Sora Lella Vegan Restaurant

1. So good we went back a week later and ordered all the same things! You’ll genuinely forget they’re vegan! Everything was so creamy, and cheesy! Obsessed with this place. I don’t typically like cheesecake, but the Biscoff cheesecake was fabulous!

2. Absolutely delicious and delightful🥹!!! I am so glad I came here 🙂 As someone who is allergic to milk, I never get to indulge in creamy pasta and cheese. This not only satisfied my cravings, but was so incredibly savoury and delicious, I ate really slowly and tried to savour every bite. Probably the best pasta I have ever eaten as someone allergic to milk 🙂 The staff were also so friendly and they serve a jug of free tap water even without asking 😋 The toilet was also so clean and pretty!!! Definitely coming back again 🙂 I recommend this restaurant to anyone even non vegans!!!

3. Editing this to a well deserved 5 stars because regardless of my husband’s opinions on the cheese, I just love this place. It’s some of the best Italian food I have ever had! I can’t wait to go back.

   I absolutely love this place and would have given it 5 stars if my husband had felt the same. He had the pizza and found the cheese to be too strong for him, but I loved all of the food! I had cheese ravioli, and we shared a garlic focaccia (which is huge!), and a hazelnut and orange tart. I also had a cocktail that was made from hazelnut liquor, coffee liquor and soya milk – it was lush! The service was a bit slow but I think our server was new to the job. There is a 10% service charge added to every bill, but they make this perfectly clear.

   This was actually our second time here, and although I loved it, I will admit that it wasn’t as good as our first visit. The cheese did taste stronger than before, and our server the first time was excellent! I still wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sora Lella, and I will DEFINITELY be back!

4. I’m not one to rave about or push five star reviews at a drop of a hat, but I’m about to do that for Sora Lela Roman Vegan Restaurant in Edinburgh, so strap in.

   The restaurant itself is intimate, with most of the magic happening well out of view. A well stocked bar and desert cabinet takes centre stage at the back and is the first thing you see when you walk in.

   We loved all the Roman “sayings” art that decorates the dining area and bathroom, particularly the sti cazzi one. 😂😂🎉🎉

   To start I had a large glass of red wine and Peg had a pear juice, followed by Bruschetta Picante and Zoccolette Alla Sorrentina. I’ve been vegan for 19 years and I have NEVER tasted vegan cheese like that! The bruschetta was topped with nduja and blue cheese, a combination that was rich, with a little kick at the end. The pizza dumplings had a tomato and mozzarella sauce on them that would rival and indeed exceed any non-vegan version, with the parmesan shavings topping off the dish perfectly. We kept looking at each other as we dug in. We knew this whole meal was going to be special.

   For mains we ordered the Mezze Maniche alla Carbonara and Gnocchi Salsiccia e Crema Tartufata. In English that’s carbonara and cheesy gnocchi, but my GOD it wasn’t the basic, flavourless nonsense you would expect had a British person cooked these dishes. They were absolutely SENSATIONAL. The carbonara tasted as if the sauce had been flavoured with their home made bacon fat and the black pepper cut through the creamy sauce beautifully. With the other dish, the sauce stuck to the ridges in the gnocchi and filled my mouth with delight. Truffle is such a delicate flavour and to pair that with a smokey sausage and make it work? *Chef’s kiss.*

   Desert is something I’m still thinking about on a daily basis: a traditional tiramisu served in a cappuccino mug and a white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake. Incredible, delicious…..next level vegan cooking.

   At the end we had a brandy old fashioned and an amaro Montenegro. (The brandy was me liking the look of a bottle in that well stocked bar and the member of staff was more than happy to oblige. )

5. Oh wow, I wasn’t expecting to find vegan food THIS good. We went there twice during our short stay in Edinburgh and both times were fantastic. I’ve eaten pasta equally good only in one other place – Italy. The pizza needed just a little bit of salt, but that’s not a proboem. The staff was nice, the place is small, but cozy. If I ever visit Edinburgh again, this will be the only place I’ll be eating at.

   Wouldn’t you guys think about expanding to other countries? You’d have a loyal customer in Kraków! (I’m only half joking).

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