The Camel Restaurant and Shisha Lounge in Plymouth

best place to eat in Plymouth by far

Got here just before closing time. Only came for food, appreciate that they could have closed the doors to separate from the shisha section. The food was really good and the service

We as a class barber boys go there regularly, Delicious food Nice shisha flavour Good atmosphere Definitely recommend them 5/5

I was convinced to come here by my friend and I was really glad I was. At first I thought this place just did shisha and not food but I was very wrong. Not only did they do food and drink but it was top notch. I had a guava juice, my mate had Turkish tea and we both thought it was lovely, fresh and authentic. The service and hospitality we received too was as you would expect in a middle eastern establishment and very friendly and welcoming. We both ordered the mixed kebab with rice and it also came with a lovely dressed salad. The dish only cost £10 and for this, the amount of food you got was great. It was just right. Plus it was all super freshly cooked and tasty. I can definitely see this being one of our places to come and have a bite.

The location is comfortable and has many options

The food is amazing, very tasty, big portions for the money. The atmosphere and the copes are so cool. The staff are so friendly and welcoming.

Best food and best shisha in Plymouth.

Very nice hookah , all my wishes and tastes are taken into order , light and rich hookah, relaxed atmosphere, if you want to relax, my recommendations !

I came here to visit my best friend who I haven’t seen for ages. This place is honestly amazing, it has the best atmosphere and the safe are very attentive and kind. I highly recommend coming here to relax and have an enjoyable time.

You are very welcome only if you are going to buy a CHICHA, Pure discrimination and disgusting customer service. Think twice before spending your money at this place.

You are unwelcome if you aren't going to order Shisha (Hubbly Bubbly)

The best place for food and vibes in Plymouth, and one of the best shisha places I've ever been. The food is amazing and affordable. The shisha is amazing even for frequent shisha smokers (try anything with mint if you're not sure - strawberry and mint or grape and mint) . The staff are welcoming and friendly. The atmosphere is second to none and amazing for groups, solos and couples. Highly recommended all year round, especially if you're in the south west and missing the vibes of your culture.

Favourite shisha place with great food. Good flavour selection for the shisha and you can also mix flavours. The food is all homemade traditional Eastern dishes. Relaxing atmosphere, great staff, couldn't recommend more

Great experience. Favourite food, very underrated. Atmosphere is always the best. Best time to come are after 8. A place everyone should go once

Nice place. Good food. Food there is mostly Egyptian.

Worse shisha!!!!! Cheating the customers with the wrong flavour and it doesn't taste nothing like a proper shisha. The shop manager is the worse person I ever spoke and doesn't know how to treat his customers. AVOID THIS PLACE AND DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

Brilliant place, nice people and amazing food 😋

Always come down to relax after work with friends or have some food after the gym. The staff are friendly, welcoming and accommodating. The food, for the money especially, is on another level. Superb place.

Customer service very poor. Food bland no taste and over cooked. to top things off, we just about to leave they accused us for damaging the leaflet which is replaceable and he got very very aggressive.

Visited for the first time tonight, it was a fabulous little gem in the back streets of Plymouth that did not disappoint. Beautiful, tasty dishes which were great to share with a party of friends and smoking the Shisha (bubbly pipe as I call it) was a fun added extra. Great place to chill, and the gentleman were friendly and welcoming. Very reasonable prices for well cooked, authentic food, meat fell apart, delicious!!! Felt like we were in a different country. We will be going back again and again 😋😁

Great food, great shisha and great service with friendly staff

I Love it here ... plain honest care and courtesy.

Had the mixed kebab and rice with the half chicken. Flavourful kebabs and buttery rice along with tasty chicken. Good portion sizes too. Unfortunately no biryani available on the day we went but would like to try that next time. We finished the meal with some tea and shisha which was very nice also.

Non authentic food. Good place to chill..

Good food good price and ended it with lemon and ginger tea while the other half had a shisha

Did not eat in there as they had run out of rice. The menu looked OK. Shisha bar outside but as they left door open the restaurant area was very smelly.

Service was amazing and they really went out of their way for us .. would have preferred more variety on food but nevertheless the food we did have was amazing

Amazing atmosphere with excellent staff

Loved the space gave the authentic hookah cafe feeling , though its a bit on the pricey side.

Really nice place,nice staff& atmosphere.

The Camel always delivers. Good atmosphere still despite Covid measures. Relaxed feeling with good music and friendly people. Nice to chill alone or with friends.

First time for me, such a great experience! Staff were so friendly and helpful, plus the food was amazing! Not the best pic, the food was too good to wait for a proper pic!

Food was excellent & the staff were delightful.

