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Best kebab in dublin

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    #32
    Rhand
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Rhand


    Warper wrote: »
    No offense mate but that kebab looks rank.

    This is a proper West-European kebab, as you find them in Belgium and Germany (amongst others).

    Good quality bread, lots of veggies, delicious meat and a tasty sauce that doesn't turn the paper bag into something that falls apart if you gently blow at it.
    And the size, atleast with this one you're properly filled.

    But to be honest, your opinion "looks rank" doesn't mean much as quite honestly most fast food looks quite rank after a 10-minute bicycle ride home.

    Taste it, then come back. I doubt you'll still sport the same opinion.


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    #33
    bl123
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭bl123


    The Mezza next door to Zaytoon on Parliament Street is the best for kebabs in the city in my opinion.


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    #34
    AverageJoe82
    Registered Users Posts: 148 ✭✭AverageJoe82


    Ok after been eating one kebab a week for the last few, I have to say PSF is the winner


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    #35
    trixyben
    Registered Users Posts: 416 ✭✭trixyben


    I'm not from Dublin myself but was there yesterday, after all the good reports I heard about Zaytoons we went in to the one on Parliament St, it was lunch time and it was pretty busy, i got a lamb and the OH got a chicken kebab, i am a kebab lover and couldnt wait for the fed!!

    Tbh it was a real let down, the lamb meat was not nice at all, the chilli sauce was as watery and the portion sizes arent that big either, the bread was nearly uneatable it was so hard and chewy, when yer man was putting on the salad he put a little sprinkle of lettuce and red cabbage and before he put on the sauce i asked for more salad and he give me a dirtiest look ever!

    So no I would defo not go back to it again might try that Isklanders next time or even the place next door to Zaytoons


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    #36
    ft9
    Registered Users Posts: 4,408 ✭✭✭ft9


    No mention for Babylon? Crazy!


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    #37
    Neeson
    Registered Users Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    ft9 wrote: »
    No mention for Babylon? Crazy!

    Just what I thought.


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    #38
    UrbanSea
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,335 ✭✭✭✭UrbanSea


    I was just coming on to start this thread.

    Had Zaytoon's for the first time last week. It was ok, won't be rushing back.

    Iskanders wins every time for me, had the mixed kebab last night for the first time. The addition of tomatoes are a real beauty.

    Must try Babylon, a certain poster here keeps recommending it.


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    #39
    Eggonyerface
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭Eggonyerface


    UrbanSea wrote: »
    I was just coming on to start this thread.

    Had Zaytoon's for the first time last week. It was ok, won't be rushing back.

    Iskanders wins every time for me, had the mixed kebab last night for the first time. The addition of tomatoes are a real beauty.

    Must try Babylon, a certain poster here keeps recommending it.
    Where is babylon? I had a lamb donner from passion for food a while ago after reading this thread and it was a bit of a let down. I had to take half the meat back out of my mouth because it was too fatty. If i go back I'll stick to the chicken


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    #40
    yoginindublin
    Registered Users Posts: 380 ✭✭yoginindublin


    would you know if any of these restaurants deliver? or are there any lebanese that delivers to the dublin 4 area?


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    #41
    Neeson
    Registered Users Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    Eggonyerface wrote: »
    Where is babylon? I had a lamb donner from passion for food a while ago after reading this thread and it was a bit of a let down. I had to take half the meat back out of my mouth because it was too fatty. If i go back I'll stick to the chicken

    Wexford St.


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    #42
    Noffles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭Noffles


    You are joking... even the worst kebab in a Holyhead kebab house can piss from a great height on any kebab served in the whole of Ireland!

    Get a grip...


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    #43
    liffeylite
    Registered Users Posts: 514 ✭✭✭liffeylite


    Dont agree with that at all! Most kebabs are much of a muchness wherever you go. But i have friends from the uk that love the kebabs in dublin because there are so many varieties here, not just your basic greasy hard donor meat common in most uk places.


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    #44
    liffeylite
    Registered Users Posts: 514 ✭✭✭liffeylite


    yoginindublin wrote: »
    would you know if any of these restaurants deliver? or are there any lebanese that delivers to the dublin 4 area?

    There are quite a few places that do lebanese food. Search by cuisine on menupages.ie. As far as kebabs go, alot of people rate mezza in temple bar above zaytoon. Think its pretty much next door if you havent tried :-)


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    #45
    Eggonyerface
    Registered Users Posts: 669 ✭✭✭Eggonyerface


    Neeson wrote: »
    Eggonyerface wrote: »
    Where is babylon? I had a lamb donner from passion for food a while ago after reading this thread and it was a bit of a let down. I had to take half the meat back out of my mouth because it was too fatty. If i go back I'll stick to the chicken

    Wexford St.
    Cheers. I can't picture it, is it new-ish? I might give it a go this afternoon!


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    #46
    waxon-waxoff
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭waxon-waxoff


    Zaytoon is good but expensive. Tasty Grill in Portobello do a good chicken shish. If yer heading for Zaytoon Camden St id recommend giving it a try.
    Have not been to P4F or Mezza but after reading this ill gonna have to take a detour some day.

    Worst kebab must be Ismael on Baggot St, even after a nights drinking the doner was inedible.


