Lokanta Turkish Kebab Cafe

About Lokanta Turkish Kebab Cafe

Lokanta Turkish Kebab Cafe is a Turkish kebab cafe on Kapiti Road in Paraparaumu, serving doner kebabs wrapped in tortilla alongside iskender plates, shish skewers, salads, burgers and meze. The menu runs on a simple formula: choose your filling — chicken, lamb, mixed meat or kofte, or a vegetarian option like falafel, mujver (courgette fritter), halloumi, mushroom or eggplant — then choose your format and finish with a pick of three sauces: garlic yoghurt, hummus and sweet chilli.

Beyond the classic wraps, the kitchen serves doner iskender-style on rice with hummus, tzatziki and beetroot, marinated shish skewers with Turkish bread, burgers in oven-baked bread, doner loaded on chips or rice, and meze platters with dips, falafel, mujver, cheesy spring roll and salad. Hummus, beetroot, tzatziki and spicy walnut dips also come with bread for the table.

Orders can be placed online through the website or by phone on 04 298 6574, with enquiries welcome at [email protected]. Lokanta shares updates on Facebook and Instagram as Lokanta Kapiti.

Lokanta Turkish Kebab Cafe: Doner Wraps, Iskender Plates and Shish Skewers on Kapiti Road

Lokanta Turkish Kebab Cafe keeps things simple and focused: this is a kebab shop, and the menu is built entirely around Turkish doner and grill classics. On Kapiti Road in Paraparaumu, it serves the neighbourhood staples — doner kebabs wrapped in tortilla, iskender plates piled on rice, marinated shish skewers, burgers, salads and meze — with a short list of house sauces and small and large sizes for fine-tuning your order. Online ordering is available through the website for anyone picking dinner up on the way home.

One Filling, Every Format

The heart of the menu is the kebab: your choice of filling wrapped in tortilla with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, red cabbage and onion, finished with your pick of three sauces. Chicken, lamb, mixed meat and kofte — Turkish meatballs — anchor the savoury side, while vegetarians can choose falafel, mujver (a savoury courgette fritter), halloumi, mushroom or eggplant. Undecided? The mixed kebab pairs two fillings in one wrap: chicken and lamb, chicken and falafel, or lamb and falafel.

If you'd rather skip the tortilla, the iskender section serves the same fillings on rice with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, onion, red cabbage, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot. Salads swap the wrap for greens, and the meat-on-chips-or-rice plates load your filling over hot fries. The Chipsy Kebab takes a similar route, wrapping fries inside the tortilla in place of salad.

From the Skewer to the Meze Table

Shish meals step away from the doner and onto the skewer: cubes of marinated chicken or lamb served on rice with the full salad set, hummus, tzatziki, beetroot and a piece of Turkish bread. The Mixed Grill adds a Turkish meatball to the skewers, and shish salads offer the same skewers without the rice. Burgers take a different route entirely, served in oven-baked bread with cheese, lettuce, onion and red cabbage.

Meze platters are the sharing option: your choice of doner, or the vegetarian version, on rice with a combination of dips, falafel, mujver, a cheesy spring roll, salad and yoghurt sauce. The dips also stand on their own — hummus, beetroot, tzatziki and spicy walnut, each served with bread.

Vegetarian, Properly

Vegetarians are not an afterthought here. Falafel, mujver, halloumi, mushroom and eggplant appear in every section of the menu — kebabs, iskenders, salads, burgers, meze and the chips-or-rice plates — and the mixed vegetarian options let you pair two, such as falafel and mujver or eggplant and mujver. It is the same build-your-own logic that runs through the whole menu: pick your filling, pick your format, pick your sauces.

Ordering and Visiting

Most kebabs, iskenders and salads come in small and large sizes, and the Combo Deal pairs your favourite kebab with fries and a can drink — an easy one-order dinner. Extras such as additional cheese, meat or falafel are listed alongside the meze platters, and every kebab comes with your choice of three sauces: garlic yoghurt, hummus and sweet chilli.

Lokanta Turkish Kebab Cafe is at 5/128 Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu. Orders can be placed online through the website, by phone on 04 298 6574, or by email at [email protected], and the cafe posts updates on Facebook and Instagram as Lokanta Kapiti.

Signature items

• Chicken Kebab
• Mixed Iskender
• Kofte Kebab
• Chicken Shish
• Vegetarian Meze
• Chipsy Kebab

Menu

Kebabs

• Chicken Kebab — Chicken doner in tortilla with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, red cabbage, onion and 3 sauces
• Lamb Kebab — Lamb doner in tortilla with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, red cabbage, onion and 3 sauces
• Mixed Kebab — Two fillings — chicken & lamb, chicken & falafel or lamb & falafel — in tortilla with salad
• Kofte Kebab — Turkish meatball wrapped in tortilla with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, red cabbage, onion and 3 sauces
• Falafel Kebab — Vegetarian — falafel in tortilla with salad and your choice of 3 sauces
• Mujver Kebab — Vegetarian — courgette fritter in tortilla with salad and your choice of 3 sauces
• Halloumi Kebab — Vegetarian — halloumi in tortilla with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, red cabbage, onion and 3 sauces
• Mixed Vegetarian Kebab — Falafel & mujver, falafel & eggplant or eggplant & mujver wrapped in tortilla with salad
• Mushroom Kebab — Vegetarian — mushroom in tortilla with salad and your choice of 3 sauces
• Chipsy Kebab — Chicken, lamb, mixed meat, falafel or mujver wrapped in tortilla with fries, no salad
• Combo Deal — Your favourite chicken, lamb or mixed meat kebab with fries and a can drink

