Best pita bread in the northeast! Grew up in Whitehall. Currently live in West Chester. If I'm visiting family, I have to stop by! Lots of good food! read more

Excellent food, and so friendly. I will definitely stop by again. Baked fresh daily, and sandwiches eat in or take out. read more

This is a market where they sell imported foods from Middle Eastern countries. It's also a bakery where they bake their own pita bread, which is used to make Za'atar. Za'atar was nicely browned and so good. They also bake Date cookies, Walnut cookies, and Coconut cookies. Coconut and Walnut cookies were very good; Date cookies were also good. They also bake meat and spinach pies with dough they make themselves. Spinach pie had a tanginess to it and was very good. Onion and pine nuts gave ground beef meat pies good flavor. The foods made here taste like they were made in another country and is part of the reason why they were so good. It's also an eatery where they make sandwiches and salads using meat cooked on a spit right there. It's also a deli where they sell house made foods such as hummus tabouleh. Staff was helpful and nice. read more

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We drove an hour to get here and would do it again just for the bread. It what I remember as a child.

We always had their pita bread, we stopped on our way to Niagara Falls and ordered their Falafel sandwich which were soooo good. Thank you.

Amazing middle eastern bakery. Very nice staff. Got a variety of pies including meat, spinach and eggs and cheese. Wanted to put an update after the second visit that they serve amazing chicken shawarma sandwiches which could be the best I had in the United States. We actually got two sandwiches but because they were so awesome we wanted to order few more to go and for other family members to try but they were out of chicken because the time was late afternoon. The gentlemen was really very nice and helpful and all other staff were great as well. Also this time we tried their homemade labna and tabouli both were so amazing and very fresh. read more

Soumaya & Sons Bakery - Bakeries Near Me - Whitehall, Pennsylvania

I love it here for many reasons. Their lunch counter offers delicious shwarma, salads, and falafel. They make awesome homemade hummus, tabouleh, babaganouj, smeed, and the like. The home made pita is an absolute scene stealer! It's made fresh daily. The family ran business is as good as it gets. Always treat me like one of their own. read more

Amazing falafel. Love the food, hours are slightly more tricky. Low key ambiance. Fast service

As we all know, we have seen prices go up basically everywhere, but little by little we just have to adjust our thinking. I have not been to this place for quite sometime and never will again! The prices for items such as grape leaves is outrageous and without meat! What this place did is changed quality for quantity. The meat pies and egg pies are all breading! Lastly went to Azar's market in Bethlehem, bought the zaatar bread, where is the seasoning? There were more than two pita's in the package before! read more

Amazingly fresh, authentic, and flavorful. Beef shwarma- they run out almost every day so get there early. read more

Food is delicious! Great service, kind employees. Try the kibbe, baklava, baba, the wraps, the tabbouleh, make sure you get the homemade pitas before they sell out!! Make sure you check the hours before you go, they have limited store hours read more

I drive 85 miles RT to get their bread. It is the best and their store is much more! Why not eat here? So clean and well staffed. The addition of eating fits very well. It is better here than any where else. I promise you will be so pleased. The assortment of spices is amazing. I love this place and I love anything I get here. read more

I'm Israeli and I love Arab food. I wish they had more selection though. If you come early in the morning, you can get fresh pita, pita with zaatar (like thyme) and many other good and fresh foods. read more

The guy below told me I needed to try a traditional shawarma sandwich. Wasn't sure what to expect because I have never had it, although i am a big fan of traditional Arabic food. Shawarma- it was a pita with grilled chicken seasoned well with a garlic lemon roast taste. Lettuce and a yogurt based sauce. Oh and he added fries in the sandwich noting it was a better with it. The flavors of this sandwich was extremely flavorful and couldn't of had a better experience with my first shawarma. I also ordered the taboli which is a traditional Syria salad. The flavor combination is exquisite and here it tasted exactly like the taboli I had at my Arabic families' homes. Not only was the food delicious, the cook was extremely welcoming, including the Arabic customers in the store. The environment is so pleasing here and it's not the question if I'd come back here again, it's when I'll be back. read more

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If I could tell you an example of the Amazon reviews of the three wolves howling shirt and compare it to this place...it's freaking awesome! Hands down the best bread for all your dips, best hummus and omg if u like Smokey their baba ghanaugh is heaven! I mean heaven!! There's a small market and fresh takeout, please check it out!! read more

Wonderful bakery and take out. Fabulous spinach pies, meat pies, kibe, pita bread. The store is spotless!!

My favorite spot for shawarmas and Kenny salads. They make their own pita and have the chicken and beef rotating. It's soooooo good! Between the juicy and crispy chicken, creamy garlic sauce, tangy garlic and super soft but thin and fresh pita, there's absolutely no way you'll be disappointed with Soumayas ! read more

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Amazing food from lunch salads and shawarmas to hummus and pita to delicious desserts (and much more). Everything is made fresh and is absolutely delicious. Family owned and operated as well. So nice to come in and see smiling faces, as well! read more

I love this place. I travel for over 1 hour but I consider myself lucky that this place is so close for such great food. Their food is as fresh as it gets and very close to "mom's". Also, they're very welcoming and friendly ready to give you help and direction to the meals you want. read more

I got The Halal. Absolutely delicious. Chris is a great guy! You have to try this place.

