Soho

Being a londoner, I am very familiar with the area of Soho. It is situated in the West End if London, nearby to Tottenham Court Road, Oxford Street, Leicester Square etc. Also nearby is the famous Chinatown. The area is easy to walk around in, though if you are unfamiliar to the area you may get yourself lost! It is easily accessbile via foot and the area can be walked and explored in a short time. It roughly covers a mile or so. I do not recommend this if you are alone in the night-time perhaps, as its not the safest area. There are also drug dealers in this area so keep your wits on you. The area itself is predominantly cafes, restaurants, bars, ...  Read the complete review

Soho is the part of London I seem to spend most of my time in these days. There's so much to see and do, and always an electric, bustling atmosphere to enjoy. These days Soho enjoys a reputation for being brash, bold, on the edge and in your face. Restaurants, bars and exclusive clubs mingle with sex shops, strip joints and theatres galore. Cutting edge writers and artists mingle in the many coffee shops and cafes. Few people are aware that this was once one of the most fashionable areas in London, a place where the privileged dined and partied in style. *** WHAT TO SEE Although Soho is renowned for its hedonistic pleasures, There's ...  Read the complete review

Soho has always been a place for misfits. This one-time hunting ground (Soho! being a huntman's call) was laid out in the late 17th century as part of the general 'Go West' development of the fast-expanding city. Successive waves of persecuted immigrants (Greeks, French protestants, Italians, etc) found cramped homes and some form of tolerance in the narrow streets circumscribed by today's Oxford Street, Regent Street, Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square. In the 19th century, John Galsworthy described Soho in The Forsyte Saga as '...untidy, full of Greeks, Ismaelites, cats, Italians, tomatoes, restaurants, organs, coloured stuffs, queer ...  Read the complete review