Lima have just opened a new restaurant in Covent Garden, Lima Floral. We love their twist on Peruvian food and we didn’t mind the lack of disabled facilites in their earlier restaurants in Soho (Ceviche) and Charlotte Street (Lima). We thought that in their expansion plans they would start to look for premises that provided…
Castle Terrace is Scottish chef Tom Kitchin’s second restaurant in Edinburgh. Following the success of his first Michelin starred restaurant, The Kitchin (some people become chefs, some are born chefs and some people are born with names that force chefness upon them), The Castle Terrace opened in 2010 with his mate, Dominic Jack, as head…
Amaya is a Michelin starred Indian restaurant (something of a rare honour) in Belgravia, London. Having opened in 2004, the restaurant received outstanding reviews and won a series of awards in the mid-noughties before ever so slightly fading from attention. That’s not to say that the standard of food ever slipped – they still serve…
Just back from Spain, Cala de Mijas – located on the coast between Marbella and Malaga. We stayed in a Miami style villa which had nearly everything you’d need for an accessible and stylish holiday. Read on and I’ll tell you a tale of Alice in Wonderland, Cross Dressing & Andalusian experiments with liquid nitrogen……….…
Opposite South Kensington tube station, The Ampersand Hotel is an ideal place to stay for anyone looking for somewhere cool to rest after a day at London’s most famous museums. The hotel is ideal for less able travellers even though South Ken tube station doesn’t have step free access. Once you get there the access…
The Anthologist is a vast bar, with a restaurant area, near London’s Bank station, boasting a mixology table, deli, two cocktail lounges and a private room complete with 1950’s kitchen. Not as trendy as the West End bars nor as quirky as those in East London, this is a bar that comes to life when the…
The Folly is a restaurant and bar which brings an outdoorsy, garden party vibe right into the heart of London’s Square Mile. It’s an original and interesting space full of natural light, flora, plant pot lampshades, tree trunks, outdoor furniture and even a bee hive inspired bar. The Folly’s website describes the bar as a…
Rich Mix is a vibrant independent cinema and cross-arts centre in East London, just next to Brick Lane. This huge former garment factory now houses a three-screen cinema; exhibition and event spaces, café and bar. It’s an independent arts venue in an industrial sized building. As their name suggests, Rich Mix puts on a really interesting and…
Forman’s is a 4th generation family owned salmon smoker, established in the East End in 1905. Their products are sold on Ocado which is why I recognised the name during the Olympics when they hosted a Pop-Up restaurant/ beach bar. They have a permanent restaurant called Forman’s (of course), which is a ‘Restaurant and Bar…