Manchester is a thriving city and even more so since MediaCityUK, Salford, became home to BBC Breakfast, Match of the Day & Jeremy Kyle (OMG are they sure they want to advertise this fact). Nevertheless we thought we’d take a look at the top restaurants and assess their accessibility. First up is The French & Mr…

Malmaison have 12 unique boutique hotels and this one is in London. We haven’t been to the hotel yet but they told us that they do have accessible rooms – with wheel in showers, emergency cords and hand rails. The entrance is flat and there are lifts to each floor. The restaurant is also accessible…

Malmaison in Manchester hasn’t been audited by us but we gave them a call and found out that just like their Liverpool Hotel (also reviewed) they have great disabled access! The entrance to the hotel in on street level and once inside the hotel everything is accessible – bar and restaurant included! There is no…

We haven’t audited Malmaison, Newcastle but we found out they have accessible rooms on every floor. All of them have walk in showers, hand rails and emergency cords. As for the entrance there is a ramp in, however if you try to access the hotel round the back it may be a bit tricky. To get to…

Malmaison in Liverpool is a stylish hotel. We haven’t audited it yet but found out the following: There are steps and a ramp into the hotel and the nearest parking is the hotel next door, so you might want to look into that before going! Their brasserie is accessible and they have a disabled toilet…

The Belfast edition of the Malmaison collection of boutique chain hotels is a welcome addition to our reviews of these trendy venues. Even now, having heard it for some time, the idea of a ’boutique chain’ can still be a little grating. It seems something of an oxymoron, but they may just be a very good thing.…

Another Malmaison hotel is in Birmingham. It’s another in this chain of boutique hotels. Like the other Malmaison hotels we’ve reviewed they do have accessible rooms but they only have baths and not showers… There is a disabled toilet on ground floor and lifts to every floor from there. Malmaison, Birmingham looks stylish but has no true…