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    Bistro Sojo

    4.4 (20 reviews)
    Closed • 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Patrick B.

    Phenomenal, amazing, delicious food. Drinks were wonderful too. We each had a spiced mule, which was unique and fantastic. They talked me into the squash soup, which was to die for. Every entree was full of flavor. It took a little long to get those entrees, but otherwise we were very, very impressed with this place.

    Justin E.

    A bright light in the Winchester restaurant scene! Bistro Sojo is a recently opened restaurant in the Winchester downtown area that is an absolute must-try. As soon as you walk in the door, it's very clear that it's a unique location for the town. The decor, style and ambiance is a breath of fresh air, with a very stylish yet welcoming and warm feel. However, it could use some music as there were moments of awkward silence among the patrons. The staff were all very welcoming, and the food, was extremely well-done. We went for a brunch and I found the menu to be very creative and satisfying. My only real issue was the wait time to get our food. In between our first course and second it took quite a long time to get our entrees. I'm told they are new to the brunch crowd and process so, it's somewhat understandable. Would definitely return to try out the regular dinner menu.

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    Mckenna J.

    Incredible food, ambiance and service! This restaurant has mastered every detail. When you first arrive, you are greeted with a complimentary beverage. This made my husband and I reminisce on our time in Greece, where we were met with the same warm hospitality. We ordered a few cocktails, which were all amazing. We then started with some appetizers - the cod fritters and lamb skewers. These were both great. For the entrees, three of us ordered the oxtail and one ordered the lamb shank. These dishes were exceptional and packed so much flavor. The owners and staff were all very friendly, informative and welcoming. They even let us know about a couple upcoming events that they are planning. Bistro Sojo is an incredible addition to Winchester!

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    Great food and atmosphere. Everything we had was good but the standout for me was the lamb shank and tahini chocolate chip ice cream. Definitely suggest a reservation because it is small and busy. A lovely way to spend an evening.

    A delightful little juice that was so so fragrant. Ginger flowers it was just yummy. Have I used too much in these descriptions?

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    3 months ago

    The food was incredibly delicious. We will definitely be adding this place to our favorites!

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    The food was absolutely incredible! The barrage and squash salad was by far our favorite. So much flavor and also loved the ambiance

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    Beautiful space, excellent food! We have been a few times now and it gets better and better. You can tell the food is made with love.

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    Food was ok, service was horrible, prices are pushing the limits of too high. Ambiance too crowded. Cafeteria style.

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    Ask the Community - Bistro Sojo

    Hummus Mediterranean Grill - Create your own wrap with both chicken shawarma and lamb shawarma. Very good.

    Hummus Mediterranean Grill

    4.7(200 reviews)
    40.1 mi

    What delicious, healthy food at a great price! Staff were friendly and efficient and the restaurant…read morewas bright and clean! Reminded me of a big name Mediterranean chain but the variety and freshness of the food was much better! Loved the cauliflower rice and mixed meat options! We will be back next time we are in Hagerstown! Thank you!!

    My wife and I enjoy Mediterranean food. We enjoy the…read moreseasonings and freshly prepared food. Hummus Grill does exactly that. We both had the lamb shwarma rice bowls. It was excellent. The lamb was prepared perfectly and was not overcooked or dried out. The basmati rice wqs also moist and light. Portion sizes are generous. The menu is limited but offers wraps, gyro chicken and lamb sandwiches and bowl dishes. We were cheerfully greeted when we entered the restaurant. The staff is pleasant and took our orders immediately. It is a very small restaurant with only about eight to ten tables with each table seating two guests It is nothing fancy but the food is very good. It is obviously a very popular location because of the steady foot traffic. Prices are average with prices averaging $15.00 per person. When we arrived, the staff was in the middle of preparing a line of wraps for an order to be picked up. Another good sign that the food is good and popular. The free off street parking is plentiful. The restaurant shares several buildings with other restaurants in a small strip mall I recommend giving this place a try for a different dining experience l.

