We recently visited Brigg Garden Centre (formerly Frosts Garden Centre) and as I was with my husband, and daughter Vicky, we can comment on both the ladies and men's loos.
And we all agreed that these are very good facilities. Excellent in fact. Lovely clean, slightly bleachy smell, nice and simple - just smelled really fresh and hygienic. With toilets, it's usually the smell that creates the first impression and can even put me of venturing further if it's a bad smell. But this was a very good first impression and was representative of the whole experience.
Clean toilets, well lit, warm water to wash hands, and the Dyson Blade (no less) to dry them quickly and hygienically.
Vicky agreed with my summary of the ladies, and my husband concurred that the gents was of equally high standard.
So well done, Brigg Garden Centre.
Monday, 27 December 2010
Monday, 20 September 2010
The Studio, Cleethorpes - Clean Toilet Number One
Well, the criteria and questionnaires for Review The Loo haven't even been prepared yet, but I have recently used a loo which was SO clean it warrants a mention even without a scoring system in place. We can review it again when we have the criteria in place - I'm sure they will score high.
I recently attended a 21st Birthday Party in the Function Room (upstairs) at The Studio, a new bar with a function room in the Market Place, Cleethorpes.
The beer flowed and therefore a few "comfort breaks" were required!!
The loos were a triumph. There were only two in the ladies, but this was sufficient for the number of people attending. The actual toilet was a shiny metal and was beautifully clean. There was plenty of loo paper, the sinks were clean, the floor was clean and free of debris. There was no unpleasant odour and the loos remained clean even as the night wore on - so must have been regularly checked. Liquid soap was plentiful and there were adequate hand drying facilities.
So it's a positive report for The Studio in this informal review.
This has set the bar very high and has helped to clarify the judging criteria. The questionnaire will cover:
I recently attended a 21st Birthday Party in the Function Room (upstairs) at The Studio, a new bar with a function room in the Market Place, Cleethorpes.
The beer flowed and therefore a few "comfort breaks" were required!!
The loos were a triumph. There were only two in the ladies, but this was sufficient for the number of people attending. The actual toilet was a shiny metal and was beautifully clean. There was plenty of loo paper, the sinks were clean, the floor was clean and free of debris. There was no unpleasant odour and the loos remained clean even as the night wore on - so must have been regularly checked. Liquid soap was plentiful and there were adequate hand drying facilities.
So it's a positive report for The Studio in this informal review.
This has set the bar very high and has helped to clarify the judging criteria. The questionnaire will cover:
- number of cubicles / queueing time
- general overall cleanliness
- is the toilet itself a clean toilet
- state of repair (looking at things like broken toilet seats / loo roll holders / locks on doors
- basics - is there plenty of loo roll, liquid soap, hand drying facilities
- how does it smell?
- ladies essentials - are there sufficient sanitary bins and are they clean
- what about vending machine for ladies hygiene / contraception?
- added extras... those finishing touches that are not essential but are always welcome - a hook on the door to hang bags, hand cream, air freshener.
If you think of any other criteria that we should judge, please leave a comment.
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Welcome to Review The Loo!
Welcome to Review The Loo! If you're wondering what it's all about, wonder no more.....
Have you been for a meal in a lovely restaurant, had great food, great wine and a generally lovely evening, then gone to the loo and been shocked at what a let down they are. Grubby hand towel? No soap? Dirty sink? Does it leave you thinking "If this is how dirty the loo is, what might the kitchen be like?" ... and by that time, you've already eaten! Eeeeek
Have you been for a pleasant walk at the seaside or in a park, needed to use the conveniences, and found the floor covered in toilet paper and some liquid that you hope is water. Then struggled to find a cubicle where the loo isn't full of ... well, you know what! When you find the loo in a terrible state it can leave you wondering what awful germs you've picked up in there?
Have you ever been taken short in a supermarket or shopping centre, found the loos, only to recoil at the smell when you open the door ...... and decided that somehow you'll manage to wait til you get home?
Of course you have. We've all been there and it's NOT nice. And it's so unnecessary.
And what about when you're in a pub or club towards the end of a late night out, you queue for 20 minutes, with legs crossed, only to find the floor swimming with something that certainly IS NOT water. You can't wait when you've been out on the razz so you summon up all your courage, squat over the seat as there's no way you'd sit on it, and then when you've finished, of course there's no loo roll.
Toilets are important - but you wouldn't think so when you see the state of them in some restaurants, pubs, shopping centres and parks.
Review The Loo aims to change all this. We will be starting to systematically review the loos of Great Britain and naming and shaming those that don't hit the mark. The purpose is three-fold:
With your help, we can get some improvement on the standard of our toilets in bars, parks, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, shopping centres, hotels, pubs .... in fact, anywhere where there's a loo open to the public.
If you'd like to join the Review the Loo revolution - make a comment and leave me your email address.
Have you been for a meal in a lovely restaurant, had great food, great wine and a generally lovely evening, then gone to the loo and been shocked at what a let down they are. Grubby hand towel? No soap? Dirty sink? Does it leave you thinking "If this is how dirty the loo is, what might the kitchen be like?" ... and by that time, you've already eaten! Eeeeek
Have you been for a pleasant walk at the seaside or in a park, needed to use the conveniences, and found the floor covered in toilet paper and some liquid that you hope is water. Then struggled to find a cubicle where the loo isn't full of ... well, you know what! When you find the loo in a terrible state it can leave you wondering what awful germs you've picked up in there?
Have you ever been taken short in a supermarket or shopping centre, found the loos, only to recoil at the smell when you open the door ...... and decided that somehow you'll manage to wait til you get home?
Of course you have. We've all been there and it's NOT nice. And it's so unnecessary.
And what about when you're in a pub or club towards the end of a late night out, you queue for 20 minutes, with legs crossed, only to find the floor swimming with something that certainly IS NOT water. You can't wait when you've been out on the razz so you summon up all your courage, squat over the seat as there's no way you'd sit on it, and then when you've finished, of course there's no loo roll.
Toilets are important - but you wouldn't think so when you see the state of them in some restaurants, pubs, shopping centres and parks.
Review The Loo aims to change all this. We will be starting to systematically review the loos of Great Britain and naming and shaming those that don't hit the mark. The purpose is three-fold:
- to inform you, the reader, of where the best and worst loos are, so that you can choose to take your business to the places that care enough about you to provide adequate, clean facilities (or, if you can't avoid the worst loos, you can make sure you don't have too much to drink before you set out!).
- to acknowledge where the best Public Conveniences are and thank those people responsible for keeping them clean and making them more pleasant to use
- to give retailers / managers / restaurateurs / landlords / landladies etc the opportunity to take our feed-back on board and make improvements to those loos that fall below the mark
With your help, we can get some improvement on the standard of our toilets in bars, parks, cafes, restaurants, supermarkets, shopping centres, hotels, pubs .... in fact, anywhere where there's a loo open to the public.
If you'd like to join the Review the Loo revolution - make a comment and leave me your email address.
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