An acclaimed Afghan grill spot crowned by Time Out London as the number one BBQ restaurant in the capital for 2026. It is situated within the enormous beer garden of Garden Bar & Grill in Kensington.
Mursal Saiq is the co-founder and director of Cue Point, a pioneering British Afghan smoked barbecue company. Her culinary work is distinguished by its unique fusion of traditional Afghan flavors and cooking...
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Last updated: 7/18/2026, 3:33:34 AM
Key Information
Cue Point London is a British Afghan BBQ specialist that has transitioned from a decade of successful pop-ups and residences to its first permanent home in West London. It's known for its unique Texan-Afghan BBQ fusion, featuring house salts, sauces, and jams that create distinctive flavor profiles. The venue boasts a 'garden bar grill & smokehouse' with a magical garden ambiance, making it an ideal spot for casual dining and hosting events.
Customer Perception
Customer feedback is mixed. Many praise the superb brisket, delicious naan, and flavorful lamb shank, highlighting the unique and bold BBQ flavors. The 'magical garden' ambiance is frequently lauded as a stunning venue, especially for spring to autumn visits. However, common criticisms include inconsistent service, long wait times for food, small portion sizes relative to the price, and issues with kitchen closures affecting dessert orders. Some customers also reported food lacking flavor or arriving cold, and felt their concerns were not handled professionally.
Additional Details
After a decade of operating as pop-ups and residences, Cue Point London has established its first permanent location at 41 Bramley Road. The restaurant prides itself on its unique flavor profiles, achieved through carefully crafted house salts, sauces, and jams. All products are classified as halal, and the menu thoughtfully incorporates vegan and gluten-free recipes.
The 'garden' area is particularly popular during good spring to autumn weather. Saturday late afternoons are mentioned as busy, suggesting it's a lively time. Given the garden setting, evenings and weekends are likely ideal for enjoying the ambiance.
This came to my attention because of its social media popularity. The concept of Afghan Texan barbecue is very interesting so we got there, unfortunately an hour earlier than they open. The manager showed us around the garden, the barbeque area and we met some of the staff - so of course we came back an hour later for the food!
The skewer and brisket were both excellent, although they were lukewarm, which was a shame, considering it was just the start of service. The lamb shank and pulao were very good, but again the temperature of the meat was cooler than should've been. The lime pepper chicken bites were piping hot, and were decent, but nothing special. We ordered the peach crumble was dessert and that was nice too.
All in all the food is definitely tasty, and comes out super quick. But I was just surprised at the fact that their speciality is the barbecue and everything was just a little off temperature, even though the flavours were great.
The ambience is great, especially if you're looking for a pub with a wonderful garden space.
Above all, the service cannot be better. All the staff from the waiters, to the chefs, to the bartenders, and even the management - they're so smiley and cheerful. One of the bartenders was so nice and helpful with my order, I tried to leave a tip and he didn't let me because "it's nice to serve nice customers". Bizarrely wonderful people.
Mursal & Joshua have gone West from East in more ways than one, bringing exceptional Afghan BBQ to West London as a hidden gem with big, bold BBQ that will have you salivating! We had the full hog… well pretty much all the meat 🍖 types and cuts you could have. Each being lip-smacking in cut, texture, flavour and delivery. Including:
AFGHAN TEXAN BBQ
WAGYU BRISKET STEAK
OAK SMOKED LAMB SHANK
LIVE FIRE CHICKEN
BURNT CEVICHE
CHICKEN, CAVIAR KABULI PILAU
TEXAS NAAN, COWBOY BUTTER CORN BREAD, SHEER YAKH.
Yeah, pretty darn tooting!😍
The Garden Bar Grill & Smokehouse is also an absolutely STUNNING venue that has a magical garden. I can see this being an epic place to host a party, large or small, with just about the best BBQ you can find from the lovely team! Thanks Mursal & Joshua for an incredible time and feast😋🙏
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A great new Barbeque set up at Cue Bar. Delicious smoked meats and fish served in one of the nicest garden patio set ups you will find in London.
