Disabled friendly restaurant guide DISABLED FRIENDLY RESTAURANT GUIDE23 | Page 6

ORFI RESTAURANT 3. Good signalling of bathrooms. A sign with lighting should be installed to indicate properly the location of they. Also, Braille sign should be placed next to the door to indicate which one is for male and which one is for female users. And to be sure that anyone uses the right WC, a voice message can be programmed to sound when opening the door. Something like: “you’ve entered into male bathroom”. 4. A good welcoming can be reinforced if a voice message like “Welcome to Our Restaurant” sounds at the time that someone enters the restaurant. 5. A closed and tiny reception is not comfortable for most disabled people. It’s a hundred times better to have an open and open-plan space to welcome customers: imagine a person with a wheelchair that enters into a reception of two per two meters, with a column in the middle. She or he will not be able to even take off her jacket! 6. In case of fire or emergency, to make everyone know that something is happening is a priority. For that reason, both sound and light alert devices must be available. Some stroboscopic lights, like the one that we have in the classroom, must be placed throughout the restaurant, also in the bathrooms. Also, the exit must be easy to locate.