The Skewer in Islington

Fast and genuinely warm service. The chicken and lamb cubes were perfectly soft—yes, even the lamb, and we’re famously picky. No old sheep vibes here. The homemade sauces, courtesy of the mum whooshing around, added that perfect homely touch. Professional yet personal and at a fair price. We’ll be back.

I takeaway lamb donor for iftar, but unfortunately, it was not very good, and the service was very poor.

Really good Kebabs, an actual proper Lamb Doner unlike the countless processed rubber meat all around London. Authentic Turkish food and the boss man is a nice guy

The best food in this area 👍🏻👍🏻

I highly recommend this restaurant

Amazing food and amazing service, they literally couldn't have done more for us

the lamb doner and chilli sauce is top notch

Excellent mixed doner after a day at the pub. Great service and a homely atmosphere. Highly recommend, the kebab was huge as well

This place is my new favourite. Firstly they followed my notes to perfection. The food was fresh and not oily or over salty. Perfect. Love the quality and the presentation. I’ll Only will be ordering from here from now on.

Very good freshly made food. Homemade lentil soup and sauces were excellent. Meat cooked perfectly. Special note for the absence of cooking smells in the seating area

Great shop serving a top falafel

Great food and even better hospitality. A bright light in this dark city that I'll definitely be returning to.

Delicious quality food and very friendly staff I like everything I tried so far but especially I would recommend the get rice pudding!

Friendly staff and absolutely delicious food. Can't wait to go back!

Good quality food. Delicious and great value

Lovely Mediterranean restaurant offering kebabs and grilled meat with friendly staff and delicious cuisine. Impeccable cooking of the meat nice and fresh salad offered on the side and competitive prices. Although its simple appearance it can be a nice way to have a quick but great meal.

the best food ive ever tasted in my whole life!

For a large lamb doner, portion’s weren’t too generous but tasted great. Decenttttt

A very professional looking outfit that delivers excellent food quickly and with care. Squeaky clean in the restaurant, these people definitely care about their business and customers. Verdict: it cooks as good as it looks

I must say, i had an extraordinary experience at this restaurant ! The food was absolutely delicious, with every dish packed with authentic flavors. The portion sizes were generous, and the quality of the food was truly awesome. The staff were incredibly welcoming and attentive, making us feel right at home. The ambiance of the restaurant was warm and inviting, perfectly complementing the delightful meal. From the rich aroma to textures of the food, It was a feast for all the senses ! I wholeheartedly recommend this place to anyone looking for an exceptional dining experience.

First time food excellent staff friendly Would definitely recommend and go back

Best lambchops in Caledonian road

Delicious food, great friendly staff and large portions. Would recommend to anyone looking for a tasty filling plate.

Visited with uni friends. We had a great feast, taken care of by GG and his family. The platter and sides were all very tasty 👌🏼. Will visit again, as it's only a stones throw away from King's Cross.

We were a large group eating on a busy Saturday evening, but the service and food were both great. We had two large family platters and this was plentiful for 16 of us. I would highly recommend this restaurant for good quality food at reasonable prices for London. The service was exceptional. We took a cake for a celebration and they were happy to cut and serve to us. Thank you for a great service!

Great food, excellent service and a very friendly atmosphere.

Everything was great. Thank you.

Got a lunch to take away today - my first visit. Struck me as very clean and the food was delicious. Nice guy who runs it, I'll definitely come back again soon, thanks!

Big up G.G 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Love @Kimbo Best service ever

Absolutely delicious meal at this family-run restaurant. I will definitely travel across London to eat here again.

Lovely family restaurant serving meals using the freshest produce. Charming and attentive staff. We had the Lamb Kofta, the wings and the Iskender. See you again soon!

Friendly service, very welcoming. Food was very tasty and fresh. Great chilli sauce, nice and spicy. Guys were great with my order, everything was easy. Place was spacious and very clean

Great kebab, wonderful service!

Great food and host was super friendly and hospitable.

Gg was a wonderful host, very attentive with exceptional service! The food was cooked perfectly, juicy and seasoned well. A must try for late nights! Definitely try this spot! Chicken and lamb kabobs were amazing, and the halumi was delicious.

Fantastic food and customer service from GG and family. I enjoyed my mixed combo with delicious chicken and lamb. Visiting from NY to celebrate our cousin’s 40th birthday, and the food was a great first meal in London!

The Skewer was fantastic, great food and GG provided amazing service! Recommend the mixed shish, halloumi and the chips were great!!

Great food & Super friendly staff!

The food was excellent. Very good portion size we really enjoyed the food as a family. Thank you.

The Skewer restaurant offers an unforgettable Turkish dining experience. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, setting the stage for exceptional food. The service is friendly and attentive, making you feel right at home. Whether you're a fan of Turkish cuisine or new to it, The Skewer delivers rich flavors and a welcoming environment that guarantees a memorable meal. P.S - GG is the BEST!

Just had the halloumi wrap for lunch and wow - it might be the best I’ve ever had. So good. The service was super fast too, and everything was fresh and delicious. Highly recommend!