Excellent fresh food. Special Shisha

basic clean surroundings but the food is outstanding plentiful and inexpensive. well worth a trip

One of the worst shisha i had in the UK. rude people and dont bring the flavour you asked for. when you tell them it is not what you asked for they start arguing. i dont recommend it dont go and waste your time and money.

Almorcé con mi familia y tengo que decir que el servicio y la comida eran buenas, sabrosas y buenas porciones. .

Este lugar es increíble, es muy bueno para relajarse. Personal amable y excelente comida y la mejor shisha.

Zona abierta del camello. Grupos que usan shisha y otros que comen y beben, pero la mayoría también mira fútbol en la televisión. Un poco tranquilo y la mayoría de los estudiantes han abandonado los pasillos circundantes para el verano.

Unfriendly, dark, cold, dirty, very slow service and rude staff!

Aburrido, sin atmósfera, oscuro, sin música, personal grosero, y los shishas tienen un sabor asqueroso, definitivamente no volveremos.

It's a very nice place great shisha good food very nice and friendly staff li liked everything about it.

Amazing food, and the Turkish Coffee is incredible. Lovely atmosphere. Deffo highly recommended.

Nice and totally different experience. Food and people

Great venue, delicious homemade food and nice people around

Amazing find lovely people lovely food

Excellent and friendly service, great food, A++

Good atmosphere, friendly staff. It's a favourite hang out for me and my friends.

Only place to get proper shisha in town 👌

First time there, LOVELY HIGHLEY RECOMMENDED,

The drinks were good, and it stays open late.. however it only accepts cash

Best Arabic food in the whole UK

Delicious food, good service. Would definitely recommend. Hope to visit again before going home

Bad customer service. The lady worker work on counter is very rood and miss behaver badly. Need to get training on the customer service. I recommend to all who going there don’t waste u r time and money to go there.

Delicious food, especially do try Orange Juice.

This is a great place for shisha and a quick bite to eat. The restaurant is clean and comfortable. The staff are very welcoming and polite.

I came here with a pal for a bite to eat. We had a shisha first then sat down to eat. We both ordered the mixed shish kebab. The food was excellent. The meats are very well cooked and are served with an excellent sauce. We ended the meal with another shisha. There are a great choice of flavours for them. Really good value for everything that we got. Definitely somewhere worth going off the beaten track to find. I'll most definitely return.

Great service, best shish in town

Great place to hang out, go every time I go down to Plymouth, very friendly and accommodating staff and atmosphere.

lovely place for food and chill with a shisha. lovely experience.

Visited Friday about 4 pm so restaurant was exceptionally quiet(we were the only two customers) . We were greeted warmly and that's where the warmth stopped! The restaurant was freezing the owner/employee did put on the only radiator in the restaurant but to no avail. The food was nice and hot! We had chicken kebab and rice,but was disappointed in the hummus as it was rather bland. Staff were friendly and efficient but sadly would not return as was too cold and did not enjoy eating in my coat.

Nice food and stuff as well!!!!!!!

Best Arabean restuarant in Plymoth.

The place is very well decorated, and the food is very tasty. you can feel the Arabian scent all over the restaurant.The Shisha is very good as well, when I was there they didn't have the flavor I like, but they tried their best to give me a good mix to compensate, and it was very good.

Worst shisha lounge I've ever been to

Amazing food, tasty tea, great atmosphere and service.

Not the greatest toke one can have. But there wasn't any other nearby lounges so you don't have much of a choice. There also isn't much seating space, I'd say it can hold around 20 people. I didn't actually go there for food so don't really have any comments on restaurant part of this lounge.

Es un poco como el cruce hacia un universo paralelo realmente. Un momento estás en una calle trasera en Plymouth, el siguiente en Egipto. . .La encontramos por casualidad y fueron atraídos por la deliciosa huele, tentado por el tentador menú y luego tuvimos nuestras expectativas bastante superada cuando la visitamos.Creo que como alimentos de oriente medio y las costumbres, pero si no entonces el camello es una experiencia esencial de comedor.La comida era excelente. Sabroso, suculento, aromático, abundante, caliente y muy bien servida. No esperes demasiado en el camino de adornos y exuberante decoración, este lugar es la buena comida y compañía.Tuvimos una comida agradable con el tipo de agua mineral y café que cabe esperar en Egipto. Todos en bancos cómodos con el ocasional fragancia de shisha.El personal era amable, acogedor y muy servicial a la hora de explicar algunos de los elementos de menú que no estábamos familiarizados con.El único inconveniente fue que cuando nos teníamos que marchar, paso de la puerta y entrar en nuestro universo de nuevo. De alguna manera parecía un poco plana después de una experiencia encantadora. . .

Worst shisha lounge I have ever been too in all of UK. Difficult to find, even to find parking. Atmosphere for a Friday night was dead, shisha had hardly any taste, do not blow out the head when changing the coal, and to top it off.. they don't even use proper coal, instead is barbeque coal. Will never return or recommend to anyone. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!

