R R
First experience at Soif surpassed my expectations. The service was fantastic. We had the “Monday chicken” meal for dinner with a bottle of wine. We knew we might not finish the bottle and the restaurant said they will pack it away for us - which they did with so much care (wiped down the white wine bottle even though there was probably only two glasses worth left in there, put a cork in it and wrapped it up in their bag). The food was delicious- definitely one to return to.
Val K
The concept of this restaurant is great. I applaud them for supporting small wine producers, serving high-quality organic food, and actively trying to reduce packaging by serving wine on tap. However, all good causes like that come at the price and for small local restaurant I found it to be too expensive. The service was fast and friendly and the food was delicious.
We ordered whole chicken that was about the same price as two separate mains and ended up taking half of it home. For a family of four or for a group of three, that is a great choice, but for a coupleit was too much. It would be great if half chicken for two is also available on the menu.
Unfortunately, the noise at the restaurant and very extremely loud couple at the next table just ruined the whole experience. A very high-pitched and loud voice of the neighbour was annoying and irritating, and it felt like a noisy pub rather than a restaurant.
Will Kew
Really nice little spot, very tasty menu, well presented dishes, friendly staff, and a strong wine selection. Emphasis on high quality ingredients really shows through.
YuJen
This is such a wonderful restaurant! Every dish is so delicious and amazing. The staff was super friendly as well. Perfect vibe to have a nice dinner and wine. I had a great evening here! Recommend to make a reservation before you go.
Remi Cha
The whole rotisserie chicken and the apple tart with crème normande were exceptional!
Prices are not cheap, but consider it as a treat meal: simple dishes made with great quality ingredients and a lot of flavor!
John Carr (Corinne and John)
Very good bistro and natural wine shop in Battersea not far from Clapham Junction Station. The last remaining member of the excellent Terroirs group of restaurants.
The menu offers snacks, charcuterie, small plates, large plates, a whole chicken to share, cheeses and desserts. Everything we ate was delicious. Very interesting wine list with all wines from small artisan producers growing organically or biodynamically.
Robert
Had dinner here last night. Fantastic restaurant with excellent service. The rotisserie chicken was incredible. The raw beef was my favourite. Wonderful stuff. Can’t wait to go back.
Ian Gordon
Loved this place. It’s a small wine bar with mix of food from snacks to full meals. Malbec by the glass was excellent but the exceptional meal was veal chop with broccoli. Hard to see how could have been better. Busy on a random Thursday night so says it all.
Suji H (Ssuz)
Such a lovely dining experience!
Soif has such a long and good list of wines🍷!! Tried two of them (in picture) both were SO good 😋
Their dinner menu was also really good. Ordered pumpkin, artichoke, duck as a starter (can’t really remember their names😅) and fish as a main. Each and every menu was so tasty and rich in flavour🥰
Highly recommend this place👍🏼 such a lovely service as well 🤗
Jordan Leblanc
Wine list is big enough, not overwhelming, well priced. Food menu was great, lot of selection from meat to veggie, quality 10/10 and the service was efficient and friendly, busy even on Monday, booking advised. Will definitely go back (thank you so much guys)
Gemma Clark
Beautiful food, inspiring wine list, warm atmosphere and friendly staff. I took my husband to Soif for his 40th birthday and neither of us could fault it. We will be back!
Martin Paul Evans
Food, wine, service and atmosphere where perfect �
RaphaEspíritoSanto
Amazing place in London. I love the food. can’t wait to come back here again. Congratulations to the staff.
B Hilbourne
The wine is the main pull of Soif, but the food is also very impressive too. An extensive list of mostly French wines is full of great drops, and they sell by the 'pot' too (500ml) which is great value. The food as well, traditional and simple French cooking is delicious: Pork chops and Grey mullet were a perfect accompaniment. I'll be back!
Selina Newell
Great food, wonderful wine. Not quite as good as its sister restaurant terriors but very nearly there.We had amazing charcuterie and did the wine tasting. The fish was perfectly cooked. The service was funny and attentive.Definitely try it!
