What is the most popular name for a takeaway?

Mercure Hotels have looked at more than190,000 takeaways and fast food restaurants from all over the country, to uncover the UK’s most popular takeaway names.

Taking the top spot as the most popular takeaway name in the UK is ‘Charcoal Grill’, with 215 different outlets going by this name.

The confidently named ‘Best Kebab’ comes in second, with 184 separate appearances in our study.

‘Munchies’ comes in third place, with 174, followed by ‘Golden Dragon’ with 141.

Here’s the 10 most popular takeaway names in the UK:

1. Charcoal Grill – 215

2.  Best Kebab – 184

3. Munchies – 174

4. Golden Dragon – 141

5. China Garden – 132

6. Flames - 127

7. Jade Garden – 117

8. The Kitchen – 111

9. Great Wall – 110

10. Jasmine – 107

With so much competition, lots of takeaways rely on their name to help them stand out from the crowd – which meant there were some pun-tastic entries in our list. 

Did you know, there are 459 chip shops that misspell ‘place’ as ‘plaice’, including ‘The Right Plaice’, ‘My Kinda Plaice’ and the double-punned ‘Manchipster Plaice’?

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Sticking with fish and chips, there are 75 ‘Codfathers’ in the UK, making hungry customers an offer they can’t refuse. 

Meanwhile, down in Bristol there’s a mobile kebab seller called ‘Jason Donervan’, named after the Australian heartthrob and star of Neighbours