Sohaila
Lebanese restaurant · Shoreditch
232 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6PJ, United Kingdom
Highlights
Lebanese small plates, vast wine list supporting social enterprise
Lebanese small plates, vast wine list supporting social enterprise
"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
"When someone says part-wine bar, part-social enterprise, what we hear is “you can come here and drink something funky and feel like a good person at the same time”. That’s exactly the case with Sohaila, an intimate Shoreditch wine bar and Lebanese-inspired restaurant from Fat Macy’s—who train Londoners and help them to move from hostels into their own homes. They’ve got over 100 wines on offer with accessible price points and a casual downstairs bar for drinks. Plus, we hear that feeling charitable really helps with hangovers." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing
"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
"When someone says part-wine bar part-social enterprise, what we hear is “you can come here and drink something funky and feel like a really great, deeply generous person at the same time”. That’s exactly the case with Sohaila, an intimate Shoreditch wine bar and Lebanese-inspired restaurant from Fat Macy’s who train Londoners and help them to move from hostels into their own homes. They’ve got over 100 wines on offer with accessible price points and a casual downstairs bar for drinks. Plus, we hear that feeling charitable really helps with hangovers. " - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Jake Oliver, Daisy Meager, Sinead Cranna
"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
