The Deaf Lounge, which opened last week in North London, is a first of a kind: a bar aimed specifically towards being a social venue for people with hearing impairments. Paul Cripps, who has been deaf since birth, came up with the idea for the bar after years of experiencing difficulty ordering drinks. Working with…
Wheeler’s of St James is a “collaboration between Marco Pierre White and Sir Rocco Forte, reviving the world’s oldest and finest fish restaurant in the heart of one of London’s most distinguished locations.” We haven’t been there yet but we found out that the entrance to the restaurant is flat and the front room of…
As she said at the end of last week’s article, Fiona is on holiday this week so she hasn’t been able to write her weekly update. She’s asked me to step out of the shadows of my role as editor and provide my own version of the Wednesday Wrap. I’m really just here to tell…
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…
Rudding Park Hotel is in Harrogate, the rooms are “spacious and modern with plenty of natural daylight, scenic parkland views and bespoke furniture”. The Clocktower restaurant at the hotel has won lots of awards including Banqueting Chef of the Year. The restaurant has a gorgeous conservatory both of which have flat access and so does the bar!!…
The Blue Badge Style April Fools’ Competition winner, Sophie, claimed her prize last Thursday and went for dinner for two at Trinity in Clapham. Self-proclaimed foodie Sophie and her equally foodie brother, Hugo, enjoyed a delicious dinner at the three AA Rosette restaurant. It was a well deserved reward for having to sift through all…
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…
Hedone a restaurant in Chiswick opened in 2011 and has already been awarded a Michelin Star and voted the 70th Best Restaurant in the World by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Jury. All the more surprising as the Swedish Chef, Mikael Jonsson, is self taught (not to be confused with the one in The Muppets?!). He spent 20 years…
Recently Fiona Jarvis was featured in a local magazine called Living in Kew. She wrote a piece describing a day in her life and what exactly Blue Badge Style is. Unfortunately, due to a relatively limited distribution, many people (including Fiona!) missed the magazine. So we thought we’d reproduce it here. If you’re unfamiliar with…