Shish turkish restaurant in Tower Hamlets

I literally love this place. The meat is nice, tender, nice portions, and they accommodate my frequents swaps between rice and salad or chips lol. Thanks for the patience. Defo recommend

My favourite Turkish food place. I always order the shish special 2 platter via just eat. Food is great & always delivered on time.

wasn’t what I expected for dinner time could do with some improving

Very bad stuff Not good service

Full chicken always is very tasty.

This place used to be very good when it opened 10 years back. But now it’s kind of lost its charm. Food quality is gone down a bit, of course prices gone up for everything and the restaurant needs a very good clean.

Good food. Would be great if there were special offers for regular customers

I would give higher but the portions are ridiculously small. When I ordered take away, there was a huge container with 2 chickens and only a little bit rice. What the heck? So annoyed! They shouldnt charge so much for small meals.

Great service and food. The lamb burger and chicken meal was so delicious. May Allah bless your business with barakah.

Food is always on point thank you

I have ordered the shish special 2 and full chicken. Shish platter food was under cooked, rice was watery. Very disappointed.

Their homemade chicken shawarma is what everyone comes here for. Some days they’re sold out by 6pm. I’ve eaten homemade lamb & chicken shawarma off a rotating spit, in England, Scotland, Germany & Greece ( many islands & the mainland). But the best is this spot in Mile End. Best shawarma in London. Everything you’d hope for: mature men taking pride in what they make. Homemade hand layered secret spice rubbed chicken pieces. Chilli sauce that is so good I ask for 4 pots every time I go. For £8.50 (eat in or takeaway) you get sooo much meat, with rice or hot flatbread, large salad & 2 sauces. It’s enough to feed 2 hungry adults. The chicken is addictive with their secret spice blend and it’s so juicy. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but do yourself a favour and go here! Best bargain in London. £8.50 for a monster portion of killer food.

Decent place, only ordered as they had offers, better Turkish places to order from, need to compete with ur rivals, need to up your game

Food has always been good, however the past few times visiting here collecting food has always been an issue. I made an order for collection which should’ve taken 15 mins. I get to the shop thinking it’s going to be ready in 2-3 minutes. Next thing you know the guy on the till tells me they didn’t hear the order and then tells me the kitchen did not hear the order so they wil start on it straight away. So instead of me arriving at the place and waiting a few minutes to pick up the food, it took them half an hour for them to make my food. I have been attending this place over the years and only recently within the last 1.5 years there has always been a problem with this shop/restaurant. Don’t let the Cash only sign fool you as well, they take card too.

Food is nothing like before, Chops are gone very small and undercooked, considering the price on the meals. Salad is Not Turkish Salad, very poorly chopped Salad, overall small portion meal, 15 years I have been a customer to Shish and I am very disappointed with my recent order.

I used to love this place for its delicious Asian-influenced Turkish cuisine. However, since it was sold to a Caca, the quality has drastically declined. The food is now disgusting, the salad seems ancient, and the portions are much smaller. The place has become dirty, with stuff lying around everywhere. It’s sad to see it go downhill like this. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

I have fond memories of visiting this restaurant frequently in my youth, drawn in by the delicious food. Last week, I decided to revisit, but I was left disappointed with my meal. The chicken was dry, and the salad seemed to be lacking in quality, missing the pomegranate sauce that used to be a highlight. The Lamb shish was descent. While the service was decent, the chicken no longer had the tenderness and moisture I remembered. Additionally, they only accept cash payments.

Very good all around. Only complaint is that they did not put enough sauce on the full chicken like they normally do.

Very tasty food. Always consistent from this restaurant and very nice delivery drivers. Thank you!

Quality of the food has gone down hill massively. All 3 pots of the chilli sauces had gone off. The half chicken was bland and tasted not fresh. The shish was okay.

The food used to be quality, but recently, whenever we order from here, the rice is very plain, salad is too tangy and meat usually contain a lot of fats. Overall it is not cooked with the flavor and quality it used to contain. The next day I even became sick, which just shows the poor quality of the food. If you want Turkish, go anywhere apart from here...

Mix shish with rice, bread and salad. Food was pretty good. Rice was really nice though it didn’t taste like traditional Turkish rice. Service: service was ok, the man over the phone was a little impatient when taking the order and wrote down the wrong door number. My neighbours pointed delivery driver to my home.

