The Aumbry in Prestwich, Manchester is run by Head Chef & Owner Mary-Ellen McTague and is representing the North West in the new series of Great British Menu! This one is celebrating 25 years of Comic Relief and her starter was a bath of baked beans with an edible rubber duck. Looked funny/weird but the chefs thought the taste…
Rivington Shoreditch is another brasserie owned by Caprice Holdings. The food is OK but I would only go there for a drink, it can be quite a lively bar. It’s easy to get to the bar but there are two steps into the restaurant and no ramp… There is no disabled toilet and steps up…
The Kingham Plough is so highly rated by critics it has to be reviewed even though access is dubious. AA Gill says “The bar menu is as fine as any I’ve seen…anyone thinking of opening a local pub restaurant should come here and see the gold standard” Certainly looks cosy & stylish but we can’t…
The history of St. Valentine is unclear but one version of the truth is that he married Christian couples who were being persecuted in Rome. Helping Christians at this time was a crime and the Roman Emperor Claudius condemned him to death. He was beaten with clubs and stones; when that failed to kill him,…
Pera is a relaxed Mediterranean restaurant in North London. The Epicure Lieutenant popped in to check it out. Here’s what he thought: I’m a little wary of Upper Street. It’s easy to be seduced by the endless shiny shops and cafes and to come away having spent way more than you planned and feeling vaguely unsatisfied. The…
The George is an (apparently) English themed hotel in Hamburg. It’s a member of Design Hotels so it must be very trendy. The English theme involves the hotel being decorated to make the guests feel like they are in an ‘English-style country house’. Unfortunately, we’ve yet to visit the hotel ourselves, so we can neither…
Update Feb 2013: Farringdon have a ramp for access and a disabled toilet so get a Provisional 2.5 BBS Ticks Bread street is completely wheelchair accessible.The restaurant is on one level with most of the tables being able to fit a wheelchair (except the bar). There is also a disabled toilet down a hallway from the…
Sanderson is a “5 Star luxury boutique hotel” in London. It has been “transformed by Philippe Starck into a surreal Cocteau-like dream world, epitomizing a “new luxury” that is smart, pared down, and tempered with a healthy dose of wit and irony.” We haven’t audited Sanderson yet but they said that there is a ramp…
Pissarro is by the river in Chiswick and is a regular haunt of mine! They have a heated conservatory so you can sit out there all year round. The food is great, they serve ‘Pan fried brill, sauté chestnut mushrooms, spinach, lemon & cockle butter’ and ‘Roasted rump of lamb, chive potato croquette, aubergine puree,…