Cafe Laz Turkish Kebab House is a Turkish restaurant at 121 Riddiford St in Newtown, Wellington, carrying a 4.7 Google rating from its diners. A good kebab house lives and dies by its grill: meat cooked over charcoal to order, with the smoky char and short wait that implies, rather than meat held warm under lights. The cooking at places like this usually stretches well past the doner, taking in pide (Turkish flatbread pizza), mezze plates to share, and skewers of adana or shish for the committed. A test many regulars use is the bread, since flatbread baked fresh and torn warm is the mark of a kitchen that cares. Come hungry, order a mixed grill so you can compare, and leave room for baklava and tea. On Riddiford St's strip of casual eateries, a rating like that suggests Cafe Laz has already found its crowd in Newtown.