Food was great, would of been happier if it was delivered closer to the deliver time as stated

Food was amazing. Perfect temperature and good portion sizes which were well worth the money. Thank you

Shish kabab in my mixed grill definitely was not fresh everything else was good

Everything was nice apart from the lamb chops, which smelled really funky, like they had gone off. I’ve never had lamb that smelled like that. Please use fresh meat, and more seasoning.

Been a long lasting customer (ever since it opened) and I'm still going there religiously. Half chicken meal extra spicy and the lamb burger meal are on point 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

The lamb chop was tiny and taste was awful and salad was really bad didn’t taste right

Food was good but extremely stingy portions, that was a huge disappointment money definitely wasn’t worth it for what we ate today.

Terrible customer service and food was not tasty or seasoned well. Dissapointed

Went cold, we had to reheat the food. But it was freezing cold

Ate very tasty. Fresh and versatile. Meat lovers and vegetarians will get their money's worth here. The service was great.

I don't receive my order .I call the restaurant they say food not ready. just eat text messages enjoy food. rubbish service

I would not recommend this restaurant! my food came over 2 hours late and it was for iftar, it came stone cold I was so disappointed it was my usual shop I get food from but now I would not buy from here again! Disgusting people who work there. I had bad tummy after eating that cold food I am a nursing mum too.

It was on time, proportions were OK and it and tasted nice, thank you 👍

Delivery was late. Food was cold. Really disappointed I even had to call to chase up order. As it said was delivered.

usual place never disappoints really happy with the portions and tasty

Me and my husband had food poisoning after eating the food from here.

Wonderful half chicken and rice. Great service and brilliant prices

Customer service is ridiculous. Staff are all rude and not fully trained. when I complained about the lady to a man in front about how doesn’t understand what I’m saying and can’t speak English properly after two phone conversations with her and doesn’t understand my order, and also doesn’t understand what is included in the £6 lunch menu, the man simply replied “no problem” rather than taking accountability and apologising. I’ve tried to order many times with this woman and asked what does £6 lunch menu consist of where she said it only includes lamb Adana. After speaking to the man, he said you can have a choice of Lamb Adana, chicken Adana, lamb cubes etc. clearly the staff are not fully trained. I also always get bread included in my meal, however, the last time I went, they said bread isn’t included. The man then said they will “never” give bread with the £6 lunch menu, even after telling him multiple times it happened, he denied it, constantly saying “that would never happen” rather than apologising saying “this must’ve been a mistake if you are saying it’s happened multiple times before, but we will give it to you anyway”. The staff are very defensive and unapologetic and lack accountability for their actions. They need to spend more time training their staff and having clear consise communication as well as working on their customer service skills. They also need to hire staff that speak good enough English to understand a customers order. I’ve spoken to this woman on two occasions and she still is shockingly stupid and untrained and doesn’t understand simple questions.

The food was excellent and the service was top notch. One of my nephews who was a baby threw a plate on the floor and they were really quick to say no need to clean it up, leave it will clean it and their was no extra charge. The atmosphere was really quite they could've added like a speaker and turn in music it was very quite and awkward. But it was still nice

This place is underrated. It has the best lamb ribs and chops in London, cooked perfectly and the seasoning it bang on. Not to forget the grilled chicken- trust me if you haven’t tried it you’re missing out in a local gem.

Cheap and nice food but there’s some staff don’t respect the costumers like they be so aloud when you be having your food . So I don’t recommend for dine in just take away .

Keep wanting payment in cash as they claim that their card machine is broken. Charged £1.50 for tea per person without notifying us when it is complimentary in turkish places. Avoid avoid.

I placed the order at 5.30pm for 8pm they were still late wasn't happy with my order there wasn't enough rice on my platters 4..day by day all there platter are getting smaller and less

I love shish they always deliver super friendly

Excellent as always. Happy new year!

Burger was fine but chips were dry and chewy, let down the meal tbh. Very difficult to eat.

It's always nice when you receive the food ahead of time when you choose ASAP. The food as always hot and fresh.

Meats like lamb chops and lahmachun smell off. Price is a bit lower but food quality is also lower. Salad is bone dry, yur suppose to add a couple spoon of olive oil to wet it and give that glazing finish.

