Accessibility
Everyone gets a seat
This website should work for you whatever you use to read it. Here’s the standard we build to, what we’ve done, what’s still to do, and how to tell us when we get it wrong.
WCAG 2.2, level AA
We build to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 at level AA, and go further where it’s cheap to: body text meets AAA contrast. Booking, voucher and ticket pages are built as if the European Accessibility Act applies to them in full.
Status: aiming to be fully conformant, not yet verified by an independent audit.
Built in, not bolted on
- Readable text
- Body text is cream on lamp-black at 16.2:1 contrast, well past the 7:1 AAA mark. Nothing important is grey on grey.
- Never colour alone
- A drink that’s gone says "Gone for tonight" and is struck through; "Last few" is written, not just amber. Allergen marks are ticks with text behind them.
- Keyboard all the way
- Every control works with a keyboard, focus is always visible, and a skip link jumps past the navigation. Search opens with ⌘K, Ctrl+K or the / key.
- Room for thumbs
- Main buttons are at least 44 pixels tall, well over the 24-pixel minimum. The staff console’s are 56.
- Motion you can switch off
- If your device asks for reduced motion, the ink-in, crossfades and pour animations stop. Nothing flashes.
- Live, but quiet
- When the bar’s status changes, screen readers hear it once, politely. Countdowns update without announcing every minute.
- Proper structure
- The allergen matrix is a real table with row and column headers; hours and menus are structured lists with headings. Every form field has a label, and errors are written in words.
- Pictures described
- Photographs have descriptions; decoration is hidden from screen readers. Tunes in the Session Book have a title, type and key in text.
- Your location, only if you ask
- The Visit page’s "How far am I?" asks for location only when tapped, and the sum stays on your phone.
Known limitations
- Visual tools, such as the whiskey Flavour Map and the room floor plans, come with list or text versions. If those fall short for you, tell us.
- Session Book notation is a picture of the music. The text title, type and key are there, but not every note in words.
- Some archive photographs have short descriptions until we know more about who’s in them.
- Details of physical access at the bar (entrances, toilets, the stairs to Lauren’s) are still being confirmed. See Visit, or ring us.
Something not working?
If any part of this site is hard to use, or you need something in another format (the allergen list in large print, say), get in touch. We’ll reply, and we’ll fix it.
We aim to reply within five working days.
About this statement
We’ll update it after the pre-launch audit and at least once a year after that. The enforcement and complaints route will be added once the bar’s solicitor has reviewed it.
Looking for wheelchair access, toilets or the stairs at the bar itself? That’s on the Visit page.