Best kebabs in Islington. Fresh produce, well packaged, great service. Nothing too much trouble. My go-to place for my kebab every time. Thank you the skewer your the best.

First time in London and found this place while walking in the streets! The food was 10/10! Best lamb I’ve eaten in a long time!

Can't miss The Skewer! Tasty and perfect service.

The best Kebab & Doner place in London. A must try!!

Food was delicous and worth the money. Will be our regular from now on!

Lamb Shish is amazing. Great people, great service.

This is our favourite local restaurant. The Lamb Shish with rice and salad is perfection. My partner and I always come back here for the quality & service. This place is the one ✨

I came to eat lunch with my partner where we ordered the Skewer Special for us to share, the service was quick and efficient. The food was beautiful, fresh and delicious, £50 and I can say it’s 100% worth It’s money with how much came in the platter and has now become my go to place if I’m craving Turkish food!

delicious food with good portion, and very friendly service here. The staff are very helpful, and provide free hot milk to our youngest child. The skewers are so tasty with a pleasant scent, really a treasure hidden in the city!

This was one the best chicken sheesh in London, I Defoe recommend. Friendly staff, great prices and clean restaurant. One of my fav places.

Smallest portion for a very large price. The kebab meat was half of what you would get in another restaurant.

Definitely one of the best hummus we ever had. The lamb shish skewers were perfectly cooked and matched with Efes Beer. We shared a large one and were full. Service was fantastic. The owners helped us order and were very kind and accomodating

It was my first time here I have seen it Many times passing going to and work I’m so glad I went a tried it as tried many Turkish but this one was so nice I went for the family Meal and extra salad. The meal fed 5 adults easy and some left over I swapped my chips for rice which was nice touch. From start to finish the service was absolutely amazing the guys behind the counter Ali I’m sure I caught his name right at every stage of the making process asking me how Many adults to make sure he offered enough food and in the end more than enough some for lunch the next day. Overal they guys there were absolutely amazing and food fresh and nice I will be going back which is always a good Sign when the whole family all agreed it’s their monthly takeaway. I will Also pop In there for lunch as it was very nice indeed. Thanks guys I will be back very soon.

We're visiting London and after reading great reviews, we decided to try The Skewer and we're very happy that we did. We thoroughly enjoyed the Lamb and Chicken Skewers served with rice or with chips and a delicious side salad of cucumber, red onion, tomato and red cabbage. The generous skewers were seasoned and cooked to perfection. We were very pleased. It is a family-owned restaurant and is run with a lot of heart, soul and pride. GG will make you feel at home and could not have been more attentive. If I was lucky enough to live close by, I would be eating here all the time. Thank you for a great meal!

Amazing food. Really tasty and filling! Had the mixed lamb and chicken donner with chips. Vibe was great as well with such a welcoming service provided by all the staff in there. Will definitely drop by again. Cheers!

Super food, service. Will definitely come back

Wonderful service and food. Best restaurant on Caledonian!

We went for a stroll and felt compelled to check it out. We were instantly SHOCKED and INSPIRED by the diverse menus, the very welcoming (and funny) staff who seemed to maintain a healthy workplace dynamic, with all there private jokes and interactions with other local residents and other restaurants goers. My falafels were perfectly round

Honestly one of the best places ive ever gone to have kebab

Really good Turkish cafe. Chicken and lamb doners are really good. The staff is super friendly, and makes you feel like you're at home ☺️

Amazing experience & really good service. Nice, fun & carrying people that made everything feel like home.

Honestly the food and prices are not bad but they are not true to their words. On the weekend. I was gonna order chicken doner on rice and the large guy with buzz cut and long beard was just talking too much, trying to convince me to spend more. At last he said “I’ll make you a big plate for £13 brother” and on top of that he said “go get a drink also brother”. Ofc as anyone would have though, I thought the drink was included to the price. After the meal he charged me for drink too!! On top of that, when I asked for white rice, he kept sayin he got a “special rice” showing me basic bulgur (which was in a small container and seemed like left overs) and trying to make me go for it. Please don’t act like your customers are stupid, trying to charge more or acting like you got “special rice”. Even though I liked the place a lot, the guy just ruined it for me as he acted like a basic scammer in bazaar, talking too much and trying to force me to buy things calling them “special” and insisting on going large with every order.

Great food restaurant run by my old friend Ali lovely family run business will defo come again and have been telling all my family and friends to try xx

The cuisine at Skewer restaurant is absolutely delightful. Every dish is bursting with flavor and is made with the freshest ingredients. The side salad is a perfect complement to the main meal, and it's just as outstandingly fresh as everything else. If you're looking for a fantastic dining experience, I highly suggest visiting Skewer restaurant.

Will be definitely going there again. Clean, modern and very attentive staff. Food is also really nice.

We had our midnight snack here and got adana kebap with rice and another order with a wrap. We also got milk rice pudding. Tastes amazing.

