Khyber Grill

Went to khyber grill after searching online for best afghani restaurants near ilford high street.
Reviews were promising so went to check it out.
Ambience and decor was good. Slightly busy as it was Saturday night however not busy enough.
Got seated promptly.
One star for decor and ambience
One star for service
Food was at best average
Lamb Karahi had mutton (older sheep) and not lamb. As it has distinct taste and smell for those who eat both would know what I mean. Asked for spicy and their version of spicy meant putting whole uncooked or steamed green chillis (see pictures). Am sorry but it was t great at all
Masala fish was oily and it wasn’t cod fish. Which is more chunkier and meaty. It was fried in very hot oil with no taste to coating just bland
As oil was hot I conked the coating from outside but left fish inside still watery. What a shame.
Chicken sajji was totally bland and had no flavour apart from sprinkled spice on top. That was only difference between boiled chicken and sajji. Without that sprinkled spice we would not be able to tell whether it’s sajji or boiled
I will give food one star because their lemon soda (mostly famous for pindi and Lahore) was spot on
I suspect owner of this restaurant are from Punjab and they have semi decent afghani chef.
Lemon soda was only thing I would love to have again
They had no roti or afghani qehwa (green tea mint tea etc)seriously how can you run afghani restaurant without both.
Unfortunately sad to say won’t be coming back here.
Value for money was ok as location is in london.
Overall if you go in for food I won’t recommend.

This is not a 'Afghani' restaurant, they have 3 'Afghanistani' dishes. Please don't fool people with the flag, this is exploitation of another culture. It's a Pakistani restaurant. The food was ok, my friend liked the kebab, but we were fooled by the title of the restaurant as we just wanted our own traditional food. Nonetheless, waitress was nice. Thanks

Ps. to the reply of the owner, but it's not an Afghani restaurant. I appreciate it's Pakistani, but you only have Qabuli on there, Chapli kebab is not how Afghanistanis make it, and Dampokht isn't the same too. So really and truly - it's not. But I appreciate you want to make it into one, it's just done in the wrong way. Good luck nonetheless.

The food is the best here. About 10 of us ate until we were full

One of the best restaurant in the area.
They served delicious traditional food on reasonable prices
well behaved staff and very cool and calmed atmosphere to sit in and dine.
All dishes are very delicious and tasty .

This was my first time at this Khyber grill restaurant I went for my son’s birthday there with my family, The customer service is unacceptable 😤. The waiter did not even unboxed the cake and represent it with a birthday song, they just leaved on the table. The kids were playing around but the staffs became very rude and they complained us 2 times to get our kids seated and quite. Tables were dirty and greasy, and the toilet was terribly smelly 🤮🤮 and disaster. Worst experience I’ve ever had, so disappointed… 😤😤😤😤

This is my second visit to this restaurant. My first time was after they opened years ago. I recall enjoying the food, but unfortunately, it appears their quality has slipped. First of all, the lassi treated like a diluted sweet drink. Not enough yoghurt. The meat chop was not tender. I have to say that the lamb shank was good though. The plaster contained far too much rice at the expense of meat for the price charged. We spent over £250 and left unsatisfied. Their nan bread is good fresh but gets hard very quick if not eaten. The chapali kebab didn't contain enough meat,

Absolutely loved the food... fresh, tasty and perfect for those who like less spicy! Great choice by the CEO for our end of year volunteers team late lunch!

Its a good place to come whit family and friends!
Food tastes great, staff check up on you regularly to make sure you have everything you want.
Timing of food arrival depends on what you order and how many other orders they have..
Highly recommend namak mandi karahi (lamb) with naan and chapli kabab