Crazy Bear hotel in Beconsfield is in a listed building but they have done their best to make it accessible and incredibly stylish. They have renovated the entire hotel to “provide dramatic architecture and uncompromised luxury” and they achieved it! This Crazy Bear hotel opened in 2008 and since then it has received “spectacular international reviews including Condé Nast’s…

Dakota in Edinburgh is the sister hotel to the previously reviewed Dakota hotel in Glasgow. This hotel “offers excellent service, luxurious interiors, innovative style and an award-winning bar & grill.” It’s 10 minutes outside Edinburgh sitting alone like a Japanese electronics factory. Like the Glasgow Dakota hotel there are accessible bedrooms on every floor with wider…

Alloro is an Italian restaurant in Mayfair which focuses on serving traditional Italian classics and getting them right. Alloro’s Head Chef Daniele Camera is a native of Torino, Italy and strives to provide consistent quality of taste and presentation. Alloro has that quietly confident feeling of not trying too hard to push boundaries when it comes to…

Babbo is a traditional Italian restaurant in Mayfair. Named after an Italian word for father, at Babbo they place a real emphasis on creating a warm family atmosphere. Family photos line the walls of this intimate eatery and the staff are said to be extremely welcoming. Head Chef Carlo Scotto joined Babbo in September 2012…