Trends · data through September 2026

Mediterranean & Middle Eastern in London

Iceflower tracks 582 stores from 438 Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains in London. Brother Marcus grew fastest over the last year, ahead of King of Falafel and Best Kebab.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
438
Tracked stores
582
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Mediterranean & Middle Eastern chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Brother Marcus and King of Falafel sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B Brother Marcus logo Brother Marcus ▲4 +20.0%
2 K King of Falafel - +15.8%
3 B Best Kebab ▲2 +12.7%
4 O Ottolenghi logo Ottolenghi - +9.3%
5 B Best Mangal - +7.4%
6 A Al Arez ▲2 +6.5%
7 C Charcoal Grill - +5.0%
8 S Sultan Sofrasi ▲1 +3.9%
9 C Comptoir Libanais logo Comptoir Libanais - +3.3%
10 K Kervan Sofrasi - +1.5%
11 K Kebab House - +0.8%
12 G German Doner Kebab logo German Doner Kebab - -0.6%
13 M Mangal Express - -6.1%
14 W Woody Grill ▼3 -11.8%
15 S Sahara Grill ▼2 -15.5%
  • German Doner Kebab
  • Shah's Halal Food
  • Kervan Sofrasi
  • Megan's
  • Sheesh Restaurant
  • The Real Greek
  • Gokyuzu
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

582 tracked store locations in London. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • German Doner Kebab (53)
  • Shah's Halal Food (5)
  • Kervan Sofrasi (4)
  • Megan's (8)
  • Sheesh Restaurant (2)
  • The Real Greek (9)
  • Gokyuzu (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 G German Doner Kebab logo German Doner Kebab 53
  • 2 T The Real Greek logo The Real Greek 9
  • 3 B Best Kebab 9
  • 4 M Megan's logo Megan's 8
  • 5 C Comptoir Libanais logo Comptoir Libanais 8
  • 6 O Ottolenghi logo Ottolenghi 6
  • 7 S Shah's Halal Food logo Shah's Halal Food 5
  • 8 P Pilpel logo Pilpel 5
  • 9 K Kervan Sofrasi 4
  • 10 A Al Arez 3
  • 11 S Sahara Grill 3
  • 12 M Mangal Express 3
  • 13 A Aksular Restaurant 3
  • 14 W Woody Grill 3
  • 15 S Sultan Sofrasi 3
  • 16 C Charcoal Grill 3
  • 17 K Kebab House 3
  • 18 B Best Mangal 3
  • 19 B Brother Marcus logo Brother Marcus 3
  • 20 K King of Falafel 3
  • 21 M Maroush 2
  • 22 S Sheesh Restaurant logo Sheesh Restaurant 2
  • 23 G Gokyuzu logo Gokyuzu 2
  • 24 L Lebanese Grill Express 2
  • 25 T Tas Restaurant 2
  • 26 G Grilandia logo Grilandia 2
  • 27 A Ariana Restaurant 2
  • 28 S Sofra 2
  • 29 P Persian kebab 2
  • 30 A Adana 2
  • 31 M Mangal Meze 2
  • 32 C Crystal Kebab 2
  • 33 L Layalina 2
  • 34 L Lebanese Grill 2
  • 35 K Khyber Grill 2
  • 36 S Sadaf 2
  • 37 T Turkish Kitchen 2
  • 38 K King Kebab 2
  • 39 S SMOQUE 2
  • 40 C Comptoir V 2
  • 41 A Aksular Enfield Town 1
  • 42 T Taksim Meze Mangal 1
  • 43 T Testi 1
  • 44 G Green Lanes 1
  • 45 S Su Restaurant 1
  • 46 M Megan's Old Town 1
  • 47 H Hayatt 1
  • 48 M Morchella 1
  • 49 E Efsane logo Efsane 1
  • 50 A Arabica 1

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