Name: Royal Academy
Item: Royal Academy
Author: Fiona Jarvis

The Summer Exhibition held by the Royal Academy at Burlington House, Piccadilly, the Summer Exhibition tends to be the hottest ticket in town. 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 best 1,000 selected for inclusion. It’s the largest and most popular exhibition in the country and if you see anything you like then you might be able to buy it as all the work included is for sale!

The building is accessible – there’s a ramp to get inside, a lift to all floors and level ground throughout. There are disabled toilets too. They have a good access guide and every year a number of sculptures in the Summer Exhibition are available for visually impaired people to explore by touch – which is a really good idea.

The Summer Exhibition

There are lots of nice bars and restaurants with the BBS seal of approval in the area. One of these is The Wolseley – a high class brasserie in “grand European tradition”. It earned 2.5 BBS Ticks when we reviewed it.

Another good spot to go for dinner is Cecconi’s. They describe the restaurant as a modern day classic Italian restaurant. We described it as a place to see and be seen and that’s what the Season is all about. We gave Cecconi’s a maximum 3 BBS Ticks. There’s also the latest trendy eatery of Street XO if you want to be entertained with ‘off the wall’ food, quirky staff and surroundings. Totally accessible with a disabled toilet.

For an alternative evening out after the exhibition, you could even go to Brasserie Zedel, for the Crazy Coqs Cabaret and brasserie style food in a 3 BBS Ticks location.

There are tonnes of other good spots to go in that area of London. If you want to find more stylish, accessible places to go you can consult our BBS App.

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