The nearest properly made pizza and kebab to Scott Arms is Kebys, five minutes up Newton Road in Great Barr B43. If you live anywhere around the Scott Arms junction, you have no shortage of takeaway options, and most of them are ordinary. Pizza near Scott Arms does not have to mean a reheated franchise base or a 60% lamb doner. Five minutes up the road, Kebys Great Barr does it properly: slow-roasted Cypriot lamb, hand-stretched pizza, and free parking right outside the door.
Here is why more people from the Scott Arms, Perry Barr and Kingstanding side are making the short trip up the road for their Friday-night order.
What's the closest pizza and kebab to Scott Arms?
The Scott Arms junction sits where Kingstanding, Perry Barr and Great Barr meet. It is one of the busiest crossroads in this part of Birmingham, and there are plenty of takeaways inside the immediate one-mile radius. Most are fine. A few are good. A couple are genuinely worth your money.
The trouble with a lot of the local options is that they are built around speed and price rather than the food itself. The dough is pre-pressed or frozen. The doner is the standard 60 to 70% lamb-and-rusk supplier mix. The burger is whatever frozen patty turned up that week. It fills a gap, but you forget it by the next morning.
We built Kebys to be the opposite. Same price bracket as everyone else around Scott Arms. Very different food. If you want the full story of how we started, our welcome guide to Kebys Great Barr walks through what we set out to do and why.
Why is Kebys worth the five-minute trip from Scott Arms?
Five minutes is the radius we focus on. If you are standing at the Scott Arms, the One Stop, or anywhere in Kingstanding, you can be at our door in under five minutes via Newton Road. Here is what that short drive gets you.
Lamb doner that is actually lamb
Our slow-roasted lamb doner is over 90% Cypriot lamb, not the 60 to 70% lamb-and-rusk mix the supplier trade calls a doner. The remaining share is salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, cumin and water. No mystery filler. It is stacked on the spit and slow-roasted right through the 4pm to 10pm service, so what comes off the blade has been cooking properly, not microwaved back to life.
- Lamb Doner, £7.79 in pitta, £8.29 in naan, £9.29 with fries
- Lamb Doner and Rice Box, £7.99
- Lamb Doner Burger, £5.79
If you are new to kebabs and not sure what to order, the doner is the one to start with. It is also our most reordered item from the Scott Arms and Kingstanding side.
Pizza dough hand-stretched to every order
Our hand-stretched pizza dough is mixed fresh every morning, slow-fermented through the day, and stretched by hand for each order. It is never pressed and never frozen. The result is a base that bubbles up in the oven, holds a proper crust, and tastes the way dough should: slightly tangy, slightly chewy, slightly crisp at the edge.
- Margherita (V), £7.99 / £9.99 / £11.99
- Pepperoni King, £8.99 / £10.99 / £13.99
- Kebys Special, £11.99 / £13.99 / £15.99
- Make Your Own, from £9.99 with extras from 50p
The three sizes are 9 inch, 12 inch and 16 inch, so there is a size for a solo Tuesday and a size for feeding the whole street.
Signature double beef burgers
Two seared beef patties, melted cheese, and our in-house chilli mayo. Our signature Kebys Hot House at £7.29 adds green chillies for a proper kick, and the Double Beef Burger on its own is £6.99. Everything is grilled to order, so you wait a couple of minutes longer than a heat lamp would take, and you taste the difference.
Free parking outside the door
Small thing, big difference. There is free parking right outside the shop on Bowstoke Road. No meters, no circling, no pay-by-phone faff. Pull up, grab the bag, drive home. Anyone who has tried to park near a busy junction at teatime knows how rare that is around Scott Arms.
How do you get to Kebys from Scott Arms?
The drive is straightforward and under a mile up Newton Road.
- Head north on Newton Road from the Scott Arms junction, away from town.
- Continue past the residential stretch for roughly four minutes.
- Turn onto Bowstoke Road, and we are a short way down on the left.
