Independent places for kebabs and shawarma in Harehills
10 independent businesses we've checked. None is part of a chain or franchise, and none paid to be listed.
This list follows what each place's own page says it is or offers, not a category we chose. If we're not sure a place fits, we leave it out.
- Updated 8 November 2026
- Next check due March 2027
All 10, alphabetically
The order is not a ranking: nobody can pay to be on this list, or to be higher up it. How we check
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A K Shawarma
Takeaway · Grocer · Harehills
A K Shawarma is a Middle Eastern takeaway at 317 Harehills Lane, LS9. Companies House shows AK Shawarma Ltd incorporated on 29 October 2025 and registered under the classification for take-away food shops and mobile food stands. Shadan Mahdi Ahmed is the sole director and the only person with significant control, holding 75 per cent or more of the shares and voting rights. The delivery menu is built around lamb and chicken shawarma, with falafel and halloumi grill boxes, rice boxes, pizzas, fatayer and calzones. Uber Eats lists the shop under Turkish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean. The Food Standards Agency holds it on the register as a retailer rather than a takeaway, and its inspection of 21 January 2026 produced a hygiene rating of 3 out of 5.
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Ali's Shawarma & Pizzas
Takeaway · Harehills
Ali's Shawarma & Pizzas is a takeaway at 140 Roundhay Road, LS8. Companies House shows Ali's Shawarma and Pizza's Ltd incorporated on 5 September 2025 and registered at the shop address, with Ayesha Rani as sole director and the only person with significant control, holding 75 per cent or more of the shares and voting rights. The menu is split between shawarma and doner kebab, pizzas, burgers and wrap meals, with starters, sides, milkshakes and desserts alongside. The Food Standards Agency records the business as a takeaway and sandwich shop and inspected it on 5 January 2026, awarding a hygiene rating of 3 out of 5. Just Eat currently lists the shop as collection only, with delivery suspended for want of couriers.
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Baghdad Shawarma
Restaurant · Harehills
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Faheems Biryanis
Takeaway · Harehills
Faheems Biryanis is a takeaway at 307 Roundhay Road in Harehills. Its Uber Eats menu centres on Hyderabadi dum biryanis, with chicken, lamb, vegetable and egg versions, and also lists chicken mandi, lamb nihari, tikka and kebab starters, Hyderabadi desserts and a kids' meal. It was rated 4, good, at its last food hygiene inspection in February 2025.
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Leeds Shawarma
Restaurant · Harehills
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Leeds Top Pizza
Takeaway · Harehills
Leeds Top Pizza is a pizza and kebab takeaway at 244 Roundhay Road, LS8. Companies House shows Leeds Top Pizza Ltd incorporated on 27 November 2025 and registered at the shop address, under the classification for take-away food shops. Tareq Latifi is the sole director and the only person with significant control, recorded as holding between 50 and 75 per cent of the voting rights. The menu covers pizzas and nine-inch calzones, burgers, kebabs, wraps, fish meals, chips, salads and rice dishes, with kids' meals, desserts, ice cream and milkshakes alongside, and a run of meal deals and combo boxes. Listed items include a Roundhay Special pizza, a tandoori chicken calzone and lamb shish kebab with rice.
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Rajas Pizza
Takeaway · Harehills
Rajas Pizza is a takeaway at 248 Roundhay Road in Harehills, LS8. Its website lists pizzas, kebabs, burgers and samosas, along with paninis, wrap meals, chicken parmesans, rolls, dips, desserts and garlic bread. It was rated 3, generally satisfactory, at its last food hygiene inspection in September 2025.
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Shai Nan Kebab
Takeaway · Harehills
Shai Nan Kebab is a takeaway at 234-236 Roundhay Road, LS8, serving Pakistani food and kebabs. The name has been trading at the address for well over a decade — reviews of it were being published in 2013 — while the current company, Shai Nan Kebab Ltd, was incorporated in August 2024. Diwan Ali is its sole serving director and gives the shop as his correspondence address. The halal directory Zabihah records that a halal sign is displayed on the premises and that the food served is certified halal. Leeds City Council inspected the shop in February 2025 and gave it a food hygiene rating of 5 out of 5, the top score, with "Good" marks across hygienic food handling, cleanliness of facilities and management of food safety.
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Sultan Kebab House
Restaurant · Harehills
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Zm Zm Bakery
Bakery · Grocer · Harehills
Zm Zm Bakery is a bakery and hot-food counter at 50 Harehills Road, LS8. It sells bread, pastries and baklava alongside shawarma and falafel sandwiches, samosas, bhajis, savoury pastries and naan, and reviewers report most items priced between £1 and £4 and the shop taking cash only. Listings give its hours as 9am to 8pm from Monday to Saturday and 9am to 7.30pm on Sunday. The name has been trading at the address since at least 2024, when Leeds City Council inspected it and gave it a food hygiene rating of 4 out of 5; the present company, Zm Zm Bakery Ltd, was incorporated in January 2026, with Nawzad Talib Ali as its sole director and holder of 75 per cent or more of the shares. It holds 4.4 out of 5 from 641 reviews on Sluurpy and 4.1 out of 5 from 14 on Tripadvisor.
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