Bamo Restaurant in Plymouth

This restaurant exceeded all expectations! The food was absolutely delicious, the service was impeccable, and the atmosphere was perfect for a special occasion. I would highly recommend the [lamb shawarma ] and the [ biryani rice]. The staff were so attentive and made sure we had everything we needed. We will definitely be returning!"

Had a lovely family lunch in here. Generous portions of great food and the team are so welcoming. They have tried to get away from the "this used to be a shop" vibe but it still feels a bit like a retail space. But would definitely go back.

My go to for this cuisine. Kebab heavy. Fast and fresh with taste. Closes early so watch timings.

Tasty kebab with friendly staff.

Very nice restaurant, served red lentil soup at the start, I didn't have time to take off my jacket and the soup was already on my table... The lady serves and was happy to answer my questions, because we were with my son for the first time in this restaurant, shawarma was served very quickly, we didn't wait for anything. We were full and satisfied, the food was delicious.. I recommend this restaurant with all my heart, I will definitely go back there♥️

Wonderful food. Wonderful service Incredible staff

Best food In plymouth good stuff and everything is very clean 🙋‍♂️

Fresh and clean very good servise

Best in Plymouth exceptional food quality, friendly and attentive service, a pleasant atmosphere, great value for money.

The [specific dish] was absolutely delicious, perfectly cooked with fresh ingredients." Service excellence: "Our waiter was incredibly friendly and knowledgeable, making sure we had everything we needed. Generous portions at a reasonable price, great value for the quality. Thank you Bamo we had a great time today

Eaten here today. The food was gorgeous, The staff were very friendly. It's good they have pictures on the menu so you can see what you are ordering if you aren't familiar with Kurdish food. Prices are very reasonable! Will definitely return soon Thank you

There are some excellent Kurdish reastaurants in Plymouth but we find ourselves always returning to Bamo. Consistantly perfect food and service. My last visit was with my daughter and grandson. It was my grandsons first trip and he managed 2 bowls of soup.

Food was nice and clean very friendly staff nic free sup as a starter and and we had had a chat with the one of the chief’s and he said since the owner been changed too many stuff been changed in the restaurant and you can tell they did very good job I recommend

Delicious, tasty food 😋 Very reasonable prices. One of our favorite places to eat in Plymouth. They also do takeaway.

Stepped in and this place already stands out with lovely eye-catching decor. Felt very inviting. Sat down and was given some complimentary lentil soup which was very tasty and set the meal up well. My order was taken promptly and I ended up ordering a lamb shawarma with chili and garlic sauce. It came reasonably quick and looked excellent. The shawarma was packed with very flavour meat veg and sauces and was absolutely demolished. I spotted they also had mixed baklava which I could tell as soon as I tried it that it was freshly made and packed with flavour. Price wise it was incredibly reasonable with the shawarma only being £5.90. Would definitely come here again and would recommend to any friends looking to try authentic shawarma in the area.

Absolutely fantastic good, prices and service. Lovely to be able to get healthy good cooked food for the same price as a takeaway. Will definitely be back

We have visited twice now and on both occasions loved it. Really lovely Middle Eastern/Kurdish cafe with a very meat based menu. I am a vegetarian and there is only one thing on the menu I can eat - falafel wrap but it is lovely and there are sides such as hummus which is massive and salad. The flat breads are excellent and you can buy them to takeout for 50p! My husband had kofta and my son chicken, both loved their meals. They also include a soup to start included in the price. The staff are lovely and friendly . You also are served really quickly even though all food is cooked to order. Will definitely be back

Great Delicious Authentic Kurdish Food.

Plymouth has plenty of flea ridden sub-par kebab, pizza, and chicken shops, but too many serve uninspired, overpriced food—grey slop that sometimes tastes like day-old leftovers, paired with browning, flavorless salad. Im looking at you "super kebab pizza burger" - what kind f-ing name is that? Bamo is a different story entirely. This authentic Kurdish gem delivers incredible shawarma—fresh, flavorful, and perfectly spiced. If you’re tired of the usual overpriced mediocrity and want REAL Middle Eastern cuisine, Bamo is the place to go. Eat-in and get there early for shawarma!