A really great spot to go with groups as a lot of space & niches for large parties too.
I loved the brisket & the prices were fair too.
They have a good selection of beers & a large indoor bar area where you can watch Sport. A must-go!
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Like many others, i saw a reel online about the re-opening of Cue Point and Afghan Texas Bbq sounded very interesting and inviting; so i immediately made a booking for 10 days later. The place was easy to get to and very close to the Latimer Road tube stop. We had booked for a saturday late afternoon, the indoor bar area was empty at that time , but since it was a good spring weather day , the 'garden' area behind (Where the grill is) was fairly busy and packed but we got a good table, though we did move from the one right in front of the grill for it was too much smoke to one much further away at the other end in a covered area which was much more comfortable.
Its a little inconvenient since its a largish space to have to go all the way inside to place an order at the bar even for the food, though there seemed to be enough wait/service staff, but we didnt mind. the starters came soon enough and then we kept waiting for the mains.. the servers then told us the grill was closed but when we showed them that we had ordered it at the same time..they rushed to find out order and were luckily back with the 2 items soon. The Brisket in the grill/main and the starters (burnt brisket ends) was just superb..delicious...loved it!!..The chicken skewer was flavourful too..but fairly mild. My partner really thought the lamb shank was great! the naan was really yummy!! Then came the 2nd pain point. we had been told/and were again told by 3-4 different people including the person who took our orders twice at the register that we could order the desserts at any time and i was REALLY looking forward to having them and had ordered the rest of my food accordingly as well. but then they just refused to give us desserts insisting that the kitchen was now closed..and nothing could make them change their minds. this was highly unprofessional and ruined what would have been a lovely experience and left a bad taste in our mouths.
Having said that, Rola took great care of us and it was so nice to meet her and Amira too.
The garden has a lovely ambience especially for the spring to autumn time and we would love to go back there but not sure if its a good idea because of this experience and the experiences of others i only read later now.
I do wish the team the very best and hope things become better very soon!
Update - August 2026
I was craving their brisket/steak so we visited again. I wasnt disappointed, still as delicious as the last time! tender and juicy and brilliantly flavoured! This time we tried the potato side and the dessert, so adding pictures of those. The kulfi gelato was brilliant with the sticky toffee pudding!
Got a chance to meet Cue Point's director - Mursal ; what a charming lady! was such a pleasure chatting with her! She is definitely one of the high points of that place!
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I had high expectations for this place. I’ve followed cue point for sometime online and like the chef’s. I have to say the place itself was easy to find and living in Notting Hill having this on the door step is great. I love the look with the garden and the used tables etc. At first, it was going really well - went on the Sunday and love the smell of the spices and smoker cooking the meat in - love it. I had the lamb shank Sunday dinner. The lamb was superb 👌 with the Afghan 🇦🇫 spices and the saffron potatoes were excellent. The best thing was the Afghan chutney - yummy 🤤. My brother had the madras chicken - so good and tasty. I will say the staff were friendly and nice.
However, after they served our food it just became so disorganised. Not with us but for everyone else who came. They closed the kitchen and I think this was for the rest of the day. No communication to anyone and we didn’t get any dessert. We waited and asked three times and nothing came. I felt bad for the other customers as they must have been seating there for like 30 minutes with no one saying anything. Just wasn’t great and at one point the chef (guy) was arguing in front of customers at the waitress blaming one another for the issues taking place. Not sure what was going on but no food was served for the rest of the day from the kitchen. Also serve a steak knife with brisket or lamb not a butter knife harder to cut…
These things happen and again I loved the food we got and as mentioned really looked forward to visiting this place. I think I will visit again but perhaps in 6 months time when they have worked everything out. The food was great. I think could be less money for somethings like the chilli cheese flat bread (starter) way too small for what you pay. The brisket was fantastic with the labneh.
