Update Sept 2017: Bryn Williams Porth Eirias is nominated for a second year as Best Budget Restaurant at The BBS Awards so The Relative Lieutenant went and audited with the following results. “It was an overcast, rainy day in N.Wales and so we went for lunch to BBS recommended “Bryn Williams at Porth Eirias”. Porth Eirias…
HH & Co can be found at Lime Wood Hotel in The New forest. The hotel had good access apart from having no truly accessible rooms, see our review here. However here’s what we thought of the restaurant, another venture from Angela Hartnett who’s other restaurants we’ve rated highly (Murano and Merchant’s Tavern), ‘What did…
Update Dec 2016: Went to Fera at Claridges again and had a sublime tasting menu. Expensive, £110 for 7 courses but the quality was superb. Things to look out for are the ‘Seaweed cracker, lemon sole, sea herbs’ , the Cornish lamb, chervil root, crosnes, seeds and cocoa nib – best lamb I’ve ever tasted and…
Update Dec 9 2016: Trinity connected on Twitter and sent photo of their upgraded toilet…….No longer a “Ludicrous Loo” and at least they listened. Wonder if other Michelin restaurants will do the same??? I.E. Hand & Flowers, Midsummer House, Barrafina Soho, Lima, Sat Bains, L’Enclume to name a few………..Trinity now get the max. 3 BBS…
On a trip to Lower Saxony, you can read full review here, we stayed at the Ritz Carlton in Wolfsburg where Aqua restaurant is located. It’s completely accessible with disabled facilities within the hotel. The staff at the hotel couldn’t do enough for us and the service was friendly and impeccable without being over-intrusive. This…
Ever since Jun Tanaka left the now defunct Pearl restaurant in Holborn, (now Holborn Dining Rooms), I’ve been waiting to go to his latest venture The Ninth and it’s just been awarded a Michelin Star in October 2016. He’s been involved with the Street Kitchen in the City but now he’s back to producing ‘simple but refined French Mediterranean-style…
Our roving French Lieutenant No.7 recently went to Brasserie Lipp in Zurich. Brasserie Lipp have been a Paris based french tradition since the middle of 19th Century and opened in Zurich in 1990 with their typically French/Alsace cuisine. It has ‘traditional French cuisine at Brasserie Lipp Restaurant. Using carefully selected products, the Lipp kitchen team prepares…
Update 2016 Oct: The access at Odette’s is as described except there’s a very small step from the pavement to the outside seating; (2″) and easily negotiated. The garden at the back is accessible if carried down 4/5 steps but not for electric wheelchairs. They have had people visit in electric chairs and they’ve opted…
Update Oct 2016: Still not replied to our query re accessibility but a follower of BBS has sent this latest despatch, ‘I didn’t notice a disabled toilet, but that is not to say that they don’t have one! I think the lift to the 3rd floor will fit a wheelchair comfortably and table access all…