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    Byblos Restaurant - 18. Spinach Pies

    Byblos Restaurant

    4.5(385 reviews)
    38.9 mi
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    For mains, I went with the kafta platter and loved it. The meat was seasoned perfectly and the…read morevegetables were great. My partner had the chicken kebabs and was equally happy. Others in our group got shawarma sandwiches and spinach pies, and everyone was raving about their food. We wrapped up with a baklava sampler for dessert, which was the perfect ending. The food alone would've made the night, but our waiter really took it to another level. He was warm, personable, and clearly remembered my grandparents from past visits. He greeted them like old friends and was genuinely helpful throughout the meal, steering us toward dishes we'd love based on what we were in the mood for. That kind of attentive, personal service is hard to come by. Highly recommend this place if you're looking for a great Mediterranean/Middle Eastern meal with excellent service to match. Already planning our next visit!

    I love Middle Eastern food, strong, bold flavors, and great music. This one however, is OK not too…read morecrazy. Like how other restaurants would make me but mediocre best. The price that you pay relatively to the portion size is a bit absurd. Their portions are on the smaller side. I'm not used to that because most Middle Eastern restaurants I go to give you large portions that you can make almost 4 meals out of grade music services mediocre they greet you. OK it's nothing crazy for me to say that I will eat ha again, only if I'm in the mood

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    Falafel Kabob Mediterranean Grill

    Falafel Kabob Mediterranean Grill

    4.9(67 reviews)
    41.2 mi
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    We picked up and ordered our platters. And let me just say that portions were generous, food…read moredelicious and fresh. This was Tulip Grill before so I don't know what it looks like now since the hubby picked up our order. Parking is not too bad but be aware that it can get busy due to DD, Lantern Sushi & Roy's are nearby. They notified my hubby that they needed 5 more minutes to get all our order cooked, and put together. Minor comment- though I like the flavor both green and tamarind sauces were a little thin. I like a thicker sauce for dipping. Also the fries though well-seasoned could be crunchier. Still highly recommend trying them out. I have two more meals from my platter.

    Falafel Kabob Mediterranean Grill earned this rating primarily on the value proposition of their…read morefood. Everything on the menu is packing a fairly hefty punch of flavor, and the servings are generous. There was a short line when I arrived, but the counter-style service moved pretty quickly and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Sometimes counter-style is surly and brusque; not here. The staff go out of their way to make sure that you get all the toppings you might enjoy. As a first-time customer, I appreciated that. The shop itself is small with some seating but nobody was dining in; this was not because it's not popular (see the aforementioned line), I think they're just primarily geared towards takeout. I'll definitely be back, especially if I'm in the neighborhood anyway.

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    Chicken Shawarma Wrap

    Jasmine

    Jasmine

    4.9(101 reviews)
    44.6 mi

    Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Everything was made fresh so it…read morewas about 15-minute wait but that's ok, I took the opportunity to look around the market. I picked up a few things. We got a medium Falafel sandwich and a Shawarma sandwich. Wow. Delicious. I actually may have liked the Falafel just slightly better but both were excellent. I also got an extra garlic sauce on the side... just love. Until next time.

    I feel like I found a favorite near us. It's not one of those places where I would travel to, but…read moreif you're relatively close to Urbana, it's worth a stop. It's a small mart that specializes in middle eastern Mediterranean cuisine and ingredients. They place does not have seating inside, but plenty of seating outside. So plan on either take out or picnicking. They make the food right as you order so things are fresh. The part I really liked about this place was that the sauces were not overly salted - to increase shelf life - and the amount of oil/butter was not overly used to try to mask the ingredients. It's more on the "let the ingredients speak for itself" which I really dig. In the end, you don't feel heavy after the meal and you feel like you had a hearty and healthy meal. My favorite was the lamb shawarma. He toasts the outside pita and it gives it a nice crunch. The lamb is fresher than other places and he doesn't over season it to hide the lamb smell. Other places - if you notice - tends to use cumin a lot of mask the lamb smell. Not here though. The falafel sandwich was okay. It was colder than the lamb shawarma. But the falafels were made right there in front of you. I got the sujuk sandwich too (which is a type of sausage). It was a breakfast burrito basically. Our order took 20 mins to make and he makes it right when you order. So be prepared to stay there and peruse around. Some ingredients there were interesting. The one thing that caught my eye was a bottle of pomegranate molasses. He sells it close to 50% what Harris Teeter would charge and he has various brands of pomegranate molasses. I use pomegranate molasses to make grenadine for cocktails. Also has orange blossom and rose water (also both used for cocktails) I like this place and the guy is nice and sweet.