The food was excellent and the server was friendly and happy to explain the menu. Portions are generous and prices very reasonable. Atmosphere was quite quiet when I was there, but I didn't mind that.

This place is absolutely fantastic! The food is excellent. We been coming since 2020 and we never go anywhere else when we visit Plymouth.

I recently had the pleasure of dining at this wonderful Kurdish restaurant, and I must say, it was an unforgettable experience. The food was absolutely delicious—authentic, flavorful, and cooked to perfection. Every dish had a unique taste that truly represented the richness of Kurdish cuisine. The customer service was outstanding. The staff were incredibly friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed. Their warmth and hospitality made us feel so welcome. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for amazing food and exceptional service. I can’t wait to come back again!

The Lamb Quzi is perfectly cooked, melt in the mouth delicious. The price is very, very reasonable and the service is fast and friendly.

I tried Bamo restaurant for the first time today via Deliveroo as my friend placed order for our lunch at work and oh my! How delicious was my wrap 😋 highly recommend will definitely come over for a seated meal next time. Fresh, delicious and generous portion.

Always so pleased by every trip to Bamo. The staff are so sweet and friendly. And they seem to always give a complimentary soup when you order. And, of course, the food is delicious. Highly recommend!!

New owner,new design lots of change now very clean . Food excellent, service lovely value for money best place in Plymouth town center , they do 5 star chicken Shawarma now its new very tasty made fresh every morning with a selection of lots of salad in front of you .

Got a take out. Good food. I had no14 on the menu

Excellent qozi lamb falls off the bone 👌🏻 thank you

Fantastic fresh food and great value for money. I have visited a few times now, and I love everything about it. Highly recommended.

Lovely little authentic place for food . Lovely customer service and complimentary soup . Was delicious, very tasty food and very reasonable price , I'll keep coming back

Stunning food, simple food done properly and without fault! Already wanting to go back, the lentil soup was lovely

It's clear that this is a great family run restaurant where staff are proud to be a part of. The best middle eastern food I've tried in ages. Rice is not sticky, meat was tender and juicy with a great hint of real fire. The staff is absolutely lovely and polite. Prices are absolutely fabulous for outstanding quality of food. I will be coming back

Great food at expected prices. The service was fantastic too. The atmosphere was ok, however could do with some modernisation. All in all it’s worth visiting here.

This is my fav restaurant in Plymouth when I have stop over with work, nice menu and good value. The service is quick and the young guy is very attentive and asked how was the food. Defo highly recommended Kurdiah food.

We've been to Bamo several times and it never fails to impress. Really delicious, fresh and healthy food. Succulent grilled meat, lovely naan breads... it's faultless and great value. We will return!

We celebrated my husband’s birthday with an outstanding lunch experience. The delightful, exquisite food paired with exceptional customer service from the manager and staff, along with the beautiful decor, set the perfect ambiance. Opting for the sharing platter for 2, we enjoyed a generous amount of delectable dishes, perfectly complemented by delicious kebab I absolutely recommend everyone to dine here and savor not only the delicious food but also the exceptional hospitality we experienced!

Genuinely one of the best shwarma and kofta wraps i’ve ever had. Bamo welcome you with fresh soup on entry, which comes for free with any purchase. The food is very moderately priced and the portions perfect. One of the best meals out i’ve had in a long time I could not recommend more.

Very good experience for lunch. The 2 ladies at the service are very friendly and very professional. The menu is really comprehensive and the dishes we tried were very good.

Very tasty food, good atmosphere.

Fantastic food, the lentil soup while you're reading the menu was wonderful, we had the mixed shish, with bread and yoghurt and cucumber. The meat has so much flavour, we will be back

Always amazing food at shockingly good prices. Lovely staff, always feel very welcomed. Delicious food, we crave it constantly! Always feels very traditional

Excellent and healthy. One of the few grillhouses in Plymouth to cook on charcoal. Bread is baked to order.

Generous portions of well executed, reasonable priced, simple, delicious Kurdish food. Doesn't look much from the outside, but I'd recommend taking a punt on it. Charming staff also.