The food is DELICIOUS! Made with love by a touching and amazing Turkish family who makes you feel home instantly. I can highly recommend the lentil soup, I have never had such a tasty and nourishing one! The Halloumi falafel wrap is also a full meal in itself! I will miss this place for sure! With love, your neighbors

Great customer service and nice food… Very welcoming place. Ate couple times during trip from the US

This blew us away. Amazing kebab. Absolutely delicious. And the owner was serving and he made us hugely welcome. It makes all the difference. Wholly, hugely, enormously recommended. Perfect finish to our brilliant night out, old friends catching up.

Delish good and very kind service. 10/10 recommend

The best food, the best staff and overall great atmosphere. So happy this is my local!!! Visit the Skewer

Fantastic atmosphere! The most amazing food and GG was a pleasure

SO SO GOOD! get the lamb chops, you will not be disappointed!

Best food in Islington very nice and welcoming people really nice eating environment 5star allday long

Today was my 2nd visit, with my first being in Autumn last year. Although it was not too busy with it being a Sunday evening, the atmosphere to sit down and eat is a pleasant one. The owners son remembered me from last time. It's little things like this and the free dips and pitta that make the visit. The food is great, and I cleared my plate. I'll definitely be going back when I am next in the area and recommend it to anyone, my colleagues or friends who are nearby.

Hello. I checked at the hotel reception but we told they didn’t receive any delivery. But the app reads delivered. Didn’t know how else to contact and followup on the order. Kindly assist

Ordered a lovely lamb shish in regular and regretted not getting the large after the first bite. Heavenly food, great service and a cozy atmosphere. Will deffo be back when I return to London!

Amazing Turkish fresh grill, perfectly seasoned. Generous serving of lentil soup, mildly spiced as tradition recommends. Average prices, friendly staff. Unfortunately bulgur rice was not ready yet when I visited at midday but there will be chance to try that next time.

Such great service and food in the area! Take away or have in. And honest people who found my I pods for me and kept them while I was away. Can’t recommend enough! The hummus and chicken Shish were great!

The kebab meat was terrible fatty and nasty. The salad was old. Never going to order from this place again.

A great reason to move to the surroundings of cally road, this place is going to be one of the best places to sit in the sun with amazing food

Best food I’ve had in a while 10/10 experience and food

Best food ever Service was amazing and friendly

Me and my friends came here staff were very nice and the food was amazing I would definitely recommend must try 10/10

fabulous Kebabs, very tasty. The menu could do with some work as it seems a bit jumbled up, not in order. and would be nice to have a small version of donna meat and chips, the large one is to big for me and I end up wasting half of it.

Amazing service, they were really nice. Great food. Top tier.

Wonderful discovery! Family business, warm welcome, the whole team at your service. We simply enjoyed ourselves ;) Make your own experience and above all ask for the Efes with the mother's specialty for the aperitif...

Excellent food and serives. Very friendly family business.

This place has been here under new management and new name for 18 months (so I’m told). It’s so so much better than the previous place. Lovely staff, feels like a family run restaurant and boy do they work hard. Pretty busy when we came at the weekend but didn’t have to wait long for service. We had usual stuff : Iskender kebab, shish lamb, plus a delicious Kleftico and potatoes. They also serve char grilled sea bass & bream. They have a licence so we had Efes lager and reasonably priced wine. Try it, it’s a great local asset and doesn’t charge stupid prices for mediocrity which is commonplace today. Good luck to the management - you deserve success.

The people are so nice, the food is so delicious. I recommended the sheep stick. You will not regret to come here!

Very good service and decent food. Loved the homemade sauces which had unique flavours.

Very friendly staff, the food is amazing. lamb shish and various other dishes are delicious. Good value for money

Really lovely informal Turkish restaurant. Down from Manchester for a few days, we were looking for somewhere to eat on the Caledonian Road on a rainy night in January. Looked through the window and saw good food being eaten by wise people. Went in and the owner and his son made us really welcome. The grilled chicken kebabs were delicious and the salads and sauces freshly made by the owner and his wife. Went back to our hotel with a portion of their home-made rice pudding, which - in all honesty - was the best ever!

Amazing family owned business, excellent food, very clean, good prices.

A very welcoming atmosphere with fantastic food

The food really is as good as they say. Chicken wings were delightful, chicken skewers tender, the lamb chops and cubes dune just right. The meat plate came on a pile of rice with side of chips. Salad, pita bread and sauces perfect complements. Perfect meal for the family!

Best Turkish restaurant I've been in London and I've lived here for 9 years

APPAULING QUALITY! I ordered a large mixed donor in pitta bread which i recieved just lamb donor, with chips and a halep kebab which on the menu states is minced meat and recieved the same lamb donor meat in a sauce. Called the restaurant and they sent someone with the right order. Lamb donor meat was dry and absolutely horrid. Very cheap quality. Chicken donor was dry and a sharp thin bone found while eating. Halep also bad quality, Small bone also found. We threw away. wont order again.

Nice staff 👍 great tasting food 👌