Who owns Sofra?
Sofra is owned by Gulf Hotels Group (Bahrain, Bahrain Bourse: GHG).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. Annual Report 2025 — Building Momentum for Future Growth, 22 February 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain, Manama
- Origin
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- Category
- Restaurants & foodservice › Casual dining › Casual dining restaurants
- Parent ticker
- Bahrain Bourse: GHG
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sofra
Sofra is an all-day-dining restaurant in Gulf Hotels Group's portfolio, running breakfast and lunch buffets alongside an à la carte menu of international dishes. Its name is the word used across Turkey, the Levant and the Gulf for the spread of dishes a table shares, which is the register the group is aiming at: everyday eating rather than an occasion.
Ownership timeline of Sofra
- Current owner Gulf Hotels Group [1] reported
Where Sofra sits in Gulf Hotels Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Al Waha Restaurant
- Bahrain Airport Hotel (51%)
- China Garden
- Doña by Margarita Mexicana
- Fishbone
- Fusions
- Gulf Executive Residence
- Gulf Executive Residence Juffair
- Jahazi Restaurant
- Kaju
- La Mosaique Restaurant
- La Pergola
- La Perle
- Margarita Mexicana
- Maverick
- Mawimbi Restaurant
- Rasoi
- Sato Restaurant
- Sofra
- Takht Jamsheed
- The Gulf Hotel Bahrain
- Zen by China Garden
- Zytoun
Open the full Gulf Hotels Group ownership tree →
See the full Gulf Hotels Group brand portfolio (23) →
Other brands owned by Gulf Hotels Group
Gulf Hotels Group controls 23 brands on Brandtree, 19 of them in restaurants & foodservice.
Also in restaurants & foodservice
Other brands in casual dining restaurants, and who owns them
Gulf Hotels Group has more brands in casual dining restaurants on Brandtree than any other owner: 19 of 72.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Casa Bella | Spur Corporation | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Chaonabian | Jiumaojiu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Bonefish Grill | Bloomin' Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen | Darden | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Oliver's Super Sandwiches | Café de Coral | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Café de Paris Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Chili's Grill & Bar | Brinker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| North Italia | Cheesecake Factory | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Gulf Hotels Group
Gulf Hotels Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Manama, Bahrain, founded in 1967. Brandtree records 23 brands under its control, and it is listed as Bahrain Bourse: GHG.
Gulf Hotels Group is Bahrain's largest hotel owner-operator, incorporated in 1967 as Bahrain Hotels Company and renamed in 1969, the year it opened the Gulf Hotel — the country's first five-star hotel. It runs eight properties with about 1,200 keys, roughly twenty restaurants and twelve cafés and lounges, and reported net profit up 44 per cent in 2025 on a net margin of 23 per cent. Unusually for a hotel company its restaurant brands travel on their own: Takht Jamsheed and China Garden are being franchised and opened away from the hotels, in Bahrain malls, at Time Out Market Bahrain and in Saudi Arabia.
Gulf Hotels Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇧🇭 Sofra and other Bahraini brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 31 brands that began in Bahrain. 2 of them (6%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sofra is not one of them.
- Alto — BMMI 🇧🇭
- Babyshop — Landmark Group 🇦🇪
- Gulf Air — Gulf Air 🇧🇭
- Life Insurance Corporation (International) — LIC of India 🇮🇳
- Delilah's — BMMI 🇧🇭
- Elios Craft Cafe — BMMI 🇧🇭
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Sofra?
The parent company of Sofra is Gulf Hotels Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in Bahrain.
Is Sofra Bahraini?
Yes. Sofra originated in Bahrain and its owner, Gulf Hotels Group, is also headquartered in Bahrain.
Is Sofra still owned by Gulf Hotels Group?
Yes. As of 25 September 2026, Sofra is still owned by Gulf Hotels Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C. Annual Report 2025 — Building Momentum for Future Growth — Gulf Hotels Group B.S.C., Annual report, published 22 February 2026; retrieved 25 September 2026.
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