Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Hawksmoor

This is an accessibility statement from Underdog Restaurants Limited.

Measures to support accessibility

Underdog Restaurants Limited takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Hawksmoor:

  • Integrate accessibility into our procurement practices.
  • Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities.
  • Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Hawksmoor is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Additional accessibility considerations

Although we aim for WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance, our current site has some accessibility issues. We are currently addressing this by working with an external team to make our website more accessible. We expect much progress in the coming months during this summer 2025.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Hawksmoor. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Hawksmoor:

  • E-mail: info@thehawksmoor.com

Technical specifications

Accessibility of Hawksmoor relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used.

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Hawksmoor , there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations that we are currently addressing. Although we are aware of some additional accessibility issues, we think these are the most crucial to address first. Following these fixes we will be continually updating our site to be as accessible as possible. Please feel free to contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Hawksmoor:

  1. WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.4: Some links are too vague. We are revising the link text site-wide to be more descriptive.
  2. WCAG 2.0 A 1.3.1 & WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.2: Some PDFs are not accessible. We are editing the PDFs on our site or converting them into HTML to ensure they are accessible.
  3. WCAG 2.0 A 2.1.1: Some areas of the site are not accessible to keyboard users. because . We are auditing and updating the entire site to ensure keyboard accessibility.
  4. WCAG 2.0 A 2.4.1: Some pages are missing bypass blocks / skip links. We are adding skip links to all areas in the site where needed.
  5. WCAG 2.0 A 1.1.1: Some alternative text is missing or not appropriate. We are updating our site and will continue to add appropriate alt text to ensure accessibility.
  6. WCAG 2.0 A 4.1.2: Some links are not accessible via screen readers. We are auditing our site and enlisting developers to update all areas with this issue.
  7. WCAG 2.0 A 2.2.2: Some animations cannot be paused or hidden. We are addressing this by adding appropriate controls that will allow users to pause or hide animated content.

Assessment approach

Underdog Restaurants Limited assessed the accessibility of Hawksmoor by the following approaches:

  • External evaluation

Date

This statement was created on 10 June 2025.