Nice place to do shisha. Good selection of flavours, good hygiene and free mouth tips. Decent food selection. Check it out for a chilled evening

Fuimos allí un par de noches atrás para shisha. Sabor sandía ordenados, y cambiaron la carboncillos 3 veces y no cobran por ello. Una shisha aquí por £8 - 10, según orden de usted. Ambiente muy agradable y sin duda volveré.

Great staff!! Very good service !! Wish food was as good as service And staff :/ Overall food rating. Ok

Make sure you have a enough time to enjoy the experience. The place will take you away to another culture and you can enjoy meeting friends in a lovely atmosphere. The food quality is good, specially the Egyptian and Moroccan dishes.

That was in the Eid it was great. It's really amazing place I'm not saying that because I'm working there but all people come to us said the same

Primera vez aquí por la comida y no me decepcionó, mi marido estaba un poco nerviosa cuando me sugirió aquí pero disfrutamos muchísimo! El restaurante estaba completamente impecable, que siempre es un buen comienzo, el personal era amable y la comida era simplemente increíble! Muchos sabores diferentes, tamaño y porciones decentes era tan barato. Sin duda lo recomiendo y volveré!

I ordered steamed lamb with rice and Okra, my wife ordered a Moroccan Tajin and it was very tasty, my kids ordered shish kebab with rice and cooked potatoes with tomato sauce it tasted wonderful, then the shisha and the tea was perfect with very friendly service... I believe everyone must try it.

Antes que comience, este no es un examen de la shisha lounge en sí que parece ser bastante bien recibidas en el centro de la ciudad con muchos un patrón cada vez que pase por. Esto es solamente una revisión del restaurante del camello. He...

Nos gusta este tipo de comida. El Camel es muy diferente de Nawroz en Stonehouse. Ambos tienen sus ventajas. Creo que el camello es bueno para un evento, preferiblemente antes de la reserva pero que Nawroz es bueno para día inmediata bocadillos y comida para...

Not like Al farid in exeter but the best shisha place in Plymouth visited 5 times so far and everytime the shisha has been good with real charcoal.

The owner is impolite, rude and the food not good at all even the shesha was so bad and the owner didn't look to us while taking to him and he was very rude

ile make this quick as theres not much to say, bland food, all food is heated in microwave and the nan is just chopped shop bought tortilla wraps. the shakes tasted like protein shakes, the lamb was old and over cooked. will not eat again.

As a keen lover of Middle Eastern food, i was utterly dissapointed by Camel, Its possibly the worst middle eastern food I've ever sampled. The lamb was over cooked, the flat breads was just shop bought, and not the fresh homemade baked nan you come to expect from a middle eastern restaurant. The chicken was boiled, and tough, and had no spices. Baba ganouj was also shop bought and not homemade, I could tell this due to the strong artificial taste of preservatives. I don't know how you can get this so wrong. Lacked good quality ingredients, and knowledge of middle eastern food. The only redeeming factor was the shisha lounge which was very pleasant, however the whole experience was a dissapointment. The lack of music and lighting in the restaurant made for a dismal culinary experience.

Love this place, there is not many places around Plymouth like it, although this is the best.The flavors are awesome and very tasty.If you have never tried it before I would strongly recommend it as this is like you would get in Egypt.

The shisha choice is very wide and they use real charcoal which is a rarity in shish cafés now a days. The food is traditional Arabic, cooked well and filling. Staff are friendly and welcoming. Highly recommend.

I was really searching for a place to smoke shisha in plymouth.I read the reviews of other 'trip advisors' I must say it was very very accurate and helpful.Shisha was greatService was greatAnd food was clean and fresh.Limited veg options though

Yes it is mostly males but it has considerable character and the selection of food is very good. Not just for eating but clusters of folk gather in the sheltered outside area with the kit. Friendly. The initial notion that there might be an uncomfortable cultural edge is wrong. It's friendly and welcoming.

This is a good example of this genre which is now becoming competitive and more available in Plymouth. We use Nawroz in Stonehouse and have been once to Mesopotamia on Western Approavh. Afro Caribbean Pot in the pannier market is a good snack bar. Have enjoyed the Camel three times with friends including a Lebanese mate who teaches in Plymouth. I like the tasty range of food here, the service and the increasingly relaxed space where we can linger before and after the meal. If you feel tempted then get a group together. It's difficult to describe but culturally it's very different from most places in Plymouth and although I would not feel at any risk I think that the Camel, as with Nawroz is somewhere an single female would fit in better if with friends.

This place is great; great people, great atmosphere and you can loose yourself for hours. First time my hubby had tried a Shisha and he loved it. Would highly recommend.

