If you’ve seen our previous posts we’re going to Liverpool as finalists in the Pitch competition. So we’re doing a recce of Liverpool while we’re there. They are also the only entry in Hip Hotels for Liverpool. Also having dinner at the London Carriage Works which I will also update on. Wish us luck?!
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…
Launceston Place has an intimate and quirky feel and the food is “characterful cooking of great style and originality” Timeout They recently received their first Michelin star. The disabled access is pretty good it’s all on one level and you might want to let them know when you’ll be visiting because they told us they block off…
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 Cercle is “a stone’s throw from Sloane Square, the western offshoot of Club Gascon“. I was taken there after the Chelsea Flower Show. Food was great and the ambience is cool & buzzy. The Guardian praised the food and said: “It is true that portions are tiny, but they’re perfectly formed” Le Cercle…
Morgan M is a French restaurant in The Barbican: “The food at this little understated restaurant is so good” The Metro Morgan M said that they don’t have a disabled toilet and you can use the side door to enter the restaurant but there is a small step. They also recommended letting them know when 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…
The Nam Long Le Shaker is a bar and restaurant in Brompton. We haven’t audited it yet but we called them and they told us that there is no disabled toilet and steps which you can be carried over. The food is Vietnamese and it is said to attract a “thirty something crowd who are attracted by interesting…
As the name suggest the James Joyce Pub & Restaurant is designed using artefacts from Jury’s Hotel in Dublin. James Joyce the Irish writer & poet, was a regular visitor there and in Zurich, hence the connection. I used to go here many years ago and the food was great and the atmosphere even better. However, now…