I’m speechless it’s like food from heaven I mean the food was so tasty and fresh and the best Turkish food in the uk I hope I’ll come back in London and have food from here thank you for the amazing food

Food was cold,chips was extremely overcooked,test like cardboard,

Chicken shawarma was very chewy and dry. Portions was smaller than usual. Will try not to go back.

5 Stars if card payment is available. Currently cash only, and it's been like this since they opened. Food is decent and prices aren't bad either.

Food was not fresh, when I said it to the owner, he told me it’s because we’re closing up??? Like that’s supposed to justify the food tasting old. Simply don’t serve if you won’t provide fresh food. Used to be a regular not anymore, lost my custom

Food: 5/5 the mix grill Shish Special 3 was plenty for 3 adults and there was left over. The meat, chops, ribs and the chicken pieces were beautiful tender and tasty 😋. Service: 4/5 the waiter showed us the table, took the order and gave the glass for the drinks, gave the warm bread with condiments and forgot about the drink which we had to remind him and that was it, he left us in peace and not checking if we wanted anything else or not. Atmosphere: 3/5 the place was tidy but could have been much more pleasant in regards to the cleanliness and WC. Probably needs a fresh liquor of paint.

Been coming here for years. Finally decided to leave a review. Always good. Thank you. Keep it up.

Hairy chicken last 3 orders. Was a good place but gone down hill. Portions have reduced with the quality. Sad won’t be eating here anymore.

One of the meals was good, one was not what we ordered. My wife had a gluten allergy and couldn’t eat it. It was meant to be a chicken beyti. Instead it was something else maybe and Iskender.

The food was amazing the taste and spice was just enough. Amazing place for dining in and take out as well. Thank you to all the staff at shish

The food arrived early. Food was poor quality, very spicy (no spice option was available). Only one salad had red cabbage but was off the rest of the salad was mainly onions. Rice was warm but a little hard.

Portion of Lahmacun, 1 Pc was missing from the order

To be honest, I'm not happy about being charged £1 for a tiny pot of Garlic sauce! Little things like this spoil your reputation!...

Once upon a time, it was actually really good. Succulent burgers, flavoursome, and fresh. The burger was overly cooked and some of it was burned. The chips were old and refried. Adana was rice was okay.

I regularly get the half chicken meal and in all honestly the best grilled chicken in town! Surprisingly the prices are actually very good and I hope they keep the prices same! Highly recommend this place. Top food, great staff and very clean shop.

I liked their food it has a lovely fusion to it and a nice flavour, good portion size and a good variety. We had the wings and the lamb burger meals. However the restaurant itself is so sticky, needs a wipe down. Tables sticky walls dirty toilets have water all over the floor- I’d be too embarrassed to take any family and friends here because of the presentation of it. Takeaway here over a dine in.

Great food but if this is Turkish then I am Japanese.

The best place to eat Turkish in all LONDON. Excepcional taste , plates loaded with meat and rice. SimPLE THE BEST !!!

Nice little place in heart of mile end - tucked away downstairs is the main showdown

Excellent food and service, I had one piece of chicken shish missing but that's the first time this has happened.

Used to eat here all the time but recently my experiences here have been poor. The food doesn't taste as good as it used to but the prices have risen a lot. It's not seasoned as well as it used to be. The platters are tiny and if you don't ask for fresh chips, they'll give you old, stagnant chips. Their lamb burgers are also noticeably thinner and less juicy. It's just sad how far this place has fallen. It used to be really good but now it's average. Hopefully the owner sees this makes the necessary change.

Waiters are half sleeping, they us water no glass no spoons they need to be more alert like this other proper Turkish restaurants out there

Ordered the Shish Special 2. Delicious food, lovely colours, perfect amount for two people. I will definitely order from them again.

The food was delivered on time however the burger was too salty. Couldn't eat it.

They delivered the wrong food….

Not sure if this is an everyday practice but both the time I have been to the place they did not accept card payments, as they said their card machine isn't working so it's only cash cash The staff wasn't so friendly to answer either Food looked great, unfortunately I couldn't taste as I didn't carry cash

Very nice food I’ve been ordering food from Shish E3 for years now and they never cease to impress 👍🏼

There are rats in the restaraunt extremely disgusting!! I'm telling you I spotted three rats here !!

