Blue Badge Style launches first mobile app for stylish, less-able people London guide free during Paralympics London, 30 August 2012, Blue Badge Style (www.bluebadgestyle.com), a guide for a less able, stylish lifestyle, has launched a mobile app, which is free to download during the Paralympics. Aimed at stylish people with mobility issues, initially in…
Polpo is owned by the same people as Spuntino see review here and Lieutenant no 1 thinks they are hot and trendy at the moment. Each restaurant has a secret bar which is a “clandestine destination” but they are all in the basement with no wheelchair access, we assume. We haven’t audited these three restaurants –…
These bars were recommended to me by Lieutenant no. 2 – The Lost Angel, Citizen Smith and Lost Society. They all look like a cross between a Victorian pub and somewhere Mumford & Sons would visit. They say they have “Illicit Dining and Forbidden Beverages”. We haven’t checked out these bars/restaurants but did call them all…
Download the new BBS Mobile App here iPhone/iPad – From the iTunes Store Android: From the Andriod Store It’s free (at the moment). It finds trendy/stylish places near your location and rates them with BBS Ticks . The rating looks at style/ambience, access & facilities. You can sort on any of these or just by…
I went to The Roof Gardens nightclub many years ago. It is now a club and restaurant owned by The Virgin empire. The restaurant is Babylon with a rooftop garden overlooking Kensington High st. Great location and view. We send venues a simple form to fill in regarding access and facilities prior to a visit…
Rules restaurant in Covent Garden serves “classic game cookery, oysters, pies and puddings”. It’s on the ground floor which they say is accessible. I went years ago and I remember the food was good. The Cocktail Bar (Upstairs at Rules) is meant to be one of the best bars in London, hence the reason for…
I and the Sartorial Lieutenant went to the Savoy Grill (a Gordon Ramsay joint) just after the refurbishment of the Savoy Hotel in 2011. It was fine for the wheelchair as it’s flat and at ground level. It was good food and service but as the other tables were rather too close, I found our neighbours…
The Parlour is a high end cocktail bar and eatery located in Canary Wharf. It lies adjacent to One Canada Square , which prior to The Shard, stood as the tallest building in London. Accessibility wise, the transport system around Canary Wharf is excellent. Once inside the Parlour itself, I found the staff incredibly attentive…
There’s No Stopping Alex Our Latest Staff lieutenant: The Hippodrome is Kingston’s best nightclub. It caters to a variety of genres throughout the week, above and beyond the mainstream chart dirge. Thursday serves up New Slang, the premier indie night, whilst Saturday offers a myriad of classic tracks, spanning all genres. Many clubs fail to…