Sen BBQ in Cardiff

You can no longer bring your own wine or beer which used to be possible. No alcoholic beverages are allowed now, a change of policy which acts as a bit of a disincentive. But the food is very fresh and very nice.

Properly decent bit of Turkish grub in West Cardiff. Reasonably priced too. The wraps are great. And the shish is better than the shawarma. I like to go once every few weeks, and I'm yet to have a bad meal, sitting in or taking away.

The food was excellent and the owner was very kind and hospitable! We will definitely visit you again when we next visit Cardiff!

A little gem that undersells itself. From the look of the counter, I thought it was going to be a good takeaway kebab - what looked like a better quality range of meat and salad, real Turkish. Then I realised there were tables at the back. It’s simple, basic food, in a basic setting - but really good. If I knew how the place worked, I’d have gone for a table meal. Locals are lucky to have this place.

Ordered the Mix Platter (£35) Sen BBQ used to be one of the best grill places in Cardiff. Seems like there must be new owners, the food was 3/10 and that is being overly generous. All of the meat was completely dry and flavourless!!!

my first doner kebab since the 90’s we live just off Cowbridge Road so are grandly spoiled by leisure catering which means we’re going to leverage our pounds and get great value this mixed chicken and lamb doner was nine quid with all the trimmings takeaway it weighs as much as a newborn it is Very delicious I’ve put the LARGE sabatier knife where I’ve eaten to so far and I was properly hungry I am stuffed and these guys have put a solid catering marker down that’s a very good return on nine quid 🏆

We used to love sen BBQ.. was BYOB but not anymore unfortunately. Arrived today, and was refused tap water, insisted paying for bottled water. This is illegal. We left immediately and won’t be returning.

The only place I go for a real kebab . I always have a mixed lamb/chicken shawarma wrap

We are regulars and love the food and hospitality here. 5*

Excellent place and the food test is outstanding. The BBG Chef was a nice person and had a lovely chat about his recipe. Highly recommended place.

A very welcoming place where you can eat fresh and delicious food, the owner is very friendly and helpful. Always a pleasure to go and try the food. The service is top notch 100% recommendable.

I got up from the table to go pay, I still had food and juice on the table, when I returned to the table, where is the food, where is the drink? Horrible service!! Miserables

Food was superb ,friendly staff and great price we had carryout and got tea while we waited will be back asap.

The lamb shawarma is amazing every time!!!

Best food in canton and possibly Cardiff

great food, always enjoy the chicken shish been coming here for years and they never fail me , definitely recommend if you like middle eastern food

Delicious food, friendly staff and Turkish tea seemingly on tap. Great place.

Bangla people dont know how to do meat related food. Grills, etc are something they have no idea about.

had takeout, great portion sizes, sauces, and kebabs were lovely.

Absolutely delicious as always and great value. The complimentary Turkish tea was a treat. Highly recommended.

First time eating here and absolutely loved it. Once i ordered, the owner came to check to make sure i understand that the food I ordered was spicy, i assured him and asked for fresh chillies as well 😄 i really enjoyed my meal and the service was really excellent. Was offered extra bread and hot tea after my meal. Would definitely recommend for anyone looking for a great Turkish meal. And I'll be back, whenever I'm around Cardiff .

Very poor service. For a first timer in their shop. After being spoken to like a Arrived back at my digs. The lamb in the tray burnt. Ended up leaving half of it. For £10.50. I’d go elsewhere totally not worth the money

Great kebabs that are always cooked well and are really flavoursome. All the sides are also really good and homemade. Fast service when we’ve sat in and reasonable prices.

Place looked old and dated and not very clean.. definitely not what I expected for the price, can't eeally say that the food tasted of anything.. lamb was burnt and over done.. more salad than chips..service was pretty poor .. definitely better available in Cardiff if you're looking for that authentic Turkish experience..

