Bar Edge

Sitting on the corner of Soho square, Bar edge is one of the closest bars to Tottenham Court Road tube station and yet for where it is, it is relatively quiet. A multi-storey venue with a bar on each floor and some decor modelled with performance lighting helps set a mood of a trendy [...]

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The Nellie Dean Pub

From outside and on the ground floor of the Nellie Dean, the pub feels very small indeed, rather like an old lounge where the smell of old gravy lingures in the corners and groups of middle aged men pack themselves on tiny tables where the most obvious advantage being the price of [...]

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The Pillars of Hercules

A rather small pub nestling in the breast of Soho on Greek street are the pillars of Hercules. A traditional pub with a very well presented face but within, a building that feels like it is standing on one last leg. The 30 something crowd and the faces of a few cheerful [...]

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The Ship Pub

The attitude of some bar staff is disgraceful but thankfully such experiences are few and far between, so imagine my dismay when an innocent looking pub, huddled on a corner of Wardour Street in soho, pulled the rudest rabbit out of the bag that could be imagined. Entering the venue, the bright yellowed [...]

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The Blue Posts

i swear there are enough pubs with this name in central london to make a guy’s head spin! The blue posts is a small quaint pub just off carnaby street with a front garden type area which just sits on the pedestrianised street.the interior is that of a standard pub.a medium to heavy [...]

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The Bear and Staff Pub

This pub, sitting just off of the side of Leicester square, somehow thrives as if it was sitting a hundred miles away in a small village. It is continually filled with locals drinking in a community spirit. Cheerful and well priced (or at least average prices for the area) this small [...]

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The Clachan Pub

A more traditional pub located in a strip of town which pulls the suited and the fashionable. The clachan is a lounge which has been moulded into two rooms with soft old 18th century lanturns, a glass front and an interior stocked with thin wood tables and chairs. The bar is a low and an [...]

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O’ Neill’s Irish Bar

Tucked away quite percariously in London’s Soho, a stone’s throw from China town, it seems that the bar manager thinks its okay to charge £7 entry fee to what is just a very packed two storey - low ceiling pub. Sure, its popular and in a very central location but at least [...]

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The Garrick Arms

Sitting next to the Garrick theatre, the Garrick arms is a large wide pub with a sea of wooden furniture inside. The main room feels quite hall-like due to the high ceiling an elaborate light fixture. The inhabitants are mainly tourist types who fancy exploring the inside of a rather modernised and sadly [...]

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The Dog and Duck Pub

soho has been sprinkled on by the hand of god who has laid tiny pubs in all the crevaces of this weird and wonderful square mile. The dog and duck is accessible from two entrances and sits on two floors with bars on both.the ground floor bar is continually busy. I wouldn’t [...]

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