection. The home made coleslaw comes highly recommended.

Attended on a recommendation - looked a nice place and was very popular, which is always a good sign when people are queuing. Unfortunately, I was disappointed and I will not be going back; - Mushy peas were pretty pathetic, very dry and bland - Not sure the fish was haddock, did not taste great - Curry source was very spicy On the positive side, the staff were very friendly and the cost is reasonable, may be I was just unlucky, but not for me

Went on for the first time in years and was very very very disappointed to be honest. Place has taken a dramatic turn for sure. Dont no if it's laziness or what it is but wow,fish batter undercooked,fish was like breaking apart into crystals like over burn on freezer. Partners battered burger,batter was undercooked and the grease that has been left on the flat tray they serve it on is unreal. Curry sauce was absolutely disgusting. And let's not even mention the portion sizes. I'm a big lad so I'm expecting a big fish and loads of chips.....what I got was an anorexic fish with undercooked batter and about maybe 15/20chips. Disgusting,disappointed and just shocked. For all those awards that been around the shop I don't no who did them but THERE FAKE. Chippy is disgusting DO NO WASTE UR MONEY GOING HERE!!!!!!

Excellent fish and chips very reasonably priced cheerful and positive attitude

Food, service and atmosphere very good every time I go here!

So disappointed, after reading positive reviews thought I'd give it a try. Maybe I'm just unlucky, I know fish may contain bones even when de-boned, but it was just inedible multiple bones gave up after third bite. Only discovered when I got home order was missing chips after asking for a sausage supper.Sorry to say very disappointed. On a plus the staff were very friendly and reasonable priced food.

We stopped in for supper our way through the area. Best not so hidden find of the trip. We tried black pudding and white pudding for the first time. Great food, great staff, great value. The staff was very friendly a fun to talk to.

Missed the train to Inverness so I had an hour wait in the cold, dark and rain. Discovered this place was open. They were really quick. The fish was great and they gave my dog half a battered sausage for free. He was very happy too.

Spent £40 on the worst Chinese I’ve ever had! I ordered chicken curry but instead got beef, the deep fried chicken skewers weren’t even deep fried and tasted like rubber chicken, salt and pepper chips were frozen crinkle cut chips with a little bit of salt and pepper added, also prawn crackers tasted stale and weren’t edible, the overall food was just so poor and would never eat here again.

Wow shocking I work all over Scotland and this is the worst food I have ever had and totally the wrong order, nothing worse when you are 15min from your hotel. I ordered chicken and mushroom curry with egg fried rice and salt and pepper chips. When I got back to hotel I had the dish above with Gravy not Curry ? And the chips, wow deep fried with full of fat taste. Stay away

I was debating wether or not I should put this review here. I don't normally but the pain and discomfort I'm currently experiencing because of the poisoned food I was sent is off the scale. I ordered for my wife and I sweet and sour chicken balls, salt and chilli chicken, salt and chilli chips and a potion of vegetable spring rolls or these I can't be exactly sure which poisoned me but after a trip to Dr Gray's and an IV drip for replacing fluids and still having stomach cramps I wouldn't want anyone to go through this again. I hope I was just unlucky because I don't wish anyone bad when they are trying but can't deny the food poisoning and the 3 days I've been bedridden. Sorry to post such an honest review but other people should be aware.

Happy City? More like Sad City. i thought because it was more expensive, the food would be better, but that was not the case. the sauce tasted nothing like honey chilli it was so bland and on top of that, the chicken, beef AND rice had like zero taste. I regret buying this so much.

The food was, I thought, greasy and bland. The chicken was dry. Won't be back.

British style Chinese food should look appealing and appetising. This looked dreadfully bland and tasted as bad as it looks. When does Hong Kong style sweet and sour have quarter sliced tomatoes in it? This is one of the worse take outs I have had.

The chicken satay was dried old chicken in a “sauce” looked more greasy dish water. Laughably bad. The salt n pepper chips were like crinkle cut microchips. No onions or any kind of veg. Even the dog wouldn’t eat it.

Excellent freshly made food. Reasonably priced. You won't be disappointed.

Good food, reasonably priced.

The only place for my sandwich. Plenty of variety friendly staff

good service and good food ☺