The Devonshire
By Albert & Nouri Beesemer — booked and paid for by us. No sponsored placements. Ever.
The best pub in Soho and probably London. The ground floor is a proper pub — the kind that does not need to explain itself. Upstairs is one of the better rooms to eat in the neighbourhood. The beef dripping toast is mandatory.
- City
- London
- Neighborhood
- SOHO
- Cuisine
- BRITISH · PUB
- Price tier
- ££
First Impressions
The best pub in Soho and probably London. The ground floor is a proper pub — the kind that does not need to explain itself. Upstairs is one of the better rooms to eat in the neighbourhood. The beef dripping toast is mandatory.
The Devonshire sits on a corner in Soho and manages something most restaurants in the neighbourhood do not: it is genuinely itself. The ground floor is a pub in the truest sense — comfortable, unpretentious, and correctly busy. The upstairs dining room is a proper restaurant that happens to sit above a pub, which is the right relationship.
The cooking is British without being performatively so. The beef dripping toast is the opening move and it is the correct one. The rest of the menu follows the same logic: good ingredients, competent technique, no unnecessary complexity.
This is the kind of place that anchors a London trip. Come for drinks at the bar, stay for dinner. The beef dripping toast is mandatory.
What We Loved
A proper pub — comfortable, unpretentious, and correctly busy. The kind of bar that does not need to try.
British cooking without being performatively so. Good ingredients, competent technique, no unnecessary complexity.
The mandatory opening. Order it. You will understand immediately.
Come for drinks at the bar, stay for dinner upstairs. The right way to use the place.
Worth Knowing
- 01Walk-ins welcome at the bar. The upstairs dining room benefits from a reservation.
- 02The beef dripping toast is the thing to order first, every time.