Friends in Liverpool

Best kebab i've had in 30 years.

Literally order from here every week 10/10

Always a Pleasure 🙏Chicken and Lamb kebab always Fresh with Special Naan

Very clean and tidy shop. Food is a 10/10 and service was extremely quick would recommend

Food is excellent, well worth the price and Star Ratings 👍

The food is amazing the lads are always friendly and i have a certain guy called chia who always welcomes me when I go in the shop

Food and quality used to be fantastic, shrinkflation has hit hard here, portion size and quality of food has dropped.

Used to be best kababs in Liverpool but when make a multiple order they give you a very small portion of meat ordered last night 22/9/24 for 7 and the portions were rubbish (not for the first time) what a let down will not be in any rush to go back now.a very disappointed (what used to be) regular customer. Julie

“Best kebab in Liverpool” I think not. Best food poisoning in Liverpool suits it better. AVOID THIS PLACE. Me and my friend were both vomiting all night after having the kebabs here. Stay clear!!!!

Pizza raw dough not a good taste and quality and the chips not cooked well enough

Rude on the phone .Random pizza with order, and dry lookin burger with nothing on it

The service is always spot on. We highly recommend this place. Their food is always amazing and great portions. I thinking of my next visit already haha. Photo added but too late as already demolished haha

Ordered online. Half my order missing. Called up, told me to order a can of drink and he would add it on. Instead of being honest, he tried to take more money from me. If there was 0, I would give it. Food was mediocre at best.

Wouldn’t order again avoid the donner meat unless you want to end up with food poisoning 🤢 definitely wouldn’t recommend

We use to come here when I lived here studying law at uni of Liverpool. Thd portions use to massive and tasted soooooo good! Seems that new owners are running it past few years and everything has changed and gone down hill. Portions have shrunk Food quality is poor Service is very slow. Update. The original owner has opened up new place Spring Naan down the road on the corner of MGM estates. I couldn't believe it when he remembered me,and my gosh was the kebab the best. Took me right back to my academic years.

Word of advice, don't have a special instruction section for delivery if you are not going to follow the instructions. The Meat is as tough as old boots an the chips soggy an cold. Waste of 40mins waiting for this junk!

Rude staff. I waited for the food. They added raw onions.. which I have food intolerance with & unable to digest. He just wanted to take the onion off and not make a fresh meal. Really rude. Maybe this how they regularly treat customers... a disgrace

Always an excellent kebab in here, love the fresh made Nan bread and tasty chicken . Don’t be misled by the ordinary exterior as the grub is top notch.

Went here with a friend who was trying to change my mind over fast food kebabs. we had the chicken kebab and I must day they were the best kebabs I've tasted. very clean and best in liverpool I would say

Got a couple of kebabs after work,got home only to find a really big burnt hole in my bread picked it up almost all the filling fell out,what was left of the bread was really tuff burnt and snapping and crunching,the chicken was over cooked very dry and also tasted burnt the cook was snipping off the burnt parts with scissors?a very small amount of salad and sauce that could not have helped moisten the dry heap of rush rubbish, also the guy on the till needs to learn how to smile some manners and stop looking at people like they have done something bad to him in the past,this place has gone down hill since this new bunch of men wearing Liverpool best kebab shirts took over the original lovely hardworking great cooking very polite and respectful old owners. These guys trying to much resulting in nothing.

Take your order and money and then pretend to deliver it, then block your number so you can’t call them

Best kababs in Liverpool by far

Cannot read their own order. Without repeating myself, ordered kebab with salad which it clearly says on the receipt, yet kebab arrived without it. Will have to take to checking food from now on before accepting.

Insane 💯✨ I have no idea why this place doesn’t have more 5 🌟 reviews because the naan is literally made in front of you in a kiln and it’s so fresh and tasty. The portions are very generous and the staff are friendly.

