Tasty, reasonably priced meal in an accessible pub/restaurant
4.5
4.5
Date of visit: January 2020
I am a carer or friend of a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: accessing toilets, hearing and moving around.
I use or have experience of: changing places toilet, disabled toilet, hearing aid or cochlear implant, walking aid, wheelchair
Overall Rating
Excellent
The Projectionist is attached to Soar at Braehead, a centre with various physical activities and a cinema. As a fairly new building, it has good access.
Disabled Access In and Around
Excellent
Access is completely level. There are two sets of doors to enter from the car park, both quite heavy. The outer set helpfully stays open when pulled right back. There is another door directly from the interior of Soar. Most of the interior is carpeted and it is spacious. Meals are ordered and paid for at the bar but there is an App to allow customers to do this from the table. An outside seating space is accessed from the interior. There is room to place a wheelchair at these tables as the seating is freestanding, so can be moved.
Parking & Transport
Good
Given the location is an activity centre, there is a great deal of parking and many blue badge spaces. One thing we have noticed about very modern places, however, is that there is a great deal of pedestrian/pavement space between the parking and the buildings - and even between the drop-off space and the building. I presume this is for safety, but it can be difficult for those who are trying to keep walking if possible (using an aid), rather than relying on a wheelchair all the time. The drop-off zone (pictured) is still some distance from the door. It has a lowered kerb only at the right hand side of the picture, which is unfortunate as that is where delivery vans tend to pull up when taking items into Soar.
Accessible Toilets
Excellent
The toilet has grab rails on both sides and the red cord goes to the floor, although we pulled it out from where it was tucked behind a bin. The area is spacious enough for a wheelchair and carer but was a bit dark in one half. The lighting above the toilet was fine though. A notice on the door says a key can be obtained from the bar but it was unlocked when we visited at lunchtime. It's not a RADAR lock. The other toilets are upstairs so some customers might use the accessible one when it's not necessary.
Staff
Good
All very pleasant.
Additional Information
Although Hungry Horses have the same menu, some chefs seem to cook it better than others. This was one of the better ones. The music here was a bit loud for a lunchtime - enough to trouble my relative who has hearing aids. There is a large Wetherspoons next door (The Lord of the Isles) which also has level access and an accessible toilet with a RADAR key.