Good service and warm welcome. Nice place to watch football with friends. Prices are reasonable and staff are friendly

This is one of the best kept secrets in Plymouth. The food is excellent, it is quiet, it serves great shisha and it is a lovely place to sit and while away an afternoon with friends rather than going to a bar.

Excellent tasty food. Take a look at the new website. I went with North African friends from the university. All very hospitable but I was the only female present and wondered whether culturally women just don't use this kind of restaurant. Nothing mysoginistic and nothing untoward done towards me but I just wondered whether I had been politely tolerated. Despite all that, the food here was very good indeed.

A very genuine sort of place that is not far removed from restaurants I have come across in the Middle East and North Africa. The food is good, straightforward and inexpensive. And try washing it down with the freshly squeezed lemon and mint long drink. You can be sure of a real welcome here and it is one of my first choices for eating in Plymouth.

Come here semi-regularly with my family when they're in the area. Food is fantastic, probably among the best I've ever had, and that includes food cooked by friends of the family who've lived in Jordan for years!Service is fast, friendly and polite, but don't expect the usual attentive western service - the staff are usually found watching the football and smoking shisha! They will however welcome you in and seat you. Once one of the staff overheard us talking about baklava, realised he had none, and walked to the local world food shop to buy us some, which he gave us after the meal at no charge! Needless to say we left a large tip.The food is standard middle eastern fare, lots of lamb, chicken and spices. Expect huge portions, if you have a small appetite a wrap would be a good idea, or perhaps share a main with someone else. Fantastic flavours, better than much of the food I've eaten on two holidays to Istanbul, and reasonable value as well. No alcohol is served, but there's a large selection of UK and foreign soft drinks. I recommend the fruit/malt drinks ('Barbican apple' is a favourite) and mint tea with a little sugar. The Turkish coffee with cardamom is also phenomenal and the best I've ever had, and I know how to make it at home to my tastes!Atmosphere is variable. Lunch can feel a little dead, usually with few or no other customers. Dinner is usually accompanied by a full house in the covered shisha area and a handful of diners, things are light hearted and sometimes a little noisy, especially with groups of inebriated students walking past later in the evening.One thing to try if you're so inclined is the Shisha. Shredded tobacco, fruit and molasses mixed together and set in a bowl, then vapourised by hot coals and drawn through water. An interesting and somewhat tasty experience. Probably a good idea not to mix with the coffee due to the potency of both.Opening hours are 12pm-12am last I checked, which makes it a good last-stop before a night out, or pit-stop for coffee and baklava on the way home from a concert or the theatre.

Great atmosphere, traditional and authentic too. Can't wait to come back.

We walked up here from QAB/Barbican. It's just north of Ebrington St. The guys on the next pontoon recommended it. We were here early evening. We had a selection of lamb dishes and enjoyed them. Only about ten others there so maybe this was a quiet time but very friendly. Didn't dabble with the Shisha but others did. Easy going place.

Such a nice restaurant. You must try the Kebab sandwich. It is one of the best. I really like it. Once you finished eating, you have to try the Shisha its one of the best in the south west.

This is different from most places in Plymouth apart maybe from Nawroz in Stonehouse. This is more open operates more like a western restaurant, although the ambience and spirit is very North African and Middle Eastern. You can see the look of the place as you walk or drive by. It is close to the heart of Studentland on the ground floor of what looks to be an accommodation block. Outside is a largish area under cover where there are larger or smaller groups of men sit playing cards and smoking from the Shisha pipes. You can eat out there, but probably not at this time of year. We went inside early evening in a group of eight with a mate who had spent a year in Jordan and another four in Lebanon. He was able to take us through the large menu and explain how things were cooked and what combinations went together. Without him we would probably have been lost and not known what we would like. Maybe half of the food was well outside my experience. We had a good meal and enjoyed it. Probably came to about £22 a head. Would go back, but best with mates, didn't feel right for a couple or singles.

Came once to the previous business on this site. One good experience and one poor. The place has been completely revamped and the feel of the business is very different. Quite a few middle eastern patrons inside the dining room and outside under cover where the Shisha pipes are mostly used. As to the food, there is a good range of both hot and cold starters and mains. We enjoyed the shawarma and fattoush followed by tashreeb and kafta. While we were eating a group of students called to collect a mixed selection of sandwiches and wraps. We also saw on the menu that for £150 and two days notice you can have a whole sheep with rice and nuts! We had baglawa and ice cream deserts. We had a good time but when we go back we will try to get up a group of six or more. We came here without much knowledge but had a good evening. If you have doubts and are close by you might want to pick up a menu. You will see the competitive prices. There seems to be no website yet. Maybe the management could do something about that and perhaps they or the regulars could put some photos on this listing?