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A guide to the best wine bars in Soho, where London drinks with its jacket off. Between Kingly Court counters, Greek wine specialists and chef-led dining rooms above the theatre crowds, these venues pour serious wine without ceremony — Champagne and Burgundy alongside Greek and low-intervention finds, a glass at a time, late into the evening.
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Alta
Restaurant · Kingly St, Carnaby, London W1B 5PW
Live fire drives everything at Alta, a Kingly Street restaurant in Carnaby inspired by the Navarra region of northern Spain, where small plates and larger dishes come off the open grill to be shared. Sustainability is deep-rooted rather than decorative, and the wine list holds the same line: natural, low-intervention and biodynamic producers throughout, with more than 40 wines pouring by the glass. Orange wines, pét-nat and sherry give the list its distinctive Spanish-leaning edge, while bottles from regenerative viticulture push the thinking further still. Relaxed and flavour-first, it treats wine the way it treats food — honest, seasonal and made for the table. A refreshing pour of the new Spain in the heart of Carnaby.
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Aulis London
Restaurant · 16a St Anne's Ct, London W1F 0BF
Twelve seats, one counter, and a tasting menu cooked and explained in front of you — Aulis London, hidden on St Anne's Court just off Dean Street in Soho, is dining at its most intimate and interactive. The wine programme mirrors the kitchen's spirit of exploration: around 30–40 wines and sakes by the glass, modest in number but genuinely inspired in scope. English producers take a starring role, particularly English sparkling wine, alongside natural bottles and wines from regenerative viticulture, with classic and lesser-known vineyards given equal billing. Because every guest sits at the pass, each pour comes with context and conversation. For wine lovers who like their discoveries narrated, there is nothing else quite like it in London.
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Moi
Restaurant · 84 Wardour St, London W1F 0TQ
Soho's Wardour Street hides MOI, a Japanese-inspired grill and omakase bar where live-fire cooking and hand-crafted sushi showcase British and Japanese produce with understated, contemporary flair. The wine programme takes the adventurous route: natural, low-intervention and orange wines dominate, with more than 40 pours available by the glass. Pét-nat brings the fizz, bottles from regenerative viticulture and organic farming supply the conscience, and off-the-beaten-track finds keep even seasoned drinkers guessing. It is a progressive list for a progressive kitchen, each glass chosen to flatter smoke, umami and precision in equal measure. Among Soho's crowded drinking options, MOI stands out as the place where natural wine meets the omakase counter.
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The Life Goddess Kingly Court
Restaurant · Carnaby St, Carnaby, London W1B 5PW
Greek wine gets surprisingly little airtime in London, which makes The Life Goddess in Kingly Court such a valuable address. This Carnaby restaurant pours 35 wines by the glass — the only dedicated Greek by-the-glass experience of this scale in the capital — alongside food built on ingredients raised in ideal Mediterranean conditions, from sun-ripened produce to fish and meat reared by traditional methods. Indigenous Greek varieties lead the list, joined by cool-climate Pinot Noir, traditional-method sparkling, rosé and Syrah, so there is a way in for drinkers at every stage of Greek wine curiosity. The setting suits the informal approach: order a few plates in the middle of Carnaby’s buzz, work through a few glasses, and discover why Greece belongs among Europe’s great wine countries.
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Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal
Restaurant · 68 Regent St., London W1B 4DY
Alex Dilling opened his first standalone restaurant on the first floor of Hotel Café Royal on Regent Street on 1 September 2022, with views across one of London's most historic addresses. The kitchen delivers the finest ingredients through a lens of French classical cooking, and the wine list is selected to reflect that ambition: around 25 wines by the glass, ranging from Burgundy and Piedmont to McLaren Vale and Oregon, with each selection designed to elevate every course. Glass highlights have included Krug Grand Cuvée 172ème Édition alongside bottles from emerging regions that feel genuinely surprising in a room this formal. The list is described as one of both iconic and undiscovered regions, with refined classics, hidden gems and deliberate surprises. For a restaurant of this standing, the by-the-glass programme is unusually curious.
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The Black Book
Wine Bar · 23 Frith St, London W1D 4RR
Soho keeps late hours, and The Black Book on Frith Street keeps pace — a low-lit, genuinely cosy late-night wine bar co-founded by Master Sommeliers Xavier Rousset and Gearoid Devaney. The by-the-glass offer runs to 25-plus wines, mixing Burgundy and Champagne staples with rotating rare finds from classic regions and the New World alike, so the list rewards regulars as much as first-timers. Weekly specials are the insider move, putting serious bottles within reach of anyone perched at the bar. The founders’ sommelier backgrounds translate into thoughtful service without a whiff of pretension, and the hideaway atmosphere makes it dangerously easy to stay for one more. When the rest of the West End is winding down, this is where wine lovers wind up.
View Full DetailsWine by the glass turns a single evening into a tasting flight, and the wine bars in London above show how far a thoughtful by-the-glass programme can travel — from grower Champagne to bio-dynamic reds. Use the map to plan a crawl by neighbourhood, and open each venue for opening hours, the current pour list, and booking details.
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