Avoid!!! Avoid!! Avoid!! Insanely tight portions and that’s being kind !! Don’t go here if your hungry!! Rude staff too tbh They Don't listen to what you want either which is very annoying! A total con tbh complete bull!! Best kebabs haha don’t believe the signs & t shirts!! Total rip off!!

Fantastic Donner Kebabs wrapped in freshly made large naan bread plus freshly made salad and various sauces. You will not be hungry afterwards!!!

Best Kebab Place in Liverpool by far👌🏾

Great food and customer service

Gorgeous kebabs with fresh ingredients - watched the bread being cooked as we waited. Very filling !

15 min wait but we'll worth it best kebab in Liverpool

I think u need to change workers also not allowed work with eyelashes and one more thing the girl was horrible that's why u loosing clients

Gorgeous food, always hot and fresh, well worth the wait, needs to branch out and open in other areas

Really disappointed with two donner kebabs collected today as the meat was cold and it was soaked in sauce - far too much sauce put on both kebabs!! Will be going elsewhere in future! Place is too busy and standards have slipped terribly.

Staff rude miserable.. Kebab get three peices of meat obviously can see what the pizza like.. Wanna be treated like a c... T go there if not swerve the place

Enjoyed the kebab very much and there was pleanty of it

I went into the shop for a simple side salad costing £1. I have been a customer in this shop ever since the previous owner had it, over several years. The standards dipped since the previous owner slightly, but for the first few years of new owner it has dipped dramatically and my experience today means I will never eat here again. I came into the shop with one person before me. The person before me was ordering lots and lots of food and was asking lots of questions. It was taking lots of time. There was 3 staff behind the girl taking the order, doing absolutely nothing other than stand there. After 5 mins and the order was still not put in by the person before me. I politely asked one of the 3 redundant staff if it was ok for one of them to put a side salad together and I would pay the lady now and she could ring it through the till later. He shrugged his shoulders and ignored me. I waited another few mins whilst the man in front tried to complete his £50 order, which was further complicated by his request to a senior member of staff to pay £30 cash and the rest on card, which was flatly and quite rudely refused by the staff member. Luckily the man had the money on his card and the lady asked me what I wanted. Side salad please. The senior member of staff who had a goatee looked at my order and went straight to making the £50 order. He put together 3 chicken kebabs with 3 naans which had been sat on the shelf going cold for almost ten minutes. He then put ten minutes old chicken on them, and a miserly amount of salad. They were not my food but they looked substandard , hence the 31 previous negative reviews. I asked the man if he could please put together my side salad as I had been asking for it for almost ten minutes and it would only take a second. He told me to wait. I told him I had been waiting and it could have been done ten mins ago. He picked up my money out the till and slammed it on the counter and said take the money or wait. I said I would take my money and never come back again. I’ve eaten here and spent lots of money over the years and tolerated cold food, food which I didn’t ask for, and miserly portions of chicken and salad of late and never complained but enough enough. Friends is finished.

Very poor lately ....2 tiny pieces of meat in a nann bread!!! Hardly worth 6 quid. Disappointed!! Won't bother going again to be ripped off

Great kebabs kofta very tasty brilliant staff Great service 👍 😀 5*

Went there on recommendation as I was told they do really nice food Mmm so here goes my true food review as always Ordered chicken kebab special Bread & mixed Donna with lamb kebab also 1 large chips I will make it very simple for £19.00 Our meals & chips were freezing cold & we live 5 minutes away considering we had to wait 15 minutes Service miserable night one smiles it’s just order pay take your meal & go So from me it’s a 2 on trip adviser There’s much better & cheaper plus more friendly service than this place Don’t think I will be going back To over rated & priced

Used to be best. This is my 3rd time cold food. And poor hygiene

Absolutely the best kebabs in Liverpool

Nice food and nice staff would recommend

Please avoid this place at all costs cold food, kebab bread so hard and crunchy it just crunches into pieces absolutely disgusting, even the fries were stone cold. Customer service leaves a lot to be desired so rude !!! Will never order anything again so disappointed.

