Online ordering for kebab shops in Brighton and Hove

Updated 13 November 2026. This page reads the Food Standards Agency register as it stood on 13 November 2026. It covers the Brighton and Hove council area and names no business. For the area as a whole, see our Brighton and Hove page.

In short: Brighton and Hove has 17 premises with kebab or doner in the name on the FSA register, most in BN1 and BN2. A Brighton and Hove kebab shop can run its own ordering page with Chefzi: £9 to £49 a month per location (ex VAT), 0% commission ever, first month free with no card.

The register lists 17 premises in Brighton and Hove with "kebab", "kebap", "kabab", "kabob", "doner", "shawarma" or "shawerma" in the business name, 14 of them registered as takeaways and 3 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in BN1 (8), BN2 (5), BN3 (3), BN41 (1). That is 1.3% of the area's 1,270 takeaway, restaurant and café premises, against 1.7% across the UK, so the word is less common here than in the UK as a whole.

The word is less common here than nationally, so a kebab kitchen in Brighton and Hove may face fewer lookalikes on a delivery app than one in a bigger market, but customers still compare you with every other takeaway on the screen. Your own ordering page is the one place where no rival is listed beside you.

What the FSA register shows for Brighton and Hove kebab names

This is a name-keyword count, not a census. It only finds premises whose registered name includes one of those words, so it misses kebab shops with other names, and it counts anything with the word in it, whatever it sells. We look at takeaway and sandwich shop premises and at restaurant, café and canteen premises only, and we do not name any business.

Of the 17 with a numeric rating, 11 (65%) are rated 5 and 1 (6%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 79.9% of all rated takeaways in Brighton and Hove that hold a 5. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

Which postcode districts have the most

BN1 holds the most, 8 of the 17 (47%), and the premises sit across 4 postcode districts in all. Where several kebab-named kitchens share a district, a short delivery time and a clear minimum order do more to win a repeat customer than a deeper menu.

How Brighton and Hove compares with the council areas next to it

The five nearest council areas by the centre of their food premises, with the same name-keyword count:

Brighton and Hove has more of these names than any of its five nearest neighbours.

Brighton and Hove in the wider picture

Brighton and Hove has 255 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 1,015 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 78 of 363 UK council areas, and 3 of 64 in South East. Across all rated takeaways in Brighton and Hove, 79.9% hold a 5 against 62.0% across England, and 2.1% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.8%. Brighton and Hove is part of East Sussex, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

Brighton and Hove against the UK: the numbers

Set against population, Brighton and Hove has 0.60 kebab-named premises for every 10,000 residents, close to the UK figure of 0.51 (ONS mid-2025 population estimate for the area: 284,170). On the register, only 58 council areas have more of these names than Brighton and Hove; within the South East it ranks 6th of 64.

The word is most concentrated in BN41, where 3% of the district's food premises carry it, and thinnest in BN3 at 1%. Across the whole area the share is 1.3%.

On freshness, 35% of the 17 dated records were inspected in the last 12 months, compared with 27% across all 1,270 dated takeaway and restaurant premises in Brighton and Hove. The median time since inspection is 14 months for this list and 17 for the whole area.

Population figures are ONS mid-2025 estimates; every other figure comes from the same FSA register pull as the tables above. Small samples move a lot from one inspection to the next, so read the shares as a guide to where the pattern is, not as a verdict on any business.

Turkish takeaways in Brighton and Hove

Turkish names are a separate count on our pages. In Brighton and Hove the FSA register lists 5 with turkish, mangal, ocakbasi, istanbul or anatolia in the name (turkish 3, istanbul 1, anatolia 1), 3 of them takeaways and 2 restaurants or cafés, led by BN1 (3), BN3 (1), BN2 (1). That is 0.18 per 10,000 residents against 0.09 across the UK. Names only, so a Turkish grill with another name is missed; for those kitchens, start from the Turkish restaurants page.

What this means for your online ordering

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in BN1 and BN2, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Brighton and Hove fits the spread.
• Make the meal deal a menu item. A kebab, chips and a drink can be one item with required choices for each part, so the customer builds it in a few taps.
• Put your link where customers already look. Add your ordering link to your Google Business Profile (how) and a QR code on every bag (QR kit).
• Build the kebab in one go. Make bread (pitta, naan, wrap or on chips) a required choice and sauces a pick-several choice, with a surcharge for extras. The ticket shows each choice on its own line, so the kitchen does not have to guess.
• Tablet offline? The Chefzi Orders app rings until someone accepts or rejects. If the device is offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and then calls.

Late-night hot food in Brighton and Hove: what to check

Serving hot food or drink between 11pm and 5am normally needs a late night refreshment licence under the Licensing Act 2003, issued by the local council. Start from the council's licensing section: Brighton and Hove council licensing (checked 13 November 2026).

Our late night refreshment licence guide sets out the England and Wales rules. In Chefzi, collection hours and delivery hours are separate settings, so you can match whatever your licence allows. This is general information and not legal advice.

How to start

1. Book a short call: we enter your menu with you and aim to have your ordering page live within 24 to 48 hours.
2. Set required choices for the way your customers order, and set your delivery zones by postcode district or radius.
3. Point your Google Business Profile at the page (how) and tuck a QR code into every order (QR kit).
4. Once customers agree to hear from you, send them the link (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro).

For more, see the kebab shop page, the commission calculator and our guide on moving customers from Just Eat to your own site, and the Brighton and Hove location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for a Brighton and Hove kebab shop

This is an illustration, not a measured figure for Brighton and Hove. We have no published average order value for Brighton and Hove kebab shops, so it uses £25, the default in our commission calculator, and a round 45 orders a week. Put your own numbers in.

Move 45 weekly orders (roughly 195 a month at £25, £4,875 of sales) from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link and the maths is this. On Just Eat's published partner rates (read 12 November 2026, details), 14% with your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT, you would pay £819 at 14% (£683 plus £137 VAT) or £1,755 at 30% (£1,462 plus £292 VAT).

On Chefzi the same 195 orders carry 0% commission. You pay the flat plan: Plus, which adds card payments, is £22 a month (£19 billed annually) per location, excluding VAT, and it does not change if the month is busier. Card processing charges depend on your payment provider and are not modelled on either side. Orders customers still place through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; the example only covers the ones you move.

What Chefzi does not do

• Delivery: you run your own drivers. Chefzi has no courier integrations.
• No kiosk and no CRM.
• Pre-order lead time is one setting per location, not per dish.
• Marketplace orders still pay the marketplace's commission. Chefzi helps you move regulars across; it does not change what Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats charge.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Brighton and Hove, business types Takeaway/sandwich shop and Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen, name search for "kebab", "kebap", "kabab", "kabob", "doner", "shawarma" or "shawerma", extract 13 November 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Brighton and Hove council licensing page linked above: https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/about-website/privacy-and-data/service-privacy-notices/new-premises-licence-application-privacy-notice (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.