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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

The Dog and Duck

20s / 30s / 40s / Ambient / Breakfast

Party Earth Review Cozy boozer The Dog and Duck appears to have changed little since its 18th-century beginnings, and serves as a budget-friendly destination in this traditionally wallet-shredding ... more

18 Bateman Street
London W1D 3AJ

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Match Bar

20s and up / Burgers / Casual / DJ

Party Earth Review A friendly East End bar nestled on a busy central London street, the lively Match Bar prides itself on its impressive menu of cocktails, each individually made with fresh fruit juices ... more

37-38 Margaret Street
London W1G 0JF

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Candy Bar

80s Music / Bar / Casual / Comedy / DJ

Party Earth Review Launched in 1996 – and revamped in 2011 after being taken over by gay bar magnate Gary Henshaw – Candy Bar is a buzzing, late-night destination for the double-X chromosome ... more

4 Carlisle Street
London W1D 3BJ

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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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Alphabet Bar

20s / 30s / After Work / Artists / Bar

Party Earth Review One of London’s first urban bars, Alphabet claims to have coined the term “shabby chic” and has maintained the offbeat, modern style that consistently attracts young creative and media ... more

61-63 Beak Street
London W1F 9SL

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Zenna

20s / 30s / 40s / After Work / Ambient

Party Earth Review Basement bars abound in Soho, but Zenna is literally spicier than most considering its selection of Indian-inspired cocktails – including one drink so hot that patrons have ... more

77 Dean Street
London W1D 3SH

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The French House

20s / 30s / 40s / Actors / After Work

Party Earth Review Draped with British and French flags and cheerful blue canopies that welcome visitors, The French House is a sophisticated establishment with a small bar on the street level where an ... more

49 Dean Street
Soho, London W1D 5BG

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Carom at Meza

Bar / Blazers / Budget-friendly

Party Earth Review With curry fast replacing fish and chips as the UK’s national dish, London’s Indian food scene is becoming trendy and even gourmet, a fact that is very evident at Soho ... more

100 Wardour Street
London W1F 0TN

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Busaba Eathai

20s / 30s / 40s / Asian Food / Casual

Party Earth Review A bustling and trendy restaurant, Busaba Eathai (“eat” + “Thai”) serves some of the most reasonably-priced dishes in London. Part of a chain of eight restaurants, the location on Wardour ... more

106–110 Wardour Street
London W1F 0TR

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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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The Loop

70s Music / 80s Music / Bar / Club

Party Earth Review Although it may look like a fairly ordinary upscale bar and restaurant by day, at night The Loop transforms into a packed club that’s perfect for partiers looking to really let their ... more

19 Dering Street
London W1S 1AH

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Jerusalem Bar and Kitchen

20s / 30s / Artsy / Bar / Beer / Blouses

Party Earth Review Part casual country pub and part swanky Parisian saloon, Jerusalem Bar and Kitchen is a little subterranean joint serving up Middle Eastern-inspired comfort food and a spirited after ... more

33–34 Rathbone Place
London W1T 1JN

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