Update 2018: The lift to the South Wing is not working according to their website and Tom’s Kitchen has been replaced by Bryn Williams a previous BBS Award winner both in 2016 and 2017. This is good news and we have reviewed them separately and access is not affected by the non working lift as…
A holiday in Sardinia is planned for August this year for BBS Founder, Fiona & her wheelchair. As part of Italy she assumed that accessibility would be variable, as evidenced on a previous trip to Milan. In Milan it was apparent that even the best hotels had a very different view on accessibility compared to the UK…
We recently visited two iconic London venues and for once a Grade II listed building has been refurbished with disabled people in mind. That is Kettner’s, a well known landmark in Soho, founded in 1867 by Auguste Kettner, chef to Napoleon III and it was one of the first French restaurants in London. The building is…
Further to a previous article I’ve now taken TGA WHILL, the new style electric wheelchair, for a serious test – a trip to Kew Gardens. This may seem sedate but believe me, travelling over the pavements of Kew Bridge were definitely a test! It started with trying to reverse out of the lift at BBS Towers…
The Harcourt pub/restaurant came to our notice as it gets consistently good reviews for it’s food (The Telegraph, Times, Timeout & GQ). But what about their access and disabled facilities? Located in London’s resurrected Marylebone (see our previous review), it’s in an old pub on different levels. Hence, only the ground floor is accessible and the toilets…
In preparation for the annual BBS Bar Crawl to celebrate International Wheelchair Day, we thought we’d find out about the accessibility or otherwise, of the popular, UK wide, Dirty Martini Bars – Important for our team, as you know we love the odd cocktail!! Only just this week we were out trying the Botanical Cocktails at Dandelyan…
Casa Cruz came to our attention as the latest ‘hip’ place to go in West London – as opposed to the uber hip Shoreditch and East London. This was a couple of years ago and we’re not sure it still has all the ‘hip’ qualities but is more (as per the review in the Tatler) a…
As long time followers of this site will know, we’ve previously reviewed and highly rated The Zetter Hotel , The Zetter Townhouse Clerkenwell and The Zetter Townhouse Marylebone . Their style and accessibility have given them 2.5 to 3 BBS Ticks with 3 being our maximum award. In particular, The Zetter Townhouse Marylebone were worthy winners of the Best (Accessible)…
If you’ve been watching BBC’s MasterChef The Professionals you’ll have seen the stern face of Monica Galetti giving her verdict on some of the food the professional chefs have produced. Only in last nights episode did you see her fun side, when she stole a less than perfect donut from one of the contestants but…