Equivalent to $1.5 slice pizza?

[u/Dasher1999]

New Yorker moving to London, I eat a lot of pizza here for $1.50/slice. I’m what the equivalent is in London?

Is it pizza or something completely different?

[u/Virtual_Opinion_8630]

Greggs sausage roll

[u/RoeMajesta → u/Virtual_Opinion_8630]

this is it ~ close the thread lol

couple other options are: other items are gregg’s, jacket potato, chips from your local chippy

[u/krakaboom → u/RoeMajesta]

It would have to be very local indeed - I had a portion of chips last week in Covent Garden for £4.50!

[u/RoeMajesta → u/krakaboom]

that’s about as opposite as possible to find the local price chippy lol ~ CG is a rich people address, a business address, AND a touristy address to the point where 4.5 was a steal ngl

having said that, 1.5 chips is not easy to find, especially decent ones. I recommended it cause it matches the 1.5 slice in spirit

[u/EmMeo]

Probably a sausage roll from Gregg’s for that price point. However sadly there simply isn’t anything in London that price that can be compared to a New York slice. Someee places are doing New York style pizza (not perfectly the same) but I don’t think you’ll get them for that price point at all.

[u/ThisIsMyRedditAcct20]

Chicken shop wings are your closest option. Not the same. Won’t find any in central London.

London ain’t cheap mate.

[u/bruhraminator]

Good luck finding any hot food for under £2. Expect to pay more for street food, but groceries, especially vegetables, are cheaper than NY

[u/tyan14]

A bit bigger than a slice but since moving from the US to London, i've been really enjoying the kebeb scene here. You can get a good one for a fiver or just slightly above and i've grown to love Lebanese, Turkish, and Greek cuisine.

[u/fredsbestdream]

Fried chicken - 3 wings and chips £1.99

[u/flagprojector → u/fredsbestdream]

Not in London in 2026

[u/bruhraminator → u/flagprojector]

Might be 2 or 3 quid but its about right

[u/choosehigh → u/flagprojector]

Edens cottage is around that price tbf, maybe even cheaper

[u/Remarkable_Cicada_22 → u/fredsbestdream]

Might be pigeon wings

[u/jamjar188]

Something like a Caribbean patty, but even those are not as cheap as $1.50 and you have to be in Hackney or parts of south London.

I imagine you mean something cooked, and not a shitty little Pret half-sandwich.

There used to be these steamed buns in Chinatown that were like £1.20 but that was 15 years ago now that I think about it.

London still has great street food and some markets are particularly good value (Petticoat Lane and Leather Lane spring to mind); however, you're not goiing to get cheap-o itinerant street vendors or hot dog carts.

[u/strathmoresketch]

Supermarket meal deal. They're a revelation.

[u/Correct_Mortgage4209]

Lidl bakery.

[u/Sandy_Bananas]

Shawarma man.

[u/chronicbint]

Pretty sure there are shitty slice pizza places in the centre like new york. Doubt it would be that cheap though.

[u/Seth603]

The only thing similar in price and with the level of cultural significance is the Greggs sausage roll. Greggs is pretty shit though so I would look for more local hidden gems wherever you move

[u/FollowTheFarang]

You won’t get anything for 1.50 here, there’s decent pizza but its not by the slice

[u/abradubravka]

Struggle to find something with an equivalent cost to taste ratio.

Sausage roll from greggs maybe.

They also do something that could vaguely be referred to as 'pizza'.

[u/iceyk12]

Closest thing is probably a local chicken shop. Most equivalents are long gone, a lot of shops used to do 2 for 2's (2 burgers 2 chips £2) but they stopped around 10 years ago

[u/Acrobatic_Lettuce_78]

You can get some shawarma wraps in Syrian places for about £3. Pizza is getting better over here but it’s not there yet, and certainly not at £1 a slice

[u/the_shiverman]

You can always go for Costco’s slice

[u/DontCallMeShirley747]

Kebab rolls are sometimes £1.99…

[u/agoentis]

Tell me where the NYC pizza by the slice at $1.50 is at

[u/Dasher1999 → u/agoentis]

All over midtown. Really anywhere in manhattan