Turkish restaurant run by Bangladeshis. Ordered x4 ‘grilled’ chicken wings, x4 naga wings and rice. NEVER RETURNING again. - Very poor customer service (waiter looked like he didn’t know what he was doing and he nor the manager apologised for the oily ‘grilled’ wings. MISERABLE and UNPROFESSIONAL staff. - FOOD was poor quality: stiff chicken wings like they were leftovers from two days ago. Salad and naan bread was a nice touch though. - ATMOSPHERE: dinghy basement. Kitchen is in front of the tables so you can hear the noise. Overall, I had a terrible experience. Wouldn’t recommend coming here to anyone but maybe you’ll catch them on a good day and be fortunate unlike me and the other people.

I love Shish Turkish. Been my go-to Turkish place for years. This time, however, the meat was slightly on the pink side and not cooked properly (particularly the ribs). The food even arrived 30 mins earlier than expected. Please ensure that next time the meat is cooked thoroughly.

Amazing place for food and the staff are brilliant. Fantastic options for dishes and the quality of the food will get me coming again.

Great tasty food. Staff are not very friendly. They don't accept card payments which is very frustrating.

Although this is my local and we really love the food, however the food was delivered 45mins early when I specifically put down for 20:30hrs. What would happen if I wasn’t in? Please ensure you read the order!!

Adana Kofte was missing from the order

Good quality food and decent portion size. The Turkish bread and chilli sauce were fantastic, and the meats were juicy and moist.

I ordered so many times but today’s shish tasted very old. Also did not get the chips instead of rice.

Not so bad. Tried few times and was decent and reasonably priced

hate it took like 1 hour to come and my food came freezing cold normally its good but latley it aint going very well

The food was stone cold when it arrived. Will not be ordering from here again. Very disappointed

Food was good 👍 prompt delivery 🚚 even during iftar rush.

I ordered the food before at 7.07pm they accepted the order then messed about it almost5 mins to 9m they say the food is not made a total joke we was waiting for them to break our fast very unprofessional the guy hung up the phone

Went Shish for iftar during Ramadan, half chicken meal was great but food served early wrapped in cling film which is a downer. Otherwise full house and good food.

The food was extremely so dry even the rice. How is one suppose to eat this with kids. Wasted . Full chicken

We are normally very happy with the food and service which is why we order often from here. This time, the food came 1.5 hours after we ordered, it was all cold (like fridge cold!) when it arrived. The lamb was not thoroughly cooked which is no good for me as I’m pregnant. Meat was chewy. The chips tasted horrible, soggy and undercooked. We appreciate it’s Ramadan which can affect wait times but the quality of the food should not be so poor and no reason for it to be so cold.

Fantastic, tasty food as always.

Flavourful food, really attentive service, just a shame they don’t take card.

The food was horrible. The chicken was supposed to be spicy, it was just slapped with hot pepper paste (was sour). The food was supposed to be delivered 8:15-8:30, it came at 9:20. Tasteless. Not worthed.

I forgot why I stopped ordering from here… I don’t know if it’s authentic Turkish or not but whatever meat they use or what they put on their lamb shish and chicken wings is just horrible and tastes gone off. The meat was so pungent I took one bite of both meats and had to throw the whole meal away, it smelt off and did not taste charcoal grilled or seasoned with the traditional flavours. Not sure why there is oiley greasy sauce on the shish rice when it should be grilled. The portion sizes are tiny also. Complete waste of money wish I could get my money back but there’s not an appropriate option. I had to brush my teeth immediately to get rid of the taste huge disappointment. I don’t feel there is much good Turkish food in east ldn best to go north ldn or Lokma although pricer, the quality is great and it tastes authentic

I have waited 2 hours and still got no food . Rang them they said they are waiting for a driver . They should of just not took any orders if they cant deliver them

Extremely disappointed, yet again. We used to order from here frequently over the past 5 years, but the food has gone downhill. Ordered for Iftar recently and food must have been prepared and left for a long time as everything was stone cold by the time we broke fast. I can understand preparing in advance for the rush, but as I walked in, it was dead quiet. Not too sure what has happened to this place as it used to be a family favourite. Prior to Ramadan, we ordered food too and our go to was a Whole Grilled Chicken and rice with salad. Rice portions have become very stingy and is always tasting as if it’s more than a day old and chicken is flavourless. Unfortunately, we will not be returning.