Online ordering for kebab shops in Cardiff

Updated 13 November 2026. Source: the Food Standards Agency register, pulled on 13 November 2026. Coverage is the Cardiff council area; we do not name any business. Whole-area figures are on our Cardiff page.

In short: Cardiff has 20 FSA-registered premises with kebab or doner in the name, most in CF24 and CF5. A Cardiff kebab shop can take direct orders on its own Chefzi page: plans run from £9 to £49 a month per location (ex VAT), commission is 0% ever, and the first month is free with no card.

The register lists 20 premises in Cardiff with "kebab", "kebap", "kabab", "kabob", "doner", "shawarma" or "shawerma" in the business name, 12 of them registered as takeaways and 8 as restaurants or cafés. The most are in CF24 (8), CF5 (6), CF11 (3), CF23 (2). That is 1.7% of the area's 1,190 takeaway, restaurant and café premises, against 1.7% across the UK, so the word is about as common here as in the UK as a whole.

If you run a kebab shop here, other premises with the same word in their name are likely to be near you, and a customer scrolling a delivery app may see several of you at once. Your own ordering page is the one place where no rival is listed beside you.

What the FSA register shows for Cardiff kebab names

The method is a name-keyword count, not a census: we count premises whose registered name has one of the words, which misses kebab shops trading under other names and includes anything that merely uses the word. The scope is takeaway and sandwich shop plus restaurant, café and canteen premises, and nothing here names a business.

Of the 13 with a numeric rating, 4 (31%) are rated 5 and 3 (23%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. That is a lower share than the 50.0% of all rated takeaways in Cardiff that hold a 5. A further 7 are awaiting inspection, awaiting publication or exempt. A rating is a snapshot of one inspection, and the FSA says so on every record.

Which postcode districts have the most

CF24 holds the most, 8 of the 20 (40%), and the premises sit across 5 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 Cardiff 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:

1 of the five neighbours have more of these names than Cardiff, and 4 have fewer, so the field here is among the bigger ones nearby. Neighbouring set-ups: kebab shop ordering in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Cardiff in the wider picture

Cardiff has 282 takeaway and sandwich shop premises and 908 restaurant, café and canteen premises on the register. On takeaway premises it ranks 61 of 363 UK council areas, and 1 of 22 in Wales. Across all rated takeaways in Cardiff, 50.0% hold a 5 against 54.3% across Wales, and 5.3% are rated 0 to 2 against 5.0%. Cardiff is part of South East Wales, whose page lists every council area there with its takeaway and restaurant counts.

How common kebab names are in Cardiff

Per 10,000 residents the count is 0.52, against 0.51 for the UK as a whole, which is close to the national rate. The population used is the ONS estimate of 381,516 for the council area. Ranked on the same count across 363 council areas, Cardiff comes 48th nationally and 3rd of 22 within Wales.

Across the area 1.7% of takeaway and restaurant premises carry one of these words. In CF5 that rises to 6%, while in CF11 it is 2%.

These premises are less recently inspected than the area as a whole: 35% inspected within a year (20 dated records) against 50% overall, with a median of 15 months since inspection against 12.

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

• Zones that match the map. The premises are concentrated in CF24 and CF5, so a tight zone around the busiest district with a wider second zone for the rest of Cardiff fits the spread.
• Text your regulars with their permission (SMS and email marketing, Plus and Pro), so a quiet evening can be filled by one message.
• Take cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are on every plan, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.
• 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.

Late-night hot food in Cardiff: what to check

Between 11pm and 5am, supplying hot food or drink counts as late night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003, and the local council issues the licence. Start from the council's licensing section: Cardiff 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. 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. Set required choices for the way your customers order, and set your delivery zones by postcode district or radius.
3. Put the link on your Google Business Profile (how), and print a QR code for each bag (QR kit).
4. With their permission, tell regulars about the page by SMS or email (how, 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 Cardiff location page for every takeaway and restaurant figure in the council area, or all UK locations.

A worked example for a Cardiff kebab shop

These are assumed numbers, not Cardiff data: with no published average order value for Cardiff kebab shops, the example takes £25 (the commission calculator default) and 30 orders a week. Use your own.

Say 30 orders a week, about 130 a month, move from Just Eat to your own Chefzi link. At £25 each that is £3,250 of sales a month. Just Eat's published partner rates (read 12 November 2026, details) are 14% when you use your own drivers and 30% when it delivers, plus VAT. On those 130 orders that is £455 plus £91 VAT, £546 in all, at 14%, or £975 plus £195 VAT, £1,170, at 30%.

On Chefzi the same 130 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 stays yours: Chefzi has no courier integrations, so you use your own drivers. There is no kiosk and no CRM, and a pre-order lead time applies to the whole location rather than to a single dish. Orders that still arrive through Just Eat, Deliveroo or Uber Eats keep paying those apps' commission; Chefzi's job is to help you move regulars to your own page.

Sources

• Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme open data API (api.ratings.food.gov.uk), authority Cardiff, 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.
• Cardiff council licensing page linked above: https://www.srs.wales/en/Licensing.aspx (opened 13 Nov 2026).
• Chefzi facts and pricing, chefzi.co.uk, read 13 November 2026.