SOMA Soho is an unmarked-door underground bar with a stainless-steel counter, snug and lounge, serving Indian-inspired cocktails as the soundtrack moves from jazz to hip hop.
Description source · Checked 2026-09-20
Plan Your Visit
14 Denman St, London W1D 7HJ, UK
- Style
- Underground modern cocktail barChecked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Hours
- Monday–Tuesday 6pm–1am; Wednesday–Thursday 6pm–2am; Friday–Saturday 6pm–3am; Sunday 5pm–10:30pm.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Booking
- A limited number of reservations are offered; later service uses a first-in-line queue.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
- Prices
- The current Soho menu lists Leaf at £13, Chicory at £14 and Melon at £16.Checked 2026-09-27 · Source
- Menu
- The current list reimagines classics around Indian-subcontinent flavours, alongside wine, spirits, snacks and alcohol-free drinks.Checked 2026-09-20 · Source
Hours and menus can change. Check the venue’s latest details before visiting.
The score & its evidence
Seven signals. One score.
39.9 / 100
The composite combines the seven weighted signals and the published adjustments. The chart shows each signal before weighting.
Read the full calculation- Guest ratings
- 82.0
- World's 50 Best
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Top 500 Bars
- 26.0
- Spirited Awards
- —None found · Checked; no qualifying signal found; contributes zero
- Regional Recognition
- 45.1
- Serious press
- 8.9
- Social Vibes
- 63.0
Weights: Guest ratings 23% · World's 50 Best 12% · Top 500 Bars 10% · Spirited 12% · Regional Recognition 18% · Press 10% · Social Vibes 15%
Missing evidence, confirmed none and evidence outside a scoring window each contribute zero. We do not redistribute their fixed weight to other signals.
Social Vibes
Score read updated:
Sentiment score
90/ 100
The existing 90/100 remains the proprietary Social Vibes score. This source review clarifies the evidence without recalculating it.
Score context
Kricket team's Indian-flavour cocktail bar: Soho basement original plus Canary Wharf 2.0. Infatuation and Wallpaper praise lethal martinis and spice-led builds in a dark steel room. Walk-up scarcity and two sites mean some guest chatter splits between Denman Street and Frobisher Passage.
Guest sources checked:
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Guest score details
Highlights in the stored read
- Indian-twisted classics
- moody steel bar
- late-night grown-up crowd
- walk-in energy
Reservations in the stored read
- hard to get a seat
- two-site confusion
Source excerpt
“Soma is home to some of the very best cocktails in London.”
This is an attributed passage from the cited source, whose author and source type are identified below. It does not establish a representative customer sample.
Source: theinfatuation.com (linked below)
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Editorial citations in this read
- theinfatuation.comThe Infatuation London — professional review · Heidi Lauth Beasley · Published 2022-02-09; page displays 2022-08-26
Heidi Lauth Beasley reviews Soma Soho at 14 Denman Street. Publisher metadata gives February 9, 2022; the page displays August 26. The excerpt is critic prose, not a customer review or a dated visit record.
Crowd signal
Google 4.7★ across 1,677 reviews.
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Awards
Results from the three global systems scored separately in our formula.
Top 500 Bars
Regional Recognition
Regional and national lists, local awards and bartender peer picks considered for this room's Regional Recognition score. The strongest result from each program and year scores; assessed guides use the latest accepted dated status once.