Restaurants in London

Neighbourhood kebab and grill takeaways, rather than central restaurants, make up most of the London list: nearly half are in south-east London — Woolwich and Plumstead, Lewisham, Sydenham, New Cross, the Old Kent Road — and around Croydon, with another group in east London between Whitechapel and Bow. Several south London shops double as fish-and-chip bars, among them Kozan in Sydenham and Alanya Kebab & Fish Chips in New Cross. A different cluster sits on and just off Edgware Road, where Kurdistan Restaurant, Sarchnar and AlMaskoof AlIraqi serve Kurdish and Iraqi food; their reviews often mention lentil soup, quzi and masgouf, the Iraqi grilled fish. Planet Kebab in Archway and Kebab House on Hackney Road list closing times between 3 and 5 AM. Other cuisines are few but distinctive: Basbaas serves Somali food in Woolwich, Taste Soul Good in Lewisham is a soul-food kitchen, and Grand Bazaar, just off Oxford Street, is a Turkish café that also serves breakfast.