Sohaila
Lebanese restaurant · Shoreditch ·
Lebanese-inspired sharing plates, natural wines, and social enterprise
Lebanese-inspired sharing plates, natural wines, and social enterprise
"When someone says part-wine bar, part-social enterprise, what we hear is “you can drink something funky and feel like a good person at the same time”. That’s the case with Sohaila, an intimate Shoreditch wine bar and Lebanese restaurant from Fat Macy’s who train Londoners and help them to move from hostels into their own homes. Head downstairs to the casual bar area if you just want a glass of one of their low-intervention wines." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"This Lebanese-inspired wine bar and restaurant on Shoreditch High Street is good for many reasons. It’s run by Fat Macy’s, a social enterprise that provides Londoners living in temporary accommodation with training programmes, and the restaurant makes for an intimate dinner space. It’s ideal for sharing chewy flatbread with chilli butter-laden labneh, and a bottle of something funky from the decently priced list." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager, sinead cranna
"Sohaila feels like something of a respite in Shoreditch. The Lebanese-influenced wine bar and restaurant has a low-key, lazy, candlelit feel to it. With a downstairs bar area, it’s just as good for a funky after-work glass as it is for a full meal upstairs. The menu changes and is a bits-and-bobs place—flatbread, creamy halloumi with honey and za’atar, spiced beef and lamb meatballs, and the like. It’s run by Fat Macy’s, a social enterprise that helps Londoners move from hostels into their own homes, which is very much worth supporting." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, jake missing
"Sohaila, a Lebanese-influenced wine bar and restaurant, is good for many reasons. First and foremost because it’s run by Fat Macy’s, a social enterprise that trains Londoners to help them move from hostels into their own homes. Secondly, because it’s the kind of inconspicuous, quietly lovely restaurant that isn’t particularly common in Shoreditch these days. The restaurant makes for an intimate dinner space, ideal for sharing chewy flatbread with chilli butter-laden labneh, plates of mushroom kebabs, and some sneaky meatball ravioli." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak
"Sohaila feels something like respite in Shoreditch. The Lebanese-influenced wine bar and restaurant has a low-key, lazy, candlelit feel to it. With a downstairs bar area, it’s just as good for a funky after-work glass as it is for a full meal upstairs. The menu changes weekly and is a bits-and-bobs place—flatbread, creamy halloumi with honey and za’atar, spiced beef and lamb meatballs, and the like. It’s run by Fat Macy’s, a social enterprise that helps Londoners move from hostels into their own homes, which is very much worth supporting." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, jake missing