As we’ve mentioned ad infinitum we were at The Pitch 2013 last week in Bristol, to get investment for BBS, fingers crossed. As a result we awarded some places BBS Ticks of recommendation. Theses are based on accessibility, facilities & of course style (see here for a full explanation of the Rating System). They all…
Update on Budapest: Jo Knight has sent this review of the Gresham Palace, Four Seasons Hotel and as we thought, it’s worth the maximum 3 BBS Ticks: Stayed here for a long weekend. The trip was a gift from my son, and he had phoned to checked suitability of facilities for me in advance – so…
The Booking Office restaurant and bar at St Pancras is accessed via the ramps leading up to the Renaissance Hotel, which adjoins the Booking office. They have an interesting drinks menu, as they serve a number of punches by the mug or bowl (for 12 people) and their bar snacks are better than the average. For example, you can have haggis bonbons…
The Good Food Guide has announced it’s Readers’ Top Restaurants for 2014 and we thought we’d check on their disabled credentials with varying results. We agree with Delifonseca as the overall winner but some of the others have room to improve re Blue Badge Style & our exacting standards (I guess we ask for too…
Last week I was invited to The Digital Shoreditch Party as a thank you for speaking at the event. It was at the Book Club, Leonard St., Shoreditch and of course I rang in advance re accessibility I was assured that there was no problem although there wan’t a disabled toilet. On arriving with my friendly black…
The Lamb Inn in Hindon Wiltshire is another part of the Boisdale group of Scottish style venues. It hasn’t been audited by us but they told us they do have a disabled toilet! There is one step into the restaurant which you can be helped over and once inside there are a few steps but again someone…
Bon Vivant is a bar in Edinburgh which is quietly stylish and has great food. It has been described as the go to bar for people who have been eating on Thistle Street. The List describes Bon Vivant as “mind bogglingly exciting” for food fans with “both starters and puddings are offered in miniature £1…
If you’re going to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year why not treat yourself to a stylish and accessible hotel? We hear so often about festival goers slumming it and sleeping on a friend’s sofa or even the floor, but we think people deserve better. As we reported last year, you spend enough time during…