Online ordering for kebab shops in Bristol

Updated 13 November 2026. Figures come from the Food Standards Agency register as pulled on 12 November 2026. The page covers the Bristol local authority area, and no business is named. The whole-area picture is on our Bristol page.

In short: Bristol has 49 FSA-registered premises with kebab or doner in the name, most in BS4 (7) and BS3 (5). A Bristol kebab shop can give regulars its own ordering page: Chefzi plans cost £9 to £49 a month per location, excluding VAT, with 0% commission ever and a free first month, no card needed.

What the FSA register shows

This is a name-keyword count, not a census. It finds only premises whose registered name includes one of those words. It misses kebab shops with other names, and it may include places that use a word for something else. We left out retailers and mobile caterers.

Of the 43 with a numeric rating, 25 (58%) are rated 5 and 0 (0%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 6 more are awaiting inspection or publication.

For comparison, among all 386 takeaways in Bristol with a numeric rating, 61% are rated 5. Among the 36 rated takeaways on this list, 58% are, which is below that figure. These are small samples, so treat the gap as a pointer and not a verdict on any business.

Where they are

The top four postcode districts hold 22 of the 49 (45%). BS4, BS3, BS5 and BS1 are the districts to know if you deliver in Bristol: a shop in any of them can expect several kebab-named neighbours within the same delivery area.

How common kebab names are in Bristol

Set against population, Bristol has 1.03 kebab-named premises for every 10,000 residents, above the UK figure of 0.51 (ONS mid-2025 population estimate for the area: 495,260). Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Bristol comes 2nd nationally and 1st of 27 within the South West.

BS10 is the district where the name is most common relative to local food premises (12%); BS5 is the lowest of these four at 3%. The area-wide share is 2.6%.

Inspection dates tell a second story. Of the 51 premises on this list with an inspection date, 43% were inspected in the 12 months to 13 November 2026, against 37% of all takeaway and restaurant premises in the area; the median gap since the last inspection is 13 months against 16.

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.

What this means for your online ordering

• Separate delivery and collection hours. You can stop delivery when the last driver finishes and keep collection open.
• Pause ordering when the kitchen is overwhelmed, and mark an item out of stock when the meat has run out.
• Take cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are both available, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.
• Tablet offline? The Chefzi Orders app rings until someone accepts or rejects. If the device is offline, Chefzi texts the restaurant and then calls.

None of the rated premises on this list is rated 0, 1 or 2, which is a reason to put your own rating where customers can see it. See food hygiene ratings for takeaways.

Late-night hot food in Bristol

Under the Licensing Act 2003, a person provides late night refreshment if, at any time between 11.00 p.m. and 5.00 a.m., they supply hot food or hot drink to the public from any premises, whether for consumption on or off the premises. That applies to takeaway and delivery. In Bristol the licence comes from the local council. Check your own licence hours before you take collection or delivery orders late at night, and set your online hours inside them.

How to start

1. Put your menu into Chefzi on a short call with us. We set it up with you and aim to have you live in 24 to 48 hours.
2. Make the key choices required so every ticket is complete.
3. Add your ordering link to your Google Business Profile (how) and a QR code to every bag (QR kit).
4. Text your regulars (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro) with their permission.

For the rest of the story, see the kebab shops page, the Bristol page, the commission calculator and moving customers from Just Eat to your own site. If your food is halal, say so in words you can stand behind: see halal menu wording.

A worked example for a Bristol kebab shop

These are assumed numbers, not Bristol data: with no published average order value for Bristol kebab shops, the example takes £25 (the commission calculator default) and 25 orders a week. Use your own.

Suppose 25 orders a week (about 108 a month, £25 each, £2,700 in sales) shift from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link. Just Eat's published rates (read 12 November 2026, details) are 14% with your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT. At 14% those 108 orders cost £378 plus £76 VAT, £454 in all; at 30% they cost £810 plus £162 VAT, £972.

With Chefzi the 108 orders carry 0% commission and the bill stays at the flat plan price: £22 a month on Plus (£19 billed annually), per location, excluding VAT. We have not modelled card processing fees on either side, and the example ignores orders that remain on the marketplaces.

What Chefzi does not do

• It does not set up delivery for you: you run your own drivers, and Chefzi has no courier integrations.
• It has no kiosk and no CRM.
• A pre-order lead time is set for the whole location, not for one dish.
• Orders placed on Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats still pay those apps' commission. Chefzi helps you move regular customers to your own site.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Bristol, name search for "kebab", "kebap", "kabab", "kabob", "doner", "shawarma" or "shawerma", extract 12 November 2026, restaurants, cafés, takeaways and other catering premises only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Licensing Act 2003, Schedule 2 (provision of late night refreshment): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/17/schedule/2 (read 12 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 12 November 2026.