The Lowry Building is a comprehensive art and entertainment venue in Salford Quays, Greater Manchester. The Lowry houses two main theatres and studio space for performing arts (The Lyric 1,730, The Quays 466 and The Studio 180 seats respectively). It brings visual and performing arts – from opera to stand up comedy – together in one stunningly…
Restaurant Nathan Outlaw is a 2 Michelin Star seafood restaurant at the St Enodoc hotel in Cornwall. Nathan Outlaw has appeared on television shows such as BBC‘s Great British Menu and Saturday Kitchen. The restaurant offers one evening tasting menu of “the finest sustainable seafood, caught off the Cornish coast by day boats.” It’s a unique and fantastic venue to go…
Wedgwood is a top quality restaurant, hidden in plain sight on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. It sits in between the touristy shops and attractions, shining as a beacon of good taste in more ways than one. Set up in 2007 by the eponymous Paul Wedgwood – who appears fairly regularly on TV – Wedgwood serves “fine…
This week’s Weds Wrap is coming all the way from my current location in sunny Ibiza. I’m over here researching stylish venues on the island at the moment. Yes, I know it’s a tough life but somebody has to do it. This is not a holiday though, I can’t stress that enough – we’ve been going here,…
The Haven is a cafe, restaurant and bar in Lymmington. There are are two parts to The Haven, upstairs is a deck with a lovely view of the harbor and downstairs is the ‘snug’ which has a less formal atmosphere. They are renowned for their seafood specials which vary each day depending on what fish…
The Electric Cinema is on Portobello Road, in Notting Hill and is a restaurant and a cinema – both of which are disabled accessible, apparently. It’s a charming independent cinema – a real joy in a world full of same old multiplex chains. Instead of standard cinema seats, they have armchairs, sofas and even some…
Another Burger & Lobster and this one is in Mayfair. Unlike it’s sibling restaurants in Soho and Farringdon that we have reviewed, this one hasn’t got the best disabled access or facilities… It is a small restaurant without a disabled toilet and with steps… There is a step in to the building and three steps to…
La Suite West is a 5 star boutique hotel in a fabulous London location, right next to Hyde Park. The hotel is “the minimalist and latest creation of famed British designer Anouska Hempel.” We haven’t been here yet but we found out about their disabled access and facilities and it sounds great! The hotel’s entrance is flat and the bar and…
Weds Wrap is replaced this week with the BBS Awards for venues that excel in style, accessibility & disabled facilities. The team have been ‘flash mobbing’ around London awarding 2.5 and 3 BBS Tick certificates to those venues we’ve audited over the year. We’ve also posted a number of awards to venues out of town,…