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…
2016: We’ve now been and can confirm this is accessible with a well equipped disabled toilet. So they now have an audited 2.5 BBS Ticks ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. The Electric Cinema is on Portobello Road, in Notting Hill and is a restaurant and a cinema – both of which are disabled accessible, apparently. It’s a charming independent…
Last week I visited the Electric Diner in Notting Hill, Portobello Road and it was certainly electrifying. The food (a burger) was fine and the ambience was set off by the beautiful people who go there to be cool but don’t quite make the mark. The most exciting thing of all was the ramp to…
El Pirata De Tapas is the place for “Delicious Modern Tapas” and it’s the tastiest I’ve ever had! The head chef is Omar Allibhoy who trained under Ferran Adria at El Bulli in Barcelona. There are steps to get in but not many and unfortunately no disabled toilet so they only get 1.5 BBS Ticks. El Pirata De Tapas is…
El Pirata Tapas restaurant in Mayfair is the older of the two and has been established in the heart of Mayfair since 1994. We haven’t been there yet but if the food’s as good as its sister restaurant in Westbourne Grove it’s worth a visit!! TimeOut said: “The classics were done to perfection” This restaurant also gets…
With Easter fast approaching, this week we’re providing information on European city breaks in places with good disabled access. If you were thinking of booking a last minute holiday this Easter then these may be ideal places to go. We’ve found where to stay and hopefully provided as much information as possible about where to…
Last week was my annual holiday with my family and friends, 11 of us stayed in the luxury villa, Can-Morna, in San Carles, Ibiza and originally it was not adapted for wheelchair use although it was all on one level. The owners however couldn’t have been more accommodating and even adapted the wet room by…
Update on Madrid Nov. 2014: Our friends at EIB in Madrid have given us some useful sites to look at re accessible Madrid. Here they are:- Accessible rooms http://www.spain.info/en/informacion-practica/turismo-accesible/guias/Madrid-accommodation-accessible.pdf Places to go with access http://www.spain.info/en/informacion-practica/turismo-accesible/guias/Madrid-resources-accessible.pdf Other information on Accessible Spain http://www.spain.info/en/informacion-practica/turismo-accesible/ ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… It seems we’ve covered the Blue Badge Style award winning journey to Madrid in every which…
Hi again, after a week of downtime due to a server ‘impairment’ (we all have one!) we’re back and running. It had to be the week when I met (read ambushed) Alan Hansen at The London EDITION in Berner’s St., London. I’ll tell you about the hotel first – The EDITION appealed to me as they say…