Bar Italia
£·Frith Street·Leicester Square
Bars
Cocktail bars, wine bars, and the best places to drink
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PubBohemian Legend
The French House
££·Dean Street·Leicester Square
De Gaulle drank here. Dylan Thomas drank here. Francis Bacon drank here. They only serve half pints of beer, the wine is French, and the upstairs dining room is one of Soho's best-kept secrets.
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CocktailsMembers Bar
Milk & Honey
£££·Poland Street·Oxford Circus
The legendary speakeasy that helped launch London's cocktail revolution. Non-members can book before 11pm, and the intimate, dimly-lit rooms serve some of the most precise drinks in town.
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CocktailsImmersive Bar
Cahoots
£££·Kingly Court·Oxford Circus
A disused 1940s Tube station turned cocktail bar, complete with a carriage and wartime memorabilia. Kitschy, theatrical, and enormously fun - the drinks are better than they need to be.
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Wine Bar & PubThree In One
The Blue Posts
££·Berwick Street·Oxford Circus
Three venues in one building: a proper pub downstairs, an excellent wine bar on the first floor, and the Evelyn's Table tasting menu in the basement. Something for every mood.
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PubHistoric Pub
The Coach & Horses
£·Greek Street·Leicester Square
The pub where Jeffrey Bernard was famously unwell, and Norman Balon was famously rude. Now a proper vegetarian pub, but the Soho spirit - gloriously unbothered and slightly chaotic - endures.
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Off-LicenceSoho Institution
Gerry's Wines & Spirits
££·Old Compton Street·Leicester Square
Not a bar but an essential Soho stop. This tiny shop on Old Compton Street stocks every obscure spirit, absinthe and liqueur you never knew existed. A treasure trove for the curious drinker.