Me and a few mates go here most Wednesday evenings for a check in and a good shish kebab.. Best chilli sauce around, and always good kebab and Turkish tea

Gone downhill. Used to be good with previous owner now the food standard of quality has dropped. Just paid over £30 for some lamb and chicken shawarma and it was awful and inedible. The meat was so dry and tough like rubber had to throw it away. Shame

Second visit was quite disappointing. Not sure if I'll go back.

Clean, friendly and casual dining establishment that serve simple but quality food cooked to a very high standard. Staff hard working and professional.

Always fabulous food and service, whether eat in or takeaway. Great value too. Highly recommend.

I’ve been going to Sen for many years. In recent years the prices have gone up but with cost of living it’s understandable. I’ve never had a bad meal at Sen and the customer service is always friendly and you are welcome with a smile. Decor isn’t the most stunning but the food more than makes up for it.

Management was not treating their staff with respect when we have visited with a group of friends. The staff worked really hard, was friendly and helpful each time. Shawarma had only a small amount of meat buried in chips and salad and the place has no alcohol to buy.

No meat at all plenty of bread though meat content is disgusting walk down the road twice TFW food for half the price Zen BBQ rip off !!

Got the order wrong and was slow. Expensive for the quality 9f food and service

Great kebab shop - also happy to give you tea whilst you wait.

I think Sen BBQ might have recently changed hands. The portions tend to be more salad than anything else and the staff don't look as happy as they used to. We went on Friday and a tall man serving was at best, odd. We didn't get food poisoning or anything like that, but just a shame a great place has gone downhill :(

No organisation in kitchen and staff were arguing with each other constantly. Very long wait for a wrap but it did taste decent

Since the 2 main guys have gone shocking! Food is alway banging but ordered by phone and said 15 minutes, 50 minutes after call was made food nowhere to be seen and kept saying won't be long, so left to go somewhere else, not a clue between them

We just had takeway once and it was not a good experience. First calling in the order was a chore - for some reason they did not understand the word hummus so after some back and forth we had to skip that. The chicken shish wraps were not flavourful at all. It was big but very bland and expensive (I think almost £10) . We also did not get salad or bread with the orders which was apparently complimentary. Sorry not for us.

45 minutes I waited for this inside the shop no delivery absolute shambles of a shop an moaned wen I asked for garlic sauce embarassed me in front of customers cos I asked for sauce an he said he put it on the kebab £15 this cost an the man is rude !!! Il never come bk cheeky !!! City road all day long !!! No customer service an talkin rude to me til I said and then u said it’s a joke cos people ask for stuff after payin I asked for extra jalapeño cos there mini an u gave 1 then asked if I wanted chilli only to give me a different chilli than usual ruined my food on purpose sad man!!!

Superb fresh food, reasonably priced and friendly. From the outside it looks like most other takeaways but step through to the back and it's a cosy restaurant. Always busy which says a lot. Recommended.

Lovely staff, had to wait for 2 people in our party and they allowed us to change to a bigger table with no fuss. Lovely food had the mixed platter with half and half(rice/chips), which was delicious. Nice and quiet when we went in around 5ish but picked up, decor could be updated but nice atmosphere all the same.

Id highly recommend the food here, both take away and sit down is a fab experience.

Meat is so fresh and place is so clean. This cardiff sen bbq is so much better than the newport one. The newport one is no longer what it used to be.

Use to be best in Cardiff now gone down Hill big time different staff every day clue less apart from a guy in glasses which i dont see very often any more (shame) never again!!! U just lost regular customer guys!!

excellent service. food was very good

Popped in on the half chance..had a lovely meal..First class service

We’ve been given a table right away, no waiting was needed. Our lovely waitress took our order as soon as we were ready, bringing us tea while waiting. The food was delicious nothing to complain about it.

