I saw that article, kebabs not really my thing but I thought it was strange Botan was so highly rated as it never seemed anything special to me.
Went to Botan last night, the apparent best kebab house outside of London, very average.
Went the Botan the other week had never heard of it before, it was OK a nice clean Kebab I thought, not greasy at all with a decent homemade warm chilli sauce on top of which there wasnt enough.....
i tried Friends on Saturday on Smithdown well better than Botan IMO, got a mix kebab with Chicken, Lamb n Donner meat was all fat free and tasty, again no grease the difference is the kebabs are made on a special crispy naan with loads of chilli, garlic and fresh coriander infused in the bread(for only an extra 50p!) they have loads of lovely fresh salad and a good hot chilli sauce, this will be my only point of call for a kebab from now on, always went the nile before but thats shite now, dogfood, gone right down the swanny so wont be going back.
Ony problem with Friends is they dont deliver but dont let that put you off...