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.

Great little sweet shop with over 236 jars of sweeties packed into about 1 meter squared, if that!…read moreThey also sell chewy bars and all sorts of penny sweets. The owner is very friendly and it really is like something out of a storybook. For 85p you can have a gold gift box full of sweets or a tin Matryoshka doll full of sweets for £1.75. The owner places an emphasis on creating good memories for children, and as an ethos for a shop I think its a great one!

I LOVE the cola cubes!read more

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.

Frozen foods sell mainly local produce such as Orkney milk, cheese, bread, meat, fish and bakery…read moregoods. The also sell general groceries such as coffee, teabags, biscuits, sweets, frozen food, cleaning products and sandwiches. A good place to go if you're looking for local foods.

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,