Crystal Charcoal Kebabs

Crystal Charcoal kebabs is located just right upon exiting Acton Town tube station.
It appears somewhat shabby but does good business due to the amount of passers by. As well as the usual kebabs & burgers they also do a «Southern Fried Chicken» that is obviously inspired, but no great threat to KFC or even Chicken Cottage. It being too dry and of inferior quality.
I opted for an extra large Mixed Kebab which consisted of all they had to offer: Lamb Donner, Chicken Donner, Lamb Kofte, Lamb Shish & Chicken Shish.
The Donners were both acceptable but average and the Kofte was slightly rubbery.
The Shishs were both fairly standardised as well but cooked over charcoal so had a nice smoky flavour.
The Chilli sauce was served warm from the Bain Marie — nice but lacked that complex spicy & herby flavour that I crave. Still, the hot sauce AND the fact I was particularly hungry meant I finished most of it in one sitting.
The Garlic sauce was a herby one and I only had a little of it as not to overpower the kebab, it was fine. Salad was OK, bread was OK.
The pickled Chillies must have been there too long as they were sour tasting and «shrunken» looking on the inside.
The XL Mixed Kebab was £8 something — which was good value for all the meaty variety it offered.
The chips were like KFC style fries and were good.
Service wise the staff were efficient & friendly but lose marks because the server «forgot» my change on my second visit whilst I was talking with the manager, admittedly I waffled on for 5 minutes but as I left I asked the server about my change he assured me I had been given it. It was when I got home I realised I was short a few quid and partly blamed my own distraction. I am NOT accusing anyone of deliberately cheating me but I never went back a third time as it put me off.
If you are in the mood for a kebab there are better outlets in Acton but you could do a lot worse.