Kebab Mahal has fed the mosque, the university and the small hours from Nicolson Square since 1979, Ignite on Morrison Street has taken four Edinburgh titles from the trade body that judges them, and Memed on South Clerk Street won the Scottish kebab title outright in 2024. The curry house is a fixture in this city, and the late kebab is the other half of it.
The curry house and the late kebab.
The rooms, best first
- The Radhuniverified
The Kurzi Lamb is a whole leg butter filled and marinated in house for four people on two days' notice.
- Thamel Edinburghverified
Gaby Soutar scored the food 8 out of 10 and gave her headline to the GBP 14 village chicken curry over the GBP 23 scallops.
- Chennai's Marinaverified
Kothu parotta is the clearest Sri Lankan marker on a menu that won South Indian Restaurant of the Year in 2025.
- St Johns Curry Clubverified
The same federation named this Corstorphine counter among Scotland's best takeaways two years running.
- Igniteverified
The Asian Catering Federation has given this kitchen four Edinburgh titles, the last of them announced at the Scottish Parliament.
- Mother India's Cafeverified
Indian cooking comes in tapas sized plates, and Andy Hayler rated the haddock fish pakora highest of everything he ate here.
- Memed Barbecue Grill & Meze Barverified
Won Best Kebab House in Scotland in 2024, on a card that carries kusleme off the tenderloin and cop sis on a thin skewer.
- Kebab Mahalverified
Time Out calls this an Edinburgh legend since 1979, and the tandoor has served the mosque, the university and the late trade ever since.