Driving down Roundhay Road there would have to be something distinctive to stand out from all the…read moreother Take-away places contributing to light pollution on such a scale it would rival the Blackpool lights! Out steps Shai Nan Kebab! I have been coming here for Kebabs and take aways for at least 6 years and have never been dissapointed. Sadly, last year it was closed for a spell after a fire destroyed most of the inside yet the new place is bigger and better than ever. Most of the skewered kebabs are kept in the chiller fridge for you to salivate over, as well as a great selection of Pakoras/samosa/bahji's. There is nothing done to any of this food in secret- the kitchen is all open plan as well as the prep area so you can see the cleanliness of the food/utensils/staff/prep areas. The skewered kebabs are cooked fresh to order in the tandor so there is a bit of waiting for your order but hey, who doesn't appreciate a wait when you can get to see the life-cycle of the food you are going to eat. The chapatis/rotis/naans are all freshly rolled and cooked to order so again, no 'kept' food. The menu is quite accomodating for most tastes- kebabs/curries/chicken/burgers/fish/chicken portions and then a new selection of desserts and ice cream shakes. Personally, we usually go for the 'Shai Nan Special kebab' which @ £7.50 offers chicken, lamb,shish.donner and masses of salad all wrapped in a freshly griddled naan with lashings of chilli and yoghurt sauce! Definitely one to open the top button of the jeans for! The Mr and i popped by here Sunday eve and got a Lamb tikka naan and I just had a craving for the donner meat and chips- absolutely spot on for both. Even after a 20 min wait we were still happy. Like i said, there are a lot of Take away shops on this shopping parade yet I've never considered trying any of the others as Shai Nan has never let me down and with the regular staff, open-plan kitchen & prep area and a great reputation I can quite justify driving out of my way to go here as I'm guarenteed to get exactly what I want-without fail!

Picked this place over kfc what a mistake. Orderd a full…read moregrill chicken and a donner on naan the only thing fresh was the naan the rest they just popped in the microwave.cancelled and walked back upt o kfc

Definitely its students favorite one. 1/4 chicken plus fries taste good. The price is like 4…read morepounds. Anyway the cooking smell (soot) is a bit big. Again I really love the chips there its really tasty instead of over burnt

Charco's is yet another place by the university that shamelessly emulates a successful high street…read morechain restaurant. You have Mahmood's (McDonald's), Highway (Subway) and now Charco's - which undeniably takes its cue from the insanely popular Nando's. This is perhaps the most copyright-infringing imitation of all three - the same little chicken logo, the same flame-grilled chicken offerings, and the same system of offering a choice of 'side' or, in Charco's case, 'sideline' (chips, rice, wedges etc). The menu is basically the same as Nando's too - you can get a serving of wings, or a half or quarter chicken, or a chicken breast in a pitta, as well as salas and platters and the like. How does it measure up to Nando's? Well, the food is cheaper, the service is quicker, and it's never as busy as Nando's always seems to be. The food isn't quite as nice, but it's still good and offers somewhere nice to sit down for a meal near the university, which is quite a rarity. And top marks for plagiarism.

From the outside, Kebabish Original looks like any other greasy late-night takeaway. And to be…read morehonest, it looks a bit like that on the inside too. Head past the massive flame grill, however, and you'll find a neat little restaurant section towards the back, decked out in a surprisingly classy style. The food here is fantastically varied, from meaty mixed grills and sirloin steaks to curries, burgers and chips, making Kebabish a good stop if you've got a party with mixed tastes, although they may look at you strangely when you first lead them through the unpromising front door. With cheap prices - just two quid for a burger and around a fiver for a main course - they often get busy, so get here early to get a table, or stop by after the pub for a takeaway that's a cut above the usual greasy kebab.

