Part of Antic collective of pubs, The Balham Bowls Club and Hagen & Hyde are two of the coolest (possibly the two coolest) pubs in the area around Balham. This is an area with a lot of different pubs and a lot of pubs coming and going from the scene, so saying they’re two of the best is…
Gymkhana is a high class, Michelin starred Indian restaurant which opened just over a year ago in Mayfair. Nine months after they opened for business the restaurant was voted No 1 in the National Restaurant awards, Restaurant magazine’s annual countdown of the top 100 restaurants in the country. This is a startlingly quick rise to…
The London version of the upmarket H10 hotel chain is a fantastic new build hotel with a roof top bar that’s worth visiting in its own right. The newly constructed H10’s asymmetric architecture really stands out as something quite cutting edge and the hotel received a RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) National Architecture Award…
Probably best known as the birthplace of Mozart, the city Salzburg has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. It’s a wonderful place to go for a weekend or week long break. Salzburg city centre is one of the best-preserved in Austria and for that matter anywhere north of the Alps. The Altstadt, or “old…
The Grill Royal is a super-stylish steak house in Berlin. Huge steaks are sourced from Australia, Argentina and the States. The restaurant has gained a reputation for attracting people who just come to splash their cash. In a Lonely Planet review it was put forward that ‘a platinum card is a good accessory at this look-at-me temple’.…
Grims Grenka is a stylish, design hotel in Oslo that has been voted Norway’s coolest. However, as they have no disabled rooms we won’t cover the details of the hotel itself. What we can say is that the hotel’s restaurant and rooftop bar may be worth visiting instead. Their restaurant, Madu, sounds quite interesting. The restaurant’s…
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…
The Greyhound on The Test in Stockbridge has been awarded the Michelin Pub of the Year, 2014 as “the food is great and the bedrooms are charming”. This 500 year old pub went through a major refurbishment in March 2013 including a new bar area and seven newly designed bedrooms. Zoe Williams, The Telegraph said “Location…
32 Great Queen Street a good food Gastro pub in Holborn, see my previous review, does in fact have a disabled toilet along with street level access. They therefore get a revised 2 BBS Ticks