Leila's Shop in Tower Hamlets

The food here is absolutely amazing - highly recommend. Eaten there twice in two weeks, superb. Staff are very friendly as well

Great food, although a bit pricey for the overall package, as it's more a room with chairs and tables than a restaurant. It's also extremely cold as the door is always open.

Would love to review this little restaurant and above all it would have been great to eat something, but the staff was that harsh and impolite, that we had to leave without any food or good impressions. Too bad for this lovely neighbourhood.

We bought 'Blood oranges' From Sicily, almost £5 for four oranges, imagine out disappointment when we got home and all of them were regular oranges.

Great friendly service. Delicious deli products and produce as well as snacks. A must go

I cringe at people , who , upon encountering something different and special, they misunderstand it as a public space and when the place or the people (rarely the food in this case) don’t meet their expectations , egos get hurt and there go the one star reviews. Leila’s shop still follows Covid rules , and sells and serves delicious ingredients and food while adhering to the most incredible loyalty to their ethos of sustenance and sustainability. You won’t find a plastic cup or take away disposables and I think that is totally amazing and as a hospitality business myself, I take my hat off to Leila and her team. As for the food, just like food should be, delicious and nurturing, cooked in a wonderful kitchen without the suffering that most of this industry hides behind closed doors. Loved my lunch today! Thank you 😊

I echo most of the negative reviews here.Leila reprimanded me for stepping into the shop, yelling, "only one customer in the shop at a time!", while having no signage to indicate this.She then proceeded to scold me for not having the back of my credit card signed?You're a white British woman being rude and authoritative to a person of color. But alas, boomers will boom.Another example of a white woman who's great at practicing the three G's -Gaslight. Gatekeep. Girlboss.You go Leila!

Got my first tiffin, it was a white beans stew with pancetta and a salad.The service was great, the food is tasty and I love that you are using a system where you use less packaging.Tiffins are the low-tech solution to food packaging! No need to re-invent the wheel ;)

Lovely healthy place!The menu has been change every day(?).It is the biggest pros and cons.I enjoyed well :)Nice staff, healthy food!Booking is good for weekendAnd there is a break time after lunch time!

Tenner for this.I felt unwelcome.Asked what it was about because I thought damn I've misunderstood something here like.Got asked in return "have you ever worked in a cafe?".I said yes, but failed to add: if I had ever made you feel this unwelcome in my cafe I would've felt embarrassed; I would not have blamed you.Gutted, because it seems like a properly nice place. Good bread. Nice view. Gentle interior. But all of little or no consequence if you're made to feel an unwanted guest.