Carnaby Street
The pedestrianised heart of sixties London, still full of independent labels and small bars.
Area guide
Soho never quite settles. Carnaby's shopfronts and Berwick Street's stalls give way to Chinatown's lanterns and the basement jazz of Ronnie Scott's, and Regent and Oxford Street sit right on the edge of it. It suits guests who want the city loud, late and immediately to hand.
Highlights
Chinatown
Lantern-strung streets of bakeries, dumpling houses and late-night dining off Shaftesbury Avenue.
Ronnie Scott's
Frith Street's legendary jazz club, running two sets a night since 1959.
Regent Street
The sweeping Quadrant of flagship stores, five minutes from the front door.
Oxford Circus & Oxford Street
London's busiest shopping run, plus fast tube links north, south, east and west.
Eat & drink
Bar Italia
Frith Street's 24-hour espresso bar, open since 1949.
The Ivy Soho Brasserie
All-day brasserie dining on Broadwick Street.
Dishoom Carnaby
Bombay café cooking; go early for breakfast.
Berwick Street
Market stalls and lunch counters through the middle of Soho.
Getting there
Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road (Central, Elizabeth, Victoria and Northern lines).
Stay in Soho
Boutique serviced apartments a short walk from everything above.