Fantastic restaurant. Authentic Turkish food. Reasonable price . I had chicken shish, lamb shish bbq. It was yum. Their home made buttery bread, chilly sauce is too good. Turkish tea in the end was complementary and good

Best Turkish food I’ve had in wales so far. Highly recommend. Fresh tea on arrival, meat being cooked in an open kitchen and served for us to taste while we waited for our order and the owner is a diamond! Wouldn’t go anywhere else in the city.

Love it here. Food is always good.

Tasty food, reasonable prices. Very busy for a Sunday evening but efficient, polite staff managed well.

Love this place. Best shawarma wraps in the area and the homemade chilli sauce just is the cherry on the spicy cake.

Tasty food and gentle service, out of the touristic part of the city. Great option of Turkish food in Cardiff

Order 2 wraps 1 chips and A can of drink £22.50 wow Couldn’t even get the order right for two wraps wrongs and was 10 staff going around just shouting and not having a clue what they was doing and getting all the customer orders wrong clearly no management in place

Will be visiting regularly, says it all !!!!

Tasty as always. Haven't been disappointed the last 3 times.

Good food, friendly staff, good price!

I went to this place today and the service was so bad, also I ordered and my food came in seconds almost like they cooked it in a microwave and gave it, they also charged me £10 for a small chicken swarma I could literally count the peices of chicken and there was bearly any rice, to make it even worse I found peices of long hair in the food definitely won't be going here ever again that's for sure! 😡

The original SEN BBQ. Food is on point everytime. Good menu, excellent customer service and everything is HALAL. A MUST GO PLACE 5*

£8 for a small wrap kebab. Dry meat, not much salad most red onions. Massive disappointment. Never come again

Even vegans know that Sen BBQ is the best kebab in Cardiff.

The food was excellent. Great place for the family.

Always quality food from here and the portions are great.

Omg couldn’t recommend this place enough. Delicious large halloumi wrap for a good price, filled with salad and sauce. The staff are so friendly and welcoming and even gave us a free rice pudding! Will definitely be returning

Rip off price, stingy portions, food was dry. Not going back to this dried up mean place

I've had takeaway from here a few times now, and the food has been consistently excellent - best kofte kebab I've ever had hands down, and the chicken shish is good too. Not only that, but the service is friendly, and mint tea while you wait is a lovely touch. It may be a touch more expensive than the average kebab shop and miss the convenience of being available on delivery apps, but this place is good enough that it's worth making the trip!

Very good experience, tasty food with very polite atmosphere. Yes I can honestly recommend SEN grill

It pains me to write this review because for many years I have been a regular customer of Sen BBQ, but tonight I experienced what can only be described as daylight robbery. I ordered one large chicken shish wrap , one large lamb shish wrap and one portion of chips with cheese. It cost me £28 and when I challenged the price I was told that they had put their prices up recently so the price was correct. When I checked the price on their menu it was clear that I was overcharged by £4. As much as I love the food from Sen BBQ I will not be going back there now because the price on the menu was less than what I was charged. I feel really disappointed after being a regular customer for some time, not so much about the price rise which I can accept, but more about the fact that the price I paid was 20 % more than what was quoted on the current menu. My advice to anyone is to definitely check the price properly before you pay.

Really fantastic, fresh food. Great friendly staff. Excellent value for money

Best kofte I have eaten (and I’ve eaten a lot). Will be returning often. Excellent quality food and good value. Great service. What’s not to like!

Amazing grill, appetisers and deserts! Overall great experience and enjoyed every single bit to the fullest. Highly recommend it to anyone that appreciates genuine Turkish cuisine!!

Great experience, well looked after. Great wraps.

Probably the best restaurant we visited in Cardiff. The food was excellent! Decently priced, large portions, fresh and very tasty! Went with my family and we had a fantastic time. Please visit if you're near Cardiff and looking for great tasting halal food

Up til now take aways have been about curry or pizza for me and I love them both, but am not always in the mood. And then someone told me about Sen BBQ. What a wonderful place. You can eat in and it looks lush in there, but my favourite thing is to get a take away - succulent meat, rice and salad and garlic sauce and the owner's home made chilli sauce. Absolutely delicious. It is always jam-packed, so you need to be prepared to wait, but it's worth it. The ideal take away for me on a Friday night - absolutely delicious, and healthy too! The kids love it cos they can have the same meat but in a wrap with chips.