L Wilkinson
Soif is one of those wonderfully, relaxed places we tend to head to un-planned. Last week saw some beautiful British summer evenings and therefore meant a spontaneous drink in the sun on Soif's terrace.Their menu changes daily, depending on supplies, and thus meaning we never tire of eating here and the food is really fresh. The menu is perfect for sharing, never seems to falter and heavenly when sat outside with the sun on your face and a glass of rose in hand...
Jon
Overrated.. Had high expectations based on reputation. Genuinely underwhelmed.<br/>Found service poor, while waitress was making an effort she had no grasp on English and was a little frustrating repeating everything twice by the end of the night. Found choices limited and my girlfriend struggled to find anything appealing. When food did come found my Oxtail very bland. In the end my girlfriend ended up loving her fish which was great result. Wine was ok and no problems there but shouldnt be as struggled to find anything under £30 a bottle. Overall left dissapointed spending £130 on 2 courses each and bottle of wine on a Monday night. Will give them another go but not anytime soon.
Walshy
French food but not as we know it. Based on my Sunday lunch experience, Soif is a great restaurant and especially welcome to SW11, which enjoys many reliable restaurants but few as interesting as this. The menu (and the restaurant itself) are easier to navigate than Terroirs and the service was excellent - enthusiastic descriptions of everything we were unsure about, and only too happy to serve us house wine. Filtered tap water in plentiful supply too.<br/><br/>The five of us shared starters, including lardo di colonnata (ribbons of fat), which was (unfortunately?) delicious, chicken livers and fennel salad. Mains included skate in brown butter and rabbit with the fluffiest black pudding I've ever eaten (and I'm a Stornoway stalwart). Mains were priced from £10-17, which I thought was excellent considering how interesting each dish was and how nicely executed.<br/><br/>I will definitely be back!
FelixOnTour
Superb French provincial food and wine. This new French restaurant produces provincial cooking at its absolute best! We started with some delicious rock oysters, some mussels and a leek dish served with egg - all excellent but leaving us with appetite for our mains. We had a very slow braised beef dish that tasted mind-blowingly good and an equally superb pork belly dish. The wine selection was as steadfastly provincial as the food, which made for enjoyable surprises along the way. The service was completely lovely and the interior made for a convivial feel. We will certainly be returning.
Deepalip25
July 2, 2014 by Deepali Shamsaie With it being a sibling of ‘Terroirs’ and ‘Brawn’ (both reputable dining spots in London), I had moderately high expectations for my dinner at Soif. It’s safe to say my expectations crumbled away rapidly as the evening progressed, and i was left feeling utterly underwhelmed by the end of the night. Soif is a casual dining restaurant in Battersea dishing up typical French brasserie style food. The menu however, I found totally uninspiring. As i perused the page in hope, nothing jumped out at me – a very rare moment for me in a restaurant i might add. As i sat there feeling unexcited by the menu, i looked around and quickly decided I wasn’t fond of the interior design of this restaurant – there’s mis-matched furniture and an overall rustic theme going on. I’m usually drawn to the rustic look, but in this case, I just don’t feel like they’ve got it completely right. The four of us were sat in the rear section, near to the kitchen and it felt quite dingy
L Wilkinson
10 of us decided it had been too long and a while back settled on a local SW London restaurant to celebrate a member's return back on home soil from the gorgeous Pariee! French inspired Soif was the perfect choice, it also conveniently happens to be bang in the middle for each and every one of us. Now, not wanting to be an overly boring blogger I kept my camera at bay as much as possible unless people insisted which (thank you) many did! A lot of Soif's delicious plates slipped through due to the menu being heavy on 'sharing is caring' and trying to keep five hungry boys' paws off a plate of food, just so you can take a snap, isn't exactly an easy task!! Soif's décor is typically French inspired, random old French posters and pictures adorn the walls. Gorgeous tiled tables and miss-matched furniture make this a vibrant and relaxed atmosphere, perfect in our case for larger groups! We went 'all out' on both wine and food. Soif's wine list is impressive (and expensive) however their hous
Christine
We headed to Soif , a little place on Battersea Rise with an impressive wine list, for an unusual Sunday lunch. The CG plumped for roast pork belly with some of the most decadent black pudding I've ever had the pleasure of melting on my tongue.
