The Devonshire

You know the type: tucked away on Denman Street, The Devonshire feels like the pub equivalent of that friend who's always been there but somehow never gets old. Dark wood, proper bar stools, the kind of lighting that makes you look better than you probably do. It's Soho without the theatre queues or cocktail prices, and that's precisely why it works. The crowd's a decent mix—office workers, theatre-goers wandering over from the West End, locals who've been coming here for years. Order a real ale and some proper pub food; the standards actually matter here.