Kebabs

Skr4wny

Anyone else a Kebab fan and if so where do you think
is the best place in town to get Kebabs?? I'm a fan of
Iskanders myself.

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Yeah, Iskanders is lovely, but even better is Zaytoun(sp?) in temple bar.

Directions:

Walk from temple bar square, past Fitzsimons Hotel, past Bobs, until you get to the Turks Head pub, on your right will be Zaytoun.

The place is frickin gorgeous.

Lovely Kebabs, and they're served on a plate with a knife and fork too.

They even shout out the numbers a lá Iskanders..."Num-ba 42..."

pork99

Yes those 2 places are the best/most authentic places to get kebabs in Dublin.

I find that most place which sell kebabs in Ireland tend to sell very greasy donner kebabs, made bland for the Irish palate. You don't seem to get anything like the firey shish kebabs you can get in North London which blow yer head off! Probably available there because of the large Turkish & Greek populations in places like Stoke Newington, Haringey & Finsbury Park.

bus77

YAY!:) KEBABS!

yep, those Iskanders ones are great alright, Ill definatly hunt down that Zaytoun place yous mentioned

does anyone know of anything else I should try from the menu of those places?
The few times Ive tried to order something differnt Ive been left bitterly disapointed by somthing scummy:(

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I can't really recommend anything from either menu, I think I normally get eithera Donar or a Shish...and I don't really know the difference either, whichever has lamb.

Skr4wny

I tend to like Chicken Kebabs. Definitely going to look for Zaytoun next time I'm on the razz in town, cheers for the tip seansouth.

begbie

We talking donor kebabs here? If so, i love them.:D

ferdi

kebabs are sheit here compared to somewhere like hamburg, germany.

best kebabs this side of istanbul in hamburg.

tman

kebab house in Galway tbh:)
tasty chicken kebabs...

/me drools

voxpop

Zaytoon is a top kebab shop - open till 4 in the morning as well

There a place on georges street (Shalamar, or something) that is fairly good too

The chicken shish in zaytoon is great - not too fond of their donars though


seansouth: shish are where the meat is prepared and cooked on a stick. A donar is cut from the big hunks of meat that rotate slowely.

Skr4wny

You can also get a mixed Kebab with Lamb and chicken which is lovely. I'm just in love with Kebabs. I'd love to try a kebab in turkey.

GuanYin

Originally posted by Angry_Penguin
Zaytoon is a top kebab shop - open till 4 in the morning as well

The fact that I've been there 3 times at last orders in the past month does not bode well for my liver......

Woden

i prefare zaytouns to iskanders. my local chippie does a nice donar kebab as well.

kebabs in general don't bode well the next day. i had a whole two pints of guiness recently and a kebab and felt like crap the next day.

Skr4wny

They can give you a bad dose of heartburn or indegestion aswell alright. But they are so nice!!

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Originally posted by Angry_Penguin
seansouth: shish are where the meat is prepared and cooked on a stick. A donar is cut from the big hunks of meat that rotate slowely.

Ah...cheers mate.

dathi1

I think Zaytoun is over rated and it can go up or down depending on how busy they are. Iskanders is definitely the best....you have to be careful which Kebab you order though. A bog standard lamb Sharwama is not really an authentic middle eastern Kebab. Go for the lamb shish deluxe. You get a very large portion of V succulent halal lamb with a good mixed salad. They also upgraded their pitta bread to an authentic oven baked version which blows Zaytoun away. Try the humus (chick pea paste) and olive dip as an extra with it.......jeezz I'm starvin. Unlike Zaytoun its full of Algerians etc on Fridays so they're doing something right.

Gordon

I prefer the Greek kebabs 'souvlakis' but they don't seem to do them in Dublin. They are smaller with fried pitta bread including a skewer of diced pork or chicken (or gyro if you want) and tsatsiki (yoghurt with garlic andmaybe onions and grated cucumber) and tomatoes and chilli powder.

Much more healthy and less messy.

But Iskanders chicken shwarma rocks all over Zaytoons open, knife and forked 'kebab' any day.

Tazz T

Pita Gyros with the chips in it for me, Gordon

woosaysdan

theres a place in clonmel (a little bit off dublin) but the doner kebabs are lovely and are crammed with meat and loads of chilli sauce

The Real B-man

KEBABS!

have you ever seen that add on MTV where the owl lad is singing Britney spears while making the kebabs Classic....

daosulli

Agree that Iskanders is prob the best closely followed by Zaytoun. Another place that you should try is in the Food emporium ( near abbey st, across from k3 ) there is an Indain in there, try the Lamb Shakara ( sorry about the spelling ) but the lamb is loads of sauce's & veg as well. YUM YUM

LoneGunM@n

Good bit away from Dublin, but I always loved kebabs from Pat's Pizza in Letterkenny [but only from the 1 in the square, which iirc doesn't sell the anymore - have to go to the 1 across from the post office & they're horrible]!!

