Charcoal grill
Chelo Kabab Koobideh
Hand-minced lamb, pressed onto flat skewers and grilled over open charcoal. Served with saffron rice and a blistered tomato.
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Kilburn High Road · London · Since 2009
Persian fire,
London table.
Kebabs marinated overnight and grilled over open charcoal, stews that start at nine in the morning, and bread carried from the clay tanoor still blistering.
Our story
Born out of two
great passions.
Kish opened in 2009 out of a passion for excellent customer service and traditional Persian cuisine — and neither has been diluted since.
Meat comes from one halal butcher and is marinated overnight. Rice is washed, soaked and steamed until the tahdig forms a golden sheet. Bread is baked through service in a clay tanoor and carried to the table still blistering. Nothing that reaches the grill has ever been frozen.
Open charcoal Halal kitchen Vegan plates Open till 1 am
Signature dishes
The plates people come back for.
If it is your first visit, order from this list and you will understand the room.
Explore the menu
What we cook.
Mezze to open, charcoal down the middle, a stew pot that never comes off the heat, and rosewater at the end.
At the pass
“One chef stands at the charcoal for the whole service. That is the only reason a koobideh tastes the same on a quiet Tuesday and a full Saturday night.”
Head chef — Kilburn High Road
Find us
Two rooms, one grill.
Kilburn High Road and Queensway, Bayswater — both cooking the same carte.
Main branchKish Kilburn
Our original dining room, open since 2009. Charcoal grill at the front, clay tanoor at the back, and bread that never stops coming.
BranchKish Bayswater
A brighter, second room off Queensway with a pavement terrace — the same grill, the same recipes, a little more daylight.
Why Kish
Four things we will not change.
Fifteen years in, the shortcuts still have not been taken.
Open charcoal
Every skewer grilled to order over real charcoal — never a flat-top.
Clay tanoor
Bread baked through the service, carried to the table still blistering.
Halal & fresh
Butchered daily, marinated overnight, nothing frozen on the grill.
Since 2009
Fifteen years on Kilburn High Road, mostly serving the same families.
- 0+Years on the road
Serving Kilburn and beyond since 2009 — one kitchen, one standard.
- 0+Dishes on the menu
Mezze, kebabs, stews, seafood and sweets, all made in house.
- 0+Reviews
Consistently rated for portion, price and the bread.
- 0+London rooms
Kilburn High Road and Queensway, both with the same grill.
Set menus
Built for a table, priced for one.
Fixed-price boards for two, four or twenty — plus catering across London.
What is on
Music, Nowruz and the long table.
A handful of evenings a year when the room does something other than dinner.
14Aug
Live Persian Music Night
An evening of classical Persian music on tar and setar, paired with a saffron tasting menu.
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20Mar
Nowruz Celebration Dinner
Persian New Year, the haft-sin table, sabzi polow ba mahi and the whole room on its feet.
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05Sep
Saffron & Spice Cooking Class
Three hours in our kitchen learning rice, tahdig and one stew — then you eat what you made.
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Guests
What people say when they leave.
The koobideh is the benchmark. I have eaten Persian food across London and I keep coming back to Kilburn for this one plate.
Reza M.Google review
We booked the private room for eighteen people and they handled the whole evening without a hitch. The bread alone was worth it.
Hannah T.TripAdvisor
Generous portions, fair prices and staff who actually remember you. It has felt like this since 2009.
Daniel A.Google review
The gallery
Inside the rooms.
Tag us at @kishrestaurant and we will share it.
Stay in touch
Nowruz, Yalda and everything between.
One email a month at most — seasonal menus, event nights and the occasional table we hold back for subscribers.
Kilburn & Bayswater
Come and eat with us.
Walk in, book ahead, or have it delivered — the grill runs until midnight, seven days a week.