best kebab in dublin

Shanannigan · 04-03-2011 1:43pm #1

Iskanders lamb shish.

ballsymchugh · 04-03-2011 1:44pm

where is that? it'll need to be amazingly awesome to beat zaytoons..

Shanannigan · 04-03-2011 1:50pm

on dame street 2 doors up from Le Cirk Hotel which is across from central bank

Dermo · 04-03-2011 1:51pm

ballsymchugh wrote: »

where is that? it'll need to be amazingly awesome to beat zaytoons..

You've put me in the mood for Zaytoon now. Think I'll go there for lunch

Triangla · 04-03-2011 1:52pm

Ishmaels - opposite Doheny & Nesbitts

ballsymchugh · 04-03-2011 1:56pm

Shanannigan wrote: »

on dame street 2 doors up from Le Cirk Hotel which is across from central bank

oh man, on the same street as rick's? there's a heart attack waiting to happen!

bassey · 04-03-2011 4:48pm

Mirch Masala on Church st

super_furry · 04-03-2011 4:49pm

Zaytoon by a mile.

saintsaltynuts · 04-03-2011 4:56pm

Mezza Parliament St. beside Zaytoons does the trick.Iskanders Dame St. is good going there years.(Til i joined the gym last year.)

Yillan · 04-03-2011 4:59pm

Mezza is the bomb and they're really nice in there. The little guy is a scream. I can never remember his name because I only ask when I'm hammered. Something like TinTin. The rest of them are really chilled aswell. No problem with getting free sauce on anything and it's all much cheaper than Zaytoon

SteoL · 04-03-2011 5:10pm

Kofta Kebab from Iskanders are the business.

Econoline Van · 04-03-2011 5:20pm

There's a kebab place on Kevin Street Lower, just near the junction with Wexford street that do GREAT kebabs. It may be called Hot Chilli, I don't quite remember.

Yillan · 04-03-2011 5:28pm

I was there before they did it up. Thought is was disgusting. Everyone of our party woke up feeling rotten the next day. So much grease. More grease than meat in the taco fries. Grease soup with chips and cheese to taste

squeakyduck · 04-03-2011 7:06pm

Not a fan of kebabs myself. But my boyfriend loves this great little place ABRAKEBABRA at 4am! :P

g5fd6ow0hseima · 04-03-2011 7:08pm

Toss up between Zaytoon and Iskanders but Zaytoon give you a lot more during the day.
Tasty Hut on Dorset St also deserves a mention - its never busy so the portions are always very bigger.

latenia · 04-03-2011 11:03pm

Proper restaurants:

1. Rotana
2. Sufi's Cafe
3. The Cedar Tree

Takeaways:

1. Passion 4 Food (Clanbrassil St.)
2. Mezza
3. Zaytoon

admiralofthefleet · 04-03-2011 11:54pm

i love the kebabs in istanbul in the epicurian

doughef · 05-03-2011 12:21am

Zaytoon..

by a country mile..although the original one in town is nicer than the one on camden st

El_Drago · 05-03-2011 6:46pm

passion 4 food hands down.At 5.50 for a mixed donner it's both a steal and delicious!

kellsred · 05-03-2011 7:31pm

Can't believe this thread has reached a second page without anyone mentioning Kebabish on Clanbrassill St.
Heaven....

killbillvol2 · 05-03-2011 8:00pm

Passion 4 Food for me too. Followed by Mezza,

Coriolanus · 06-03-2011 2:46am

There's a new place on Capel St on the corner by the luas line. Pretty decent.

It'd be a poor second place to Zaytoon though.

wes · 07-03-2011 1:40pm

Would reccommend Passion for Food as well. They have a great Kebab, at a excellent price.

Zaytoon's are also excellent.

Bottle_of_Smoke · 07-03-2011 1:48pm

Iskanders is nicest Turkish kebab I've had. Zaytoon's a different typa thing but their Chicken shish cannot be beat.

Raekwon · 07-03-2011 4:30pm

Econoline Van wrote: »

There's a kebab place on Kevin Street Lower, just near the junction with Wexford street that do GREAT kebabs. It may be called Hot Chilli, I don't quite remember.

I went to Kevin Street DIT and I can confirm that Hot Chilli (and Momo's on Aungier Street) are both awful kips. They use regular pitta bread instead of the traditional handmade flat bread (called Taboon) and their meats are dodgy as hell.

IMO you can't beat Zaytoon, Iskanders and Sultans on Georges Street.

Poor Craythur · 07-03-2011 10:51pm

Raekwon wrote: »

IMO you can't beat Zaytoon, Iskanders and Sultans on Georges Street.

+1 on Zaytoons. The litmus test for if a kebab place is any good is if you'd happily eat there sober, and I would and have patronised Zaytoons in a stone cold sober state and enjoyed it just as much. :cool:

Raekwon · 08-03-2011 1:50am

Poor Craythur wrote: »

+1 on Zaytoons. The litmus test for if a kebab place is any good is if you'd happily eat there sober, and I would and have patronised Zaytoons in a stone cold sober state and enjoyed it just as much. :cool:

+1 on your sober litmus test

I'd happily sit down in a Zaytoons have scoff a kebab on my lunch break, but I've had a sober Iskanders before and it didn't taste as nice as when I'm half cut at 2am in the early hours of a Sunday morning.

AnalogueKid · 08-03-2011 8:33am

As a non-drinker, I can testify that the Zaytoon kebabs are mouth-wateringly delicious sober. Well, alcohol-free sobriety anyway ...

