Yalla Yalla

Great tasting food that won’t cost you an arm and a leg. It’s not necessarily cheap though either.
I’m a fan of the chicken shawarma, hummus, and baba ghannouj. That’s enough food for two people to share. I’ve also gone the route of ordering two mains and sharing a starter.
The place is located in a smaller walk way, just off a busy Soho street. I’ve seen DeliverRoo folks grab food from here, so I assume they do delivery.
It sometimes get crowded, so you may have to wait for tables to clear. Coming after 1:30, you should have no problem with a lunch crowd.

Fantastic little joint. The chicken livers with pomegranate was fabulous — highly recommended.

The location is off of a side street with very limited seating.
Pretty good middle eastern food, service was good, and the food came out promptly.
The main downside is the seating situation. It causes people to loom over you while you’re eating.

I loved the food so much. The grills, hummus and fattoush are fantastic. You can easily find grills done well but you can rarely find hummus and fattoush done the traditional Lebanese way. Five stars indeed.

very small venue. Welcoming staff, more of a café atmoshere than restaurant.
The dishes were expensive for the small amounts that they were but this is soho so probably not as much value for money as the outskirts.
The dishes were tasty and i loved their fried white bait, calamari and prawns. They had a problem with their grill so couldnt have the mixed grill so chose the lamb shwarma. Not thin slices like in a shwarma takeaway but thick pieces that were tasty but salty. I enjoyed their homemade lemonade and pomegranate juice

This is some of the best Lebanese food I have ever had. The only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars is because the restaurant itself was crowded and not the most comfortable, but it is a quaint little restaurant that would be really nice if it weren’t as busy as when I was there. There were constantly people coming in for take away so that would be a great option.
Highly recommend the hot sauce and garlic sauce that comes on the side. We had the fattoush salad, which was a very generous portion and really delicious — highly recommend. We also had the chicken skewers with rice and hummus with chicken, which were both really good and enough to split between two people. Definitely planning to go back or have takeaway from here sometime soon!

Had lunch at Yalla Yalla yesterday… here are my thoughts.
Ambiance is where this restaurant loses one star… this place is tiny and very busy. Be prepared to have people standing over you as they wait for a table. And be prepared for a blast of icy wind every time the door opens!
Service is friendly although hurried.
Food is quite good. I highly recommend the seabass, the fattoush, and the rice. My husband said the chicken shish was dry but had good flavor.
Overall I’d return. Just with a heavier coat.

Every time I go there, I always find consistently fresh and tasty Lebanese food — from baba ghanouj, fattoush, samboussek jibne and batenjan mehshi.

This is a lovely little restaurant tucked away in Oxford Circus. There’s several locations and I like this one the best. It’s got a European feel to it with it’s blackboard walls and intimate seatings. It was a very busy Friday night but we managed to sit inside after eating outside for a bit. We ordered a whole range of dishes but what really stood out for me were the pastries and halloumi. A great place to go with just your significant other or a group of friends, but do be warned it can be a long wait if you don’t book in advance.

Cozy and romantic place in Soho, great for a dinner date. Very popular as well. Went there on a Saturday night and it was packed. Not too noisy, though.
The food is Beirut street food, I wish I could have tasted the whole menu. A lot of kafta and shawarma, but also other exciting things. I had a slow cooked lamb stew which name I will never remember. You’ll know it when you see the menu. Very nice with a tomato/​bell pepper sauce.
The staff is busy but very friendly.

Another place that has been on my list to try for nearly a year! I love Lebanese food so when my friend told me to check it out last year I of course noted it down! A friend and I booked at table on a weekday for 6pm — a very small restaurant (a bit cramped feeling) there didn’t seem any need to book however by 6.30 it was pretty full! Although the main dishes look amazing (particularly interested in trying LAMB SHAWARMA — Grilled thin slices of marinated lamb, grilled tomato, sumac and parsley onion salad with basmati vermicelli rice & KASTALETA — Charcoal grilled marinated lamb cutlets with grilled baby aubergine, spring onion and red pepper purée) we opted for the mezze to share so we could try plenty of dishes! We went for 5 dishes; baba ghannouj„ mince lamb parcels, feta and halloumi parcels, sauteed potatoes and chicken parcels along with a bottle of Lebanon white. EVERYTHING was delicious. Impressed with baba ghannouj and the white. I can’t remember the cost however not unreasonable but not great value. Service was good. I will definitely be back!