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    Pasha Rest & Cafe - Half Chicken Plate (Tanoor) and Pasha Traditional Mixed ( Nafar )

    Pasha Rest & Cafe

    4.2(39 reviews)
    65.2 mi

    I love the food here, and the staff is courteous and pleasant to deal with. If you want good yummy…read morefood, this is the place to be.

    Man something changed here... maybe some brand new Kurds in town? the food was great but here is my…read moreChatGPT conversation FYI. I can't recommend anymore just bc it was so filthy. We didn't get sick tho so if you want an adventure go and get you some. Almost seemed like they didn't have running water... if you think we are nuts for staying-- we have eaten here a few times before and it wasn't like this lol My convo w the machine: We were at a Kurdish restaurant last night and the table was filthy so I asked the waiter to bring us a rag to clean it and instead he brought us a plastic sheet to lay on top. Is it possible he misunderstood what I was asking? When he put the plastic down it was evident just how dirty the table was!! Yes -- it is very possible he misunderstood you, and the plastic sheet actually makes me think that's more likely than him thinking, "Yep, this table is filthy; let's just cover it." A couple things could have happened: If there was a language barrier, "rag" is a particularly easy word to miss. It's colloquial English and not necessarily a word someone learns early. "Can I get something to clean/wipe the table?" would probably have translated more clearly. In some Kurdish/Middle Eastern restaurants, disposable plastic table coverings are normal, especially for meals with lots of shared dishes, bread, rice, grilled meats, etc. So he may have understood your request as "we need something on the table" rather than "please clean the table." He may also have interpreted your gesture toward the table as asking for a tablecloth/cover, and thought he was solving exactly what you wanted. The hilarious/awful part is that putting down clear plastic apparently created a museum-quality display case for the grime underneath. If the table was genuinely covered in old food, grease, crumbs, etc., though, that's obviously a cleanliness issue regardless of the misunderstanding. The misunderstanding could explain why he brought plastic instead of a rag; it doesn't explain why the table was that dirty to begin with. So yes: I'd give him pretty good odds of having misunderstood "rag." I would give the table no such benefit of the doubt.

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    Hummus with Shawarma

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    Salimi kabob

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    My Deli & Café | Greek Bistro - Cannoli + cappuccino

    My Deli & Café | Greek Bistro

    4.4(237 reviews)
    25.2 mi
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    Excellent all around! I especially liked the barley bowl with the excellent brisket they smoke…read more Highly recommended!

    This is "Greek-style" and not a Greek eatery. What a disappointment. I do so love Greek food which…read morelured me here, so I write this as a cautionary review. Whats more sad is that I paid $15 for something that isn't at all as advertised. I ordered the Chicken Souvlaki Greek Salad as I love grilled meat. Never have I had souvlaki in over a dozen voyages to Greece that was wet boiled or microwaved, as this chicken seemed to be. Souvlaki are grilled skewers. This place should NOT sell the pile of bland, blond, wet chicken breast as "souvlaki." The "Greek" salad was sad. No other way to describe it. It had the ingredients of a Greek salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber) but the feta was meager and there were no onions. The tzatziki was more akin to ranch dressing (not made with yogurt- real Greek yogurt would hold a spoon standing in it. This was almost liquid.) ) and the pita was a doughy, cheap substitute. Their listing says fresh bread, and this pita was not so much. The owner seems nice and personable, and I wish him well but I also wish he would pay more attention to the product he delivers, especially if they call it, Greek. UPDATE from owners rebuttal: I write fair reviews as I experience the food. The issue is not whether you have fresh ingredients or quality chicken: it is clearly stated what you served was just not souvlaki in anyway, it was wet sautéed chicken and that was not traditional tzatziki. It was tzatziki-like sauce. Period. If you go to a pizza place to buy a pizza and you get high quality toasted bread with excellent tomato sauce and good mozzarella- it's still not a pizza, no matter the quality, and you shouldn't call it a pizza. I don't deny you are Greek, proud or otherwise, just serve what you advertise. Good luck to you too!

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    My Deli & Café | Greek Bistro - This place is so cute the food the desert and they even have Greek beer

    This place is so cute the food the desert and they even have Greek beer

    My Deli & Café | Greek Bistro
    My Deli & Café | Greek Bistro - Greek salad, hummus, tzatziki, Mythos beer

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    Greek salad, hummus, tzatziki, Mythos beer

    Bistro Sojo - mediterranean - Updated October 2026

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