After visiting over 1,000 restaurants for our Britain’s best budget eats series, Tony Naylor bids farewell to the column by sharing his tips on how to dine memorably for under £10, and whittles down all those meals to his 10 favourites
In the last eight years, I have, almost literally, eaten my way around Britain for the Guardian’s Travel section. I have written around 80 instalments of its best budget eats series which, including the venues that did not make the final cut, means I have visited over 1,000 establishments from Edinburgh to Exeter.
The purpose of the series was to give food-focussed travellers an insight into where they could eat well for under £10 a head, away from acclaimed, expensive restaurants. The lists were not just about filling your belly cheaply, but also about winkling out exceptional places where a holidaying visitor could treat themselves, cost-effectively. Value for money and quality were key factors.
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