At BBS we focus more on the destinations (the venues we review) than the journey to get to them but public transport is still a real bug bear. It’s just lagging behind in terms of access and we know that a lot of our readers agree. Let the rant commence: It’s frustrating to have to…
Update Oct 2013: The Crowne Plaza is now the Ace Hotel and the restaurant is Hoi Polloi , created by the people from Bistrotheque. Described as “an English modernist brasserie”. If it’s anything like Bistrotheque it should be good. Full review will follow but on the surface it seems that accessibility and facilities remain the same i.e.very good…
Last week was the week when having a pee tried my patience! First I went to The Hampshire Hog, a GastroPub in Hammersmith, which is owned by the team that ran The Engineer in Primrose Hill. The Engineer is a well known celeb hang out but not so here, not yet. It’s got more of a…
Harrison’s restaurant in Balham is co-owned by Sam Harrison, Rebecca Mascarenhas and Rick Stein. Harrison is the main man behind the menus with Rick acting in a ‘godfatherly way’ to help him oversee things. He also pops in now and then to promote a book and his recipes feature on the menu from time to time.…
Just a quick update to say Malmaison Liverpool has been visited and it is definitely ’boutique-chain’ stylish (contradiction in terms??), but still haven’t seen the disabled rooms, see our previous post. So full 2.5 BBS Ticks for common areas. Also Mes Amis was recommended by Conde Nast as a good, secret restaurant in Hammersmith but…
People don’t believe me when I say there are Michelin Starred restaurants without disabled facilities. There are and here are my selection for the BBS Bonfire: I was going to put the Heston restaurants in Bray, The Fat Duck & The Hinds Head on the Bonfire but they seem to have followed our advice and our badgering of the…
Further update Oct 2013 the person we spoke with is wrong there is no disabled toilet at the Hinds Head but ambulant disabled can use the Gents on ground floor, accessed by a step, cleaned and cordoned off by staff if a Lady wants to use. So as you were there’s still no relief in…
Further Update Nov 2013: The Hinds Head doesn’t have a disabled toilet it’s just a large gents on the ground floor accessed via one step. So as you were, see Hinds Head review here & Fat Duck still gets 3 BBS Ticks (on the proviso that the disabled/staff toilet is accessible, we’ll investigate soon). ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Jewel cocktail bar is right next to the bright lights of Piccadilly Circus and puts on something of a similarly glitzy display itself. The decor is decadent and glamorous with elegant furnishings and delicious cocktails. It’s somewhere to go for a night of opulence in the heart of London; not somewhere for an discrete, quiet drink.…