Salads

• Chicken Salad — Chicken doner with lettuce, carrot, onion, red cabbage, tabbouleh, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Lamb Salad — Lamb doner with lettuce, carrot, onion, red cabbage, tabbouleh, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Mixed Meat Salad — Chicken and lamb doner with salad, tabbouleh, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Kofte Salad — Turkish meatball with lettuce, carrot, onion, red cabbage, tabbouleh, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Falafel Salad — Vegetarian — falafel with lettuce, carrot, onion, red cabbage, tabbouleh, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Mujver (Courgette) Salad — Vegetarian — courgette fritter with lettuce, carrot, onion, red cabbage, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Grilled Halloumi Salad — Vegetarian — grilled halloumi with lettuce, carrot, onion, red cabbage, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Mixed Vege Salad — Vegetarian — your choice of two vege fillings with salad, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki

Burgers

• Chicken Burger — Chicken in oven-baked bread with cheese, lettuce, onion, red cabbage and your choice of sauces
• Lamb Burger — Lamb in oven-baked bread with cheese, lettuce, onion, red cabbage and your choice of sauces
• Mixed Meat Burger — Mixed meat in oven-baked bread with cheese, lettuce, onion, red cabbage and your choice of sauces
• Kofte (Meatball) Burger — Turkish meatball in oven-baked bread with cheese, lettuce, onion, red cabbage and sauces
• Vegetarian Burger — Falafel, mujver or halloumi, or a combo of two, in oven-baked bread with cheese and salad
• With Fries — Add a side of fries to any burger

Iskender

• Chicken Iskender — Chicken doner on rice with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, onion, red cabbage, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot
• Lamb Iskender — Lamb doner on rice with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, onion, red cabbage, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot
• Mixed Iskender — Chicken & lamb, chicken & falafel or lamb & falafel on rice with salad, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot
• Kofte Iskender — Turkish meatball on rice with salad, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot
• Falafel Iskender — Vegetarian — falafel on rice with salad, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot
• Mujver (Courgette) Iskender — Vegetarian — courgette fritter on rice with salad, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot
• Mixed Vege Iskender — Vegetarian — pair falafel, mujver or eggplant on rice with salad, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot
• Halloumi Iskender — Vegetarian — halloumi cheese on rice with salad, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot

Shish Meals

• Chicken Shish — Marinated chicken cube skewers on rice with salad, dips, beetroot and Turkish bread
• Lamb Shish — Marinated lamb cube skewers on rice with salad, dips, beetroot and Turkish bread
• Mixed Meat Shish — Marinated meat skewers on rice with salad, dips, beetroot and Turkish bread
• Mixed Grill — Meat skewers and Turkish meatball on rice with salad, dips and Turkish bread

Shish Salad

• Chicken Shish Salad — Marinated chicken skewers with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, onion, red cabbage, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Lamb Shish Salad — Marinated lamb skewers with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, onion, red cabbage, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Mixed Meat Shish Salad — Marinated meat skewers with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, onion, red cabbage, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki
• Mixed Grill Shish Salad — Meat skewers and Turkish meatball with salad, tabbouleh, hummus, beetroot and tzatziki

Meze & Sides

• Chicken Meze — Chicken doner on rice with dips, falafel, mujver, cheesy spring roll, salad and yoghurt sauce
• Lamb Meze — Lamb doner on rice with dips, falafel, mujver, cheesy spring roll, salad and yoghurt sauce
• Mixed Meat Meze — Mixed doner meat on rice with dips, falafel, mujver, cheesy spring roll, salad and yoghurt sauce
• Vegetarian Meze — On rice with dips, falafel, mujver, cheesy spring roll, salad and yoghurt sauce
• Kofte Meze — Kofte meat on rice with dips, falafel, mujver, cheesy spring roll, salad and yoghurt sauce
• Hummus Dip with Bread — Vegetarian — hummus dip served with bread
• Beetroot Dip with Bread — Vegetarian — beetroot dip served with bread
• Tzatziki Dip with Bread — Vegetarian — tzatziki dip served with bread
• Spicy Walnut Dip with Bread — Vegetarian — spicy walnut dip served with bread
• Extra Cheese — Add-on — extra cheese for your meze platter
• Extra Meat — Add-on — extra doner meat for your meze platter
• Extra Falafel — Add-on — extra falafel for your meze platter

Meat On Chips Or Rice

• Chicken — Chicken doner served on fries or rice with your choice of sauces
• Lamb — Lamb doner served on fries or rice with your choice of sauces
• Mixed Meat — Mixed doner meat served on fries or rice with your choice of sauces
• Vegetarian — Falafel, mujver or halloumi, or a combo of two, on fries or rice with your sauces

Frequently asked questions

What kind of food does Lokanta Turkish Kebab Cafe serve?

Turkish kebab shop food: doner kebabs wrapped in tortilla, iskender plates on rice, shish skewer meals, salads, burgers, meat on chips or rice, and meze platters with dips.

Are there vegetarian options?

Yes — falafel, mujver (courgette fritter), halloumi, mushroom and eggplant appear in every menu section, and mixed vegetarian combinations let you pair two fillings.

Which sauces can I choose?

Garlic yoghurt, hummus and sweet chilli. Kebabs come with your choice of three sauces.

Can I order online?

Yes, online ordering is available through the Lokanta website, or you can order by phone on 04 298 6574.

Where is Lokanta and how do I get in touch?

5/128 Kapiti Road, Paraparaumu. Phone 04 298 6574 or email [email protected].

What is mujver?

A savoury courgette fritter, listed on the menu as one of the vegetarian filling choices.

What comes with an iskender?

Your chosen filling served on rice with lettuce, carrot, tabbouleh, onion, red cabbage, hummus, tzatziki and beetroot.

Tips

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