The George is an (apparently) English themed hotel in Hamburg. It’s a member of Design Hotels so it must be very trendy. The English theme involves the hotel being decorated to make the guests feel like they are in an ‘English-style country house’. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to visit the hotel ourselves, so we can neither…
Update Feb 2013: Farringdon have a ramp for access and a disabled toilet so get a Provisional 2.5 BBS Ticks Bread street is completely wheelchair accessible.The restaurant is on one level with most of the tables being able to fit a wheelchair (except the bar). There is also a disabled toilet down a hallway from the…
Sanderson is a “5 Star luxury boutique hotel” in London. It has been “transformed by Philippe Starck into a surreal Cocteau-like dream world, epitomizing a “new luxury” that is smart, pared down, and tempered with a healthy dose of wit and irony.” We haven’t audited Sanderson yet but they said that there is a ramp…
The Royal Festival Hall is on London’s South Bank and “opened in 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain, the Grade I listed Hall is one of the world’s leading performance venues”. There is easy to access to the Royal Festival Hall on both the East and West sides. In the West side there…
Pissarro is by the river in Chiswick and is a regular haunt of mine! They have a heated conservatory so you can sit out there all year round. The food is great, they serve ‘Pan fried brill, sauté chestnut mushrooms, spinach, lemon & cockle butter’ and ‘Roasted rump of lamb, chive potato croquette, aubergine puree,…
Quo Vadis is in the middle of Soho, on Dean Street and has been taken over by the chef Jeremy Lee – who previously worked at the Blueprint Cafe (previously reviewed). I haven’t eaten here but there is a bar area which is accessible and there is original wooden flooring. There is a club you can join…
The Royal Opera House is “based in the iconic Covent Garden theatre, it is renowned for its outstanding performances of both traditional opera as well as commissioning new works by today’s leading opera composers.” The Royal Opera House is a real treat to go and visit, they also have great concessions if you’re disabled. There are…
Texture is just off Oxford Street, on the way to Portman Square. It’s a Michelin Star restaurant with a champagne bar. The food is excellent and it “combines British produce with ingredients from… Iceland” (not the supermarket chain!) The entrance is quite tricky and their disabled toilet is quite a way from the restaurant –…
The Booking Office restaurant and bar at St Pancras is accessed via the ramps leading up to the Renaissance Hotel, which adjoins the Booking office. They have an interesting drinks menu, as they serve a number of punches by the mug or bowl (for 12 people) and their bar snacks are better than the average. For example, you can have haggis bonbons…