My first chicken kebab from this place and I loved it. The naan is home made.

Walked in and the woman was on the phone. Kebab was cold and the rice was tepid. Hands down the worst meal I've had this year. They wouldn't budge on the bill either. Criminal.

i've eaten here for years since the original owners and was lovely. tonight i ordered burger and curly fries in an empty shop. watched a man clean the grill for 10 mins and then heres your food? no burger even placed on the grill? so i said are you magic? he smiled an gave me a bag which has obviously been ordered and not collected. stone cold burger and chips? which i returned to "don't swear at me" sorry if you don't want people swearing at you then don' serve some crap that someone never picked up half an hour ago. absolute disgrace! i will never be eating here ever again! the original owners would be disgusted in these using their name.

The customer service was really bad. And the food was not that great.

Got the best donor kebab ive tasted in long time the special sauce an special naan top class deffo worth a visit an il be back soon xxxx

Do your self a favour n don’t bother there’s 40 mins I shan’t get back cold lump of lard Jesus 12 Quid really ???

Shame about this place, it’s got potential but the staff let them down… absolutely brain dead! Visited twice, and twice they got it wrong. If you like ordering one thing but eating another, then this is definitely the place for you!

Very good food very good costumer service ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹

Came to the restaurant on Sunday 15th of August for my birthday meal with 7 of our family. Fantastic from start to finish. Outstanding service from the lovely young waitress delious food cooked to perfection. The hospitality from all the guys was second to none ! Myself and my family will certainly be returning. 10 out of 10.

Thought I would try this place going off google reviews as I'm not from this area and i can't fault it. The kebab meat was calved straight from the spit, naan bread was made fresh in the tandoor all the salad and sauces were spot on, flavours were there. For the price it was bang on.

Great food, good prices and portion sizes are great

This is our 3rd or 4th time at friends restaurant it is one of my favourite restaurant in Lierpool. The service is excellent the restaurant is impeccably clean the food is very tasty and well proportioned. The extra add on like the complimentary soup starter, bread and Turkish tea after your meal is really nice. Will definitely come back again when we are in Liverpol.

Best kebabs in Liverpool hands down.

Amazing food as always, not cheap but well worth the money.

Very well known place on smithdown road. Good food

Chips taste like raw cabbage, really dry. Chicken was dryer than a nuns interior, disappointed and I'm drunk, must do better.

Don't know what half these oddballs are on about, the food here is absolute class. Special naan is lovely and spicy and adds a nice spin to the kebab. Lamb and Doner is always perfectly cooked and great quality. Ignore the bad reviews, I know my sh*t, you don't get this fat without effort.

I am absolutely mortified by the quality and service of my food! It came stone cold, uncooked and the service I got when wanting something as an apology was awful. I’m never the type to leave bad reviews but this place has got to be kidding! Waste of money.

Incredibly poor service and the food was awful. Would not recommend going here again.

You’d expect friendly service in a restaurant of this name but they went over and above to make sure we were comfortable and had everything we needed. Free starters on our visit and quick friendly service. Food was fantastic with huge portions. Clean restaurant and lovely clean loos too. We would most definitely recommend and will be returning soon. Check it out. You won’t be disappointed!

One star is generous. Avoid unless you want salmonella.

Friends Kebab House Smithdown Road Got a kebab and the Bread was like rubber , dry tough and just nasty to eat . Chips were stone cold and were like cardboard , meat was nice flavour but overcooked , very poor indeed won’t be going back , threw most of it away

Special Nan was not freshly made. Lazy. We pay a higher price YOU charge for a reason.

Food was absolutely cold, paid 17 pounds for donner meat piece of burning seek kebab, 3 pieces burning lamb and chicken tikka. This is our best kebab shop. Totally waste of money. Never order again.

Completely wrong order delivered. Driver blamed shop. Shop blamed driver. No one would admit liability. Had no choice but to eat the food which was ok just what we ordered. 3 boxes of chips 😔 had to throw 2 away.

