The Summer Exhibition starts today at Burlington House and continues, throughout the summer, until the 18th of August. Now in it’s 245th year, the Summer Exhibition acts as a survey of what’s happening in all areas of the contemporary art world. It’s open to all artists and up to 10,000 sculptures, prints and paintings are submitted with the…
The Brasserie Des Beaux Arts in Toulouse is a traditional French restaurant overlooking the Garonne. It’s part of the Esprit Brasserie chain which has a lot of restaurants in Paris which we’ve reviewed in the past. It’s been described as an institution in Toulouse and the brasserie’s website suggests that it is a favourite haunt of…
Pizza East is in Shoreditch on the ground floor of the Tea Building. “The menu features traditional and rustic ingredients, with a progressive approach to gourmet pizza and a commitment to sourcing seasonal and local produce”. We haven’t been there yet but we were told there are steps into the building so there is a…
Wheeler’s of St James is a “collaboration between Marco Pierre White and Sir Rocco Forte, reviving the world’s oldest and finest fish restaurant in the heart of one of London’s most distinguished locations.” We haven’t been there yet but we found out that the entrance to the restaurant is flat and the front room of…
Grims Grenka is a stylish, design hotel in Oslo that has been voted Norway’s coolest. However, as they have no disabled rooms we won’t cover the details of the hotel itself. What we can say is that the hotel’s restaurant and rooftop bar may be worth visiting instead. Their restaurant, Madu, sounds quite interesting. The restaurant’s…
Hedone a restaurant in Chiswick opened in 2011 and has already been awarded a Michelin Star and voted the 70th Best Restaurant in the World by the World’s 50 Best Restaurants Jury. All the more surprising as the Swedish Chef, Mikael Jonsson, is self taught (not to be confused with the one in The Muppets?!). He spent 20 years…
Rasoi is an Indian restaurant in Chelsea where they serve a “range of Indian food in a progressive, evolved way.” TimeOut said the Chef , Vineet Bhatia won the “first Michelin star ever for an Indian restaurant, now he has opened this intimate, upmarket, charming townhouse restaurant” We haven’t been here yet but there are 5 steps…
May 2014, Update on Colbert Brasserie, they’re downgraded to 2 BBS Ticks as at a recent visit I was chastised for not telling them I was in a wheelchair!! ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Well folks I still have a hangover after the Buzz of Digital Shoreditch, I reviewed this in my last Weds Wrap. On the Thursday we…
The Stagg Inn is a hotel and restaurant in Herefordshire and we’ve included it as we’re trying to increase our coverage across the UK. The rooms seem to be the the highlight of this Inn, as the Telegraph reported “The Stagg was the first gastropub to achieve a Michelin star, back in 2001, an accolade…