Bar cuisine: the best places to taste it in Kirkwall
8 restaurant menus in United Kingdom, (the ranking and the list of restaurants are based on the number of recommendations received from users in the last month, currently updated to December 2024)
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"I came to the St Ola to get some food before my ferry. Service was great. I had 2 pints (Banyan) and a haggis burger. It was fantastic, fast, hot and..."
Laura McAllan
"Having travelled to Orkney for the very first time it was great to be welcomed to the St Ola Hitel as if I had been going for years. Large double..."
Marcus Speirs
"My husband and I visited the St. Ola restaurant tonight and had an absolutely gorgeous meal served by a lovely young man called Daniel. He was..."
Diane Mclellan
"Cracking place to be, fab food, excellent live music on a Sunday, and the beer is going down a..."
Isla Syme
"We always seem to end up in here when we can’t get in Helgis. Which sounds a shame. Great food and ale in the St Ola, and great service. Only..."
Tim Flanders Gillott
"What a rare treat, we went in for lunch and the food was excellent, huge portions, and the staff and service was perfect. Hats off to you guys and..."
Alan Pratt
"Cracking hotel , great atmosphere , superb food and excellent staff . Well worth a..."
Peter Craig
"Nice place very busy place on a Saturday night live band..."
Lindsay Gomez
"Just home after spending a couple of night's, what a fantastic hotel, clean, bright, food fantastic and plentiful and the staff were amazingly..."
Elaine Urquhart
"We spent Sunday afternoon looking for a roast or similar, there didn't appear to be too much in the area, until we found this place. The pie, veg,..."
Mark Hutchinson
"***Review for the restaurant only***
Staff, food quality and atmosphere were all absolutely fantastic. Small kitchen (which we were warned about by..."
Mark Johnson
"We came to the St Ola restaurant after touring Orkney for the day. It's a nice casual place, and the food is top choice! I had the Cajun chicken..."
Shannon B
"The beef chilli burger is quite possibly the best burger I’ve ever had in Orkney. Top marks to the chef..."
Sam Thompson
"Great choice of menu items at very reasonable prices. Staff were helpful and showed care and attention to all the customers. Highly..."
Islean Gibson
"We stayed 3 nights . Excellent friendly service. Location excellent. Bit of noise downstairs but didn’t worry us. Fabulous view over the harbour..."
Helen Anderson
"A great hotel in the heart of Kirkwall. Clean and comfortable. Staff are very friendly and nothing is too much to ask. They’re all a real great..."
Mathew Bracher
"Super staff in all ways both in the hotel and restaurant. We had dinner one night and went elsewhere on night two - wish we had stayed! The cleaning..."
Jim Ogle
"We have eaten in the bar twice. The food and service were..."
Matthew Allmaras
"We went there for food only. The food was really good. Nice environment and friendly staff. Went the next day for lunch too...."
Chris mcwilliams
"We had dinner here. Excellent food. Friendly helpful..."
Kathie Vander Helm
"We had booked our table for 6.30pm. We had an 11year old with us. So I really felt there was no excuse for over cooked food.And were welcomed and..."
Frances Wiles
"Great location & great atmosphere. Lovely..."
Samantha Chalmers
"Called in for something to eat and a pint.
3 of us had haddock and chips and 1 had chilli and nachos.
All the food was really nice. The fish was..."
"This is easily the best coffee shop in orkney incredible baking and THE best cup of coffee I've had on the island :-D very nice atmosphere as well..."
Stewart Reid
"One of the best local music evenings I've ever had! superb company, good beer, and real Orkney..."
Emma Wilson
"We have just spent a week on Orkney and lucky enough to hear live music at The Reel four times. We also had coffee a couple of times and my better..."
Jon Powell
"Just had A light lunch at the reel :) great delicious gluten free range it's nice when people make that extra..."
Marc Herridge
"It's hard to single a place out in Kirkwall as they're all so brilliant, but I had a particularly lovely experience here. I had lost a pendant in the..."
Jenny Szyfelbain
"A must if you are visiting Orkney.... excellent food and great..."
Lou Ann Walker
"Ever since I heard and saw the Wrigley Sisters at Stallet, the Folk & World Music centre in Stockholm, and bought their first cd, Skyran, I listen to..."
Kerstin Otterstål
"Cosy, candle lit and live music venue and does peppermint tea in a cold night! What's not to..."
Caroline McCormack
"Nice staff, nice coffee, nice food and nice atmosphere. Well worth a..."
