The Three Lanterns

You're in Leicester Square, surrounded by tourist traps, but duck into The Three Lanterns and you've escaped all that. It's a proper neighbourhood sports bar disguised in the heart of the West End — the kind of place where locals genuinely congregate rather than just pose. Multiple screens mean you won't miss the action, whether it's the Premier League, European football, or boxing. The food's solid pub fare that doesn't pretend to be anything fancy, and the atmosphere gets properly buzzy when there's something worth watching. It's not trying too hard, which is precisely why it works so well.