Food And More
Ingredients are used that although inexpensive, bring us new flavours and challenge our taste buds. This for me is what food is all about. With an extensive, biodynamic wine list, expect to find a local crowd of foodies who like their wine.
Caviar Girl
The décor is rustic; small wooden tables across two levels and blackboard walls covered with chalk. The food is seasonal French with British influence, complimented by a large selection of natural wines stored in a temperature controlled room downstairs. I asked… it is 15C.
Qin Xie
In South West London, we enjoy a slower sort of life. Not quite on Caribbean time but certainly noticeably less hurried than anywhere else in London. This translates to our restaurants too – more laid back, less formal. And that’s perhaps why it’s the perfect location for a delightful wine-centric restaurant by the name of Soif.
Editor
Nothing is complicated at Soif and that’s an attraction. It serves simple and rustic, but good food. Another quality is the fact that the menu offers so many appealing things. What is on offer is enough to entice people from beyond the Common as well as being varied enough to keep the locals coming back. I’d happily go again.
Andy Hayler
Soif (“thirst”) is the sister of Terroirs and Brawn, restaurants, opening in November 2011. Like its siblings, the food emphasis is on robust bistro fare, with a wine list that reflects its owners, wine importers Les Caves de Pyrène. Chef Pascal Wiedemann was previously cooking at Terroirs. Soif is in a parade on busy Battersea Rise. There are a few tables outside, and a dining divided into two parts. The section at the back looks into an open kitchen and has a tiled floor, the front section a wooden floor; both have low ceilings and simple décor. The place is casual with no tablecloths, though linen napkins are provided.
LondonRob
I have been to Soif twice now - the first time I left it too long to write about it and it has been several weeks since my second visit. I'm not sure why the delay - because both times I have loved it and usually that means I can't wait to write up a blog post. Anyway, that's kinda irrelevant - the point is, I really want to make sure to blog about Soif because it's ace. I am a big fan of Terroirs and I am really keen to try Brawn, so when these guys opened their latest outpost in my corner of SW London I was super excited. The formula is similar - great, meat-heavy, hearty menus and wine that is natural and free of additives (which in theory makes for easier hangovers - hurrah). The decor is stripped back, lots of wood, blackboard menus, the odd wine barrel - all in all, a lovely, lovely environment to have a chilled dinner with good friends. On my first visit, the other half and I shared the bavette with red wine shallots and duck-fat potatoes (which was beef-tastic) but on th
Hugh Wright
Soif is a very good restaurant and one to which, being lucky enough to be able to call it local literally, I'll be returning. Wherever you live, it's a journey I'd recommend you make, too.
Agirlhastoeat
We started with the charcuterie platter (£12.50) of pork terrine, rillette and Toscana salami. I loved, loved, loved the rillette at Terroirs and so this was the part of the platter that I was looking forward to the most. Instead I found the version at Soif to be overly fatty and not particularly enjoyable with a disproportionately high ratio of fat to meat. The terrine on the ot
Cheese And Biscuits
One of the few criticisms of José Pizarro's tapas bar in Bermondsey - in fact really the only criticism - is that it's always far too busy. In Madrid, a place like José would be one of a number of options to pop in and enjoy a glass of sherry and some carved ham in any given area of town, and whilst some would be better than others, the idea is that you spend a happy evening going from bar to bar, never lingering too long in one spot and with the sheer number of alternatives helping to thin out the crowds. No such luck in SE1 - the nearest decent tapas bar once you've done with José is a cab ride to Soho away, and so the only option is to queue, cheek to jowl with other hungry patrons, hoping at some point you'll be lucky and find a seat. It's worth it, because the food and drink is always so brilliant, but you can see why it's not for everyone. What José needs, and what the people of London need, is competition - and unless you manage to get a walk-in at Zucca (good luck with that
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