18.04.2014 Update on Hand & Flowers the inaccessible restaurant by Judge Tom Kerridge. With regard to accessibility here’s what they say, “The Hand and Flowers is a grade two listed building. We do have a few steps going down into the pub, however our front of house team will be more than happy to help…
Happiness Forgets sounds a great bar because they say ‘no wallies’. Unfortunately it’s down approximately 12 stairs so difficult disabled access and no disabled toilet. But I’m going to attempt it with 2 Lieutenants. I’ll report back! Due to this it gets a provisional 1.5BBS Ticks but high on ‘Style’.
The BBC’s Great British Menu,where top chefs compete to serve at a banquet for D-Day Veterans, is now finished but we still had to review Wales and the chef’s restaurants. Here’s what we found on the battle fronts of style, accessibility & disabled facilities. The welsh judge was Angela Hartnett whose Murano restaurant is both stylish & accessible and has been…
Last week was the week when having a pee tried my patience! First I went to The Hampshire Hog, a GastroPub in Hammersmith, which is owned by the team that ran The Engineer in Primrose Hill. The Engineer is a well known celeb hang out but not so here, not yet. It’s got more of a…
We haven’t audited Hammersmith Apollo but we have found out that there are 2 steps and a ramp into the venue. The stalls are accessible but the circle is not. The shops in the foyer are also totally accessible and there are 2 fully accessible bars and kiosks in the stalls area. The disabled toilet is at…
Update Jan 2015: Caxton Grill , reviewed below, does indeed have fabulous food and service, as well as an atmosphere that’s buzzy but not too loud. However, there are a couple of things to look out for: 1. The tables have balls on the end of their legs which meant I had to sit 12″ (approx)…
I and Lieutenant No 4, went to Hakkasan in Hanway Place near Tottenham Court Rd after a visit to a networking event in Centre Point. No.4 acted as my legs that night and got the right people to network with me. I had always thought and been told, that Hakkasan would be difficult for me…
Here’s our list of accessible rooftop bars to visit this summer. There’s no better place to enjoy an early evening drink or two and watch the sun go down, or just watch the world go by, than a rooftop terrace. But rooftop bars are few and far between and notoriously tricky to find. So we’ve…
Hackney Empire as you would expect has disabled spaces that are totally accessible, there are slopes to get around to the spaces and there are disabled toilets on every floor! Along with disabled parking bays near by. No problem here, Hackney Empire gets 2.5 BBS Ticks