At Zaytoon, the decent rations of good quality meat, salad and the freshly baked Persian bread help it blow the competition out of the water. The doner, mixed and barg kebabs are all delicious. It's also nice to get rice with your kebab instead of chips once in a while.

Poor Craythur · 08-03-2011 8:50am

I love Zaytoon's chicken shish. Usually don't bother with rice or chips.

The only downside is that their cutlery is a bit crappy, makes cutting hard.

Phoenix Park · 08-03-2011 8:53am

Zaytoons,day or night. Or both. Went to Paris a few years ago for a break with herself, got hit by a Zaytoons craving so bad on the flight home had to get a taxi straight there from the airport, bags and all :eek: . She wasn't impressed. Just REALLY like kebabs.

Poor Craythur · 08-03-2011 8:59am

Jase Obedient Soup wrote: »

Tasty Hut on Dorset St also deserves a mention - its never busy so the portions are always very bigger.

Really? Damn, used to live near that place, but never ate there.

novarock · 08-03-2011 11:54am

Ill put my neck on the line and say that having tried all of the above, the best kebab in dublin is from Kebabish on clanbrassil street..

frisbeeface · 08-03-2011 12:57pm

Poor Craythur wrote: »

I love Zaytoon's chicken shish. Usually don't bother with rice or chips.

The only downside is that their cutlery is a bit crappy, makes cutting hard.

Ask them to roll it for you. Much more enjoyable to eat it then.

Poor Craythur · 09-03-2011 11:00pm

frisbeeface wrote: »

Ask them to roll it for you. Much more enjoyable to eat it then.

Sounds good! Will do on my next visitation.

hobert187 · 19-10-2011 6:36pm

Kebabish Clanbrassil St. enough said! Its defo better than Zaytoon. And they dont open late, so Im assuming everyone that ate there was in a sober-ish state when they ate there! Although I am going to use this thread to try out the likes of Iskanders and such

Gyalist · 19-10-2011 10:56pm

+1 for Kebabish. I guess that most people know Zaytoon and Iskanders because they are in the City Centre, but Kebabish really is better.

Goodshape · 19-10-2011 11:14pm

Gyalist wrote: »

+1 for Kebabish. I guess that most people know Zaytoon and Iskanders because they are in the City Centre, but Kebabish really is better.

Any idea what time they close? I'm just around the corner and hungry

. Want to put this dubious "better than Zaytoon" claim to the test.

ballsymchugh · 19-10-2011 11:16pm

Goodshape wrote: »

Any idea what time they close? I'm just around the corner and hungry . Want to put this dubious "better than Zaytoon" claim to the test.

that's seriously lazy, but i like your style!
i'm also thinking that claim is dubious though. please report, post haste!

Goodshape · 19-10-2011 11:27pm

Ok, I walked around the corner, it's open :-). One lamb kebab(ish) on the way.

Warper · 19-10-2011 11:35pm

Iskanders - Lamb Shish Plate beats everything hands down. 2 Pitta breads, nice chunky lamb bits, salads, sauce, chillies with chips, drink. 12.70 i think. Zaytoon is over-rated and Kebabish is rank. Get the Lamb Shish plate from Iskanders and come back on here and see. NB Get the plate so you make your own kebab

hobert187 · 19-10-2011 11:36pm

Should have tried the chicken shish as the acid test. but no doubt it will be good!

That Iskanders Lamb Shish Plate sounds biblical Im gona have to try that!

Warper · 19-10-2011 11:38pm

Jase Obedient Soup wrote: »

Toss up between Zaytoon and Iskanders but Zaytoon give you a lot more during the day.
Tasty Hut on Dorset St also deserves a mention - its never busy so the portions are always very bigger.

Best value Indian in town - Chicken Chilli Masala is the biz - under a tenner incl nan/rice and scrumptious

Goodshape · 19-10-2011 11:52pm

Kebabish is good, not great. Certainly no Zaytoon.

UrbanSea · 21-10-2011 12:08am

Lads is Zaytoon the one beside Boylesports near Tesco on Camden?

And is Kebabish the one around the corner from Griffith College?

Goodshape · 21-10-2011 1:32am

UrbanSea wrote: »

Lads is Zaytoon the one beside Boylesports near Tesco on Camden?

And is Kebabish the one around the corner from Griffith College?

Yes and yes. There's also a Zaytoon's in Temple Bar.

melekalikimaka · 21-10-2011 1:47am

zaytoon , had it first time in a while the other evening... nom

Shanannigan · 21-10-2011 5:42am

nice to see my post resurrected.. i still maintain that Iskanders do a mighty fine Lamb Shish...

also for the falafel fans, Ephasus on the corner of Abbey and Capel Street does a dam good falafel for a paltry €4

Gyalist · 21-10-2011 3:34pm

There's also a Kebabish on Sth Richmond Street in Portobello. That not the one I was recommending. They aren't connected to the one on Clanbrassil Street and the food isn't half as good (though it is cheaper).

Inbox · 22-10-2011 6:42pm

Any good ones in the suburbs around Dublin 5?

Jesse Custer · 23-10-2011 12:18pm

jamal 5-in-1 in inchicore do a great mixed kebab..and comes with free can of coke

Econoline Van · 23-10-2011 12:49pm

I've never eaten in Abrakebabra in my life and there's one a stone's throw from my new home here in Donnybrook. Are their kebabs any good? I'm not expecting Zaytoon quality, of course, but I'm a kebab addict and I need my fix.

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