Best Kurdish restaurant and got the best food‼️

Was taken here by family as said it was a place to sample excellent Kurdish food…they weren’t wrong. Street appeal is not the best so it would be easy to walk on by but please don’t.. welcome amazing & given free small bowl of soup (red lentil) while we pursued the menu. Lots of dishes of various prices to suit everyone’s budget. I ordered the lamb & chicken skewers. It came with some bread & small salad ( £21), and it was delicious.. and very filling. No fat on the meat, & salad fresh. All 4 of us really enjoyed our food

The first time I was here. Such well cooked, tasty food. Lovely staff and a great atmosphere. Affordable price 👌

Took my sister who isn't very adventurous with food. She loved it so much she said she would take her husband and son there. Only gave it 4 stars for service as we did wait a bit longer for our mains as there was a lot of takeaway service, that seemed to get priority. Other than that lovely meal reasonably priced.

They serve you lentil soup before the meal, the portion is great and taste was amazing. The only downside was that the rice was a bit dry. My friend who went there together told me that the rice was not dry last time, so I believe that it was just bad luck. Apart from that everything was great. Nice atmosphere and kind staffs. I will visit there again! I would recommend to use market hall car park nearby, it took 3-4 min walking from there.

To be honest, they have a nice and delioues food comparssion to other eastern resturants.

Friendly staff in a relaxed environment. The portions are generous and the flavours are really great. Service is quick so you can pop in during a lunch break or take your time and enjoy the buzz of the place with people coming and going. Will definitely be going again!

Great food (best of this type in Plymouth IMO), friendly staff, decor is not flash but with food this good who cares, our go to place, highly recommended.

Good food exerlent service will be back.

Phenomenal food, amazing price, not long to wait, great service and perfect decor for the venue. You won't be disappointed, I'll be going again. 👍🏻

I pop into Bamo whenever I'm in town. It is authentic, delicious and consistently excellent. I highly recommend a visit - their shwarma in homemade bread at lunch is excellent and very reasonably priced. One of the hidden gems of Plymouth.

Very nice traditional food. Food always came quick and came fresh every time. Just wish there were chips alongside the food.

Very nice kebab, shawarma and grilled fish. Nice atmosphere and good customer service.

It’s been second time we found men hair in the food, disgusting 🤮

We absolutely love Bamos! We visit almost every Monday and enjoy a lamb sahwarma wrap. Value for money is fantastic.

Really lovely experience, we were just walking past and smelt the fantastic food. Excellent service they immediately served us a free soup each which was a lovely touch. Overall great food great service and great price.

Food was OK. The soup, chicken shish, lamb shish and bread was delicious. Kofte wasn’t very good. Prices were very reasonable. This could have been a 5 star review. However, the lady who served us was very very rude. I wouldn’t visit again just for that.

Delicious food, must try naan and lamb kofta. Very friendly staff and quick service. I would definitely recommend this place and come back again in the future.

Welcomed by a complimentary lentil soup. Delicious tasty food and naan is a must try, made from scratch

Nice food, good food, fresh food. 🍲🍴☕️

Have been visiting regularly since they first opened, first drawn in by the incredible smell as you walk past. Bamo offers consistently beautiful food and service, the likes of which is hard to match in Plymouth, sit in or take-away there's a range of authentic and tasty meals and snacks that will leave you wanting more, your first visit will not be your last I guarantee.

First time eating here. One word 'Divine'. I ordered the mix kebab, this was not just any high street kebab it was so good. Authentic cooked food, lovely ambience. We were made to feel very welcome, as soon as we sat down we were given a bowl oh house soup, I am not a soup man but this converted me. So yes, 5 stars and more If I could. Also very reasonable prices too.

Always great food and made to feel welcome

My favourite food establishment anywhere. We travel over fairly regularly from Cornwall to visit and it is always tip top. Extremely good value, the tastiest food served quickly and efficiently. For two of us to eat amazing food for around £30-35 is really.... well amazing. I would recommend the Quzi, and definitely the kofta. If getting a takeaway the wraps are great value. I simply cannot fault Bamo, it is truly awesome!

