Can anyone recommend a good bar on Shaftesbury Avenue (london) or nearby?

we are going to the theatre and need a good bar to go to beforehand (lunchtime not evening) for a glass of wine or two. Must be within easy walking distance of the Palace Theatre

Can anyone recommend a good bar on Shaftesbury Avenue (london) or nearby?playhouse

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Can anyone recommend a good bar on Shaftesbury Avenue (london) or nearby?plays opera theater

TRY Tiger Tiger in the haymarket?
LVPO, or my favourite - Bar Soho on Old compton street. They do nice cocktails there too and you can sit outside if the weather is nice.
Tiger Tiger Yuckkkk be too expensive, i live 5 miles from ther but i know west end quite well, i know 1 right next to the Palace theatre [ spamalot is there now] if you go just past the theatre look towards you and you will see it, quite big inside it is too, and has a bar down stairs too i think, just been on yahoo search and i'm sorry i can't find it, but its not Cambridge Soho [93 Charing x Road] its just 20-30 yards back from here by 2 telephone boxes.

There is also some close by in Greek Street, but they can get packed sometimes at lunch time, or there are 2 off the avenue at 25 AND 29 Rupert Street only 2 mins away from Cambridge Circus, enjoy !