Bar Soba

Pan-Asian street food, cheap cocktails and DJs keep this bar loud and lively.

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A lively, honeycombed graphic interior encompasses high tables and more private snugs in this street food bar and restaurant. The menu features a range of tempting small plates, dumplings and bao buns to start. Thai crab and prawn cakes are generously packed and come with a lemongrass and ponzu dip, while crispy shredded Shanghai pork in a soft bao bun is a real treat. For mains, a tasty plate of basil and chilli stir-fry greens with aubergine and tofu hides more than a couple of studs of fresh chilli. Teriyaki beef noodles with Asian vegetables feature a barely seared bavette steak, great for those who like their meat rosy. It’s ice-cream (or cocktails) for dessert, but the flavours are mighty tempting; two scoops of coconut and salted peanut caramel or pink lady sorbet round things off nicely. If drinking your dessert appeals though a deluxe French Martini or caramelised Rum Punch sounds pretty decent too.