Very poor service and poor staff. I ordered naan over the call and told the staff to make it small and soft. Even they noted it but they didn’t make it according to the instructions. This was happening 3rd time, and when I ask them to correct the issue, they didn’t listened to me and ask me if you want to take or not. Not recommended. They need to change the whole staff, very arrogant people are working in there.

Great tasting food excellent flavour. Service is friendly and quick.

Great food at a reasonable price

One of the best halal restaurants I've tried Delicious shawarma and kebab Staff members are so friendly

Very authentic well cooked and presented middle Eastern dishes.

Food is good but price is high.

Delicious food and fantastic service

Tasty food, good selection available. Friendly staff. Relaxed atmosphere. Good prices. This restaurant is a great addition to Plymouth. We have been a few times with family and friends. We will definitely return.

Delicious food at reasonable prices. The food is spicy but not too hot and I had a complementary soup before my yummy shawarma biryani on in house made naan and beans. I also had some baklava for desert. Will definitely be coming back to try more dishes!

We visit regularly, the food is excellent and cooked on open BBQ so you can see the chefs, can't get fresher than that.

Super good, inexpensive, friendly and welcoming staff. I highly recommend ^^

Absolutely the best place to eat in Plymouth!

This place was a great find, food is great and the price is reasonable too. Would recommend to anyone visiting Plymouth.

This is our go to for lunch. Sharma wraps are so good I've never steered away from them. Free bowl of soup within a couple of minutes is always a winner. Staff friendly. Atmos average, but Ive had probably 109 wraps over 2 years, never had a bad one. We love bammos!

Tasty Kurdish East Oriental food. Welcome soup nice Kurdish tea

Beautiful & cosy interior setup. Ground + first floor seating and quick service. Staff is kind and welcoming too. Upon entering, you get lentil soup on the house which is delicious and warm. Their grilled chicken kebabs with plain, buttered rice is delicious. Their lamb quzi is really good too.

Very bad food it’s smelling and hair in the kofta kebab

As regular visitors to the South West, we are always looking for different places to eat. Needless to say we have eaten in many places varying in quality and price. The food here is unreal! When you go into Bamo you are greeted with a bowl of lentil soup.... and it was excellent.... over a couple of days we tried, the potatoes, Shawarma, bean soup, Tepsi, Tabula, Hummus, tea and so forth. The naan bread is the best I have had. This is solid cooking and when we return it will be the first place we will eat at. Real food!

Amazing service and food You can’t beat the prices and the staff were incredibly polite Ordered the mixed grill on biriyani and it was the most delicious rice I’ve tried Everything fresh and cooked to order

Great tasting food. Lovely staff and great value for money.

Bamo is the umami of flavour for Plymouth, very good food, well priced never leave hungry Complimentary soup is amazing

The best friendly service and excellent food.

Lovely soup to start, authentic Kurdish cuisine lots to choose from, well presented and tasty kebabs great bbq flavour, flat bread’s are delicious. Great service.

Food tasted fresh. Flavours were great too. Great hospitality. Prayer room available too.

Great food, just need some fries or chips - however I understand the restaurants approach to being Kurdish authentic

Great value, and the free soup is lush! A great place, with speedy service and lovely fresh natural food.

Second time here .. and 100% exceptional service ...food .. steady stream of customers in and out .. This food deserves a medal .. Quite an unassuming frontage .. but get through that door and be amazed ao the quality of food

food form here is great its really worth a try

I love this place. Excellent hospitality and great food at a reasonable price. You need to get cash out beforehand as they don't take card currently, but it's well worth the extra step. You literally get free delicious soup the minute you walk in!

Looking for somewhere to eat in Plymouth that wasn't pub grub or 'something and chips'. We stumbled across this place and, not being very conversant with middle eastern cuisine, we decided to give it a go. The food was excellent. Beautifully seasoned and subtly spiced. Will certainly visit again next time we're in Plymouth

Best middle eastern restaurant in plymouth.

This restaurant had great food, and the biriyani deserves a shout-out! Very much reccomend.

Very bad customer service and bad behaviour with customer I haven’t seen this kind of service I don’t recommend any one to go to Bamo