Garth wrote: > Can anyone recommend good restaurants, serving traditional Orkney fare, in > either Kirkwall or Stromness? > Hi, I just spoke to my parents, and they reckon it's fairly difficult to get traditional fare, but : In Stromness, I recommend the The Hamnavoe Retaurant, The Royal Hotel, followed by the Stromness Hotel, and then The Ferry Inn(www.ferryinn.com). In Kirkwall the West End Hotel apparently has a good reputation. If you're driving, there is the Merkister Hotel, next to the Loch, or the Foveran Hotal near Kirkwall on the Orphir road - (take your credit card !! - Expensive). On a Sunday Afternoon, or some weekdays, Harray Stores do High Tea, with localled baked scones, bannocks etc. Nearby, Dounby Stores sells local produce. For local produce, My Mum works at Orkney Herring in Stromness, and I recommend Hand Rolled Salmon Fillets in a Honey/Mustard sauce mmmmm.....although the Crayfish tails in a Sweet chilli sauce comes a close second. - Some of this and the regular stuff is available in Costco, or I've seen a little bit in Tescos. Also there is Stockans Oatcakes, Highland Park & Scapa whiskies, and many other - see (http://www.orknet.co.uk/client.htm) The creel retaurant (http://www.orknet.co.uk/creel/main.htm) is also very highly recommended, but is a bit further out of Kirkwall. Any specific question, mail me, or leave a message here - I'll try and help Graham
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NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 May 2002 12:23:13 GMT Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.restaurants:4742 Garth wrote in message news:... > Can anyone recommend good restaurants, serving traditional Orkney fare, in > either Kirkwall or Stromness? As well as the Creel in St Margarets Hope, I can firmly recommend Woodwick House in Eveie. Yes, it's a drive from either Kirkwall or Stromness, but we had a week's excellent food there last year. Andrew Wells From [email removed] Wed May 8 14:29:01 EDT 2002 Article: 4744 of uk.food+drink.restaurants
Andrew W. wrote: > Garth wrote: > > Can anyone recommend good restaurants, serving traditional Orkney fare, in > > either Kirkwall or Stromness? > > As well as the Creel in St Margarets Hope, I can firmly recommend > Woodwick House in Eveie. Yes, it's a drive from either Kirkwall or > Stromness, but we had a week's excellent food there last year. > > Andrew Wells Woodwick is now an Art Gallery, with a cafe on the side, serving a mixture of salads, and home baking - not even chips !!. Expensive too. I had Salmon salad - 1 piece of salmon, some coleslaw, and a bit of veg, for £4-50 - Nice presentation though. Graham
x-mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.restaurants:4746 Andrew W. wrote: > Graham wrote: > > Woodwick is now an Art Gallery, with a cafe on the side, serving a mixture > > of salads, and home baking - not even chips !!. Expensive too. I had > > Salmon salad - 1 piece of salmon, some coleslaw, and a bit of veg, for > > £4-50 - Nice presentation though. > > Are we thinking about the same place? Last May there was a > cafe-cum-art-gallery on the "main road" through Evie, with Woodwick > House being a hotel-cum-restaurant down by the sea. > > Andrew Wells Sorry, I was thinking of what used to be Woodwick Restuarant - Which was converted to the Gallery/Cafe. As you say woodwick house is down the road - See http://www.orknet.co.uk/woodwick/ for details - Never been in there but is recommended by friends. PS - My Auntie used to do the home baking for Woodwick (Not House!), when it was a thriving Restuarant doing High teas etc. cheers Gaham