Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Istanbul Kebab

Options
  • 28-08-2012 12:29pm
    #1
    Decibel Audio
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭


    So the Istanbul has closed down. I passed it last night in need of a Kebab, I have to say I was an emotional mess when I saw the doors closed. They might as well turn off the light in Aras an Uachtarain. I dont know if there is anything left in this country for me any more.
    1


«1

Comments

  • Options
    #2
    AdMMM
    Registered Users Posts: 9,472 ✭✭✭AdMMM


    Maybe they just closed for Monday night>


  • Options
    #3
    wellboytoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭wellboytoo


    I got a chicken kebab there saturday night last....
    kinda be broken hearted myself if this was true


  • Options
    #4
    Decibel Audio
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭Decibel Audio


    AdMMM wrote: »
    Maybe they just closed for Monday night>

    The windows are a blacked out and the sign is gone


  • Options
    #5
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    New owner going in I hear


  • Options
    #6
    Jason Todd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


    Whhhaaaaaattt? I rarely ate in there, but I would still be shocked if this is true! Surely they did decent business there? It always seemed jammers! My old flatmates from college who are all back in their native neighbouring counties will be devastated. They lived in the place a couple of years ago.

    I said this about Mason's in another thread, and it applies here too... if the place is left empty I really hope it doesn't become a massive eyesore. :(

    Edit: just saw Kryogen's post.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    Plastikman_eire
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭Plastikman_eire


    Sad Day.

    Chicken meat and chips - Gone but never forgotten.:(


  • Options
    #8
    Boskowski
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,361 ✭✭✭Boskowski


    Mixed feelings here. Istanbul was the best of a number of bad and overpriced kebab shops. Using tiny cheap pita breads instead of proper flatbread makes the thing rather small and messy and €6.50 is a bit of a joke too. I guess the rent aint cheap on that corner. At least they had actual lamb in it.
    Gonna miss it but hoping something better comes in.


  • Options
    #9
    Jason Todd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


    Plastikman_eire wrote: »
    Sad Day.

    Chicken meat and chips - Gone but never forgotten.:(

    Try the Chicken Meat & Chips in Stan's Tasty Bites in Kilcohan, thank me later! :cool:


  • Options
    #10
    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    Jason Todd wrote: »
    Try the Chicken Meat & Chips in Stan's Tasty Bites in Kilcohan, thank me later! :cool:
    That's a long walk for chips after a night out!! :D


  • Options
    #11
    Media999
    Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭Media999


    Just before the students come back? Makes no sense at all.

    Might be more to this story. Another place closed down because the owner was a chronic gambler and owed a lot of money.

    Same nationality.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    MOC88
    Closed Accounts Posts: 430 ✭✭MOC88


    They didn't sell kebabs they sold some sort of crusty bread with chicken inside it - as a matter of interest does anyone know where I can get a proper kebab in Waterford.


  • Options
    #13
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    MOC88 wrote: »
    They didn't sell kebabs they sold some sort of crusty bread with chicken inside it - as a matter of interest does anyone know where I can get a proper kebab in Waterford.

    Holy crap.....I just thought of something amazing.

    Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you, THE BLAA KEBAB!©


  • Options
    #14
    TrustedApple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭TrustedApple


    Upset about this going to miss my kebabs after the nightclub. There be notting left for us poor students :(


  • Options
    #15
    Media999
    Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭Media999


    MOC88 wrote: »
    They didn't sell kebabs they sold some sort of crusty bread with chicken inside it - as a matter of interest does anyone know where I can get a proper kebab in Waterford.

    6.99 with chips and can

    http://www.eastendersrestaurant.net/Take-Away-Menu.html

    Best in Ireland. Never mind Waterford.


  • Options
    #16
    Media999
    Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭Media999


    seven_eleven wrote: »
    Holy crap.....I just thought of something amazing.

    Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you, THE BLAA KEBAB!©

    Amazing? Sounds rotten :D:D

    Go back to sleep.


  • Options
    #17
    Nypd
    Registered Users Posts: 781 ✭✭✭Nypd


    Place will be closed for 3/4 days and will be back open again under new ownership.
    Don't panic people.


  • Options
    #18
    TheGormog
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭TheGormog


    The Bacchanalian district is dying a death.
    A sad day for all sauce hounds (and indeed local dry cleaners).


  • Options
    #19
    Elbows22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭Elbows22


    New owners from tomorrow -still a kebab shop - just not gonna be the same :(


  • Options
    #20
    Media999
    Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭Media999


    Elbows22 wrote: »
    New owners from tomorrow -still a kebab shop - just not gonna be the same :(

    What nationality?


  • Options
    #21
    Elbows22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭Elbows22


    seven_eleven wrote: »
    Holy crap.....I just thought of something amazing.

    Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you, THE BLAA KEBAB!©



    You could call it the "KeBlaab" :D


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #22
    Elbows22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭Elbows22


    Media999 wrote: »
    What nationality?


    Same as before - Kurdish.


  • Options
    #23
    ChunkyNorris
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭ChunkyNorris


    Elbows22 wrote: »
    Same as before - Kurdish.

    KURDish. Sounds similar to one of their ingredients I bet


  • Options
    #24
    Media999
    Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭Media999


    Elbows22 wrote: »
    Same as before - Kurdish.

    Same family i assume. Maybe a son is taking over no?


  • Options
    #25
    JenniFurr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭JenniFurr


    Jesus it's like Oriental Garden all over again. My sister will be crushed. If Geoffs ever closes she might just off herself because she'll have nothing left.


  • Options
    #26
    blindside88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭blindside88


    Cant actually believe this, devastated isn't the word!!!


  • Options
    #27
    Media999
    Registered Users Posts: 1,695 ✭✭✭Media999


    blindside88 wrote: »
    Cant actually believe this, devastated isn't the word!!!

    4 Days without a kebab and your devastated??

    Have you taken your tablets this morning?


  • Options
    #28
    Jason Todd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


    Elbows22 wrote: »
    You could call it the "KeBlaab" :D

    Brilliant. If someone doesn't make this, purely just to use the name, it'll be a travesty!!


  • Options
    #29
    blindside88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,968 ✭✭✭blindside88


    Media999 wrote: »
    blindside88 wrote: »
    Cant actually believe this, devastated isn't the word!!!

    4 Days without a kebab and your devastated??

    Have you taken your tablets this morning?


    Maybe it's a little too strong a word... But they did great food and had a very fast service. I would have appreciated more if I knew it was going to be my last


  • Options
    #30
    dark crystal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    Never mind Istanbul - try the kebabs across the road in Pizza Palace. They're huge, made with proper lamb in fresh flatbread. Mmmmmmm......


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #31
    Elbows22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 455 ✭✭Elbows22


    Jason Todd wrote: »
    Elbows22 wrote: »
    You could call it the "KeBlaab" :D




    Brilliant. If someone doesn't make this, purely just to use the name, it'll be a travesty!!


    That actually took all my brain power - come back to me in 24 hours for another witty comment :D


Advertisement