My experience of Kebabish began pretty much in the same way as Aneila's, twas recommended by a…read morePakistani mate who suggested we should all go one afternoon, as she thought the food was really good, she and her sister visited, and they really liked it, and on that premise, we should like it too. Six of us rolled up one lazy Thursday afternoon, and upon reaching the front door, there was an exchange of glances and looking at our dear friend as if she was loco. Stepping through the doors didn't instil any further confidences, but when we were shown our table towards the back of the restaurant, a collective sigh was exhaled. Nice and clean, laid out, smart but not too fancy, we could finally relax and let the smell of the grill hit us. With a mixture of kebabs, curries, salads and sundries on our table it was nice to see what we were glad to have ordered and what we were jealous we hadn't. I had the tandoori, which was lovely, not too dry and really nice in the flavour dept, not too overpowering without being dry and dull. I faired better than some of my eat buddies, as one found her curry to be too greasy, and used a large portion of her naan soaking it up as to detract from the taste. Whilst everything was nice, and there was nothing hideously wrong with the food, it was just nice. Nothing outstanding, but a place I wouldn't object to returning to. I was disappointed at my friend for bigging it up so much, as I said, nice, but not worthy of going out of your way when there are plenty of Indian food eateries in and around the city centre.

I have to admit, I feel a little bit guilty about this review. Well, no, I don't - I still feel a…read morebit guilty about going to Chicko's. I tend not to do fast food. I eat rubbish, but not really fast rubbish. I was waiting for a bus on New Briggate, really hungry. And I caved. Chicko's was screaming 'chicken' AND 'pizza'. I wanted both. I wanted it then. NOW. I was so hungry, anything would have tasted good. Chicko's chicken-topped pizza didn't really, though. A big let down. Even if they have got burgers called 'skyscrapers'.

Terrible chemically or mechanically reformed processed "chicken". Not fit for human consumption.read more

This is one of the few takeaway establishments I have visited on more than one occasion, and during…read morethe day! It is refreshing to find good fast food that isn't a regular greasy pizza or dubious kebab. Instead, at The Dutch Pot, you can find quality West Indian food - curry goat, rice and peas, ginger beer, dumplings - probably because there is a large West Indian/Afro Caribbean community in Chapel Town. You can see large silver pots, the size of cauldrons, where the curry stews. In the past I have smiled sweetly and cheekily asked for a bit more curry and been given a top up for no extra charge. And, of course, its not expensive at all.

Having pretty much only had jerk chicken once or twice before, when I realised that Dutch Pot was…read moreon Just Eat I had to give 'em a go. Especially since there's so much good press here for them. In typical me style, I ordered a bit of everything from the menu... Let's be clear here: there were three of us, so it wasn't just me going crazy. The things I liked included: The festivals (breaded, fried, sweet dumpling type things), the jerk chicken (a large tub of marinated, fall-off-the-bone spicy chicken), and the taster of goat curry I had was delish. The mac and cheese was decent, but definitely not excellent, and the potato fritters were not my favourite. I did enjoy the plantains and dumplings, but I was expecting a pot of gravy to come with my meal (I specifically ordered jerk with gravy as I'm not a fan of dry food) and there was no such extra pot so I couldn't really eat much of those. I was also confused as I'd ordered extra dumplings on the side, and two of our meals were meant to come with them anyway, but we only had two in total... Not so great. I don't know if it's a case of the good press raising my expectations, or the fact we ordered so much we ended up with a muddled delivery, but I wasn't bowled over by these guys. I wasn't disappointed either, so it's a straight up a-ok from me. Would order again when the fancy takes me.

I've had Chinese food delivered from here a few times, mainly because, in spite of the multitude of…read moremenus that seem to be pushed through my letterbox every hour of the day, when I actually want a takeaway I can invariably only find one - New Hong Van has fulfilled this honour on a couple of occasions. The food did exactly what I wanted it to, providing me with my MSG fix for a few hours for a relatively reasonable sum, and the staff were perfectly pleasant, throwing in some free prawn crackers and drinks as all good takeaways should. A perfectly adequate stop for a Chinese takeaway, but nothing to write home about.

