Historical version 3 of Shish, EC1V 9LE (view current version)

  • Telephone: 020 7749 0990
  • Address: 313 – 319 Old Street, EC1V 9LE
  • Website: shish.com/restaurants/...
  • Opening Hours: Mon – Fri: Shish 11.30am - midnight; Sat: Brunch 10.30am - 4pm, Shish noon - midnight; Sun: Brunch 10.30am - 4pm, Shish noon - 10.30pm

Apparently this is one of a 3-restaurant chain (the others being in Bayswater and Willesden Green).

The restaurant part is on the ground floor, and has glass-and-wood type decor. There's a long dining bar with tall stools, and plenty of tables, which are reasonably well-spaced for a London restaurant. Downstairs has a cocktail bar with leather armchairs; I think they have DJs down there some evenings.

The food is good and reasonably priced. There's a sample menu on the website. Plenty of veggie options, and some vegan options; although more in the mezze than the shish kebabs or other main course dishes. Pete felt that his halloumi and veg kebab could have had a few more pieces of halloumi, but I was very happy with my roast veg kebab. The mezze are probably a bit more interesting than the kebabs, but that's a common problem with this sort of restaurant.

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