best kebab in dublin

Muahahaha wrote: »

yeah I think the council can restrict take aways in the planning permission they give. That would be a big loss to a restaurant with the proliferation of delivery services like Just Eat and Deliveroo. I know some restaurants in the Docklands now do almost as many take aways as sit ins.

It's a healthy kebab joint. I'd say not doing takeaways is a choice.

Grill 34 or whatever the latest iteration of that eatery was called is currently being gutted. No doubt it'll be back. Its always back, always yummy.

Ate in Passion 4 Food a few days ago, delicious as always. There is a new place opened up right next door called Istanbul, must give it a try next time out.

Anyone tried out The shawarma company on dame street?

Yeah Im wondering whats going on. I havent eaten in Zaytoon in about a year but it was still pretty decent the last time I had it.

I heard off a restaurant manager before that you have these 'influencers' going around looking for free food for them and their mates in return for a post on Instagram. So they're not exactly objective in what they're posting when they're getting free food in exchange for it.

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah Im wondering whats going on. I havent eaten in Zaytoon in about a year but it was still pretty decent the last time I had it.

I heard off a restaurant manager before that you have these 'influencers' going around looking for free food for them and their mates in return for a post on Instagram. So they're not exactly objective in what they're posting when they're getting free food in exchange for it.

Well the Dublin Kebab Club certainly isn't an 'influencer' with a fairly pathetic 907 followers. The post that offended Zaytoon attracted a whopping 7 likes.

If they asked for free food I'm sure telling them to fukc off wouldn't do too much damage to your business.

Can't recommend a kebab place. I kept going back to one on Friedrichstrasse just because I knew what I was getting. My tip. Bring some thermals/hats anything to keep your temperature up. It's damp lowland. You will get a bug if you don't keep your temperature and immune system up.

My favourites, roughly in order:

Falafel in Temple Bar - they have a mixed grill of shish kebabs that's the absolute tits. They also do a very nice lamb shawarma sandwich with pickles and stuff - yum!

Kebab House in Phibsboro - lovely lamb shawarma/doner, made of real meat and not the usual elephant leg you get in crappy kebab shops

Passion 4 Food on Clanbrassil St and Camden St - my absolute favourite kebabs in Dublin bar none. Their shish kebabs and shawarma/doner are all excellent, as is the freshly baked bread, and fresh salads. Their chilli sauce has a nice kick to it too.

Iskanders and Zaytoon deserve an honorable mention, and Oasis on North King St is very nice, although that's more of a 'sit down for dinner' type of place than a late night spot where people are falling face-first into their kebabs.

MarkY91 wrote: »

I'm told that they do lovely kebabs in Germany. I'll be in Berlin soon, does anyone have any recommendations?

You're looking for a "Gyros mit alles bitte".

Anus Von Skidmark wrote: »

the lamb spit did look suspiciously like elephant leg, compared to how their spit used to look with clearly distinct pieces of meat stacked on top of one another.

https://www.facebook.com/zaytoon.restaurants/

Martin O Hanrahan Why have you started mincing your meat? You never used to do it??


Zaytoon Martin O Hanrahan we haven't changed the way we prepare our doners . It's a mix of marinated minced lamb and the finest cuts of lamb shoulder.

This is the kebab club photo they put up


This is zaytoons own photo of their doner


and the mixed doner/chicken

So the meats look the same to me.

If you want non minced there is a lamb shish

Dublin Kebab Club Steven Judge well if it’s true it’s by their own doing. If true their deceiving people by proclaiming their meat is 100% fresh lamb, when it’s not. They say it’s minced. I mean why the f uck mince it? Would you mince a good steak, no you absolutely wouldn’t. Charging top dollar too for meat that’s literally dirt cheap. Does my head in

DKC seem to be under the impression nobody would mince it. Asking questions and answering themselves!! Somebody else did too though

Mihir Patel A couple of points, minced does not necessarily mean processed, some of the very best kebab shops in London, those the Turkish and kurdish communities go to in London are minced. And secondly layers of lamb prices are not necessarily made on the premises, you can buy factory made shawarma sticks which are made in the same factories that make the processes stuff, most of the manufacturers offer a wide range of quality and taste even so much as differing between middle Eastern, (more spice and flavouring) vs Levantine, generally just salt and pepper, maybe onion. And they do various types of meat, ranging from mechanically reclaimed beef and chicken plus filler eg rusk to beef, to lamb to beef and lamb to lamb, and then also the layered stuff. And then there's the chicken....
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Rahim Sawani Mihir Patel sir, you are a kebab sommelier!
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Muahahaha wrote: »

Seems like this Dublin Kebab Club has caused quite a kerfuffle. Wouldnt read much into it, for all we know the photo of the dodgy kebab could be from somewhere else. It doesnt look like anything I've eaten in Zaytoon before and this blogger could have an agenda or the person who sent them the photo could have one.




I must give Falafel another try. Ate there a couple of years ago and while it wasnt awful I never went back, especially with Zaytoon so close.

I'd definitely recommend it - I thought it was at least on par with Zaytoon, if not nicer. Nice service there too, although to be honest I don't understand the amount of giving out about the service in Zaytoon - I've never had the slightest problem there.

I think there is a certain snobbery attached to kebab eating these days.
Whilst I am a member of DKC page on facebook it doesn't mean I agree with all their posts.
Having eaten in most kebab shops in Dublin (except for Passion for food) I can safely say there are some lovely places to eat , depending on what your preference is.

As another poster said, the fact that the lamb is minced doesn't mean its not a good quality kebab.

I like Zaytoon (parliament street mainly) , I have been getting kebabs in here on and off for almost 20 years and have to say they still taste great and havent changed as far as I can tell(lamb donor, but could be the drink clouding my tastebuds)
I had a lamb kebab in Falafel years ago and from what I remember it was decent.

Pasha on dorset st is excellent for both chicken and lamb donor but can be a tad greasy.

Anatolia also on dorset street is very tasty (minced lamb which comes out in thin strips) , not sure what they use but its very tasty.

For something different, Yeeros in phibsboro does an amazing pork gyro.