Le Bab Soho Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was incredible, the kebab was a burst of flavour."
• "The chicken shish was delicious, chicken perfectly cooked, greens crunchy and flavoursome."
• "The paneer which was delicious!"
• "The entire menu being halal, the turkish korean fried chicken with sticky dates sauce was superbly delicious."
• "Every dish was more delicious than the last and the price was very reasonable for London."
• "The food is really tasty! It isn't the cheapest for some of the portion sizes but I think it's worth it overall."
• "Food was flavorful, inventive and delicious."

Cons:

• "Tasteless overly greasy, flatbread which was more like Indian bread swimming in oil."
• "Our kebab was cold."
• "I wasn't impressed with the mocktail and kebab."
• "But the 15 hour pork ribeye shawarma was terrible!! The pork pieces were hard and well over cooked."
• "The first time I went the food was great. This time it was over cooked, the fried chicken shish looked great but was dry and cold."
• "The chicken kebab was a little underwhelming, the chicken was juicy but it had too much black pepper and slightly on the salty side."
• "The meat on the kebabs was dry and served luke warm and lacked any real flavour."

Service

Pros:

• "The service was amazing, the food really complimented the courtship provided by the staff there."
• "The waiters were very friendly and the prices very reasonable."
• "The staff were great and very helpful."
• "Service was brilliant from both Mo and Ani."
• "The service was super friendly and professional."
• "Staff were friendly and the service was quick."
• "Service was 11/10. Immediately came with water, drinks and to take our orders."

Cons:

• "The worst food ever and the staff give an attitude no welcoming at all."
• "Food is pricey and the staff are hostile."
• "The staff was quite unfriendly."
• "Disappointing service - staff seems cranky and tired."
• "The service let it down for me."
• "The staff were friendly but the service was quite rushed."
• "Service was appalling, everyone had a doom and gloom attitude."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "This place is very cool, and the food mostly lives up to the setting."
• "We loved the atmosphere of the place."
• "Friendly service and a nice, lively atmosphere."
• "The atmosphere is bustling but the volume is such that it's easy to hear each other and speak across the table."
• "The atmosphere was good and the tunes were great!"
• "The atmosphere is buzzing and friendly."
• "The atmosphere is great, laid back but kind of formal at the same time."

Cons:

• "Very hot inside. No aircon."
• "The venue can be loud and I'd recommend going as group rather than a date."
• "There is absolute no vibe in this place."
• "Quite a cramped place, with very loud music."
• "The intimate feel of the place was missing completely."
• "We did feel like we were shouting over the music at each other."
• "Pretty hot inside and were told that air con wasn't working which is a joke really."

Value

Pros:

• "The waiters were very friendly and the prices very reasonable."
• "Every dish was more delicious than the last and the price was very reasonable for London."
• "The food is really tasty! It isn't the cheapest for some of the portion sizes but I think it's worth it overall."
• "Not to mention the bill is considerably lighter than most other restaurants in the area."
• "It has been a nice dinner out at a fair price."
• "The prices were super reasonable!"
• "Very tasty and flavourful kebabs at very good prices."

Cons:

• "Oh! And get ready for a pricey bill in your table to land."
• "A kebab with peppers and houmous cost me over £30!"
• "Especially considering the outrageous prices!!"
• "Nothing justifies the exorbitantly high prices in the restaurant with sub standard service, gloomy ambience and poor attitude of the staff."
• "The food was mediocre, to say the least, with really, really small portions for the price."
• "I don't think the portions/pricing represented value, we had 3 mains, 2 sides, 1 starter and 2 alcoholic drinks at £103 between the three of us."
• "It was poor value, and there are far better places in the proximity for dinner."