The Lyric on Great Windmill Street: what to order and when to go
30 October 2026·4 min read
Bars
Cocktail dens, wine bars and pubs with the doors open.
BarsDisrepute: what to order and when to go
A red staircase, crushed velvet and a scandalous past: the basement bar under Kingly Court, and how to do it properly.
28 September 2026·3 min read
BarsCahoots in Kingly Court: what to order and when to go
A pretend tube station under Kingly Court, with a newspaper menu, drinks in milk bottles and a carriage worth asking for.
25 September 2026·3 min read
BarsThe Blue Posts on Berwick Street: what to order and when to go
A tiled corner pub at the top of Berwick Street Market, with red velvet banquettes, cask ales and a crowd that runs from market traders to streetwear fans.
18 September 2026·3 min read
BarsThe best wine bars in Soho
A sommelier's basement on Frith Street, low-intervention Loire on Kingly Street and a £5 vermouth on Manette Street. Soho's wine bars, glass by glass.
12 September 2026·4 min read
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
BarsThe French House: what to order and when to go
A Grade II listed Dean Street pub with half pints, a red-walled dining room and a long memory: what to order, and when to turn up.
24 August 2026·3 min read
BarsDe Hems: what to order and when to go
A Dutch pub on the corner of Chinatown with a coaching inn past, a wartime story and a serious Belgian and Dutch beer list.
14 August 2026·4 min read
BarsSwift Soho: what to order and when to go
Two floors, two moods and one Irish coffee worth the detour: how to use Swift on Old Compton Street.
6 August 2026·3 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
BarsWhere to have a drink before a Shaftesbury Avenue show
Four Soho doors worth your pre-curtain drink: a walk-in cocktail bar, a beer hall, an all-day Italian and a Dean Street wine pub.
23 June 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