Bennys Pizza and Kebab House

Benny's Pizza & Kebab House is a small independent takeaway tucked into Malbon's Yard off Compton in Ashbourne, the market town that hosts the Royal Shrovetide Football game through its streets every year. It is one of the highest-rated takeaways in the town — over 1,700 customer reviews running at 4.5 stars on the aggregators, and a 4.6 average on Google.

The kitchen runs pizzas, kebabs, fried chicken and the usual run of burgers, garlic breads and sides. The pizza side draws particularly strong reviews — one customer who stopped on a Sunday evening after a late day at Alton Towers called them the best takeaway pizza their group had ever had. Kebab meat is repeatedly described as higher quality than the cheaper shops, and the owner is praised for stopping to chat with regulars.

A halal kitchen on the meat side. The negative reviews are small in number — occasional overcooked kebab spice levels and a stray complaint about hard herb pieces on pizzas. Pricing is reasonable for a town-centre takeaway and the shop trades evenings into the late hours through the weekend.