Food area · London, United Kingdom
Opening a cafe or restaurant in Soho, London
What stands out
2,056 food and drink places are on the map within 1 km: one for every 10 residents, against one for every 50 in the surrounding 3 km. That many usually means people come from elsewhere to eat.
Leicester Square is the nearest station or bus station, 300 m away.
The map shows 343 offices within 1 km: weekday lunch trade that resident numbers miss.
- Residents within 1 km
- 20,700
- Median age 40.1, against 40.1 within 3 km
- Largest adult age group
- 65+
- 19% of residents, against 19% within 3 km
- Food and drink places within 1 km
- 2,056
- One per 10 residents, against one per 50 within 3 km
- Trade from people who live elsewhere
- High
- 11 stations and 343 offices within 1 km
Measured from Old Compton Street at Frith Street on 17 October 2026. Residents and places within 1 km, compared with everyone within 3 km.
1Who lives here
About 20,700 residents within 1 km
The age mix here is close to the surrounding area's.
Figure 1
Share of all residents, by age group
Within 1 kmSurrounding area, 3 km
Each bar is the group’s share of all residents. The tag on the right: how much more or less common the group is here.
2Which kinds of place fit
No common kind of place stands out for the residents
This shows how well the usual regulars of 10 common kinds of place match the residents, against the surrounding 3 km. It’s a rough guide, and your own concept may draw a different crowd.
| Kind of place | Match with residents | Already within 1 km | Free check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pho or noodles | Partial match | 26 Vietnamese and noodle placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: pho or noodles |
| Coffee shop | Partial match | 416 cafes and coffee shopsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: coffee shop |
| Brunch cafe | Partial match | 407 cafes and brunch placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: brunch cafe |
| Bakery | Partial match | 50 bakeriesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bakery |
| Bubble tea | Partial match | 37 bubble tea and tea shopsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bubble tea |
| Pizza | Partial match | 50 pizza placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: pizza |
| Burgers | Partial match | 64 burger placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: burgers |
| Fried chicken | Partial match | 28 chicken placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: fried chicken |
| Sushi | Partial match | 99 sushi and Japanese placesFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: sushi |
| Bar | Partial match | 339 bars and pubsFar more per resident than the wider area | Check it free: bar |
3What’s already here
2,056 food and drink places within 1 km
One for every 10 residents, against one for every 50 in the surrounding 3 km. That many usually means people come here from elsewhere to eat.
Most-tagged cuisines on the map: coffee shop (137), Italian (99), Chinese (86), sandwich (81), Japanese (79) and burger (64).
The nearest named places to where we measured
- The Delhi BrasserieRestaurant, Indian 0 mnorth-west
- Caffè NeroCafe, coffee shop 10 msouth
- ZimaRestaurant, Russian 10 mnorth-west
- Old Compton BrasserieRestaurant, British 10 msouth-west
- Upstairs @ Ronnie’sBar 20 mnorth-west
- Bar ItaliaCafe 20 mnorth-east
- Little ItalyRestaurant 20 mnorth
- The Black BoxBar 20 mnorth-east
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers and misses some places, so the real counts are likely higher.
4What brings people past
11 stations, 343 offices and 12 schools within 1 km
These bring in people who don’t live here, so your customers can look quite different from the residents above.
- 11 stationsNearest: Leicester Square, 300 m south-east
- 343 offices
- 12 schoolsNearest: Cactus Language Courses, 90 m north-east
- 46 universities and collegesNearest: UK College of English, 320 m north
- 4 hospitalsNearest: Until SOHO, 170 m north-east
- 29 supermarkets and mallsNearest: Young Cheng Fresh Seafood Shop, 180 m south
- 121 hotels and hostelsNearest: Seven Dials Hotel, 370 m north-east
- 48 attractions and museumsNearest: Chinatown, 170 m south
5Limits
What this page can’t tell you
- Residents aren't diners. Workers and visitors who live elsewhere aren't counted, and the ages are 2020 estimates.
- The map misses places, and says nothing about how busy any of them is.
- Nothing here covers the lease: rent, visibility and parking.
Two checks only you can do: count who walks past at your hours, and test the rent against cautious sales. For census counts, see the ONS local statistics for London.
Nearby food areas
- Brixton5.8 km
Straight-line distance between the points we measured from, not by road.