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…
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…
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…
We didn’t realise but it was nearly three years since we wrote about accessible rooftop bars – so time for an update! Here’s our latest guide for the Indian Summer of 2017 – we hope! We make no apologies for starting with London as it does have a lot of rooftops to fill. London Rooftops…
Our roving reporter Ann sent this review of Karpaz Gate Marina: A Little Gem in the middle of the sleepy Karpaz, N. Cyprus. Her previous reviews gave us a taste of Vietnam and Cambodia, with accessibility in mind. This time it’s a welcome addition to our previous reviews of N. Cyprus. “Unless you arrive by…
StreetXO is the long awaited entrance of ‘punk’, Michelin Starred Chef, David Muñoz. His restaurant in Madrid DiverXO, serves fusion cuisine that is presented as theatre rather than the stuffiness associated with Michelin Stars. In 2010, DiverXO earned Muñoz his first Michelin star, followed by a second in 2012. In 2013, the restaurant became the eighth in Spain…
Steve Wilkinson is based in the North East and runs a website Wheelchair Steve. Steve established International Wheelchair Day as 1st March every year. His mission is to ‘to make the world more accessible for other wheelchair users and people who have non-standard needs’ and has a been a wheelchair user for most of his life.…
We’ve had a number of places on our ‘one’s to watch’ list. Most have had outstanding independent reviews and we thought we’d tell you about them all at once ……..and they’re not all in London! Oriole Bar is however, in London and has been named as one of the world’s best bars. They also got a…