Soho is one of London's most improbable neighbourhoods: a few square miles where Italian delis, Spanish tapas bars, and the fragrant backstreets of Chinatown exist within the same few blocks. It's a place built by immigrants, shaped by rebels, and constantly reinvented. The best way to understand it is to eat your way through it.
We offer two ways to do that. Both cover the same extraordinary ground; the difference is pace and depth.
The 2-hour Express is built for those who want Soho's core flavours without losing half a day. You'll begin with a mozzarella stick spiked with 'nduja, a nod to the southern Italian settlers who made this neighbourhood their own, before moving into the aromatic world of coconut beef rendang curry with roti canai, one of the city's most underrated dishes. You will also taste 3 historic gins, along with a Secret Dish revealed only on the day.
The 3-hour Classic goes deeper. It opens with golden croquettas and bittersweet Catalonian vermouth at a beloved tapas bar, then moves through handmade Sicilian cannoli, a tasting flight of three historic gins each tied to a chapter of London's past, and a richly spiced beef rendang before arriving in Chinatown for the city's best BBQ pork bao buns, queue skipped. The evening closes with a final drink at a classic Soho bar, and somewhere in between, the Classic's own Secret Dish.
Both tours are led by an expert local guide and kept to small groups, so you get the stories, not just the food.