John Mickleborough
"We had a lovely lunch in the Reel and then went to their Saturday night session which was great fun. Our 15 year old is a keen fiddler and was able..."
Fiona Seonaid Hart
"Excellent coffee
Sandwiches made to order and fillings generous
Atmosphere relaxed and welcoming
A must visit..."
Alistair Oag
"We visited this fabulous place twice, by good fortune happening on two music practice sessions. I did a few drawings from which this linocut print is..."
Simon Manby
"Nice old scotich pub. Nice collection of whisky's and beer. Coffee and cakes. Live music was..."
Leike Lodiers
"Great selection of Gluten free and vegan cakes, good quality coffees, a fairly wide range of whiskies, gins both Orkney and not. Vegetarian and..."
Camarila
"Nice coffee and tasty food, staff a really sweet..... can be incredibly..."
Frustrated Traveller
"If you are musical you can play here. Good selection of beer and coffee and..."
Elaine McDonald
"Always a friendly place with helpful staff. Good range of foods and drinks for lunches.
Saturday nights see a variety of local musicians come..."
Dave Wakefield
"Good toasted sandwiches at lunch, but you'll be lucky to get a seat as this place is so central. If you can, stop by one of the live music nights...."
Calum Robinson
"A great place for a snack or a coffee in the middle of the day. The staff are friendly and..."
Anne Flint
"Nice little establishment, offers hot and cold drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic. Food including some gluten free and dairy free options. Worth..."
Martyn
"Great place for a coffee and hot chocolate before braving the bracing Orkney weather! Good cakes and toasties as well a good range of local..."
"Thanks for the warm welcome home after my 189 mile run in Hungary. A 4am rise in Budapest plus three flights to get back to Kirkwall it was..."
William Sichel
"The Kirkwall Hotel is a lovely clean hotel on the harbour front. Very friendly staff and ** Dog Friendly too **. The food was amazing from kids pizza..."
Iain Cusator
"We had a wonderful stay at the Kirkwall. The food and service was excellent. The staff friendly and the view from our room overlooked the harbor. The..."
Judi Comfort
"Ate in the restaurant; excellent service, great food and the option to choose the size of portion is..."
Alistair Oag
"Never had a bad meal from here. Always get great service from the staff. Highly recommend!..."
Gordon Aitken
"Went for a family meal this lunch time, the service we received from Suzy was brilliant can’t fault her, she attended to our every need! Service..."
Kayleigh Gogarty
"Excellent service and food was great quality and standard and the chef - a woman - happily accommodated my request to have scallops added to my steak..."
Shona Manson
"The hotel staff were amazing and so helpful. Our room was warm comfortable and good value. Restaurant food is really good. Can't wait to go..."
Cara Robinson
"My favourite Orkney eating place. Food and service always first class and plenty of menu..."
"The new decor is lovely! The welcome from the staff is warm and friendly and the food was delicious! I had the fillet steak and it was, honestly, the..."
Margo MacPherson
"The West End catered for our wedding on 30 December 2016. I cannot praise them highly enough. The meal and second supper was delicious, cooked to..."
Emma Findlay
"We had a absalutely fantastic meal last night. Food was amazing. Service was 5* I loved that they recommended a gin for me and I got fresh mint off a..."
Emma Wylie
"Had a fantastic family meal tonight, great menu choices for lots of varied tastes. The Bar and Restaurant staff were lovely and the cocktails were..."
Lianne Taylor
"Went to the west end last night with family and the service and food was amazing so polite and friendly would recommend it to everyone deffo going to..."
Dominique Correy
"Had a delicious meal tonight, staff were impeccable, will definitely be going back can highly recommend going..."
Alma Foulis
"We had an amazing meal on Friday. Food was excellent. Great choices and good value. Loved the cocktail. Compliments to the chef and the great..."
Liz Grayson
"Beautiful meal tonight with very friendly staff! Highly recommend going there! Brownies were..."
Carrie Gunn
"Finally got there after hearing from so many of our friends and customers how good it is. And we were all very happy with our choices. I was defeated..."
Elaine O'Hagan
"Had a really lovely Mothers Day lunch, lovely Roast dinner, served by really nice staff, best wishes for the..."
Kirstina Sinclair
"Everything was perfect, and the staff were so good with our baby who decided he wanted to crawl about the place, after dinner. Was so..."
Sophie McCaig
"Friendly staff, food is amazing.
