Sefa Restaurant BBQ & Grill-Room in Grachtengordel-West

Food is great and not greasy. We had the bucket and wrap. Recommending both.

The doner box was very good for me, the chicken was the best I've ever eaten, but the ambiance was dirty and it could use some renovation.

The food was okay, but I expected more. I found the service subpar. In a restaurant, you expect someone to come by and take your order, but that didn't happen here. I waited a long time and eventually went to the cash register myself to order. Besides, I had to pay in advance. It feels more like a tourist trap than a restaurant. For me, it wasn't worth it. The waiter came by regularly, but didn't tell me I had to place my own order.

Reliable choice and convenient hours!

They don’t let you use the toilet even not paying. Not human!!!

This kebab shop is highly recommended! The staff are incredibly friendly and the meat is unbelievably delicious. I asked for a halal certificate and the employee showed it to me immediately. The soup was also delicious. I had lentil soup for €5.50, a kebab meal with fries and a drink for €13, and a kebab plate for €15.

It's a place to eat if you have no other choice, the food is okay, the problem is the staff, just rude and lacking basic customer friendliness, as if angry with you, nervous, a shame, it costs nothing to be nice and show a smile

I will definitely never go there again. I've never seen such a grumpy and unpleasant shop assistant, especially the person who took the order; 1 out of 5 stars for that, maybe 3 stars for the döner kebab. My advice is to stop this "grab and run" style of business and show a more friendly attitude when people come in. People are making you money; give them their due. Treat the people who travel 260 km to choose you with more respect...

Mutton Shawarma was amazing delicious and spicy.

An absolute disgrace, run away! We were treated like numbers: we were told to be seated only to have to go back to the counter to beg for an order. The service was nonexistent; you wonder if there were even any waiters. To top it all off, the food was mediocre and tasteless. You're served on broken dishes in a place with questionable hygiene that is sorely lacking in cleanliness. And to add insult to injury, they make you pay before you've even eaten, like in a cheap fast-food joint. How can this place have so many positive reviews? It's a complete tourist trap, totally overrated. That was the first and last time, never again.

We chose this restaurant based on its rating, but I wonder how people rated it. From the moment we arrived, the atmosphere and the staff's welcome were cold. For a Friday night, the restaurant was empty. The prices are high for minimal and tasteless portions. However, a special mention goes to the fries, which were very good. On the other hand, the meat was undercooked, the salad wasn't very fresh, and the sandwich contained two pieces of kefta without sauce and the bare minimum of filling.

We ate chicken doner kebab. It was reasonably priced, but excessively spicy. It had a taste unlike regular chicken doner kebab; it was purely spiced. Suitable for those who enjoy Arabic cuisine.

The food is so delicious, the taste lingers in your mouth 🤤

Cheapest ingredients, food doesn't look like the photos and he even tried to cheat me out of €10.

The food here is delicious. I recommend it to everyone. The service is excellent.

The food was absolutely amazing. The Customer Service was great. The food came out fast and all of it was cooked up perfection juicy and flavourful. I'd recommend this to anyone. Thank you so much for the great service and food.

Terrible! I was here on December 12, 2025, eating kebab. The vendor wanted to reheat some meat that was already there, so I asked him to please cut me some fresh meat. He immediately got angry – terrible service. After he'd cut it, he held it in front of my face and sarcastically asked if it was better that way. He prepared the kebab heartlessly, without saying goodbye, and even threw my change on the counter. I definitely cannot recommend this kebab shop.

One of the most 'authentic Turkish' kebab places in town. It s simple but good. Price is reasonable. Portions are big. Lamb smells like lamb. They offer best ayran brand you can find in NL. Tea is brewed to perfection. We are loyal customers both for dine in and for take-away

I came from Erzincan and had dinner here for dinner one night after another. I was very pleased; the food is fantastic. I highly recommend it. Thank you for your kind words and attention.

Best chicken doner in Amsterdam👌

A little disappointed. An average restaurant, the kebab and fries were oily, which I don't really like. Halal food. The service wasn't very welcoming. I'd say the prices are a bit high, but since it's in Amsterdam, it's like most restaurants in terms of price.

The staff were very rude and the food was terrible. I wouldn’t recommend this place to anyone.👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻

Very good place to eat, nice and flavourful! Recommend it!

Delicious and cleannn top service.

Forget about Turkish-style cooked meat!! Dry and tasteless meat :/ It's fast food, nothing more. The service is awful, no kindness or friendliness, not even a smile, and on top of that, they practically throw you out as soon as you finish eating, telling you to leave!! Avoid at all costs

Very good place to eat And the guys are very helpful

FIRST time in Amsterdam that meat has a tastes. This cinnamon lamb yuuuuuuum guys you need to taste it !!! Also super kind and serce drinks until late WOW

The food was amazing!Service was great,we got our food really quickly and the workers are super nice. 100% recommend 👍🏻👍🏻

Even though it is in the city center, we ate Turkish food at affordable prices and quality. I recommend it to everyone..!!!!