Wrestlemania

Zaytoon is the Business decent enough price for a massive wallop of a Kebab the "Dogs Thingys":)

Xterminator

I'm suprised no one mentioned the Athena on dame st, opposite Iskanders.

Very nice kebabs in there. For a takeaway, thats where i go.

X

vibe666

i've tried iskander's and it's not a patch on a decent kebab from my old local kebab house (in the UK). might have to try Zaytoon and see what that's like tho.

i had a souvlaki in perth when i was in Oz (actually 2 cos it was that nice) and it was amazing.

my old local does an extra large doner (or mixed kebab) which is 100% bigger than the ones in iskanders, and is filled with lettuce, cabbage, onion, tomato, jalepeno's and a home made chilli sauce. it's chock full of freshly cooked lamb, and is amazingly tender and juicy.

just a shame you can't get anything like it here.

oh, the nostalgia.

the evil belly

kebabish in ballincollig (cork) does nice kebabs. we don't get such a variety of nice kebab houses down here. it's pretty much abrakebabra or nothing. kebaish is good though. owned by an indian family so they doo indian take away too. it's otten so bad taht all i have to do is walk into the place and they start making me a kebab. methinks i may have a problem

cranoo

Originally posted by Skr4wny
You can also get a mixed Kebab with Lamb and chicken which is lovely. I'm just in love with Kebabs. I'd love to try a kebab in turkey.

A few years ago I was in jerusalem, I had a goat kebab which I got off an arab street trader, it was fantastic BUT three hours later I nearly ss****ttt myself to death I was on the poe for days
:rolleyes:

Woden

i had a kebab in abrakebra last night well more on the nite link home it wasn't the mae west more just meat and sauce no garnish and stuff shocking, taco fries where good though

imirish

HIT THE SPOT IN RATHMINES

fjon

My favourite place in Dublin would have to be the Turkish place in the Epicurean Food Hall (I think it's called Istanbul) - don't think any one has mentioned that yet...

Lexus1976

Going to get a Donar Kebab within the next hour. Any good recommendations where i can get the best one in Dublin with real lamb?

foodaholic

have to give my vote for zaytoon,

cullig_jp

There is a kebab place on oliver plunkett street aswell called the Istanbul. Your taking your life into your own hands going in there though.

vibe666

another vote for zaytoon.

http://www.boo.com/dublin/restaurants/Zaytoon_Restaurant

Holsten

Zaytoon is unreal, sooooo good.

Although I've never had an Iskanders, where is it?

vibe666

iskanders is on dame st.

another one well worth a look is kebabish on clanbrassil st. but it's been a good while since i was down that way so not even sure if it's still there. would be a shame if it wasn't, or indeed if it's turned bad as can sometimes happen with these places.

was in barcelona for a stag at the weekend and there were little 'pita inn' franchises everywhere doing little mini-pita pockets with lamb, chicken or beef in them and you put your own filling and sauce in (sort of like a salad bar) to your liking. hmmm, tasty.

truecrippler

Iskanders is delicious.

I'm dying to try Kebabish too but where is Clanbrassil St?.. I'm terrible at place names in the City Centre lol.

fatal

Kebabish is horrible.Iskanders get my number one spot for kebabs in Dublin

flushje

Zaytoun is without a shadow of a doubt the best place for a kebab,a bit pricy, but there is some weight in them. Make sure its the one in Temple bar though

truecrippler

flushje wrote: »

Zaytoun is without a shadow of a doubt the best place for a kebab,a bit pricy, but there is some weight in them. Make sure its the one in Temple bar though

Ah I see, I've been going to the one along Wexford St.. I think?... Across from the Bleeding Horse.

Is the Temple Bar one across from the Turks Head?

jdivision

Yep

dudara

There's one opposite the DIT on Kevin Street I think - the Chili something or the other. It does lamb and chicken, great prices and really really good. It doesn't look like much but I've found it to be much better than the Iskanders/Zaytoon, overpriced places that they are.

FernandoTorres

Yeah Hot Chili is the name of that place, it does a fine kebab alright and much cheaper than Zaytoon.

exiot

Havent had a proper kebab in Ireland yet, though Im stuck in the west and the choice is limited. Best kebabs I ever had were the ones they sold in Krakow, Poland. Was there for a week and had about 15 - 20 of them, unreal.

larryolaoi

The best Kebabs in Dubin

Mezza,Parliment St.Best by far- Beside Zaytoon
Zaytoon, Parliment st and Harcourt St
Iskenders, Dame St, across from Central Bank (3rd because it can be inconsistent)
Passion4food, Clanbrassil St. Excellent Kebab, Pittas have holes in them though and I'm not sure about the sauces

Dizzyblonde

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