The rooms are clean and spacious highly recommend..."
Sara Pearson
"The best hotel I’ve ever been in lovely room food fantastic and staff very helpful..."
Davie Webster
"Thanks ever so much for the lovely meal tonight. Lovely food and I’m blown away with the value for money. Will defo be back..."
Karen Allan
"Yum, yum, yum! Delicious food and fantastic service. Can’t wait to go back..."
Indie Harcus
"Great meal tonight, excellent service, staff very efficient and friendly, thanks guys..."
"Fab meal for my mum's birthday. We all had a burger - chicken, smokestack, spicy bean burger & classic burger with blue cheese - and couldn't fault..."
Liz Ellis
"Helgi's is the best pub in Orkney, It has the best beer (from the Swannay Brewery), kept in the most consistently excellent condition of all. It also..."
Sweyn Hunter
"Amazing, one of the best meals I have had. Tge steak was good to absolute perfection. Lovely staff really accommodating.
Highly recommend this..."
Shona Reade
"We followed other people's recommendation and were not disappointed! A great place for Sunday lunch...friendly staff, great..."
John Taylor
"Another great meal ... As always and those duck pancakes were great .... Can they stay on menu please..."
Marc Herridge
"Great food and good service but the staff are so busy to give great service. Great seafood choices and the steak was..."
andy gibbs
"Myself and my friend visited Helgi's twice in a week while on holiday on Orkney. Both visits were great, the beer and the food were very good and the..."
Martin Charlton
"Nice restaurant and bar near the harbour/waterfront in kirkwall.
Good range of food and drinks available, food all freshly prepared and served by..."
Martin Henry
"Quaint inside with great upper room that has wonderful views over the harbor. Tomato pepper soup was incredible! Fish and chips - wow!Cheese board..."
Yvette Spivock
"We dined here two nights in a row during our holiday. It was a very comfortable environment with a varied menu and really good, tasty food. The..."
Arlene Smith
"went for an evening meal . Couldn't believe we needed to book a month in advance,good job we did so busy .food was a lot better than pub grub..."
Robert Neri
"Stopped by for food on a Wednesday in September but was fully booked.
Had a couple of drinks, and its a small bar but great vibe, staff shaking..."
Sam Cairns
"Food here was amazing! The staff were friendly & we were sat in a booth by the window upstairs with a great view of the harbour. We had a jug of pink..."
Katie Paterson
"Dinner in a downstairs booth, fully booked first night here booked for next night. Got harbour views but upstairs better. Food was fresh and..."
Michelle A
"Tremendous service. We asked for some good whiskey and thoroughly enjoyed our 18 yr old Scapa and 18 yr old Highland Park. A very lovely young lady..."
Stuart Mead
"Excellent food and service. Scottish food with a twist. Haggis mixed with Mac and cheese or fondue for example. Good selection of local spirits. I..."
Matthew Armitage
"Emailed to book a table in advance, would highly recommend doing this as they get fully booked. We arrived a bit early so ended up having a drink at..."
Matt Baron
"Good pub in a nice location. Food is good quality and lots of locals. You won’t get in without a reservation. Also they had non alcoholic beer - a..."
"In a roomy public bar setting, the local "Dark Island" ale was way better than its bottled..."
Alistair Stevenson
"Good food. Good spot for food without reservation. Apparently you need reservations for the popular..."
Pablo Bravo
"Excellent lamb and steak. Wide choice on the menu. Good beer selection. Didn't have any of the problems the other reviewers had.
Better atmosphere..."
David Mills
"What can I say? A classic Scottish bar with great beer and above average food. This is the place to kick back after a cold day on the nearby hills..."
David Ellison
"Good pub, does lunchtime and evening meals. No dogs allowed but has a good atmosphere and interesting Orkney..."
Jon Grimmond
"Food okay but frozen chips. Made welcomed and was..."
Susan Osborne
"Nice intimate bar with a fireplace for a decent relaxed..."
Alan Aim
"Very nice pub, good selection of drinks & friendly..."
Suzanne Camm
"Decent pint and friendly staff, worth a visit if your in the..."
Moi 2012
"Best bar in town. Friendly service and a great..."
Steven McCullagh
"Cosy bar, easy street, friendly, choice of drinks, tea,..."
S H
"A great pub, but it tends to run out of popular..."
Hugo Anderson-Whymark
"Cracking pub, very vintage looking with a nice drinks..."
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