The Best Kebab and Middle Eastern Food in Krakow

Krakow has over a hundred kebab points and about a dozen that matter, the ones roasting house-marinated meat on their own spits. Those dozen are what this city actually argues about at one in the morning, and the argument has real stakes: Syrian charcoal grills, a doner with the biggest top-rated review base in town, and, since last autumn, a place baking every flatbread to order in a real tandoor. Around them sits the wider Levantine scene, Israeli mezze on Szeroka and a hummus bar with twenty-five varieties.

One update for anyone using older lists: Sham Falafel, long the go-to Syrian vegan stall, shows every sign of being gone, its site offline and delivery listings closed. The seven below were all verified open this month.

Jamra

A Syrian-run halal grill in Zabłocie, open since early 2020, and the name local video reviewers keep concluding with: the best kebab in Krakow. The dish to understand why is the Aleppo wrap, charcoal-grilled meat with parsley and the house garlic paste that people order extra pots of. The Haskurije with jalapeño is the spicy answer, the mixed grill plate the full argument. A second branch runs on Legionów Piłsudskiego.

Kebab Soltan

On Warszawska near the Politechnika, Soltan holds roughly 4.8 stars across more than 2,300 Google reviews, the biggest top-rated review base of any kebab in the city. Halal beef doner, the house signature sauces, and hours that answer the real question: open until about two in the morning on Friday and Saturday nights, when the argument about the best kebab gets loudest and hungriest.

Tandoor Kebab

The newcomer changing the format. Opened autumn 2025 at the river end of Starowiślna, it bakes each flatbread to order in a real tandoor oven, reportedly the first kebab spot in Krakow to do so, and the difference is the first thing you taste. Local bloggers rate the oriental-spiced chicken over the fattier beef. Halal, around 4.7 from over a thousand reviews in its first year.

Arabia Kebab

The food-blogger counterpick to Jamra in the best-in-Krakow argument, a stall at the Stary Kleparz market holding around 4.9 on Tripadvisor after a recent interior upgrade. Syrian shawarma is the order, the mixed sampler plate the tour, and reviewers keep mentioning the same detail: the owner hands first-timers a complimentary sweet tea and baklava, which is hospitality as marketing and works completely.

Hamsa

On the Szeroka square in the heart of Jewish Kazimierz, Hamsa has been serving Israeli mezze since 2012, opened by three Polish friends who fell for the food culture, one of whom had waited tables in a Jewish restaurant at this very address. Hummus with slow-cooked beef, a mezze spread for the table, shakshuka, and a wide vegan and gluten-free range. Weekend breakfast from nine makes it the morning option here too.

Hummus Amamamusi

A fully vegetarian hummus specialist on Meiselsa running about twenty-five varieties, made fresh on site every morning, with a rotating seasonal special that has included pumpkin and rhubarb. The classic plate with pita is the benchmark order. Two planning notes: it closes at eight in the evening and is shut on Sundays, because fresh-every-morning cuts both ways.

Mazaya

The Syrian falafel kitchen that grew into a small Krakow institution, four locations and counting, with the Krupnicza flagship opening at eight in the morning for a Levantine breakfast that includes shakshuka. The falafel sandwich is the order that built the name, hummus with sweet mint tea the way to stay longer. The cheapest sit-down Levantine meal in the center.

How to use this list

Settle the kebab argument yourself: Jamra in Zabłocie for the charcoal Syrian wrap, Soltan on Warszawska for the late-night doner, Tandoor Kebab on Starowiślna for bread baked while you watch, Arabia at the Kleparz market for the shawarma and the free baklava. For a sit-down evening, mezze at Hamsa in Kazimierz. For lunch, hummus at Amamamusi or falafel at Mazaya, each under thirty zloty.