 Wheel chair access is made difficult by the age of the building and better facilities for such access could have been achieved when the hotel was recently refurbished As it was my wife had to be wheeled around the service passageways to get to the terrace restaurant and the american cocktail bar She also had to sleep in an armchair because the bed was too high for her to climb into notwithstanding provision of a stool to assist her Even I at 6ft tall didn t find it exactly easy to get into bed 
 The staff were truly excellent and attended to my wheelchair bound wife s every need without needing at any time to be asked Of particular note was the young spanish lady at reception the doorman and the waiter who served us at an afternoon tea to celebrate my wife s 70th birthday We both loved the room and the views over the Thames We particularly appreciated the valet parking arrangement which was reasonably priced 