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Formerly the capital of beatnik counterculture, Soho has evolved into a multicultural tourist hotspot that offers visitors everything from swanky restaurants and cozy cafés to great live music and gritty sex shops.

During the day, the main thoroughfare of Old Compton Street doesn’t hide from the fact that it’s the center of London’s gay community, with tons of restaurants, bars, and live theaters pulsing with patrons ready to spend their “pink pounds.”

Although the live music scene may be a shadow of its former self – the careers of The Rolling Stones, The Sex Pistols, and Eric Clapton were all launched here – the beat lives on at stalwart DJ-driven clubs like The Roxy, as well as in the odd jazz joint like Ronnie Scott's, which has survived Soho’s transformation.

Nearby Covent Garden had much more placid origins as the one-time home to London’s largest fruit and vegetable market, but this district has become even more tourist-driven than Soho in recent years. Home to the Royal Opera House and the majestic St. Paul’s church, the area is best known as the home to London’s theater district. Most of the city’s grandest live performance venues surround the Covent Garden Piazza, a famous market hall and entertainment center that routinely fills with street performers, professional actors, and hordes of tourists, allowing visitors to catch everything from experimental one-woman shows to mainstream musical hits.

The streets of Covent Garden and Soho may be bustling with out-of-towners, but it’s for a good reason – from dining to dancing, shopping to sightseeing, this is one area of London that no visitor should miss.

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What to Do in Covent Garden / Soho

Two Floors

After Work / Art / Beer on Tap / DJ

Party Earth Review Tucked behind the famed Liberty shopping center, Kingly Street can feel far removed from the bustling thoroughfare of Regent Street –the perfect setting to hide Two Floors ... more

3 Kingly Street
London W1B 5PD

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Guanabara

20s / 30s / After Work / Club / DJ / EDM

Party Earth Review Rio comes to London via Guanabara, a trendy, festive club and restaurant in which two spacious bars serving tasty fruit mojitos and caipirinhas overlook a dining area that transforms ... more

Parker Street
London WC2B 5PW

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The British Museum

All Ages / Anything goes / Cafés

Reviewed by Courtney Grace R.

"If you’re the kind of person that likes going to museums, you absolutely must visit the British Museum. If you’re the kind of person that generally th ..." more

Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DG

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Cafe Boheme

Bar / Blazers / Blues / Boisterous

Party Earth Review Any love-hate relationship between England and France is hidden at Cafe Boheme, which – from the sidewalk on in – could as easily belong on a side street in Montmartre as it does in ... more

13 Old Compton Street
London W1D 5JQ

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Movida

20s / 30s / Bottle Service / Club / DJ

Party Earth Review Movida is an ultra-trendy West End club packed to the rafters every night with a posh international clientele of Europeans, Americans, and Middle-Easterners. In fact, it would be hard ... more

8-9 Argyll Street
London W1F 7

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Long Bar

20s / 30s / 40s / Business Types / DJ

Party Earth Review Paraded like a show pony down the length of the connecting passage between the lobby and the restaurant, The Long Bar is just that – an eighty-foot expanse of glowing white onyx almost ... more

Sanderson Hotel
50 Berners Street
London W1T 3NG

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Roadhouse

20s / 30s / Bar / Burgers / Club / Dance

Party Earth Review As the name implies, Roadhouse is a recreated highway truck stop whose bright neon sign adds unexpected flair to London’s historical Covent Garden square. The rough roadside vibe is ... more

Jubilee Hall, 35 The Piazza
London WC2E 8BE

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The Drury Club

Members Club

Reviewed by lara h.

"Completely blown away by this new club!! The Urban East London vibe perfectly compliments the buzz of West End! Space to dance/socialise and enjoy a ..." more

167 Drury Lane
London, WC2B 5PG.

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Salsa!

30s / Budget-friendly / Clubwear

Reviewed by Tara R.

"My Take: I grew up believing that, at least in Latin America, Saturday night means sweaty, sexy salsa dancing. This bar would prove me right. While a ..." more

96 Charing Cross Road
London, WC2H 0JG

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The Argyll Arms

30s / 40s / Ambient / Average Joes

Party Earth Review It’s obvious that The Argyll Arms benefits greatly from its location; just a stone’s throw away from the Oxford Circus tube station, the pub provides shelter from the hustle and bustle ... more

18 Argyll Street
London W1F 7TP

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Phonica Records

20s / 30s / All Ages / Classic Rock

Party Earth Review A cathedral to a dying art, Phonica Records places its faith soundly into vinyl and is a necessary stop for any record lover. Hidden from the chaos of nearby Oxford Street, the ... more

51 Poland Street
London W1F 7LZ

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The Cross Keys

30s / 40s / After Work / Ambient / Pop

Party Earth Review A long-time neighborhood favorite, The Cross Keys is an easy go-to joint for a wealth of Covent Garden workers – a place where beer and banter unite under a cornucopia of British bric ... more

31 Endell Street
London WC2H 9BA

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