Thick-cut fries drowned in a fondue sauce made from stout beer and Stilton cheese. This is the side dish that gets mentioned in almost every review of Le Bab. The sauce is rich, salty, and funky from the blue cheese, and the fries hold up under the weight of it. Reviewers consistently recommend ordering these to share alongside your kebab.
Tips from diners
One portion is enough for two people as a side. The fondue sauce is very rich — it is the same stout and Stilton blend used in the Dirty Bab kebab.
Free-range chicken grilled over charcoal and served with a piece of southern-fried crispy chicken skin on top for textural contrast. The wrap includes herb yoghurt, pickled red cabbage, cucumber and celery salsa, sweet chilli mayo, and fresh coriander. Reviewers on multiple platforms call this the best chicken kebab in London and point to the crispy skin as the detail that separates it from standard kebab shops.
Tips from diners
The crispy chicken skin on top is what makes this — don't mistake it for decoration and leave it behind. It adds crunch that the wrap needs.
Ask for extra chilli sauce on the side if you want more heat. The default build is flavourful but not spicy.
Lokma are small Turkish fried dough balls, here served warm alongside a smooth spiced chicken liver parfait. The combination of sweet, warm dough with rich, savoury parfait is unusual and gets called out by food blogs as a starter you should not skip. The parfait is silky and seasoned with Middle Eastern spices that complement the simplicity of the dough.
Tips from diners
This sounds odd but works — the sweet doughnut and savoury liver parfait combination is the table starter everyone fights over. Order one to share while deciding on mains.
The vegetarian option that reviewers say holds its own against the meat kebabs. Falafel made fresh in-house, wrapped with hummus, chimichurri (an unusual cross-cultural addition), vegan curry mayo, pickle relish, crispy onions, and mesclun leaves. The curry mayo is the surprise element — it adds a warmth that standard falafel wraps lack. Fully vegan.
Tips from diners
This is genuinely good, not an afterthought. The curry mayo does the heavy lifting flavour-wise. Pair it with the fondue fries for a full meal.
Lamb chump steak (a more tender cut than typical kebab lamb) grilled over charcoal and wrapped with burnt sumac onion, heritage tomatoes, cucumber, chilli sauce, garlic mayo, mache leaves, and guindillas peppers. The sumac onions carry a smoky tang that lifts the richness of the lamb. Reviewers note the lamb is cooked pink by default, which keeps it juicy rather than dry.
Tips from diners
The lamb comes pink, which is how it should be eaten. If you want it well-done, tell them — but you will lose the juiciness that makes this wrap work.
Charcoal-grilled sirloin (not the usual doner meat) served in a wrap with pickled cabbage, pickled cucumber, sweet chilli mayo, chilli sauce, crispy onions, and a rich fondue sauce. The fondue sauce is a stout and Stilton mix that reviewers consistently call out as the highlight. This is the kebab that people order when they want to understand what Le Bab does differently from a standard late-night spot.
Tips from diners
The fondue sauce is what makes this worth the price. It is a stout and Stilton cheese blend — rich and savoury. Ask for extra if you can.
Le Bab opened in 2015 on top of Kingly Court in Carnaby, started by chefs with fine-dining backgrounds who wanted to prove kebabs could use the same quality ingredients as a tasting menu. The charcoal grill runs all service, turning out kebabs made with free-range British meat and seasonal produce. Two locations now in Soho and Covent Garden, with the original Kingly Court spot still the flagship.
Book through OpenTable, especially for Friday and Saturday evenings. The top floor of Kingly Court is small and fills up fast. Weekday lunches are easier to walk into.
The restaurant is on the top floor of Kingly Court — enter from Carnaby Street and take the stairs or lift up. Easy to miss if you do not know Kingly Court has three floors of restaurants.
Expect to spend around £20-30 per person including a drink. The kebabs alone are filling, but sharing fondue fries and a starter makes a better meal for two.
Kitchen stays open until 10:30pm on Wednesday through Saturday, which makes it a solid late dinner option after Soho drinks. Sunday closes earlier at 9:30pm.
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