Online ordering for shawarma shops in Birmingham

Updated 12 November 2026. This page reads the Food Standards Agency register as it stood on 12 November 2026. It covers the Birmingham City Council area and names no business. For the area as a whole, see our Birmingham page.

In short: the register lists 27 restaurants, cafés, takeaways and other catering premises in the Birmingham City Council area with "shawarma" (or a spelling such as "shawerma" or "shwarma") in the business name, 5 of them registered as takeaways. 11 of the 27 (41%) are still awaiting inspection or publication, against 10% of all takeaways in the same area, which suggests many are recent openings or new registrations. The most are in B12 (5), B8 (4), B10 (3), B29 (3). If you are opening or already trading, your own ordering page at 0% commission is one way to stand out from neighbours on the same delivery apps.

What the FSA register shows

This is a name-keyword count, not a census. It finds only premises whose registered name includes the word. It misses shawarma shops trading under other names (many kebab, grill and Lebanese or Syrian kitchens sell shawarma), and it may include places that use the word for something else. We left out retailers, mobile caterers and drinks-led premises.

Of the 16 with a numeric rating, 4 (25%) are rated 5 and 2 (12%) are rated 0, 1 or 2. 11 more are awaiting inspection or publication.

For context, among all 873 takeaways in the Birmingham City Council area with a numeric rating, 43% are rated 5. That figure covers takeaways only while this list mixes restaurants and takeaways, and these are small samples, so treat any gap as a pointer and not a verdict on any business.

Where they are

B12 (Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook) holds the most, followed by B8, B10 and B29. See also our kebab shops in Birmingham and peri-peri shops in Birmingham pages.

Late-night hot food in Birmingham

Birmingham City Council licenses late night refreshment under the Licensing Act 2003: supplying hot food or hot drink to the public between 11pm and 5am, for consumption on or off the premises. The council publishes its Licensing Act 2003 Public Register online (read 12 November 2026), with current, temporary and expired licences and new applications going through consultation, so you can check what applies on your own street. Set your online ordering hours inside your licence.

Birmingham against the UK: the numbers

The figures in this section count only premises registered as takeaway or sandwich shop, or as restaurant, café or canteen: 21 of the 27 on the list above. The rest are other catering types, which we leave out here so the shares are comparable. Set against about 1,176,960 residents (ONS mid-2025 estimate), Birmingham has 0.18 shawarma-named premises for every 10,000 people, above the UK rate of 0.06. By raw count Birmingham is 2nd of the 363 UK council areas for these names and 1st of 30 in the West Midlands.

Across the whole area 0.6% of takeaway and restaurant premises carry the word; in B12 it is 3%, the highest among these four districts.

48% of the 21 dated records were inspected in the last 12 months, compared with 45% of all 3,522 dated premises in Birmingham. The median time since inspection is 13 months here and 14 overall.

Population figures are ONS mid-2025 estimates; the other figures come from the same FSA register pull as the tables above. Small samples move a lot between inspections, so read the shares as a guide, not a verdict on any business.

Turkish takeaways in Birmingham

The register has 8 premises in Birmingham with a Turkish-style word in the name (turkish 6, istanbul 2): 0 registered as takeaways and 8 as restaurants or cafés, most in B26 (3), B18 (1), B16 (1). That is 0.07 per 10,000 residents against 0.09 across the UK. This is a name count, so it misses Turkish kitchens trading under other names. If you run one, see our Turkish restaurants page.

What this means for your online ordering

• Wrap, plate or box as a required choice. Modifiers can be required, so wrap, plate or rice box (and chicken, lamb, beef or falafel) is a single required choice, with sauces such as garlic and chilli as pick-several choices with a minimum and a maximum.
• Meal deals and sizes sit on the item as their own choices, so every ticket arrives complete and nobody calls back to ask.
• Mark an item out of stock when the spit runs out, and pause ordering at the peak.
• Take cash as well as card. Cash on collection and cash on delivery are both available, and card payments are on Plus and Pro.

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. Make the key choices required so every ticket is complete.
3. Point your Google Business Profile at the page (how) and tuck a QR code into every order (QR kit).
4. With their permission, tell regulars about the page by SMS or email (how, Plus and Pro).

For the rest of the story, see the shawarma shop ordering page, the Birmingham page, the commission calculator and moving customers from Just Eat to your own site. If your food is halal, say so in your own words, in a statement you can stand behind: see halal menu wording. Chefzi does not certify food as halal; the wording is yours.

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), the Birmingham City Council area, name match for "shawarma" and close spellings, extract 12 November 2026, restaurants, cafés, takeaways and other catering premises only. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
• Birmingham City Council, Licensing Act 2003 Public Register: https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20081/licensing/912/licensing_act_2003_public_register (read 12 Nov 2026).
• Licensing Act 2003, Schedule 2: 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.