The food here is generally pretty good. What let's it down is it's organisation. I have been…read moreordering from here once a week for several years now and feel I'm going to have to venture elsewhere as they are forever getting the order wrong. This includes on multiple occasions relating to allergies. Just had salt n pepper chips that were quite obviously chips placed on top of the salt n pepper herbs in the hope I'd not notice. I'd b3 happier if the just gave me the chips and were honest about it or I could've waited for them to make the order right, but no! They have to deceive. Added to that front of house staff not particularly friendly and order is rarely ready when they say it will be. If this was my business they'd be some P45s flying around. Avoid if you have allergies, not worth the risk.

If you're looking for stodgy chip-butty (sandwich filled with chips to the southern folk) then this…read moreis your place. It seems to me to offer an odd combination of foods - fish and chips and fried chicken - but that's what it does. The staff don't always offer a smile with the food or even feign to remember who you are even if you do (as my mate did) go in every day for months because you're working round the corner.

Note: The rating isn't so much that the food wasn't good (it was good quality) more so that it…read morewasn't to my tastes... and the delivery took aaaaages. Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let me tell you about Island Grill. I've tried Caribbean food once before, from Dutch Pot, and wanted to give it another try somewhere new. I love jerk chicken (there's an amazing street food guy that had a stand at Belgrave once) and so I decided to dive in on Just Eat and grab a selection of bits. It's impressive that they've got a cool range of drinks -- that always endears me to a place if they serve more trad/interesting options beyond cola and the like. I ordered a regular aloe juice, because it's exciting and has aloe pieces in! (Very hydrating or what ever.) I also ordered fried chicken with rice and peas, a saltfish fritter, fried plantain, a fried dumpling, chips, callaloo, and sweet gravy -- I know, I'm a pig. Well, I'm not, actually; I just like to get a bit of everything to try. The total sum for all that was about £15 all told. And then I waited. A full hour after ordering I got a call from Island Grill's driver letting me know he'd be about 10 minutes. I appreciated the call since I was about to call myself, but there wasn't an explanation as to why it had taken so long. The delivery dude was nice, although he basically asked for a review straight away on Just Eat, and I'd not even tried the food and it was super late. Anyway, here's the lowdown: - The fried chicken was really nice, but would have benefitted from being much hotter -- I think if I'd had it on time it'd have been nicer. - The rice and peas was rice and kidney beans and I didn't much care for it. - The callaloo was hella salty, but I loved it, and it's really moreish. Plus, you don't feel so guilty that the rest of your plate is yellow-beige food with that on there. - The saltfish fritter was my favourite, but I couldn't taste much fish. It was like an awesome, salty, greasy pancake. - The plantain was nice, but not as tasty as I've had before. - The dumpling was ridiculously tasty, sweet, oily, and the perfect comfort food. - The sweet gravy was kind of like a sweet and sour sauce, but home made and went really well with the chicken and callaloo. Yum. And there it is! I think next time I need to try the curried goat or maybe a proper saltfish dish so I can get more of a feel for the cuisine! All of the above was really good but a little bit oily for my tastes. (Although I am a sucker for fried chicken.) Absolutely bulk up any order with a fritter though, as they're awesome. Update when I next try them!

Super friendly chef. Food is great!!…read more Plantains are amazing. Also get the jerk chicken with the gravy. You won't be sorry! Will frequent again next time I'm in town!

got food poisoning from either the burger or wings. only ordered from Uber eats for the 50% off…read moredeal and now I couldn't regret it more. spent 2 days being sick and visiting the men's extremely uncomfortably to say the least. I'm trying my best to be polite but honest, please please please avoid at all costs!! perhaps a 1 off but 1 too many for me after my horrific experience! looked the part but made me into a main character from a horror movie for 48hours. please avoid!

Great, quality service and food…read more I order on a semi-regular basis and I am impressed by the service. The food is always hot upon delivery and very tasty. You're sure to get a healthy meal as everything is grilled to perfection. I cannot highly recommend it enough.