Nice place , the glass factory was awesome, worth the time , the restaurant there serves decent food.
We had lunch in the Cafe. Whilst it looked older from the outside the food and service were really good.
The gift shop had some interesting quality products and really friendly service.
Caithness Glass was beautiful and the service we received from
Martin was top notch. Martin went out of his way to make sure we found what we wanted. Recommend the entire experience.
I went here for a birthday lunch, as a treat to myself and the young man I support because our birthdays fall around the same time of year: he's a wheelchair user and so I can comment on accessibility too.
Parking at the visitor centre is plentiful, there are a good number of disabled bays at the front of the building, which makes it a short walk into the centre. It's pretty flat and I had no problem pushing the wheelchair into the building.
The shop sells a good mix of souvenirs as well as unusual gifts and some local crafts. There's also the usual touristy tat, but that certainly doesn't dominate and it can be expected. Attached to the centre is a small museum and a place where they used to do glass blowing... I'm not sure if they still do that...since we only went for the food.
The toilets are just next to the shop. The disabled toilet is big enough to navigate into, however a solo wheelchair user might have difficulty turning the chair in there to get out, or managing the door ny themselves.
The café area is bright and spacious. No problems getting a good seat and the tables have enough leg clearance to fit a wheelchair under. There are also booths which may be more appropriate for families.
To order you have to join the queue and speak to someone who will take your hot food order. A separate person will take a hot drinks order and a third will tally it all up and take payment. You then take a seat with your allocated number, and someone will bring your food to you. There is a good selection of home baking and cans of juice...as well as fizzy juice on tap.
Because of covid restrictions you need to ask for condiments when paying.
I ordered a steak and haggis pie, and my friend ordered the special Drover's burger. Portions are generous and the chips are nice and thick cut. Veg on the plate was nice and varied. Pastry was crispy and the meat was beautifully tender and cooked well. My friends burger looked great. It had cheese, haggis, egg as well as a side of whisky sauce. We both scoffed the lot without any problems!
To finish we even had a small cream sponge cake each.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the visitors' centre for food. It's reasonably priced, excellent quality with good portions and the accessibility is good.
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