It’s late, you’re hungry, and only one thing will do. Here’s where to get a kebab around Waterlooville.
We found six kebab shops and grills with a Waterlooville-area postcode, from Clanfield to London Road. For each one we pulled the live Google rating and review count, read what customers mention most, and checked the official food hygiene rating. We’re upfront where that rating is low. Every number is correct at the time of writing (25 September 2026).
How we ranked them: highest Google star rating first, with ties broken by number of reviews.
Photo: from the business’s Google Maps listing
Old Town Grill
the most-praised kebab in the area
11 South Ln, Clanfield, Waterlooville PO8 0RB
Get directionsOld Town Grill in Clanfield scores 4.8 from 254 reviews, and “kebab” is mentioned in 43 of them, far more than anywhere else. It opens from noon and closes at 10pm, so it’s one for dinner rather than 2am. Reviewers rave about the homemade sauces (7), including a homemade aioli, the milkshakes (16), rosemary fries, halloumi fries and lamb chops. Portion sizes come up 13 times.
Worth knowing: its food hygiene rating is 3 (“generally satisfactory”), from an inspection in June 2026. That’s a pass, but lower than most, so we’re telling you.
Good to know: open 12–10pm every day. Phone 023 9259 9999.
Photo: from the business’s Google Maps listing
Golden Grill
the late-night London Road pick
242 London Rd, Waterlooville PO7 7HB
Get directionsGolden Grill on London Road scores 4.8 from 184 reviews. It’s a kebab, pizza and burger shop, and reviewers mention the chicken shish, mixed kebabs, fresh salad and kind staff (5). It’s joint top in our pizza guide too.
Good to know: open from 3pm until 11pm, and until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Phone 023 9435 1370. We couldn’t find it on the FSA hygiene register under its current name.
Photo: from the business’s Google Maps listing
Kismet Kebab House
Horndean’s kebab house
7 Horndean Precinct, Waterlooville PO8 9LA
Get directionsIn the Horndean Precinct, Kismet scores 4.7 from 51 reviews. Chicken kebab is mentioned in 8 reviews and portion size in 8. The chilli sauce (6), lamb shish and tender meat get mentions, and Google’s summary highlights the homemade sauces.
Good to know: open 3–11pm, and closed Tuesdays. It’s still awaiting its first food hygiene inspection under its current registration. Phone 023 9400 8314.
What reviewers say
“Perfectly cooked kebab, fresh and tasty, friendly staff, highly recommended” (a Google reviewer)
Photo: from the business’s Google Maps listing
Cowplain Kebab House
Cowplain’s local
29a London Rd, Waterlooville PO8 8DF
Get directionsOn London Road, Cowplain Kebab House scores 4.6 from 65 reviews. Reviewers mention the chips (5), big portions and fresh food, and Google’s summary mentions the “Cowplain special”. Its food hygiene rating is 5, from an inspection in June 2026.
Good to know: open 3–11pm, seven days a week. Phone 023 9226 9433.
What reviewers say
“Best kebab shop in the area, food is great and big portions, friendly staff” (a Google reviewer)
Photo: from the business’s Google Maps listing
The Horndean Pizza Shop
kebabs, wraps and pizza
3, Portsmouth Rd, Waterlooville PO8 9LA
Get directionsThe Horndean Pizza Shop on Portsmouth Road scores 4.4 from 179 reviews, with value mentioned in 12. As well as pizza, it does kebab boxes, wraps and pitta. Food hygiene rating 5 (June 2025).
Good to know: open 4:30–9:45pm, and closed Sundays. Phone 023 9259 4747.
Photo: from the business’s Google Maps listing
Istanbul Grill
open latest, but check the hygiene rating
280 London Rd, Waterlooville PO7 7DS
Get directionsIstanbul Grill on London Road scores 3.5 from 167 reviews. Its Google listing now says it’s under new management, and two reviews mention that too, so older reviews may not reflect how it runs today.
Important: its food hygiene rating on the FSA register is 1 (“major improvement necessary”), from an inspection in August 2024. That may pre-date the new management, and a re-inspection would update it. Check the current rating on the FSA website before you order.
Good to know: it’s the latest opener in town, until 12:45am on Friday and Saturday and 11:45pm the rest of the week. Phone 023 9223 0319.
The verdict
For the best kebab around Waterlooville on the numbers, go to Old Town Grill in Clanfield. It’s the one reviewers rave about for kebabs specifically (43 mentions), though note its hygiene rating of 3. In town, go to Golden Grill on London Road. In Horndean it’s Kismet, and in Cowplain the Cowplain Kebab House, which has the top hygiene rating of 5.
How we ranked them (in full)
1. Which places: every kebab shop, grill house and kebab-and-pizza takeaway on Google Maps with a Waterlooville-area postcode (PO7 and PO8).
2. Order: Google star rating, highest first, with ties broken by review count.
3. Hygiene: each kitchen’s current rating on the Food Standards Agency register. A 3 means “generally satisfactory”, and a 1 means “major improvement necessary”. Ratings can change after a re-inspection, so check the FSA website.
4. “Mentioned in X reviews”: these counts come from the review topics Google shows on each listing.
5. Nobody paid to be on this list.
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