Erbil Restaurant

Erbil Restaurant sits near the top end of Commercial Drive, a genuinely 24-hour Turkish-and-Kurdish spot that fills a specific niche — late-night full dinner food in East Vancouver where most kitchens close by 10 pm. The menu blends Anatolian Turkish classics (adana kebab, şiş lamb, pide, lahmacun) with Kurdish and Iraqi-regional dishes, reflecting the Erbil name (Erbil is the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, a region with deep Turkish-culinary overlap).

What shows up on the grill: adana kebab in chicken and beef versions, shish lamb kebab skewers, chicken wings done in the Mediterranean grill style, and a full Turkish breakfast (mixed cheese, olives, tomato, egg, simit) served all day. The all-hours breakfast is a point in Erbil's favour — kahvaltı is hard to find in Vancouver, let alone at 3 am on a Tuesday. Prices listed on the website range from $1.99 (small appetizers) to $35.55 (premium platters), keeping it in the accessible mid-range for a sit-down Turkish meal.

The room isn't styled for destination dinners — it's a working Commercial Drive restaurant serving cab drivers, nightshift workers, Thursday-night students, and the broader East Van late-crowd. Service is fast. Reservations are possible via the contact page but rarely needed; walk-in any time works. Halal status isn't explicitly confirmed on their public materials — worth a direct ask if that's essential. A second Metrotown location is listed as coming soon, which would be Erbil's first Burnaby move. Current location is an easy 8-minute walk from the #20 Victoria or the #99 B-Line on Broadway.