I went here for the first time today and was blown away. Their pita is fresh every day. I bought their beautiful thin pitas--perfect for pizza crust, btw--and they were still warm. The door to the back was open and you could see women baking. So authentic and so good. I am eating their babaghanoush as I write this and it's as good as baba gets--lemony, garlicky, creamy, smoky. The spinach pies were so good I got four of them to go. Hummus is fantastic. Zaatar bread delicious. The falafel was terrific and it had the pickles the way it's supposed to. The grocery selection is small, but right on. $3.70 got me a block of haloumi cheese, which is so, so delicious. You can pay three times more at Wegmans if you want. I will be back all the time. I mean all the time. read more

I like their food but I'm giving them 2 stars for twice now charging me too much for my items. The first time I didn't realized the mistake until after I left the store. I was over charged by about $3 or so. The total seemed high but I didn't add it up before check out so I just paid it. I do like the food and figured it was a mistake. Today it happened again except I this time I knew what the total should be so when they told me $26 for $18.00 worth of food. Right away I said that wasn't right so she looked at the register tape, apparently she charged me twice for the grape leaves. I just think its weird that I was over charged by several dollars twice now. Make sure you have some idea of what the total should be BEFORE you check out there. read more

I adore this place for its foods. While not a restaurant, you can sit and eat at one of two four-person tables. The people are nice. They have, among other things, excellent fresh spinach pies, dolmas, hummus, pita breads, baklava, sandwiches (before going vegetarian I used to love the shawarma sandwiches with their excellent garlic tahini sauce which I highly recommend having extra amounts of) & some grocery items (such as excellent pita bread, spices & other ingredients you won't find at your local grocery store). I've been eating their food for years & loving it. And STILL loving it today (updated this review in may 2014). They have very good prices, especially considering the lackluster options for pita bread & hummus at my local grocery stores. If I'm smart, I'll remember to buy these items at Soumaya & Sons next time! I think they might be supplying some restaurants with pita bread and baba ganoush, because the Aladdin and Soumaya and Sons both have indistinguishable, and utterly orgasmic, baba ganoush. Seriously. It's just heavenly (and I'm atheist). You must have some. Then have some more. OOOOHHH!! I've had baba ganoush from many places and this variety is superior to ALL. Whatever you bought at the Giant grocery store, or even Wegman's, is not baba ganoush. Get the real thing here! Also of note, it's easy to be a vegan there. All you have to do is ask about ingredients if you're unsure. The employee who helped us had dairy intolerances & was therefore quite prepared to help my friend determine which items were dairy free. read more

Today, was my first time at Soumaya...I had the kibbee (which they tell me they make 2 times per week) It was THE BEST KIBBEE I have had in 25 years, since my grandparents were alive. Unbelievably delicious and homemade tasting....even the charred grill marks, made me feel like I was back in the 6th Ward of Allentown, eating a meal with my dear sittoo and jiddoo. I live in Parsippany NJ, and would seriously consider opening a Soumaya franchise here !!!!! read more

The absolute best shawarma sandwich I ever had in Allentown!! The grape leaves are very delicious as well. Unfortunately I did not try any baked goods I swung in with a friend for lunch after finding out my usual shawarma spot was closed. Glad I stopped I had been meaning to for a while now. Good service, very friendly atmosphere, and good prices. Can't wait to go back. read more

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If they had a bigger parking lot, they would be even busier for a late lunch. Pita was perfect as always. Ordered schwarma, beef chicken mixed and a side of falafel pieces. Because it was so late in the afternoon, they were low on the meat, so it was a bit dry but the flavor was all there. The falafel were just so good, wish I got more. I am rooting for this family owned business. They are doing everything right. read more

Stopped in for a inexpensive lunch today. We each had half a shawarma, one half chicken and one half beef. Both were great. Chicken was moist and seemed to have a little crunch to it. Beef was medium and quite tender. I think I liked the beef just a little bit more. Baklava was nice. Not swimming in honey. Had a meat pie too. That could have used a little more filling but was good nonetheless. We will return! read more

Came here looking for the fairly hard to come by (in a brick-and-mortar shop) ingredient hartshorn (aka ammonium carbonate, baker's ammonia, sal volatile) for making springerle and they had it. So on the off chance anyone else is looking for it, here you go. Having already braved Route 22 to get there I figured I might as well make the most of it and tried a few things. Pita were still warm and well priced coming in packs of 10 smaller size white or whole wheat loeaves or packs of about 5 large white loaves all priced at $1.50. They were a tad tough but still good and great once reheated at home and crisped some. Enjoyed them with the hummus which tastes great. My only wish for the hummus is that it be a little thicker. Meat pies and spinach pies were good, spinach pies were large but not stuffed, just a layer of spinach on the bottom. Fine with me, I'm still learning to like spinach anyway. They carry a fair amount of spices including some harder to find like the hartshorn, citric acid, powdered vanillin, and zatar. A few varieties of bulgar wheat. Great prices, helpful service, and they had the secret ingredient I was looking all over for! read more

