27 Kebab House

Hollywood Road in SoHo is better known for its bars and late-night crowds than for halal food, which makes 27 Kebab House something of an anomaly on a street built around exactly the kind of venues its own menu avoids entirely. The restaurant occupies a narrow storefront, the kind reviewers describe as a hole in the wall, with a small balcony above the street that regulars use for people-watching rather than a formal dining setup.

Doner forms the backbone of the menu, sold either mixed between chicken and beef or as a single-meat portion, served over rice or wrapped into a roll depending on how a customer orders it. A lamb shish roll, built on cubes of grilled lamb layered with lettuce, tomato, and onion, extends the grill offerings beyond the doner spit, while a falafel roll and a halloumi roll give the kitchen a vegetarian option that still fits the same fast, wrapped format as the meat dishes. Baklava closes out the short dessert list for diners who want something sweet before moving on.

Both the Hong Kong Tourism Board's own halal-certified restaurant listing and the Hong Kong Island halal food directory maintained by the Islamic community name 27 Kebab House specifically, phone number and all, giving the certification a documented trail rather than resting on the restaurant's own claim. No alcohol appears on the menu, with soft drinks and bottled water covering the full beverage list, and one food-media feature on the area notes that diners looking for a drink alongside their meal head to the surrounding bars rather than ordering one in-house.

The restaurant's SoHo location keeps it open well past the hours most halal restaurants in the city close, a schedule shaped by the surrounding nightlife rather than a conventional lunch and dinner service, and that late-night availability has become part of how regulars describe recommending it to friends passing through the area after an evening out.