Greasy spoon

[poli]

Un greasy spoon es un restaurante donde preparen desayunos y almuerzos muy rápidadmente con precio bajo y calidad no tan alta tampoco.
¿Existe una palabra como greasy spoon in español ?

[Tomisimo]

I'll go out on a limb and suggest restaurantucho. I've never heard the word, but it sounds logical to me and I'm sure it would be understood. I'm sure a native speaker will either confirm or denounce this, (and hopefully tell us a more common term).

[pjt33]

My dictionary gives figón, freiduría barata.

[irmamar]

I don't think there's a word for greasy spoon. Usually you know the places where you can have your breakfast or your lunch cheaper. You say that that place "tiene un buen precio / es barato".

[poli]

Gracias todos.
A mi figón suena correcto pero nunca vi la palabra antes.

Usé la palabra fonda, pero creo que su significado cambia entre paises.

[irmamar]

I've never heard that word before, sure in Spain nobody would understand you. "Fonda" is used in some places, but you can sleep in a fonda, too.

Maybe I haven't heard "figón" before because it's not possible to eat here cheap but with low quality Well, yes, it's possible, a pity in my country . But if you ask a Spanish about a place with low category, surely he'll tell you "Don't go there!" Here it is common to say "buena relación calidad - precio". There's where you must go

[ROBINDESBOIS]

Restaurantucho is fine, restaurante de M, de poca monta. restaurante cutre. Lots of posibilities.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

"Fonda" in Mexico is a small restaurant, normally not that good and usually cheap. They're open during the day, and it's not allowed to sleep in there.

[poli]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

"Fonda" in Mexico is a small restaurant, normally not that good and usually cheap. They're open during the day, and nobody allowed to sleep in there. except the mice and roaches

That's exactly what a greasy spoon is.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

A clean one has clean cockroaches and clean mice.