This shop sells lots of yummy handmade chocolates. When you buy a box of chocolates you can choose…read morewhich ones you'd like and how many and they make it up for you. They also sell ice-cream cones, with different flavours of Orkney ice cream. It is a little pricey, but much better than anything you'd get out of tesco.

Great place to shop local treats, food, sodas and alcohol…read more Came here during a Cruise stop. Very close to the visitor center. Easy to find. We were here on a Sunday (staff said they closed at 1400 that day). They have the locally famous Argo's bakery bere shortbread. The Millionaire Shortbread is super delicious. There are other locally made shortbread and other foods. Staff is very friendly. Store is a decent size, it's not small. Credit card minimum charge is 5 pounds. They take cash also.

Donaldsons butchers is situated in the middle of the main street in Kirkwall and sells fresh, good…read morequality local meat. Very much a part of the community, which is refreshing to see as most people nowadays buy their meat from supermarkets. They also sell bottles of juice, sweets and some quick and easy foods such as pies and pizzas. It's also rather chilly in there being a butchers.

The best cheese in the world. No, really. It's a fantastic cheddar cheese - available in red or…read morewhite. You can visit the cheese factory and buy the cheese there (offcuts, cheaper than in the shops) or you can buy it in virtually any local shop which sells food - or in most major supermarkets. There's the 'ordinary' cheddar - and the mature version, which is a stronger flavour - and highly recommeded. Even if you're on a diet you can eat this stuff - because the flavour of the mature cheddar is so great you only need a small piece of it - so it's a lot less fattening than eating a larger piece of a different cheddar!

Lovely cheese!read more

very good fish shop selling freshy caught fish mostly from local fishermen some even still have…read morefins and eyes which sorta freaked me out but you dont have to buy those ones lol

this is my favourite fish shop, where you just know that it will be fresh as it is so near the…read moreharbour you can see the men fishing. they stock a wide range of local fish and crabs, some of the crabs and lobsters are ready cooked for you to take home and enjoy, there is a great range of local fruit , vegetables and home made jams and marmalades,

this is a great shop for buying old fashioned sweets from, they also have ice cream newspapers and…read morecigerettes mobile phone top ups and you can even pay some bill here.

what a great little sweetie shop this is, they sell a lot of the old fashioned sweets that were…read morepopular 'long ago' all in big jars on loads of shelves. they also sell ice cream from capaldi's of Brora, which is most delicious. they have the sunday papers so when you in for them why not treat your self to a sweetie to enjoy on the way home.

Unlikely location sort of behind a trailer park. The Blue Door is made further unlikely by its…read morefare; hamburgers, shakes and espresso. The atmosphere is sort of resort casual with picnic tables and vinyl polka dot table clothes. The bathrooms were old, but clean. The place overlooks the ocean, but takes almost no advantage of this fact. The service seemed to be all friendly, well-trained young people, perfect with the casual atmosphere. The beef was better than anything we would have the right to expect, local, Scottish, butchered down the road. Toasted buns seemed just right, as did the chips, hot and not greasy. Since coffeehouses are not a thing in town, this seems a great place to relax for coffee, until the need for a burger arises. Pro tip: you need to park in the correct place.

Excellent American-style diner at the very tip of Scotland!…read more We not only ate here but we also camped at the accompanying camping park. The owner was lovely and very accommodating. We had breakfast here, I had the Floridian and my partner had the Sampler. The crispy bacon is awesome and the whole meal was delicious. But by far the best thing of all was the Pumpkin Pie Milkshake!! Screw Starbucks and their lattés, this shake was AMAZING!!! I'm sure the actual pie is just as good! Will definitely return if I'm ever in Thurso. Thanks, from the 2 Australians who were dumb enough to camp in a tent in the middle of October :D