Caminata is a popular yet relaxed family Italian restaurant in Balham, which also does takeaway pizzas. It’s a relatively small venue but it’s not at all cramped, with lots of space to move around (which should be helpful for wheelchair users). It’s a cosy and simple but stylish environment with exposed duct work, rough stone…
Over the weekend we headed to The Dairy in Clapham for a wonderful lunch of superb, innovative, little treats. We were there for a 21st birthday but all agreed that the food alone would have been worth celebrating. It’s an unassuming little bistro on the edge of Clapham Common with stripped down walls and ‘reclaimed’…
We had Sunday lunch at La Capanna which is located in the high street in Cobham. It is Italian cuisine and they have a set menu on Sundays. The service was excellent and the food was very good. Now I will tell you the Bad news and the Good news: Bad news first, there is…
Thanks to Patrick for sending us this post on accessing the West End. He’s given his verdict on a host of different London theatres here. The standard of access for people in a wheelchair to the West End Theatres is generally pretty grim. Steps everywhere and very little chance of finding any disabled toilets. Do…
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…
We were invited to a wedding in Trebetherick, Cornwall a few weeks ago so we booked a double room and an evening meal, nearby, at the St. Moritz Hotel. This is a lovely hotel and Cowshed spa hidden away down country lanes in the beautiful Cornwall countryside. I instantly knew we were going to enjoy our stay…
Gymkhana is a high class, Michelin starred Indian restaurant which opened just over a year ago in Mayfair. Nine months after they opened for business the restaurant was voted No 1 in the National Restaurant awards, Restaurant magazine’s annual countdown of the top 100 restaurants in the country. This is a startlingly quick rise to…
The Five Fields is a fine dining restaurant, off the King’s Road, in what was once the Chelsea Spanish restaurant El Blason. Chef Patron Taylor Bonnyman, working in collaboration with Head Chef Marguerite Keogh, offer elegant and playful modern British cooking which emphasises the use of artisanal, fresh British ingredients – particularly vegetables which feature…
This weekend The Ledbury was named the UK’s favourite restaurant in a vote in the Observer Food Monthly supplement. It’s by no means the first accolade for this 2 Michelin Star modern French restaurant in Notting Hill, helmed by the well known Australian chef Brett Graham. As well as the latest honour in the OFM awards, the Ledbury is…