About us
A family-run kebab house on George IV Bridge
Exterior of the shop on George IV Bridge at night
Photo coming soonKitchen team preparing food behind the counter
Photo coming soonFresh ingredients being prepped for the day
Photo coming soonYum Yum Kurdish Kebab House has been serving the Old Town from our spot on George IV Bridge — steps from the Royal Mile, right in the middle of everything Edinburgh does after dark.
We're a family-run kitchen serving Kurdish and Middle Eastern staples alongside the burgers, pizza and comfort food that keep a late-night counter busy. Locals, students and the post-pub crowd all end up at the same window — because when everywhere else has locked up, we're still carving doner and rolling wraps.
Everything is halal, everything is made to order, and the portions are built for people who've actually earned their dinner. No pretence, no small plates — just a proper kebab shop doing it properly.
Halal
Every meat dish on our menu is halal — no exceptions, no substitutions.
Freshly made
Doner carved off the spit, wraps rolled and pizzas baked to order.
Fair prices
Kebab shop food should be affordable — you'll see exactly what you pay before you order.
Open when you need it
Food till 1–3am most nights, because Edinburgh doesn't stop at 10pm.
A Kurdish kitchen
Why a Kurdish kebab house tastes different
Kurdish cooking sits at a crossroads of Middle Eastern, Turkish and Persian kitchens, and its kebab tradition is built around slow-marinated meat, char from a real flame, and a spice hand that favours depth over heat. That's the tradition our doner and shish are rooted in — it's why the seasoning tastes different from a generic takeaway kebab, even before it hits the grill.
We serve it alongside the food an Edinburgh late-night crowd actually wants — burgers, pizza, loaded chips — because a good kebab shop feeds everyone at the table, not just the purists. The Kurdish dishes are the ones we're proudest of; the rest is done just as properly.
Our address, explained
A shop on a bridge you'd never know was a bridge
George IV Bridge doesn't look like a bridge at street level — that's the point. Built between 1827 and 1836 to designs by the architect Thomas Hamilton, it's a "land bridge": a run of buildings sitting on top of stone arches that carry the road clean over the Cowgate valley below, linking the Old Town to the Royal Mile without a single dip in the street. It's the same engineering trick as South Bridge a few streets over, and it's why this stretch of the Old Town feels level even though the ground underneath drops away — one of the details behind the arch shapes you'll notice across this site.
That history is also why we're in such good company: the Royal Mile, the National Museum of Scotland and Edinburgh Castle are all a short walk from our door, which makes us a regular stop for a late show, a museum afternoon, or the walk back from a night on the Cowgate.