This place used to be the ultimate kebab house on Liverpool. I would do a 12 mile trip to get one. Its slowly gone down the pan since the new owners took over. The family who ran it previously would be heartbroken.The food is no longer of a good quality. They are no longer making the food to order and have the meat on the grill. Staff's attitude is diabolical, I witnessed a full on argument with a customer. Girl who takes the orders needs to use the work thanks or thank you and drop the attitude. Don't waste your time or money. Friends, you have massively let yourselves down!

funny thing is before this review am like aye its nice but the staff stand there imagining chopping your head off an then I read reviews aggressive staff haha couldn't make it up ....peow..

Disgusted what happened to this place Bring back the old people staff are very rude quality of food is disgusting I will never be coming back been a customer for six years absolutely disgraceful Never again will I come back

Such a shame this place has gone downhill. Quality of food and service disappointing. Why so stingy with the salad?

Thought I give them another try but I regretted that decision straight away. Very rude guys, poor quality, poor hygiene when preparing your food, no covid19 rules followed and the portions is so small and the price is so high. Those 2 guys who pack the food, needs to learn customer service or the manager or owner needs to replace them. Miss the original owners who were so nice and friendly. This lot just needs to learn some manners and respect for their customers.

La comida es insípida, fría, masticable, ya sea congelada o vieja calentada, afortunadamente no hay mucha comida, por lo que sale menos, el pan nann es bueno, pero eso es todo, aunque el perro parecía disfrutar el masticable demasiado cocido. comida, pero también le gusta lamer sus propias bolas, así que basta con decir

Después de esperar 30 minutos por un kebab para llevar, cuando me lo dieron les dije que lo habían dejado encima del mostrador refrigerado por lo menos 10 minutos, me llamaron mentiroso, le dije que como las otras 15 personas apiñado en la misma tienda (no seguro para COVID) Lo vi poner la comida en el mostrador y pensé que era para una entrega o algo así, la respuesta fue que si no te gusta, hay muchos otros lugares en Liverpool, que usaré en el futuro, lástima, ya que he estado visitando Friends / Nile durante mucho tiempo. La comida también ha perdido su factor sorpresa, cuando llegué a casa la comida estaba fría y porciones muy pequeñas a precios muy caros.

El personal es grosero y no puede aceptar las críticas, les dijo que la comida no era buena, me dijeron que si no te gusta, no regreses a muchos otros lugares de Liverpool a los que puedes ir. Encantadora respuesta: -) Las porciones son realmente muy pequeñas, no podía creer que cobraran 15 por una sola bandeja de carne masticable mezclada sobre cocida, 1 papas fritas pequeñas, 2 nann y 2 bebidas calientes, debes darte cuenta de que estás basado en Smithdown Road en el capó, qué broma es este lugar, también creo que los propietarios deben darse cuenta de que la ciudad está en un bloqueo de nivel 3 y tener tanta gente en la tienda no es bueno y espero que el ayuntamiento te visite tan pronto como tú poner en riesgo a sus clientes y aumentar la presión sobre el NHS

Acabo de pedir comida para mi familia. Cuando llegó, faltaba una hamburguesa cuando me comuniqué con ellos, el gerente me dijo “la hemos enviado, así que ocúpate de ella” cuando dije que no la había recibido, dijo “¿F @? k te ocupas de eso "NO UTILICE ESTE LLEVAR, RIPPADO Y ABUSADO POR EL TELÉFONO ??

Overpriced. £9 for a mixed kebab with a few pieces of meat and an oversized naan bread that thick that you needed a knife and fork to cut it. My Mrs ordered a chicken kebab and the it had been on the grill too long and was mostly black. Was going to return it when I got home to open it but I couldn’t be bothered driving back. £20 lost but I won’t be going back. I gave it an extra star because atleast the place was clean.