Best grill restaurant in the area. The staff are friendly and the service is fast. I come here often. Always Sefa.

One of the worst restaurants ever. The meat smelled of musty and blood. The order was very poorly placed. When I asked the lounge manager to come in and check, he tried the food. Just saying it tasted good. He went and left me without any comment or justification.

Very nice food,very fresh,good service,nice people,Andrei

Very disappointed with the staff’s attitude. You can clearly feel a difference in how customers are treated — with some behavior that feels openly racist. This kind of attitude has no place in a place that welcomes the public

Best shawarma in Amsterdam. We went back the next day and throughout our entire stay. A must-try if you come to Amsterdam!!

The best food I've had in Amsterdam and good prices thank you malaka

Sefa Grill is a great spot — delicious food, perfectly seasoned, and amazing value for the price. Everything was fresh, fast, and clean. Definitely my go-to place in Amsterdam for a tasty, satisfying meal.

Very tasy chicken thighs sandwich

If you are missing a great Turkish style chicken donor ! This is the place ! Staff are friendly and service was quick

Amazing food , very suggested!!

One of the few places where you can eat halal in Amsterdam is Normal Döner

Amazing halal food. Reminded me of home

So far my first place to go for shoarma in AMS

We were disappointed with this restaurant. The grilled meats were dry and the portions were rather modest. No mezze was served before the main courses, and the owner's welcome was less than warm. Furthermore, the prices are higher than those of other similar establishments.

Me and my husband ate here in July 2025. I ordered the chicken kebab with rice and he had it with chips. After eating this, I developed extreme food poisoning with very severe stomach cramps which kept me up all night. I was extremely unwell for a week after this. I would never eat here again.

Good And tasty food. Unusually inexpensive for a city centre Doner

The food was delicious and the portion sizes were reasonable. Prices were low by Amsterdam standards.

Fast service with good portions. The doniar box was good. We also got the turkish pizza Donair and a mixed plate with rice.

Once again we had a delicious meal and the service was excellent!!!!

Huge portions, amazing taste and welcoming staff highly recommend if you want to eat something quickly but don't know exactly what. 🙂

The food is good and reasonably priced.

The food had no taste at all and some of the meet was raw

Hearty, large portions of food.

Delicious Turkish cuisine, and the staff are helpful and welcoming, and I appreciate their kind treatment. I ordered shawarma and ribs, along with baklava and tea. The portion was large and filling.

Had dinner with a group of six. Fast, friendly service. Delicious food at a good price and a nice place to sit.

I was here on 27.09.2027 Bad Service Bad qualty Bad foood

Baklava and tea were excellent, I recommend it.

Very good food, we had the mixed meal for two people for €48. It serves two people very well, even three who don't eat much.

Not worth the trip Subpar food, and I believe that the meat is frozen not fresh.

Just had a chicken schwarma wrap (which ended up coming as a sandwich oops). Bread was incredibly fresh and hot, meat really tasty and lots of veg. Noms!

Above average. Delicious and excellent...and the rice was delicious too. We tried the chicken breasts with rice and the shish tawook sandwich, which was very delicious.

The space felt a bit cramped to me, but not uncomfortable. The atmosphere is excellent, though I did notice a slightly unclean, greasy table (just a personal observation, I might be nit-picky). The food was excellent and truly delicious. The staff was friendly, and I recommend visiting if you're hungry 😊

Bülent abi best man, works like 3 men at the same time.

The food was horrible, tast like reheated/freezed food not a fresh one, The service was good, but unfortunately this time the experience was disappointing

The portions were very large, filling, and delicious. There were many different sauces (7 different types). Compared to other places, it was a more affordable and halal Turkish restaurant.

Masha Allah, very delicious food and reasonable price. One of the best

My wife tried meatballs, I tried meat doner (shawarma), my wife's choice was really delicious but their doner was average in my opinion.

5/5 , it could be 6/5 but they don t have beer

We went on the first day of vacation. Let's say the first day was the most precious day...

Really good food and very good prices for Amsterdam...but no beer..you know why

The food was really tasty. I had an Adana kebab plate and my sister ate a chicken dürüm with fries. We had many sauces for option on the table. Overall, food was very delicious, I‘d just take away 1 point for the service, it was fine but the waiter wasn’t very motivated… always on his phone in between and when I asked if there was any kind of Joghurt sauce he just said no (which I do not believe since they offer Döner kebab which includes… a garlic Joghurt sauce…) nevertheless, it was a tasty experience, especially if you are looking for traditional Turkish flair and taste. and big plus for it being halal too!

The wrap was great, the meat was well seasoned and they were super quick. Good price for the product!

Perfect! Very pretty, very good, and very fast! We were served in less than 5 minutes. The fresh produce was delicious, and there was a wide selection of free sauces available. And the white sauce on the table was a real favorite! I'll be back during my stays in Amsterdam. This is already the third time I've eaten there, and the prices are reasonable.

Delicious food! Great service! Friendly people - highly recommended!