FRIGGING UNCOMFORTABLE CHAIRS/​STOOLS.
I popped to Yalla Yalla for lunch last Thursday: the room is extremely small and it’s more of take-​out place I’d say, even though they managed to squeeze in a handful of tables. Ours was right in front of the door, which was for some reason kept open with a stool. We sat down and I had no space whatsoever where to put my coat and handbag (I don’t mind leaving my stuff on the floor but… there’s no space on the floor. And it being a stool I couldn’t hang anything on the back of a chair either).
Particularly peeved at how uncomfortable it was.
That said, the food was really nice. My friend ordered a wrap and I had lamb cutlets with an aubergine and pomegranate sort of salsa. I couldn’t spot any aubergine in there, but the lamb was very very nice nonetheless. I could have eaten double that.
It was also a bit difficult to get the staff’s attention, which is weird considering how small the place is, and our table was nearly in front of the counter where people queue to order/​pay.
I think one of the tables against the wall would have made for a better experience, but alas we didn’t get one. So I’ll have to leave it at that.

My friends and I found this place as we were heading home after a few drinks. Someone had told me about this place before and I really wanted to like it.
I do like the décor, and I like that they have some sandwiches on display. But I don’t like much else.
We made our order and were waiting for it to come out. The sandwich was on display and just needed to be heated. It took a good 15 minutes for them to heat and wrap 4 sandwiches. They also rudely asked us to wait outside as we were crowding them.
The staff was generally rude, as when I asked about other items they had, they were rude and told me that what’s on display was all they had left. I understand that it was late and might be the end of their work day, but it wouldn’t kill them to be nicer.
Then the sandwich: dry meat, very underwhelming. Maybe they are better as table service? I don’t know.

This is one of my absolute favorite places to eat in London. Have been here four times… I love the cozy atmosphere! Almost feels like you popped into a friends home for dinner. The service attentive and usually fast as there’s often a queue of people waiting outside. They have a pretty extensive menu for a reasonable price. My fiancé and I usually share 2 – 3 appetizers and a main… We never make it to dessert. Haven’t tried the cocktails but they sound interesting. Can’t wait to come back again.

It a tiny little place but quite cozy. The food tastes good but it definitely foes not taste authentic. We ordered falafel, baby ganoush and shish taouk dinner. Everything had good flavor but the shish taouk definitely lagged the Arabic/​lebanese flavor.
We were there with our two toddlers who were being very mannered the whole time. However the waitress seemed to be very agitated by thepresence of their push cart. She was neither friendly nor approachable.
You’ll like the food but don’t go there with an expectation of having an authentic Arabic food

My first experience with what I would assume was an authentic Lebanese kitchen. One of the participant of the SoHo food fare was Lebanese and in her opinion it was right on the money.
We had two dishes: Baba Ghannoujj and Soujoc, and they were both brilliant. Just brilliant. The smoothness of the Baba and the spiciness of the Soujoc sausages was perfect.
This place is a must-​visit in SoHo is small and intimate — almost secret. And according to the prices on the chart a bargain!
I’m coming nexttime I’m in London.
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Disclaimer; this was a stop on a SoHo food safari-​thing, so the review may seem rather slim but we only had a few items.