As always, absolutely the best Turkish food around. Eyvallah!

Food superb staff so friendly and polite nothing too much trouble well done

Fantastic lamb shish with our extra kimchi! Even more perfect. Thanks guys!

A brilliant restaurant and amazing food I recommend there bbq platter it has everything thing on it great pricing and good service amazing restaurant I hope I will be back soon

Just moved into the area and had takeaway, will be going back again and again! I had the kofta and chips and my partner had the mixed shish. They were so delicious and very generous portions! 10/10

Delicious lamb shawarma in an unpretentious setting

Absolutely love this restaurant. staff are brilliant and very welcoming and the food and service are amazing always 👌👌👌👍👍👍

im very upset I have not been here before, amazing food and lovely staff 10/10

The best shawarma wrap in cardiff

Food is tasty but the portions are getting smaller ordered a large mixed shish wrap and is now smaller than the small used to be pitty 5 bites and finished for a £10 will stick to other places I'm afraid

The food is excellent . Very friendly staff and they offer you a nice turkish tea while waiting. The food preparation area and the floors are always sparkling clean. I have become a regular customer and recommend this place highly. Saeed

1st time going there and what a welcome, got offered Turkish tea not really a tea drinker but I'd drink alot more. I had a mixed kebab wrap which was probably the freshest food I've had in canton. Definitely worth being the first takeaway to think of if your eating out!!💯

Collection service today. As always this place is top quality when it comes to food and service. Always a great meal and never paying a touch more than the typical as the quality is there!! See you again soon guys

Best £43 i'v spent! First time ordering for myself and my family, we all had chicken shish with rice and chips, meat was very tender, rice and chips tasted great too! I rang up and ordered over the phone and the gentleman who answered was very polite and friendly! Definitely recommend! Will buy again!

Better then I have eaten in Brighton, Portsmouth and London.

As ever, good food,friendly staff, and you can take your own drink ....what could be better? 👍

Delicious traditional food made quickly and efficiently by lovely men, no complaints at all after many years eating there.

Sen bbq is one of the best kebab shops i have ever been too. The food is impeccable, the staf are amazing and the prices are extremely competitive. No wonder people come from all over Cardiff to get their food!

One of the best Turkish restaurants in Cardiff. A friend recommended this to me and it did not disappoint! The chicken and lamb shawarma was delicious and the sauces were really nice. Will definitely be going back again!

Very good Customer service and nice food

Great selection of food especially the homemade chilly sauce!! Sit down or take away.. Try the traditional tea very refreshing.

Amazing chicken Shish wrap! Tastes amazing, great value for money and Sen BBQ even provide a Turkish tea for whist you wait! Keep up the great work guys!

Absolutely delicious best Turkish restaurant in Cardiff highly recommended and bonus you can take your own drink. Friendly staff.

One of the best kebabs in Cardiff. I've visited several times for takeaway and once to eat in. The shawarma is fantastic and highly recommended. When eating in I had the platter. Insanely good value for the amount of food you get. The staff are lovely as well. Very hard working and committed to their work. They'll offer you a tea while you wait as well.

Tomé una comida para llevar desde aquí después de una recomendación de amigos. Tenía una fuente. Pensé que era un poco caro en comparación con algunos otros que he tenido, pero definitivamente es de calidad y más que suficiente. Vale la pena el precio. Su pan casero es absolutamente delicioso. El único inconveniente es que no cumplen.

I bought a full bbq, the meat was good but I didnt like the sauce and sides which came along with it. The sauces were not good more like came out of bottles mass produced didnt compliment the bbq, the rice was of not good quality, it was hard and the bread tasted a little tough and stale.