You can also reach us just as easily from the Hamstead, Pheasey and wider Great Barr side, since Bowstoke Road runs straight off Newton Road. Our address is 3 Bowstoke Road, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 5EB. If you are using a map app, type "Kebys Great Barr" and we should come up first. For a fuller set of directions and photos of the shopfront, our Bowstoke Road location guide has you covered.
If you like to check a takeaway before you order, our Food Standards Agency hygiene rating{:rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"} is public, like every registered food business in England. It is worth a look for any shop you order from, not just ours.
Can you get Kebys delivered near Scott Arms?
Not fancy the drive? For delivery, the apps cover most of the Scott Arms catchment, along with Kingstanding, Perry Barr, Hamstead and Pheasey. Each app sets its own delivery fee and minimum order, and covers the wider area too, including parts of Erdington and Handsworth — order through Uber Eats, Just Eat or Deliveroo.
If you would rather skip the app fees, order online at kebys.co.uk for collection — we are less than a mile up the road, with free parking outside.
Here is a quick guide to which sizes and deals tend to suit which order, whether you are eating solo after work or feeding a full front room on a match night.
| You are feeding | Good pick | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Just you | Lamb Doner in pitta | £7.79 |
| You, with a bit of heat | Kebys Hot House burger | £7.29 |
| Two of you | Meal Deal for 2, two 12 inch pizzas, fries and drinks | £22.99 |
| Three to four | Party Feast, two 16 inch pizzas, large fries and a 1.5L bottle | £34.99 |
| Four to six | The Full House, two 16 inch pizzas, four burgers, fries and desserts | £54.99 |
What kind of takeaway is a kebab, anyway?
The doner has a long history. The word simply means "turning meat", and the vertical spit that Kebys still cooks on was popularised across Europe in the twentieth century, as the doner kebab{:rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"} spread from Turkish grills into high streets everywhere, including Great Barr{:rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}. What changed over the years, and not for the better, was the meat. Cheaper shops moved to processed cones heavy on rusk and water. We went the other way, back to a high proportion of real Cypriot lamb, because that is the version worth the spit.
Like any takeaway, a doner or a loaded pizza is a treat rather than an everyday dinner. If you want the balance right across the week, the NHS has sensible, no-nonsense guidance on a healthy, varied diet{:rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}. Order the good stuff when you fancy it, and enjoy it properly.
Opening hours and contact
- Address: 3 Bowstoke Road, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 5EB
- Phone: 07821 896 470
- Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 4pm to 10pm
- Sunday: 3pm to 8pm
- Closed: Monday
- Social: @kebysuk on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok
- Delivery: direct, plus Uber Eats, Just Eat and Deliveroo
FAQs
How far is Kebys from Scott Arms?
About five minutes by car. Kebys is at 3 Bowstoke Road, Great Barr B43 5EB. Head north up Newton Road from the Scott Arms junction, turn onto Bowstoke Road, and we are a short way down on the left.
Is there parking at Kebys?
Yes, free parking right outside the shop on Bowstoke Road. No meters, no pay-by-phone, no circling for a space. Pull up, collect your order, and drive home.
Do you deliver to Scott Arms and Kingstanding?
Yes. Delivery through the apps covers B43, B42 and the surrounding postcodes, including Kingstanding, Perry Barr and the Scott Arms area. You can also order through Uber Eats, Just Eat or Deliveroo.
Is Kebys pizza or kebab better?
Both are signature. The lamb doner is over 90% Cypriot lamb slow-roasted on the spit, and the pizza dough is hand-stretched to order. If you cannot decide, order one of each and share.
What are the most popular items near Scott Arms?
The Lamb Doner at £7.79 and the Pepperoni King pizza from £8.99 are the two customers reorder most. The Kebys Hot House burger at £7.29 is the pick for anyone who likes a bit of heat.
What are Kebys' opening hours?
Tuesday to Saturday 4pm to 10pm, Sunday 3pm to 8pm. We are closed Monday.
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