Dom Chung

When art dealer and restaurateur Andrew Edmunds died aged 79 more than 600 people turned up to his memorial. His wine-lovers’ restaurant is a slice of old Soho, dishing up homemade focaccia with smoky cod’s roe, pumpkin soup dotted with bacon and deep-fried buttermilk rabbit. The Academy Club he founded with Auberon Waugh (son of Evelyn) is still thriving upstairs. A perfect date spot to keep in your back pocket.

This cheeky, cheerful outpost of Soho House is set in a traditional and stunning Neoclassical building. With cosy, old-school interiors, it's a great spot from which to explore the city.

This red-hot Thai restaurant serves a short, changing menu using impeccably sourced ingredients. Langoustine som tum is made with sour in-season gooseberries and a rich beef-cheek curry with nettles and wild garlic foraged from Mile End. Larger groups can sit downstairs but the best seats are those on the ground floor, with views of the clay cooking pots. Hop over to Bar Termini if there’s a wait.

If you’ve been in any major city in the past five or ten years, then you have certainly heard of Soho House. The Amsterdam outpost of this hip, international chain is just as cool & thoughtfully decorated as the rest. The rooms are (relatively) reasonably priced, & there’s a gym, movie theatre & rooftop pool to make your stay all that much more exciting.

One of the newest addition to the Soho House family in London, Kettner's Townhouse is a lovely small hotel in the heart of Soho. We also love the bar for a late night drink.

There’s a strict “no phones, no music, no machines” policy at this pub, which only serves beer by the half pint. Dylan Thomas, Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon were once regulars and there’s still a touch of Bohemia to the crowd. On the first floor find a mini restaurant from Neil Borthwick (husband of London cheffing royalty Angela Hartnett), with a scribbled menu of French classics such as confit garlic and goat’s curd on sourdough and country pâté with pickles. Always lively and lots of fun.

This compact Dalston bar run by brothers Noel and Max Venning is an industry favourite. All cocktails are presented beautifully – often with fruit peel frozen in the giant cubes of ice. The powder-pink grapefruit Paloma is finished with a couple of Fragata pimiento olives and a dash of the spicy brine. Proper cocktails with an extra flourish.

The team behind Brat have thrown their hat in the central London ring with this Soho sequel. Like its Shoreditch sibling, it was quickly awarded a Michelin star for its barbecued British ingredients. The signature Welsh lobster caldereta is inspired by a braised Basque mountain-style dish with a nod to chef Tomos Parry’s hometown. Slightly moodier than Brat, with a menu full of comforting flavours, it’s a great choice on a winter evening when guests escape the cold for a Negroni in the basement ahead of supper.