Café de Crie . At several locations around the city including Sakae and near the Hilton . A chain café offering cheap and tasty breakfasts and snacks.
Hard Rock Café . Hirokoji-dori, Sakae, next to the Hilton hotel. You know the score before you enter. The same American-style burgers, fries and rock'n'roll knick-knacks found at other outlets around the world.
Nagoya Hilton , 1-3-3 Sakae. Head to this hotel for a fantastic range of good-value lunches in all six of its restaurants, ranging from a curry and salad buffet (¥1600) to Japanese specialities such as sukiyaki and tempura (¥1900-3000 per person).
Jerry's Uno . Laidback Mexican café-cum-American-diner next to the cinema on the corner a block west of the Hilton . Serves spicy buritos, cheesy tacos and crispy tacos, as well as an impressive range of beers from around the world.
Matsuzakaya . On the seventh floor of the department store, next to JR Nagoya Station, is a wide range of restaurants where you can sample the noodle dish, kishimen .
Osho . Cheap and cheerful Chinese café, one block south of the Maruzen bookshop on one of Sakae's main shopping streets. Has an English menu and pictures of the excellent-value set meals, which rarely cost over ¥1000. Daily 11am-11.30pm.
Yagya , 3-13-21 Meieki. Ultra-modern Southeast Asian and Japanese restaurant with a vaguely Balinese feel to its interior. Look for the huge Aztec ruin facade, 2min walk northeast of JR Nagoya Station. A good deal if you come with a crowd and share dishes. There's also a branch in Sakae. Daily 5pm-midnight.
Yamamoto-ya Honten , B1, Horiuchi Building, Meieki. Chief outlet of noodle café chain, on Sakura-dori, a few minutes' walk from the JR station. The specialities are miso nikomi (thick udon noodles in a bean paste) and locally reared tori kochin (chicken). Around ¥1500 per head. Daily 11am-7.30pm.