Bubala Soho
Middle Eastern restaurant · Soho
15 Poland St, London W1F 8QE, United Kingdom
Highlights
Creative, meat-free Middle Eastern small plates with hummus
Creative, meat-free Middle Eastern small plates with hummus
"Bubala's Spitalfields restaurant has the ideal conditions for dip-eating: 50% plaster walls and 50% foliage. The vegetarian spot also does a burnt butter hummus we're proclaiming one of London’s best dips. Silky, with a scattering of pine nuts and a puddle of amber butter, it’s perfect. Scoop that and the rest of your Middle Eastern spread—coco bean masabacha, confit garlic labneh, tahini drizzled with pomegranate molasses—with the laffa flatbread." - sinead cranna
"Whether you’re a flexitarian, humanitarian, or disciplinarian, you should be eating at Bubala, a vegetarian restaurant on Commercial Street. Everything on the Middle Eastern menu at this understated spot is delicious, from the charred laffa flatbread and dips, to a scoop of tahini and date ice cream. It’s good-value too: you can have an excellent lunch for under £30, or get the Bubala Knows Best evening set menu for £44 for a little bit of everything." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"Along with misconceptions that being vegan means you’re exceptionally healthy all the time and that 90% of your paycheck goes on Linda McCartney sausages, is the idea that being vegan means you have to miss out on some of London’s best restaurants. Restaurants like Bubala. Luckily this Middle Eastern spot in Spitalfields isn’t only serving some of the best vegetarian food in London, but it has plenty of vegan options too. You’re in safe hands no matter what you order—but if you leave without getting the fried aubergine with date syrup, you’re doing it wrong." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"Bubala’s extensive, all-vegetarian a la carte menu may seem overwhelming at first. It’s got anxious decision-making and the terrifying possibility of food envy written all over it—especially as almost everything at this Middle Eastern spot near Spitalfields is completely delicious. But in the evening, ‘Bubala Knows Best’. This set menu has all their greatest hits, like their hummus, labneh, warm salted laffa flatbread, mushroom skewers, and crispy, crispy latkes." - jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak
"Start with a freshly cooked laffa flatbread and one of their delicious dips before feasting on Middle Eastern-inspired vegan and vegetarian sharing plates, which are elevated by their delicate spicing. Wines are mostly unfiltered, natural and orange – and service is charming and attentive." - Michelin Inspector
