Hotel Felix is “an independent, boutique hotel situated just over a mile from Cambridge City Centre, the hotel offers stylish, four star accommodation, set in beautiful surroundings within its own spacious grounds.” Although we haven’t audited Felix Hotel just yet, we found out that there is a ramped side entrance to the hotel which gets you…
I went to the Everyman Cinema at Maida Vale to see A Dangerous Method the other week. The American Lieutenant had said it was accessible and had sofas, wine and pizzas. I arrived and was pleasantly surprised at the modern lift to the first floor, we then realised that the cinema we wanted to go to involved me…
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…
Eskis is an interesting restaurant in Lyon serving really unusual food. In the Michelin guide it says “the young chef is curious about the world and delivers creative and ‘molecular’ cuisine”. The restaurant has similarities with Heston Blumenthal’s approach although it is a little bit more grounded in reality than the Fat Duck. Samuel Desjobert, the…
I have been to The English National Opera many times, each time has been an event and since it was re-furbished it has been very accessible. I have only ever sat in a Stalls Box since being in a wheelchair so I was a little worried when I was told I was going to see…
The English Restaurant is “an independent, family-owned restaurant in the heart of Spitalfields (Market).” Believe it or not they serve traditional English food and if you ask me, the menu looks amazing!! Although we haven’t been to the English Restaurant (yet!) we found out that they have good disabled access with no steps at the…
2015: Embassy is now closed, unfortunatley. ……………………………………………………………………… Embassy Mayfair hasn’t been audited and won’t be as they have no disabled toilet because it’s a ‘managed building’!! Why is that an excuse? It’s on a ground floor so partially accessible as it’s on 2 levels. Looks good though, it’s a bar and brasserie and there’s also a nightclub called…
Ember Yard is a seriously sophisticated tapas bar in an off the beaten track part of Soho (in as far as it’s ever possible to get off the beaten track a stones throw away from Oxford Street). The restaurant comes from the same people who brought London Dehesa, Salt Yard and Opera Tavern and serves delicious small Italian-Iberian dishes cooked over smoky…
Thanks to Laura for sending us this review of the Empire Theatre in Liverpool. The theatre has the largest two-tier auditorium in Britain and can seat 2,348 people, so one would hope that there are plenty of accessible seats inside… Liverpool is an up and coming cosmo-type city – the nightlife is to be recommended apparently. Though…