Name: Il Pampero
Item: Il Pampero
Author: Fiona Jarvis

Update May 2017: Hix Belgravia has closed and is now Il Pampero at The Hari Hotel. We’ve not been but we assume the accessibility is the same and they keep the unaudited 2.5 BBS Ticks. They’ve also received some good reviews for the italian cooking.

Il Pampero at The Hari Hotel

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I have to admit I have not been to any of the Hix Restaurants but I did eat Mark Hixs’ food at The Ivy and Le Caprice many years ago and very good it was. However, I wasn’t even aware of him as a chef until I saw The Great British Menu 2007 on BBC2, where his rabbit and crayfish Stargazy Pie won the main course and it looked delicious. So when I saw his new restaurant in Belgravia I thought I should do some research and found he had a number or restaurants.

I will visit all of them eventually and I am going to the Tramshed first and then Hix in Soho as they both look really interesting. The Tramshed has a Damien Hirst artwork and is on street level. It also has a bar with snacks and I always like an option of snacks or a meal. Hix in Soho has ‘mobiles & neons’ from various artists and a bar downstairs, which I assume is inaccessible; I’m still going though!!

I have contacted the group regarding access and disabled toilets in their restaurants and have given them provisional BBS Ratings based on their responses to a questionnaire. Here they are:

Hix Oyster & Chop House in the City – has a ramp for access but no disabled toilet. 1.5 BBS Ticks

Hix Oyster & Fish House, Dorset – has a small ramp and a disabled toilet. 2.5 BBS Ticks

Hix in Soho & Marks Bar – the restaurant is on street level and there is a disabled toilet on this level. The bar is downstairs. 2.5 BBS Ticks

Hix Selfridges , London – Is not really accessible as it’s up some stairs in the main hall of Selfridges. There are disabled toilets throughout the store but none associated with Hix. Nevertheless it’s a stylish eaterie within Selfridges. 1.5 BBS Ticks

Hix Belgravia – is in The Thompson Belgraves hotel and has a ramp for access and a disabled toilet accessed via a lift. 2.5 BBS Ticks

Tramshed Shoreditch – is on street level and has a disabled toilet on this level. 3 BBS Ticks

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