Leicester Square

Cork and Bottle Wine Bar
44-46 Cranbourn St
+44 20 7734 7807

More of a wine bar than a restaurant, the extensive wine list featuring selections from Australia and California. They offer reasonable cuisine to wash down this full bodied wines.

De Hems
11 Macclesfield St, W1D 5BW
North from halfway along Gerrard St

Dutch-themed pub with an excellent selection of beers. It is often crowded, but has a good atmosphere and a comedy club.

Waxy's O'Connor's
14-16 Rupert St, W1D 6DD

Irish themed pub with a fibreglass tree inside it. It is almost invariably unbearably crowded. The smaller Waxy's Little Sister opposite it, however, is generally quieter and more relaxed.

There are relatively few decent places to drink in this district and visitors would do better to head north into Soho or east in Covent Garden, for a better selection of bars and pubs. However, if your legs are weary, there are a number of convenient drinking places:

1997
19 Wardour St

Cosy place to visit if you are not feeling in an alcoholic mood. They provide a good selection of iced and pearl tapioca teas which are often hard to come by outside of Hong Kong.

Geisha Bar
75 Charing Cross Rd WC2H 0NE

A well-known wine bar that also features an extensive and imaginative cocktail menu.

Trash Palace
11 Wardour St W1D 6PG
+44 20 7734 0522

Fantastic small gay bar, mixed music and a laid back mixed crowd.