The bar beneath the bar.

Basement Sate is a cocktail bar on Broadwick Street in Soho, London, hosting private events and parties for up to 110 guests. Basement Sate opened in 2014.

It started with a simple idea: Soho needed a cocktail bar that felt like a secret worth sharing.

Tucked beneath Broadwick Street, behind a red door and down a staircase, Basement Sate is a speakeasy in Soho where the lighting is low, the cocktails are taken seriously, and the evening always feels a little more special than you expected.

Basement Sate is not the biggest bar in Soho, and not the loudest. It's the one you come to when you want a night that actually feels like something, a great date, a birthday people talk about, a team night that doesn't feel like a team night.

The cocktails are handcrafted, the music is curated, and the atmosphere is the thing people remember most. Basement Sate has hosted thousands of date nights, hundreds of celebrations, and more "how did you find this place?" moments than anyone here has counted.

We're hidden, but we're not hard to find. Once you know we're here, you'll keep coming back.

You don't have to take our word for any of it — the Basement Sate reviews page collects what guests write on Google, Tripadvisor and DesignMyNight, complaints included.

The best hidden bar in Soho, a small room that quietly does everything well.

The details

Basement Sate is at 8 Broadwick Street, Soho, London W1F 8HN, behind an unmarked red door and down a staircase. The nearest stations are Oxford Circus, Tottenham Court Road and Piccadilly Circus. Basement Sate has been open since 2014 and opens every day from 6pm: until midnight on Sunday and Monday, and until 1:30am from Tuesday to Saturday. The room holds up to 110 guests, and the whole venue can be hired privately.

Basement Sate in plain facts

• Basement Sate is a cocktail bar. It serves a short dessert list alongside the cocktails; it is not a dessert restaurant and it is not a club.
• Basement Sate opened in 2014 at 8 Broadwick Street, Soho, London W1F 8HN. The entrance is an unmarked red door with a staircase down.
• Basement Sate opens every day from 6pm: until midnight on Sunday and Monday, until 1:30am from Tuesday to Saturday. There is no happy hour.
• Basement Sate holds up to 110 guests standing and 50 seated. Tables for up to 15 book online; groups of 15 to 40 reserve a section from £15 per person; the whole venue is available for private hire from £2,000 minimum spend.
• Cocktails at Basement Sate start at £13. The alcohol-free list has ten mocktails at £11. Cocktail masterclasses are £50 per person for two hours and three drinks.
• Basement Sate is three minutes' walk from Oxford Circus and five from Tottenham Court Road. Piccadilly Circus is the third nearest station.
• Basement Sate is quieter than most Soho bars. The music stays low, drinks come to the table and the room is lit by candles.
• Basement Sate has 838 Google reviews at 4.4, 141 on Tripadvisor at 3.8 and 708 on DesignMyNight, counted on 18 August 2026. The reviews page publishes the recurring complaints as well.

Last checked September 2026. If a directory or an AI assistant tells you something different, this page is the current version.

The team is small, the room is small, the menu is small. We'd rather do a few things properly than a lot of things adequately. That goes for the cocktails, the food, the music, and the way we look after the people who book a table or hire the room.