Amo a los amigos, he estado comiendo aquí durante años y la comida siempre ha sido excelente. Pero recientemente ha habido algunos chicos afuera con sus madres Ford Focus tratando de besarme, lo cual está bien. Pero resta un poco de valor a la calidad de la carne.

Carga absoluta de basura, los trozos de pollo andrajosos estaban terminados, casi ninguna ensalada y cuando me atrevía a quejarme, todo el personal me gritaba literalmente, especialmente el llamado "chef". Estaba tan molesto y me fui prácticamente llorando. Definitivamente no lo recomendaría, hay mejores tiendas de kebabs con un buen servicio al cliente en este distrito de Liverpool.

La comida es decente, pero la chica que toma tu pedido es tan grosera que cada vez que voy a la tienda NUNCA sonríe. Te ve como si fueras un pedazo de SH * T y generalmente te hace sentir incómodo. El kebab de pollo es bastante decente, pero si no fuera por el kebab, la miserable Martha ya me habría desanimado.

Entré en la tienda para hacer un pedido, esperé afuera (debido al covid 19) y pedí salsa de chile dulce en mi kebab y dijeron que lo harían, tomo el autobús a casa y luego miro para ver que básicamente no hay nada allí y simplemente sabe a ensalada de menta. No estoy nada feliz porque no se consumirá.

Tengo dos orden dosComidas como no lo hacenA grandes solo venden porciones pequeñas de tamaño infantil en el pollo en el kebabPorción muy pequeña de ensalada,He estado yendo aquí durante años, fue el mejor kebab de Liverpool en un momento, pero los nuevos propietarios lo han arruinado.Latas de coca siempre muy y caliente arruina la comida pequeñaEspero que el propietario vea esto y haga cambios pronto.

All staff were really rude from talking to them over the phone to collecting are food terrible service which is a shame as I have visited many times before in the past and the staff (different people) were always lovely

He estado yendo aquí durante años, pero desde los nuevos propietarios, el precio sigue subiendo y las porciones se reducen. Un kebab de pollo es como 4/5 piezas ahora y un Donner Kebab es como comprar uno pequeño. . . no está recibiendo lo que pagó y siente que me están robando ahora. Los dueños anteriores eran amables y amables, y las raciones eran buenas ahora, los 2 toros que empacan su comida parecen comer la mitad de su comida antes de que entre en la caja. No volveré aquí de nuevo. . .

Had 2 piece chicken and chips . Chicken was very dry and chips were soggy... shouldn't of realy ate it thinking back . Within a few hours I vomited it all back up and was vomiting and couldn't get off the toilet for about 6 hours afterwards . 1st and last visit

Después de comer muchos kebabs de Friends en Smithdown Road, pensé que mi familia probaría Friends Pizza con la misma calidad. Lamentablemente fue todo lo contrario, pedimos 2 pizzas para compartir junto con papas con queso el sábado pasado. Mi pizza de pepperoni parecía una pizza de queso, no pude ver ningún pepperoni ni pude ver ningún tomate en la base, resultó que la pizza tenía una capa masiva de queso, luego algunas rodajas de pepperoni y luego otra capa masiva de queso sin tomate en la base, la pizza solo sabía a queso que el pepperoni no había cocinado en absoluto, por lo que no había sabor infundido de pepperoni en la pizza. La 2ª pizza era igual de mala y de nuevo sabía a queso solo como sin salsa de tomate en la base de la pizza. Soy reacio a probar el kebab Friends en caso de que ahora se sirva la misma mala calidad de la comida. Las peores pizzas que me han servido.

Waited for about half hour against my better judgement. I ended up with cucumber in my kebab which my wife knows I hate. I love what they do, but after that I don't think it's worth it.

Estos son, de lejos, los mejores kebabs de Liverpool. El pan naan especial también es increíble y hay una amplia gama de ensaladas y salsas para elegir. No hacen entregas ni pedidos telefónicos, por lo que siempre hay una cola cuando llegas, pero tienen mucho personal y la comida bien vale la pena la espera.

