As she said at the end of last week’s article, Fiona is on holiday this week so she hasn’t been able to write her weekly update. She’s asked me to step out of the shadows of my role as editor and provide my own version of the Wednesday Wrap. I’m really just here to tell…
Here’s our list of accessible rooftop bars to visit this summer. There’s no better place to enjoy an early evening drink or two and watch the sun go down, or just watch the world go by, than a rooftop terrace. But rooftop bars are few and far between and notoriously tricky to find. So we’ve…
Rudding Park Hotel is in Harrogate, the rooms are “spacious and modern with plenty of natural daylight, scenic parkland views and bespoke furniture”. The Clocktower restaurant at the hotel has won lots of awards including Banqueting Chef of the Year. The restaurant has a gorgeous conservatory both of which have flat access and so does the bar!!…
Grims Grenka is a stylish, design hotel in Oslo that has been voted Norway’s coolest. However, as they have no disabled rooms we won’t cover the details of the hotel itself. What we can say is that the hotel’s restaurant and rooftop bar may be worth visiting instead. Their restaurant, Madu, sounds quite interesting. The restaurant’s…
Hedone a restaurant in Chiswick opened in 2011 and has already been awarded a Michelin Star and voted the 70th Best Restaurant in the World by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Jury. All the more surprising as the Swedish Chef, Mikael Jonsson, is self taught (not to be confused with the one in The Muppets?!). He spent 20 years…
Update 2013 upgraded to 3 BBS Ticks. excellent re style, access & facilities see new review here. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. South Place Hotel is in the City of London, it is the first hotel from the D&D restaurant group. The rooms are “comfortable, modern and intelligently designed without being gimmicky: materials, colours and textures provide a sense…
Raoul’s is a bar in Oxford. They serve a range of cocktails most of which are made from home made ingredients and hand squeezed juices. They say they are “extremely passionate about anything drinkable and we believe that passion is translated into out beverages”. We haven’t auidted Raoul’s but we’ve found out that their disabled…
Rasoi is an Indian restaurant in Chelsea where they serve a “range of Indian food in a progressive, evolved way.” TimeOut said the Chef , Vineet Bhatia won the “first Michelin star ever for an Indian restaurant, now he has opened this intimate, upmarket, charming townhouse restaurant” We haven’t been here yet but there are 5 steps…
May 2014, Update on Colbert Brasserie, they’re downgraded to 2 BBS Ticks as at a recent visit I was chastised for not telling them I was in a wheelchair!! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Well folks I still have a hangover after the Buzz of Digital Shoreditch, I reviewed this in my last Weds Wrap. On the Thursday we…