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A night out in Covent Garden

Within a short walk of the middle of Covent Garden there are 694 places for dinner, 125 cocktail bars, 112 cheap eats and 95 pubs. Owlabout turns that into a plan: a few stops in walking order, timed for the evening, with one link to send the group.

What’s here

• Pub · 95
• Cocktail bar · 125
• Wine bar · 8
• Drinks outside · 51
• Dinner · 694
• Cheap eats · 112
• Live music · 4
• Comedy · 6
• Bar games · 5
• Karaoke · 2
• Club · 21
• Late-night food · 69

Ready-made nights in Covent Garden

• The pub crawlFour proper pubs, a few minutes apart. Nobody has to choose
• Date nightWine to start, dinner, then somewhere low-lit
• Big night outDinner first, dancing later, late-night food at the end
• Cheap and cheerfulStreet food and a couple of bars, nothing fancy
• Live and loudA drink, a band you haven’t heard of, a nightcap
• Make it weirdDarts, karaoke, 2am food. Trust the process

Well-known places in Covent Garden

Places here with their own Wikipedia entry or a listed building. Plans favour them a little, alongside newer spots.

Pub

• Admiral Duncan, 54 Old Compton Street
• Comptons of Soho, 51-53 Old Compton Street
• Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte Street
• French House, 49 Dean Street
• Nell Gwynne Tavern, 1-2
• Nell of Old Drury, Catherine Street

Cocktail bar

• Lockes, 32 Great Queen Street
• The Lower Third, 26 Denmark Street
• The Scotch of St James, 13 Mason's Yard
• Zebrano, 18 Greek Street

Wine bar

• El Vino, 47 Fleet Street

Drinks outside

• The Bloomsbury, Shaftesbury Avenue
• The Champion, 12-13 Wells Street
• The College Arms, 18 Store Street
• The Crown, 51 New Oxford Street
• The Crown & Two Chairmen, 31-32 Dean Street

Dinner

• Balthazar London, 4-6 Russell Street
• Bentley's
• BiBimBap, 11 Greek Street
• Bob Bob Ricard
• Bocca Di Lupo, 12 Archer Street
• British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 195 Piccadilly

Cheap eats

• Spier's Salads, Bloomsbury Square
• The Fryer's Delight, 19 Theobalds Road
• The Quadrant, 55 Regent Street

Live music

• 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street
• Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 47 Frith Street

Comedy

• Comedy Store, 7 Oxendon Street
• Museum of Comedy
• The Top Secret Comedy Club, 170 Drury Lane

Club

• Heaven, 10A Villiers Street
• Milk and Honey, 61 Poland Street
• The Pigalle Club, 215 Piccadilly
• The Roxy, 3-5 Rathbone Place

Near Covent Garden

• Soho0.7 km away
• Waterloo & South Bank1.1 km away
• Fitzrovia1.2 km away
• Mayfair1.6 km away
• Farringdon & Clerkenwell1.8 km away
• Marylebone2.1 km away