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The Best Cheap Breakfasts in San Francisco

The most important meal of the day can also be the cheapest.

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Let’s be real: San Francisco is not known as a cheap city. But, there are deals to be had if you know where to look. Which is these 10 restaurants for a well-priced breakfast that will fill you up and start your day off really right for under $6.

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Bay Watch Restaurant

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What you’ll get: Two eggs any style with potatoes and an English muffinWhat you’ll pay: $5.25

Cafe de Casa

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What you’ll get: Salgados, or enclosed Brazilian pastries filled with a variety of ingredients like ham, cheese and tomatoWhat you’ll pay: $4

Morning Fix

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What you’ll get: Bagel sandwich with a variety of fillings, the most expensive being the lox with cream cheese, onions and tomato for $5.95. The standard bacon, sausage or ham, egg and cheese rings in at $4.15.What you’ll pay: Under $5.95

Sutter Street Cafe

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What you’ll get: Meat, egg and cheese on an English muffin or croissant or in a roll.What you’ll pay: $5.50

Cafe Me

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What you’ll get: Your choice of meat, egg and cheese on an English muffin, plus coffee or teaWhat you’ll pay: $5

Cool Cravings

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What you’ll get: Bacon or ham and eggs on a croissantWhat you’ll pay: $4.25

Mojo Bicycle Cafe

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What you’ll get: Either a breakfast bagel with two eggs, scallions, avocado and Tillamook cheddar ($5.75) or a veggie bagel with hummus, radishes, cucumer, red onions and avocado ($5.25)What you’ll pay: Under $5.75

Howard's Cafe

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What you’ll get: Two eggs, two slices of French toast, two pieces of bacon or sausageWhat you’ll pay: $5.95

Sun Rise Restaurant

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What you’ll get: Breakfast burrito with two eggs, potatoes, American cheese, bacon or sausage and salsa on the sideWhat you’ll pay: $5

Super Star Restaurant

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What you’ll get: Two tonkatsu-style fried pork chops with garlic rice, an egg and pineapple or tomato ... plus coffeeWhat you’ll pay: $4

Bay Watch Restaurant

What you’ll get: Two eggs any style with potatoes and an English muffinWhat you’ll pay: $5.25

Cafe de Casa

What you’ll get: Salgados, or enclosed Brazilian pastries filled with a variety of ingredients like ham, cheese and tomatoWhat you’ll pay: $4

Morning Fix

What you’ll get: Bagel sandwich with a variety of fillings, the most expensive being the lox with cream cheese, onions and tomato for $5.95. The standard bacon, sausage or ham, egg and cheese rings in at $4.15.What you’ll pay: Under $5.95

Sutter Street Cafe

What you’ll get: Meat, egg and cheese on an English muffin or croissant or in a roll.What you’ll pay: $5.50

Cafe Me

What you’ll get: Your choice of meat, egg and cheese on an English muffin, plus coffee or teaWhat you’ll pay: $5

Cool Cravings

What you’ll get: Bacon or ham and eggs on a croissantWhat you’ll pay: $4.25

Mojo Bicycle Cafe

What you’ll get: Either a breakfast bagel with two eggs, scallions, avocado and Tillamook cheddar ($5.75) or a veggie bagel with hummus, radishes, cucumer, red onions and avocado ($5.25)What you’ll pay: Under $5.75

Howard's Cafe

What you’ll get: Two eggs, two slices of French toast, two pieces of bacon or sausageWhat you’ll pay: $5.95

Sun Rise Restaurant

What you’ll get: Breakfast burrito with two eggs, potatoes, American cheese, bacon or sausage and salsa on the sideWhat you’ll pay: $5

Super Star Restaurant

What you’ll get: Two tonkatsu-style fried pork chops with garlic rice, an egg and pineapple or tomato ... plus coffeeWhat you’ll pay: $4

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