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A night out in Soho

Within a short walk of the middle of Soho there are 831 places for dinner, 146 cocktail bars, 119 cheap eats and 98 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 · 98
• Cocktail bar · 146
• Wine bar · 8
• Drinks outside · 58
• Dinner · 831
• Cheap eats · 119
• Live music · 4
• Comedy · 6
• Bar games · 5
• Karaoke · 3
• Club · 29
• Late-night food · 76

Ready-made nights in Soho

• 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 Soho

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
• Duke of York, 47 Rathbone Street
• Fitzrovia Belle, 174 Tottenham Court Road
• Fitzroy Tavern, 16 Charlotte Street
• French House, 49 Dean 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

Drinks outside

• The Bloomsbury, Shaftesbury Avenue
• The Carpenters Arms, 68-70 Whitfield Street
• The Champion, 12-13 Wells Street
• The College Arms, 18 Store Street

Dinner

• Balthazar London, 4-6 Russell Street
• Benares, 12a Berkeley Square
• Bentley's
• BiBimBap, 11 Greek Street
• Bob Bob Ricard
• Bocca Di Lupo, 12 Archer Street

Cheap eats

• Spier's Salads, Bloomsbury Square
• 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
• Mahiki, 1 Dover Street
• Milk and Honey, 61 Poland Street
• The Pigalle Club, 215 Piccadilly

Late-night food

• The Wolseley, 157-160 Piccadilly

Near Soho

• Fitzrovia0.6 km away
• Covent Garden0.7 km away
• Mayfair1 km away
• Marylebone1.4 km away
• Waterloo & South Bank1.8 km away
• Farringdon & Clerkenwell2.2 km away