The best wine bars in Soho
12 September 2026·4 min read
Bars
Cocktail dens, wine bars and pubs with the doors open.
BarsThe best pubs in Soho
Halves only on Dean Street, the rudest landlord's old bar on Greek Street, Orwell's upstairs room and the Guinness everyone queues for. Soho's pubs, with the right glass in each.
8 September 2026·4 min read
BarsThe best cocktail bars in Soho
A negroni poured to the brim, a martini at the Swift bar, chai sours until 3am. Soho has eight bars on the UK top fifty. These are the ones we would walk to.
5 September 2026·4 min read
BarsCompton's of Soho: what to order and when to go
A Victorian-style gay pub on Old Compton Street with two floors, a balcony and a history that stretches back to 1890.
17 July 2026·3 min read
BarsBar Américain at Zédel: what to order and when to go
An art deco basement bar under Piccadilly's edge of Soho, with a cocktail menu that reads like a history lesson. Go early, order by the decade.
7 July 2026·3 min read
BarsSoho's basement bars: where the stairs lead and what to order
Four Soho bars down a flight of stairs, with the door to look for and the drink to ask for.
1 July 2026·3 min read
BarsThe Sun & 13 Cantons: what to order and when to go
A Gothic Revival corner pub with a Swiss joke in its name and a Moroccan grill in the kitchen: here is how to do it well.
15 June 2026·3 min read
BarsWhere to drink in Old Compton Street, and what each pub is good for
Three doors, three very different nights: a historic local, a wood-panelled grande dame and a loud, late party bar.
13 June 2026·3 min read
BarsWhere to drink in Wardour Street, pub by bar
From a Fuller's pub with rock history to a three-floor Irish barn, here is what each Wardour Street door is good for.
3 June 2026·3 min read
BarsDog and Duck, Soho: what to order and when to go
A tiny, tiled Victorian pub on the corner of Bateman and Frith Streets, with a licence going back to 1734 and a pie worth the squeeze.
26 May 2026·3 min read
BarsThe Ship, Wardour Street: what to order and when to go
A Fuller's corner pub on Wardour Street with Victorian glass, a rock and roll past and no bookings. Go early, order the ESB.
26 April 2026·3 min read
BarsWhere to drink around Soho Square, and what each is good for
The square itself is for sitting. The drinking is a minute or two away, on Carlisle Street, Dean Street, Greek Street and Frith Street.
24 April 2026·3 min read
BarsWhere to drink in Carnaby and Kingly: four doors worth knowing
Two proper pubs, one flatshare cocktail bar and a late-night hideaway: what each Kingly Street door is good for.
4 April 2026·3 min read