“The Light House opened in 1999 to great critical acclaim and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Now well established as a friendly, neighbourhood restaurant.” Apparently they also “change menus daily and use the freshest seasonal ingredients.” This restaurant has great disabled access, there are no steps into or throughout the restaurant and…
The Cafe Royal dates back to 1863 and has a reputation for excellence. Their website says: “Taste Scottish produce at its best in the fantastically atmospheric Circle Bar”. Their disabled facilities unfortunately don’t exist – there is no disabled toilet. But the restaurant and bar are quite accessible. To get into the building itself you…
We’ve started the Blue Badge Style Sports Blog to help advise less able people on how to get into sports. Each week we feature a different Paralympic athlete writing about their own sport. This week we’re featuring an interview with Sophie Christiansen. Sophie won three gold medals in dressage at London 2012 to along with…
Gordons is a family- run business with a “perfectly formed menu, packed with enticing dishes showcasing the best Scottish local produce” according to The Sunday Times. They don’t have grab rails in their disabled toilet but it is accessible for wheelchairs, you would just need help to use the toilet. There are no steps inside the…
Sat Bains is “a Two Star Michelin restaurant serving modern British cuisine.” We haven’t audited Sat Bains but we found out that there are no steps into or around the restaurant and that they have a disabled toilet that has no grab bars?! They have eight rooms at Sat Bains, four of which are on…
At Cafe Fish the “emphasis is on 100% fresh produce, keeping it simple with efficient, but relaxed service.” We haven’t audited Cafe Fish yet but we’ve found out that there are no steps into or around the restaurant and that they have a disabled toilet with grab bars. They said they follow all the legal requirements…
Blythswood Square is a ‘Luxury Spa Hotel in Glasgow City Centre’. It has an accessible restaurant, bar, spa and a few accessible rooms! We haven’t audited Blythswood Square yet but we found out that there are steps at the front of the hotel. This shouldn’t be a problem since if you enter from West George…
Royal Court Theatre is in Sloane Square and gets rave reviews from all around the world. The New York Times called it “the most important theatre in Europe’. But it doesn’t stop there Harpers and Queen said it was “London’s coolest theatre’. They told us that the theatre was totally accessible! There is a flat…
Update Jan2013 The Hempel is closed due to the sale of the building ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Hempel is a small hotel tucked away in West london. Designed by Anouska Hempel it is an ‘intimate and elegant hideaway’. For a small hotel they at least have one disabled room with a walk-in shower. There is a restaurant which…