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    #47
    Scruffy Sandra
    Site Banned Posts: 27 ✭Scruffy Sandra


    Noffles wrote: »
    You are joking... even the worst kebab in a Holyhead kebab house can piss from a great height on any kebab served in the whole of Ireland!

    Get a grip...

    I've lived in the UK for four years now, many different places.

    Zaytoon kebabs are the nicest I've tasted.

    Second place was a kebab from a turkish place in Auckland, NZ, where they were smoking those yokes outside. But even that wasn't as nice as a Zaytoon kebab.


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    #48
    Neeson
    Registered Users Posts: 3,909 ✭✭✭Neeson


    Eggonyerface wrote: »
    Cheers. I can't picture it, is it new-ish? I might give it a go this afternoon!

    Tbh I don't know. I went there once and had a taco chip, not a kebab!


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    #49
    Goose81
    Registered Users Posts: 4,298 ✭✭✭Goose81


    The Rotana Cafe on South Richmond Street in Portobello is the best I have had. Usually go to Zaytoons once a week but this place is far better albeit its pricier. You get what you pay for.

    http://rotanacafe.ie/


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    #50
    pm1977x
    Registered Users Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭pm1977x


    Have been to Zaytoon on Parliament St. 3 or 4 times (due to convenience and so many great reviews from friends) but have yet to have a good kebab so gave up, they were consistently poor and seemed expensive for what I got - must give Mezza a go next time to compare


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    #51
    decob
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭decob


    Agree with Goose81 - Rotana Cafe is a quality spot - certainly if you want a nice kebab while sober.


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    #52
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    Rhand wrote: »
    This is a proper West-European kebab, as you find them in Belgium and Germany (amongst others).

    Good quality bread, lots of veggies, delicious meat and a tasty sauce that doesn't turn the paper bag into something that falls apart if you gently blow at it.
    And the size, atleast with this one you're properly filled.

    But to be honest, your opinion "looks rank" doesn't mean much as quite honestly most fast food looks quite rank after a 10-minute bicycle ride home.

    Taste it, then come back. I doubt you'll still sport the same opinion.

    Wow a little sensitive over your kebab.

    For me Mezza has to be the be all end all best kebab I've gotten in Dublin.


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    #53
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    Noffles wrote: »
    You are joking... even the worst kebab in a Holyhead kebab house can piss from a great height on any kebab served in the whole of Ireland!

    Get a grip...

    You wouldn't know a decent kebab if it threw up on you, I've eaten Welsh kebabs and trust me, there no good, see for yourself.

    It was so bad I took a pic of it.


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    Tipperary animal lover
    Registered Users Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭Tipperary animal lover


    Martyn1989 wrote: »
    You wouldn't know a decent kebab if it threw up on you, I've eaten Welsh kebabs and trust me, there no good, see for yourself.

    It was so bad I took a pic of it.

    Looks rotten!!!!


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    #55
    Bray Header
    Registered Users Posts: 417 ✭✭Bray Header


    New place open on Dame St where gruel used to be; looks more like a sit down joint. Will try tomorrow, anyone been?


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    #56
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    Martyn1989 wrote: »
    You wouldn't know a decent kebab if it threw up on you, I've eaten Welsh kebabs and trust me, there no good, see for yourself.

    It was so bad I took a pic of it.

    Jasus that looks rough :cool:.


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    #57
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,322 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Martyn1989 wrote: »
    You wouldn't know a decent kebab if it threw up on you, I've eaten Welsh kebabs and trust me, there no good, see for yourself.

    It was so bad I took a pic of it.

    That is NOT a kebab. It may be a regurgitated one.

    Also, don't get the Rotana love, found it very dry and unsatisfactory myself.

    Zaytoon always!


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    #58
    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Birneybau wrote: »

    That is NOT a kebab. It may be a regurgitated one.

    Also, don't get the Rotana love, found it very dry and unsatisfactory myself.

    Zaytoon always!

    I think thats Martyn's point.

    Also, Mezza ftw (I used to prefer Zaytoon)


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    #59
    Dodge
    Registered Users Posts: 10,288 ✭✭✭✭Dodge


    Think its important to distinguish between the Zaytoons myself. I found the Camden st one significantly nicer

    Mezza kebabs are huge but they taste a bit bland.

    Haven't had an iskander in about 10 years after a bad incident there.


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    #60
    trixyben
    Registered Users Posts: 416 ✭✭trixyben


    Just to add here I tried Iskanders last night and I would say it was prob the worst kebab I have ever had, the meat itself was disgusting, tough, chewy and fatty, very little sauce and tight on salad, this was even after a rake of pints and the kebab wasnt even finished it was that bad, i would rather have Abra over this place it is that rank! Never again will step foot in that place, have tried Zatoons also and it was OK wasnt blown away with it, seems my regular kebab shop is going to be hard to beat!!!

    Next time when out in Dublin will try this Mezza place and will defo report back!


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    #61
    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    anto9 wrote: »
    Zaytoon on Parliment Street for the best Lamb Kebab and pitsa bread .Their Coffie is also good .Will be back in Dublin after a few years soon and looking forward to going there again .
    Zaytoon also do a meal special from 1 to 3 PM during the week for e6
    (Mini Kabab, chips and can of coke)

    Superb meal and always stuffed after it. :)


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