The Store Bistro & Bar

For generations this was the village shop, stocked by Gardiners of Orkney, whose goods came across the Pentland Firth by boat and finished the journey by horse and cart, to be unloaded through a gap in the wall that is still there. It sold fresh meat and cloth as well as groceries.

The shelves inside are the original ones, some still marked with brand names a hundred years old, and today they hold jars, gin bottles and curios under strings of bulbs. There is a leather sofa by the wood burner, stools at the counter, and cakes under glass domes.

The cooking is generous: bacon rolls and full breakfasts from nine, soups and burgers at lunch, seafood platters later on, and homemade cakes all day. Dogs are welcome, and there are tables outside for fine days.