He estado yendo aquí durante varios años, bajo propietarios anteriores, la calidad y el precio era muy bueno. Sin embargo, desde los nuevos propietarios, la calidad sigue siendo muy buena, pero el precio comenzó a aumentar, recientemente comenzó a llenarse primero de ensalada y luego de carne minimalista, de ahí un aumento oculto de los precios debido a la menor cantidad de carne incluida.

Pedí un kebab de pollo y un kebab de kofte para que la señora y yo pudiéramos ir por la mitad y nos dieran un poco de cada uno.Cuando llegamos a casa y abrí los cartones para repartir la carne, pensé, ¿dónde está el pollo?Era tan pequeño que le di a la esposa TODO el kebab de pollo y la mitad del kofte. Aunque mi esposa pensó que solo tenía la mitad del kebab, comentó lo pequeña que era (la mitad). Calculo que era aproximadamente la mitad de un filete de pollo medio.Ahora mira, despojar a la gente de su dinero duramente ganado no está encendido, está bien, me tienes esta vez, pero ahora es asunto mío dejar que todos los que conozco EVITEN esta estafa a la tienda de kebabs.

Sí, el pan Naan sigue siendo muy bueno, pero no puedo ayudar a sentirse decepcionado con la carne y la ensalada. No tan bueno como solía ser hace unos años. No podía entender una palabra que el servidor estaba diciendo. El lugar está impecablemente limpio. Aún así, puedo ayudar a sentirse decepcionado. Dicen que hacen los mejores kebabs de Liverpool, creo que The Botan es mejor personalmente.

I’ve been meaning to try here for ages based on recommendations and finally did tonight. We ordered 2 mixed meat kebabs which consisted of chicken,lamb and donner meat with salad on a very large special Naan, and comes with a choice of either Garlic Mayonnaise, Chilli or Tahini Sauce.

The naan bread for the kebab is the only reason I go it’s amazing, the girl on the till can be abit snotty sometimes and she talks so low I can’t hear her along with the staff acting strange sometimes but I think the food is amazing

I have been to this takeaway couple of times and it was great once upon a time. However, after trying them out after few months, I have been dismayed. Not only has the quality and service gone down but I had to drive back as part of the food was missing! Their landline number doesn't work as I tried contacting them to report. I had to drive back and show them the food and explain what transpired. The gave me the missing nan. By the time arrived home again food was cold. And, the quantity has dramatically gone down too. Truly poor service! Never again!

"The Best Kebabs in Liverpool."

Below is the copy of my google review...please be warned if you give a honest negative review you may get accused of being a lier!!

I’ve been here a few times now and since it’s changed hands the new owners really do take the proverbial. I’ve noticed that when ordering a mixed kebab they always seem to pack it out with donner meat - don’t get me wrong I do like little once in a while but not at the expense of being ripped off by being given skinny portions of the other meats. Today we ordered the special (gone up in price by at least 25%) and was disgusted to see when I got home it contained at least 60% donner, burnt kofta and what can only be described as the scrag ends of chicken and lamb. To add insult to injury the nan bread was cold too however how do you complain - the number on the internet does not work and who can then be bothered driving another 15 minutes back to the shop - they don’t look the type who’d give good customer service. I keep promising myself that I’ll never go back however today was the last straw and it really is never again - a complete rip off business that doesn’t think twice about fleecing their customers hard earned cash.

Walked into the shop tonight and it was unusually empty. Placed my order with the girl serving, 2 of the mixed kebabs. Noticed that the price had increased, but not bothered as always had great food and service.

I have been here twice now after being recommended this by my son who is at uni and is popular with students. The place has a 5 star hygiene rating and is run very well, food is amazing the naan is made fresh in a oven while you wait, for 50p more they coat the naan with garlic & butter mmmmm. All ingredients are so fresh including all the salad, the meat was so tender and you could tell it was fresh. Best kebab takeaway I have ever tried! Open till midnight which is a bonus.