Of all the foods across the globe, Lebanese is by far my favourite cuisine. I love the fact that you can order lots of different plates of food which can be shared amongst friends, allowing you to nibble a bit of this and that — and importantly allowing you not to get food envy across the table!
I headed down to Yalla Yalla, located just behind Oxford Street on Monday evening for a catch up with an old work colleague. I arrived a little earlier, and as guests aren’t seated until the whole party arrives, sat down to wait for my companion at the bar whilst enjoying a glass of apple, mint and ginger lemonade and taking in my surroundings.
The vibe of the restaurant is very noisy and lively, owing to the fact that you sit on long communal tables (think Wagamamas/​Flesh & buns) so it makes it a great place to socialise in big groups. Once we were seated, we got ahead with ordering a selection of dishes to share, which arrive as they are cooked rather all at the same time — for this reason I didn’t get a snap of some of the dishes as I was too busy scoffing to remember!
‘Tabboule’ — my go-​to Lebanese dish a salad comprised of chopped parsley, mint, spring onion, tomato, olive oil, lemon juice and cracked wheat. A little lacking in in lemon juice– the best tabuloueh, for me, packs a real zing!
‘Halloum meshoue’ — chunks of grilled halloumi cheese served with with tomato, black olives, fresh mint dressed in olive oil.
Hommos — deliciously creamy and very moreish!
The Chicken Rakakat (delicious fragrant fried pastry filled with marinated chicken, garlic and harrisa) were the star of the show and the Falafel served with tahini and garlic youghurt sauce were moist and delicious. Sadly these were devoured before I got the chance to photograph them — but I can vouch for how delicious they are! All the above, plus two drinks came to £15 each which I think is great value — highly recommend if you’re looking for an informal lunch or dinner venue!

What a fantastic little place. Great for vegetarians it’s got a good choice of meat dishes too. Just one small room that holds about 20 people. Staff a bit hit and miss but most are very helpful if very relaxed. The food is amazing. Usual suspects of falafel, hummus, tabbouleh etc. but I especially liked the little lamb parcels with pine nuts and tahini. A lovely romantic little place.

Oh dear. We had a bit of an iffy metal at Yalla Yalla which is normally freaking fabulous and totally awesome.
The hummus shawarma and grilled halloumi were both quite good. But …
The fattoush was salty. Like, really really salty.
The kofta was good but sat on a very paltry bed of rice. It just looked and felt a bit cheap.
The chicken shawarma was not good. The meat was not flavoursome but boring and bland. Again, the pieces sat on top of a very thin bed of rice.
I’m sure it was just an off day but it’s never a good sign when you bring friends after raving about YY, only to get this. Hopefully, it was just a one off.

Yalla Yalla has had raving reviews, and the consistent line outside the door of their tiny shop is testament to how popular it is. My family and I waited an hour and a half, so I highly recommend you make reservations or come at non-​peak hours!
For starters, we had the baba ghanouj, spicy potatoes, and the deep fried seafood plate. The baba ghanouj had an amazing charcoal flavor, which was elevated by the pomegranate seeds, lemon, and mint leaves. We sopped up every last bit of the dip with the warm pita bread, and was still craving more! The spicy potatoes reminded me of breakfast potatoes in the US, but I did like how crispy they were without being greasy. They also had a delicious spicy seasoning that made it unique. The seafood plate is also a great deal, with calamari, shrimp, smelt, and eggplant that had a light fry on it. I loved that it was paired with a yogurt dip that cut the grease and heaviness of a deep-​fried dish.
Next, I had the chicken shawarma, which was a little disappointing. The chicken was a little dry and salty enough to keep me chugging water for hours after the meal. I loved the basmati rice though, which was fragrant and fluffy. My brother had the shish taouk, which was marinated chicken breast cubes on a skewer. His meat looked much more tender and well-​cooked than mine, so if you’re looking for a chicken dish I recommend this one instead! My parents both had the sea bass, but were doubtful about whether the fish really was sea bass. It was lightly pan-​fried, then covered with a delicious tomato sauce. I really appreciated the freshness of the ingredients, but the food had a few missteps along the way that took away from the meal as a whole.

la nourriture est incroyable et le restaurant est petite mais très confortable