Duck Soup
Restaurant, Cocktail Bar, and Wine Bar££££
Soho
"Recommended light bites with good wine and cocktails"(2 Tips)
"Try the excellent poussin with burnt lemon and tahini"(2 Tips)
"wet polenta"(2 Tips)
"Great people watching spot on a nice day."(2 Tips)
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Bonnie WongFebruary 3, 2017Loved everything we had, especially the cockles and pork chop. Excellent choice of wine and cocktails as well. Recommend booking the table next to the entrance for the cosiest spot!
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Holger LüdorfJuly 10, 2013Ever changing menu, so hard to recommend anything. Go with the seasonal cocktails s the courgette if they have them. Excellent people watching at the two tables in the front.
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Lars GinnerupSeptember 9, 2023Love the atmospherehere - also love the concept with sharing plates. The dishes were a bit of hit and miss. Loved the grilled cucumbers and the deep fried squash - the meat dishes weren’t quite thereUpvoteDownvote- Est KJuly 31, 2015All lovely. Let Liam, our waiter, choose his favourites for us - all delicious but the wet polenta was great, and I'd have the livers again in a heartbeat! Great ambience, people, and food.
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Aimée Jane ParrNovember 11, 2018Not cheap but cute and romantic hipster vibe in the evenings. Plenty choices for wine and also somewhere to sit outside with a heater if you want to enjoy the soho atmosphere.
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Ben ChevallereauOctober 14, 2015The place is very good! Very charming! There are 2 floors donc enough space! However it's a bit overpriced for me. 22.7gbp for 0.5l of a not really good wine. And you pay the tap water and the service
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Nat MApril 27, 2017Small place, great plates to share, full of flavour. Cuttlefish (order some bread to mop up the delicious oil) & fried artichokes highly recommended. Labneh was good too but very rich.UpvoteDownvote
Angela LiuFebruary 8, 2015My experience here was certainly amazing- the hanger steak and fried black figs! But the menu changes every day so it really depends whats on the menu
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Mark HughesApril 11, 2016Walked past this place for years. Finally went recently - absolutely superb. Had oysters & lamb chops (menu changes). The Hairy Bikers were eating there when we went...thankfully couldn't hear them!Upvote1Downvote
Cai ZhangSeptember 18, 2017If you want a menu built around produce and extremely decent wine to match, this is worth being squeezed into this narrow joint.Downstair is charming for a party. Grown-up cool and seriously good.UpvoteDownvote
Sibel AkcekayaApril 5, 2018Pasta dish we ate was very good, but polenta was average ..Menus are always changing so you might get different dish than we had but overall was very good..their bread is amazingUpvoteDownvote
Izzy WeberJuly 3, 202010/10 dinner date spot ambience. Menu rotates, but fried leeks were incredible. Good wine recommendations as well!
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Top spot - Never had duck or soup there but every dish is well thought out, fresh, different and imaginative. Wine's, always something new.UpvoteDownvote
Chris CurrieMay 11, 2017Awesome organic wines, the orange wine is so nice. Great small plates and the rabbit was great! Slowish service tho which was he only let down.UpvoteDownvote
Ian SullivanMarch 4, 2017Sit at the bar. Their house wines are fine, and great value. The food is very good. The veal dish was excellent.UpvoteDownvote
Financial TimesOctober 31, 2011Mackerel roe on toast from Scotland; a fritto misto from Venice; grilled lamb cutlets with lemon and salt as eaten in Spain; and quail with pomegranate, rosewater and tahini yoghurt from further east. Read moreUpvoteDownvote
Great food, great music and fantastic wine. Well worth queuing for! Love the way the menu is always changing tooUpvoteDownvote- Try everything. Its all good (which is an understatement). Staff are friendly and chilled. Really, really glad I found this hidden treasure.UpvoteDownvote
- Gary WongApril 14, 2013Cool but Intimate. Recommended light bites with good wine and cocktails
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Svitlana MuzychenkoSeptember 29, 2014The most delicious diverse food, interesting choice of wine, great servers, lovely vibeUpvoteDownvote
Chloe MorrisJanuary 30, 2013amazing service and great food. very original ingredients, but they all work very well together. it is tiny, so don't forget to reserve!UpvoteDownvote
Thomas ParisotMarch 13, 2016Intimate venue with great cocktails, good oysters and proper food.UpvoteDownvote- David KleinNovember 10, 2018Lovely staff and creative dishes, very good place to start your London night.UpvoteDownvote
Gleren MeneghinJuly 22, 2017Great wine selection. And the "World's end" is the best desert I've ever had.UpvoteDownvote
Irene RissanenMarch 21, 2015Cosy atmosphere & nice music. Tumeric spiced poussin was worth trying!UpvoteDownvote
Alex ValentineJanuary 27, 2013Get there early , there was only jelly left when it came to dessert time! Great food and cool atmosphere.UpvoteDownvote
Emmanuel XDecember 11, 2014Ridiculously packed. Lovely food but tables are too close together, kept getting hit by the waiter every time he walked past and the guy in the seat behind me was almost sitting on my lapUpvoteDownvote
Alexandre TerrienJanuary 22, 2013Amazing restaurant with very original food. Great staff. Highly recommendUpvote1Downvote- Simon NashSeptember 6, 2012Great people watching spot on a nice day. Really fresh simple menu perfect for sharing!UpvoteDownvote
woodrowhillAugust 10, 2013Lovely, simple food. Hot, hipster staff. What's not to love?UpvoteDownvote
Matilda ForsDecember 13, 2019Cosy little place in Soho. Wines are good. Food was a little uneven.UpvoteDownvote
DanielaApril 27, 2013Great place! So cozy and nice! We even met there Rashida Jones!! Amazing,really!UpvoteDownvote
Eren ErmanApril 2, 2016Ambience is amazing however food was a let down. Barely able to chew through the appetisers (artichokes) and cod tasted and looked like something from Sainsburys. Cocktails were also average.UpvoteDownvote
Naza MetghalchiFebruary 2, 2013The guy in charge of recommending the wine is fantastic. Listen to his advices carefully and enjoy!UpvoteDownvote
David BarrieNovember 21, 2014Great ambience and atmosphere, let them choose you a wine.UpvoteDownvote
Nicola Ní CheallaighNovember 28, 2013Always a fab atmosphere, amazing food and great tunes!UpvoteDownvote
Ruth SutherlandDecember 10, 2011Get some bar and kitchen dishes to share... perfectly accompanied by a bottle of "fucking hell" beer and some vinyl.UpvoteDownvote
Amr EssamOctober 18, 2017Food was good, not exceptional, but good. Mediocre service at best. No effort to explain their fairly complex menu and forgot our drinks. Too crammed and loud.UpvoteDownvote
Jawahar HingoraniSeptember 28, 2013Mixed bag at this French style bistro. Decent wine choices.UpvoteDownvote
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