Siggar Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 I was there this week for lunch. Food was good although the portions perhaps a tad too peerie for the price. I'm still trying to suss what a sort of fish a lyrie is, it formed part of the chowder along with piltocks. Is a lyrie a plucker? The cakes were the same as the Peerie Shop Cafe. The service was up to Shetland standards with an appropriate mix of chaos and surliness. Don't go at lunchtime if you are in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whas-du-tink Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 Ofcourse da museum is dyan tae be hectic - its just opened up! Dey need tae dyit inta swing o it aa. You will probably hear twartree good comments aboot it un twartree bad eens, bit it will likely turn just lik aathing ider ina shetland - horrible service un aa forners dit dunno understand da shetland dialect un no a gret choice o stuff ona menu, dats why you dunno dyeen ooy datna muckel - cis you dyit seek o da same s**t dats on it every day!!! Bit cheengin da subject back tae da NAFC... dunno waste your time dyan dare! Its dyeen SO down hill! I wis dare a couple o weeks ago we me family un it wis horrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medziotojas Posted June 7, 2007 Report Share Posted June 7, 2007 ^ so where do you suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Ofcourse da museum is dyan tae be hectic - its just opened up! Dey need tae dyit inta swing o it aa. You will probably hear twartree good comments aboot it un twartree bad eens, bit it will likely turn just lik aathing ider ina shetland - horrible service un aa forners dit dunno understand da shetland dialect un no a gret choice o stuff ona menu, dats why you dunno dyeen ooy datna muckel - cis you dyit seek o da same s**t dats on it every day!!! Bit cheengin da subject back tae da NAFC... dunno waste your time dyan dare! Its dyeen SO down hill! I wis dare a couple o weeks ago we me family un it wis horrible! When you say 'forners' do you mean the menu's are written in this incomprehensible language that you are using? Or service staff from outside Shetland will not understand the Shetland dialect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted June 13, 2007 Report Share Posted June 13, 2007 Quote taken from 'New Museum & Archives' thread - My informant in the cafe tells me that the menu is just limited at the moment, until the main, after opening, rush is over. Then there will be a wider menu available.So here's hoping. We went for lunch recently. Waited then eventually had to ask for menus as no-one was coming to give us any to look at and choose from, which we could have done while they were busy with other folk. It was a 'brunch' menu and were were told the cooked breakfast option was off at lunchtime. So left with kedgeree, Greek salad or cheese or herb omelette. About an hour from us going in, we and other tables around were still sitting there with no food or drink. The kedgeree was ok but was a small portion with nothing else accompanying it which was about £6.50 or £6.95. Since we were all still hungry we thought we'd go with dessert, which was a Victoria sponge or bannock with jam/cream. I can fully understand them using the KISS principle in the early days and by doing salad and omelette, easy desserts, etc it should have been much quicker. There aren't even that many tables, the chef is experienced, there were at least a couple of them in the kitchen, plenty of waiting staff, so goodness knows what was causing the problem. Looking at front of house, I think that could do with being a bit slicker, especially at lunchtimes. But it's a nice café with lovely views and a balcony which will be gorgeous on a warm, sunny day. Hopefully it will all settle down and improve as it is early days. The dinner menu looked interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 snip..dats why you dunno dyeen ooy datna muckel - cis you dyit seek o da same s**t dats on it every day!!!snip.. When you say 'forners' do you mean the menu's are written in this incomprehensible language that you are using? snip..Jordan, is du niver been ta Whalsa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muppet Posted June 14, 2007 Report Share Posted June 14, 2007 Jordan, is du niver been ta Whalsa? Whalsa wis nivir a written dialect until bebo cam on da go! It taks a bit o gettin used ta seein it in print! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sludgegulper Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Not seen anything yet about the "Orca Country Inn" a.k.a. Barclay Arms Hotel in Sandwick in these revues. Have been there a couple of times in the past few weeks & I must say that the grub was excellent. It has improved drastically since the new owners have done it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 and Da Mish did the best plate of chips I've had in a long time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 Not sure if this counts as local, but I have just been up and down on the north boat and the food in the self-service was disgusting. Worse than any school/hospital. We all tried something different in the hope that one thing might be good - the fish was so disappointing, chips tough, old and soggy, carrots/peas were overcooked to a point of extinction, roast chicken was oily and floppy, vegetarian pasta bake was oily and pasta overcooked. The winner was the steak pie. Boiled new potatoes were good, but the roast were inedible just brown in colour and revolting. The food used to be better than this, surely? The kitchen staff were lovely and helpful and chatty but the food was beyond the bucket. If this is the standard of food that greets the visitor to Shetland, then his first impressions will be bad. The boat is fine, looks great, goes along a treat and the food is not worthy of the bin. (PS the other restaurant was full - we did try, as a huge treat) And before you ask, we were one of the first in the queue so the food had not been sitting around all night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenlink Posted August 9, 2007 Report Share Posted August 9, 2007 have so say that I had a wonderful meal in Da Spiggie Hotel a few weeks back - lovely seafood. Person I was with has also gone back since and found it equally as good. SO will certainly be making another trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgergirl Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 Wish we had gone for a curry... The da Haaf experience was perhaps one of the worst of my life. Service was slow....ZZZzzzzzzzz Food very badly cooked. Mushroom soup was served as a starter. This was a canned soup with a few porcini thrown in. Pathetic Canned peas as a vegetable - like bullets Sachets of sauce on the table (the tartar one was rancid) Chips held in big tray thing at servery...were nicely dried out by the time they got to your table Fish batter - the same that they use at my local chinese We couldn't be ar$sed to stay for dessert This was not a cheap meal. Stay away until they get someone who knows how to cook and run a restaurant in. BigD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I was at the Grand on saturday for the carvery. It was poor, tasteless soup. Gravey that didnt taste like gravey but somnthing out a packed and poor veg. Plus the poor Pole chopping up the meat I spoke to had no idea what i was saying to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 I've heard that the carvery at the recently opened Hillswick Hotel is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifi Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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