I cannot get enough of the chicken shawarma! The garlic paste is amazing. I usually pick up tabouli and pita - always fresh and everyone is super friendly. read more

This bakery was like milk and honey in a fried food desert. But in all seriousness, I was so thrilled to discover a local shop that bakes fresh pita bread and has a variety of Middle Eastern ingredients. Also, as a Lebanese American, their chicken shawarma was phenomenal... and I've had a lot of great shawarma. So excited to have found this spot. We'll definitely be bringing our friends to try some authentic shawarma! read more

Omg will never go back the guy that makes the Sandwiches his so rude the heat up everything's in the microwave like why not. They keep the same shawarma roll for days until it's done that makes the chicken and beef dry and unsafe to eat as the move it from the fridge to heat back to fridge not good. I drive to jersey once a week to eat the real Arabic food. read more

Best Mediterranean food in town! The chicken shawarma is just amazing! I try something different every time and it's always amazing! Here is a picture of the Supreme Wrap with steak, chicken and Falafel. Sorry I had to bite it first. I jus couldn't wait read more

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This is the real deal. The falafel is flavourful and strikes the perfect balance with a soft inside and crispy exterior. The humus is delicious. And the pita. Ah, the pita is wonderful. It is worth the drive and every time I've been here, I am greeted by a friendly staff. This place is a local treasure. read more

Love, love - love this place. I'm addicted to the Kenny Salad, it's fattoush salad with grilled chicken - so delicious. The thoum is the best I've had in the Valley and it pairs perfectly with their fresh homemade bread, baked daily! I've also had the baba, hummus and tabouli - all are spot on!! read more

Best pita bread ever. Grew up with the family and so glad they took grandmas business and grew it. The family is wonderful. Thank you for always being there! read more

I have only been here twice, with my sister and nephew. Let me just say, we all leave with our bellies full and handfuls of freshly made pita bread along with other goodies. The chicken shawarmas are absolutely amazing. The workers are always super nice and the one dude who makes the sandwiches always makes conversation and has a great attitude. I love it here! read more

A totally authentic gem! This place came highly recommended to me from my PT office staff - everyone loves their hummus and pita bread. So today, I convinced my boyfriend to come with me and check this place out. Boy were we glad we did! Their pita is quite scrumptious and the best part is, you get 6 large loaves for ONE DOLLAR! We also got the baba ganoush which was very flavorful and not at all bitter (I find some hummus to be bitter - maybe it's just me!). We also bought a spinach pie and a meat pie which are small pastries filled with either spinach or beef. We haven't had a chance to eat those yet so I'll be back to tell you how that went. But for now, I was blown away by their baba ganoush and pita. To be more specific, the pita bread was very fresh (still warm) and not at all chewy. It ripped cleanly and tasted like freshly baked bread more than like a tortilla. (I'm comparing these to supermarket pitas by the way). I highly recommend a visit and next time plan to stop there at lunch to have one of their $4.25 sandwich wraps (Pita with falafel or kebab meet). On top of all that, it's run by real Middle Eastern folks who all spoke amongst themselves in their native language - shouting questions and advice across the whole store...I felt like I was in a different country for a moment...a great experience. UPDATE: So we had the pies...boyfriend liked the meat pie a lot - I'm not a beef fan but it was ok to me. The spinach pie was good though. Not anything crazy good but I'd get more of them if I was a local. On the other hand, we went back there for lunch on Friday and shared the chicken kebab wrap...SO good. They marinate the chicken strips and grill them...then they wrap them in a fresh pita with...something, some kind of super tasty garlic sauce with some kind of spicy pickles. It's not super spicy overall or anything but it was really really good. Definitely worth a try! read more

First off the man making the sandwiches was not even using gloves. Then my friend said she just saw him come out the men's room. Omg I'm disgusted. I'm fed up with places like this. read more

Soumaya Bakery proved itself for about 30+ years by its loyal middle-eastern customers living in Allentown's Sixth Ward. You can count on getting fresh pita bread made on-location, which is not the case with pita bread sold in grocery stores. Remember, though, that you need to eat this bread in a day or two for best enjoyment because it's not loaded with preservatives. Lebanese and Syrian people eat their bread with almost every meal so they don't need those preservatives. This may be why one person below said the bread was slightly tough; usually that only happens if you wait more than 2 days to eat it. And, the price is right. Yes, their meat and spinach pies are great too. Try kibbee as well! read more

FABULOUS food!! We live about 45 minutes away, and it is definitely worth the trip to stock up on spinach pies, kibbeh, meat pies, stuffed grape leaves, and the best baklava you'll ever eat! Everything is amazingly fresh, delicious, and very reasonably priced. In addition to the prepared food, they have a small but good selection of middle eastern groceries/ingredients for your home cooking, also at unbeatable prices. The family is friendly and helpful. It is truly a delight to go here!! read more