The Clarence is a simple but stylish boutique hotel overlooking the River Liffey in Dublin. It is well known for being owned by Bono and The Edge from U2 but is also a quality hotel in it’s own right. It’s decoration is very traditional and quite basic, maybe even slightly dull, compared to some other hotels…
The Michelberger Hotel has one of the strangest websites for a hotel you are likely to find. Rather than sticking to one of the basic formats used by most hotels it has a giant cartoon space ship to explore. It’s all quite surreal but it all fits in with the style and vision of the…
A member of Design Hotels, the Duomo Hotel in Rimini is built to stand out. As soon as you enter the building you go from the old streets of central Rimini to a reception area with a desk that looks like something from a spaceship. The hotel’s website says that they use ‘alternative materials, bright colours…
The Hotel de Sers is a five-star luxury hotel ideally situated near to the Champs-Élysées. World Hotels describes the hotel as ‘one of the most magnificent boutique hotels Paris has to offer.’ It has a very trendy bar, a relaxing courtyard garden and a cosy restaurant serving gourmet food. By all accounts the hotel provides friendly service…
The Crillon Le Brave is a peaceful hotel situated on top of a hill overlooking the lavender fields and vineyards of Provence. It describes itself as a sort of refuge – a very relaxing hotel with wonderful views and an excellent restaurant. The look of the hotel is very simply and traditionally stylish. Because the…
Momo is “London’s original Arabic Den”, today it “encompasses Music, Food and Visual aesthetics”. When we visited Momo the food was great and Timeout said the atmosphere is “intoxicating and seductive”. When I could I went downstairs to the bar which had uber cool music. Momo has got very good disabled facilities and access as far as…
The STRAF is an super-stylish upmarket hotel in Milan. It’s ideally located in the centre of the city, making it convenient for sight-seeing and – all importantly in Milan – shopping. The hotel features the designs of Vincenzo De Costiis, who puts a seriously cool, minimalist feel into all of the rooms. Each room contains it’s…
Hoxton Grill , another American style restaurant in the heart of Shoreditch, East London. Timeout said: “The food is surprisingly good, and varied”. Housed in the Hoxton Hotel, see my previous review, they have an easily accessible disabled toilet that has three grab bars. There are no steps into the bar and staff are willing to help if you…
Le Caprice was a favourite of mine for wowing clients. Lots of well heeled customers and a few celebs. Timeout had nothing but good things to say about Le Caprice but Jay Rayner wasn’t so convinced in his London Magazine article he said the food was “not groundbreaking perhaps, but reliable”. However, it has no disabled…