I've gone to Salon Brown for a few years and it's unlike any salon I've been to. While most are full of mirrors, glossy tiles and chrome, earsplitting noise and big personalities, I leave every visit relaxed and on cloud 9. The salon is beautiful, all natural wood, plants and natural light from the big front windows, sipping whatever herbal tea is brewing, Kristian has such a genuine, calming personality and it feels like spending a few hours at a friend's house. But of course, most importantly Kristian cuts and colours hair better than anyone. Aveda products, natural colour and cuts that don't need a hairdressing diploma to maintain in real life. It's a true find.

One of the best new local casual places, the pizza is brilliant, great winelist, the fitout is stylish and the atmosphere is always great.

Sometimes you're over porcini mushrooms, roasted quinoa and cheeses you can't pronounce and just feel like traditional pizzeria-style pizza, and Silvio's delivers. They're quick, friendly and consistently delicious.

I was so impressed with Bear Bottom from the first call - so knowledgable, switched on, friendly, responsive and importantly, great communicators. We were considering a house we knew needed a lot of work and had a fair idea of what was required so weren't sure whether we needed an inspection but as soon as I spoke to Andy on the phone I knew it was going to be a good investment. Having an educated estimate of exactly what work was required (we were right on some elements but not all) and how much time and budget it would take was critical for determining our maximum price and meant we felt really confident with our plans come auction day. John was brilliant, turned up 30 mins early and already had get started on assessing the exterior of the house. He then spent a further 1.5hrs thoroughly going through the property, explaining everything he saw and helpfully going through my many questions and ideas. I would highly recommend Bear Bottom and will certainly use them again, it certainly turned out to be money very well spent.