The grilled lamb and chicken were incredibly fragrant. The aroma of grilled meat was palatable right from the start. The salad was sweet and sour with a hint of spice (including chili peppers). It was just the right amount of flavor to cut through the greasiness. The meat was incredibly firm. Three dishes would probably be enough for four Asians.

The staff was very attentive, attentive to customers' needs, and meticulous about hygiene. The food was delicious, and the meat was very fragrant. As an Asian, I found the food very appetizing. 😋

Very good kebab 13/14€ kebab fries drinks

Delicious Turkish pizza and kapsalon. Generous portions and super tasty! Fast service.

Be careful, they sell alcohol. It's not on the menu, but they do sell alcohol despite the halal label. I was present when customers were served alcohol.

I came here twice. Nice price and full of taste. The place is a bit packed, but the taste is booming. I highly recommend `lamb shaorma broodje`. Not really fancy interior, so it might not be good for dating, but nice place to come with friends and family.

The food was spectacular. The Broodje Sandwich was delicious and filling. And the Turkish pizza was delicious. The Broodje comes with a side of fries and a drink. We bought an extra drink and it was only €24.30. 100% recommended.

Very tasty dishes and good doner meat. The service was friendly and attentive. The atmosphere in the restaurant is cozy, and everything is clean. Thank you.

Unhygienic and the food is a disaster. We felt very sick after eating it. Don't go there!

The food is really delicious and the air conditioning is good, but it is a bit noisy because the tables are close together.

I was there a few weeks ago; good food and nice people. The price is right, especially considering the quantity and quality. I definitely recommend it for good, affordable food in Amsterdam!

Very good cuisine, I recommend the Kapsalon which is very good

Flavor is more than just taste. Well done people!!! Definitely 5*****

Clean, satisfying, delicious soup is just as good as meat dishes.

The meat was overcooked and I had a hard time eating it.

I had Shoarma Schotel and Adana. I couldn't taste the Shoarma because of the cinnamon flavor; the meat was dry and burnt. The Adana was similarly dry. The fries and salad were just okay. Value for money is very low. It doesn't suit the typical Turkish palate. Unfortunately, it was a disappointment.

Food was delicious Portions were reasonable for the prices. Good adana and kabab €19 and €20 Served with rice salad and bread ( you can substitute rice with fries) *food is halal as they have a sign stating that * the must important they actually have ginger ale that I was craving in this trip and asked for it in multiple restaurant ( did not have). *they have indoor and outdoor seatings. Enjoy!

Great food with reasonable price. Do= 9 people we paid 160euro

It’s the best halal food restaurant in amsterdam

🌮 Food → The food was delicious and came in decent portions. They served it very quickly. However, I didn’t like that they didn’t provide any sauces or side dishes, and the presentation wasn’t very appealing. 👥️ Staff → They were fine, but you might be wondering why only four stars — it's because the staff rushed us a bit while we were deciding on the menu. 💡Location → The seating was acceptable. I just wasn’t pleased with the low lighting. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Delicious food and quick service

Amazing Döner Kebab, you have to try the sauces standing on the table, they are 10/10. loved the experience there!!!

Honestly, it was a very solid kebab; even in Germany, it would have been a decent choice. The price, especially compared to other places in Austria, is 10/10. I highly recommend it!

We were deceived by its high score and went there, but frankly we did not find the taste and pleasure we expected.

We have tried the grilled chicken platter. It was delicious, the chicken was juicy and tender.

We visited this restaurant as a group of six and were warmly welcomed upon arrival. The atmosphere was cozy and inviting – a pleasant blend of traditional charm and modern comfort. On the recommendation of our attentive and genuinely friendly server, we opted for a mixed platter to sample a variety of the house specialties. The meal began with a selection of finger foods – nicely presented, freshly prepared, and offering a flavorful variety. This was followed by a crisp and refreshing starter salad, dressed lightly and made with fresh ingredients. The main course was the highlight of the evening: a generously portioned platter featuring Adana kebab, lamb chops, and marinated chicken – all perfectly grilled and seasoned. It was served on a bed of fragrant rice that complemented the rich flavors of the meats beautifully. The quality of the meat was excellent – tender, juicy, and full of taste. The portion size was more than sufficient; everyone in our group left the table feeling satisfied, but not overwhelmed. For dessert, we were served baklava – and it was truly outstanding. Not overly sweet or drenched in syrup, it struck just the right balance of crisp pastry, flavorful filling, and light sweetness. A freshly brewed tea was served alongside, providing the perfect finishing touch. The value for money was absolutely fair, especially considering the quality and quantity of the food. The service was consistently friendly, attentive without being intrusive, and you could tell the staff took pride in what they do. Final Verdict: A delightful culinary experience with authentic dishes where both taste and hospitality are top priorities. We will definitely be coming back – this restaurant is a true hidden gem for anyone who appreciates high-quality Middle Eastern cuisine.

Located 600 meters from Dam Square, it's a hygienic place. The most satisfying and delicious kebabs you'll find in Amsterdam are here. Caring shopkeepers.