Name: Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
Item: Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester
Author: Fiona Jarvis

The Michelin Guide for 2014 was published in October for Pubs & Restaurants in GB & Ireland and we thought we’d comment on the suitability of them for disabled customers – as they don’t include this!?

We agree with the comment from The Telegraph that

“Finally. Michelin shows signs of good taste the Guide has realised that eating out should be a joyful experience, not a quasi-religious rite”

The Guide now includes plenty of good, (not so expensive) and unpretentious restaurants, such as Lima, Hibiscus, Angler and Social Eating House (all reviewed by us here at BBS, just click on the links). Unfortunately 9/15 of the new awards are in London but there are plenty of Bib Gourmands and existing Stars around the country.

For those who want to know the sign for Michelin stars is as per below:

The definition of a One Michelin star: “A very good restaurant or pub in its category. The star indicates a good place to stop on your journey.”

A Two Michelin star: “Excellent cooking, worth a detour. Specialities and wines of first class quality. This will be reflected in the price.”

Three Michelin star: “Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey. One always eats here extremely well, sometimes superbly. Fine wines, faultless service, elegant surroundings. One will pay accordingly.!”

There’s also the Bib Gourmand category which denotes “good food at moderate prices”. The sign for these is:

The sign for a BBS Recommended venue is between 1 and 3 Ticks as per below:

We’ll review the 3 Michelin Stars first – The 2 Stars we’ll do next week and the 1 Stars the week after that. If anyone has been to any of the restaurants do send us a review here; doesn’t have to be long. The GB & Ireland 3 Michelin Stars, which are expensive, a treat & well worth a visit, are:

Fat Duck – Bray – Gets 3 BBS Ticks (our Tick definition is here) . The disabled toilet status is confusing but the restaurant is a great experience see our review.

Waterside Inn – Bray, only gets 2 BBS Ticks. Even though we know the food is exceptional there is no disabled toilet – built in the 1500’s “there’s no room” and no plans to build one (you can’t even use the pubs in the village as they don’t have one, a la our review of Bray here). There’s also no disabled accommodation which isn’t so bad but 1500 year old ideas re sanitation is a let down! However there is private parking and a portable ramp to get you up the 2 steps at the front. Everything after that is on one level.

Gordon Ramsey, Chelsea gets 3 provisional BBS Ticks. Again we agree the food is exceptional but we haven’t tried the disabled access or facilities but they assure us the disabled toilet is fully equipped and there’s a portable ramp for the one step at the entrance (let them know when you’re going so they have it ready).

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester, Mayfair gets 3 BBS Ticks as everything is superb. Entrance to The Dorchester is flat and the restaurant is on the ground floor. There is a splendid disabled toilet at the entrance to the bar just by the restaurant.

So BBS agrees with 3 out of 4 of the Michelin 3 Star ratings. 2 Stars reviewed next week.

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Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester

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