The best places to go for iftar in the UK this Ramadan
A selection of restaurants around the country where you can break your fast with family and friends
Mughal-e-Azam, Birmingham
Mughal-e-Azam’s Ramadan buffet is back, featuring the restaurant’s authentic mughlai cuisine. Break your fast in this grand Birmingham venue with starters including succulent kebabs, samosa chaat and buffalo tikka wings. The menu boasts a large selection of mains including chicken biryani, nihari and mughlai chops masala.
£23.95 per adult, £10.95 per child
Mughal-e-Azam, Stratford Road, Birmingham, B11 4DA
BabTooma, Bradford and Leeds
BabTooma is offering a full Syrian buffet throughout the holy month. Guests can break their fasts with dates and jallab before tucking into lentil soup, fresh fattoush and a selection of cold mezze. The spread includes charcoal-grilled lamb kebab and chicken shish taouk, alongside house specials such as dawood basha (meatball stew) and mujadara (a rice and lentil dish). Live shawarma and chicken mandi stations add to the experience, with Arabic desserts and tea to finish.
£27.99 per person
BabTooma, 1312 Leeds Road, Bradford BD3 8LF
496 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS8 2HU
Flatbread Turkish Bakery House, Edinburgh
Flatbread Turkish Bakery House is marking Ramadan with a hearty iftar set menu from 17 February to 20 March. Start with soup before sharing a spread of dates, olives, cheese, butter and aubergine meze served with warm bread. Then choose between one freshly baked pide or two lahmacun, served with salad and a soft drink, and finish with baklava and tea.
£22.50 per person
Flatbread Turkish Bakery House, 48 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5LA
Palestine House, London
Palestine House will be hosting iftar every day during Ramadan. Located above the Hiba restaurant in Holborn, the cultural centre is offering a three-course meal starting with lentil soup and followed by a lamb, chicken or vegetarian main. To finish, there’s sweet cheese kunafa and Palestinian coffee. A prayer room is available on the third floor.
£35-40 per person
Palestine House, 113 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6JQ
The Great Chase, London
Known for its exceptional halal Sunday roasts, The Great Chase is offering a fully halal menu this Ramadan. Its iftar offering includes a multi-course spread starting with bread and date butter. Seasonal starters and light courses include a citrus and fennel carpaccio with blood orange and whipped feta, and a black garlic and wild mushroom soup. For mains, there’s binchotan-grilled beef fillet followed by lemon brulee tart.
Nasheeds will be playing in the background and the call to prayer will be heard every evening to signal the breaking of the fast. There is also a dedicated prayer space with prayer mats.
£78 per person
The Great Chase, 6G Esther Anne Place, London N1 1WL
Community Iftar with Rumi’s Cave, London
Rumi’s Cave in north-west London is hosting a community iftar on 28 February, 4-9pm, bringing people together to share Sudanese food and culture. The event, organised by London for Sudan, is a solidarity event, with proceeds going to initiatives supporting Sudan.
£10.46 per person
Travel reimbursements available for asylum seekers and refugees
Rumi’s Cave, 122 Craven Park Road, London
Feya Cafe, London
Feya is hosting a special iftar set menu with beautifully presented dishes in its signature floral setting. Guests can break their fasts with medjool dates before enjoying starters such as lentil soup or mushroom arancini. Mains include Pink Paradise pasta and Dynamite chicken sandos. End on a sweet note with Basque cheesecake or molten lava cake, paired with rose falooda.
2 courses: £28
3 courses: £34
£2 from every iftar meal will be donated to charity
Feya, 6 Marble Arch, London W1H 7EJ
