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    Cafe Arriba

    4.3 (48 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Dogs allowed
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Salmon pie special
    Edward W.

    Tried coming for breakfast one day but they were open at 7AM like advertised. We came for lunch and it was open! We had seats overlooking the harbor which was nice. Limited number of items on the menu itself. English breakfast plus a bunch of different specials on the wall. Ordered the English breakfast and it came with lots of variety: beans, black sausage, egg, roast tomato, bacon, Scottish sausage, potato scone, mushroom. Potato scone was fried and very hard. Egg yolk so yellow. Black sausage was tasty. Loved everything about this style of breakfast. Lots of protein and fats makes for a very hearty meal perfect for refueling. Also ordered a salmon pie that comes with a side of mixed greens and a lot of rice. This dish was very average and lacked flavor. Pay at the bar once you're done.

    Breakfast tea!
    Farrah F.

    The decor here is super cute! I love the window seats here! :] Great service, delicious food, convenient location, and free wifi here! What more could you ask for? ;P We came here twice for breakfast during our time in Skye, partly because it was one of the only places near us that was open early, but also because of he aforementioned tasty food and good service. The breakfast tea here is super good and comes in the cutest tea sets ever. The scones are also really tasty (I'm going to miss the scones here so much when I'm back in the states!)--they had blackberry apple the day that we ordered those! The Belgian waffle special here is really good! They've made it with honey, berries & bananas and another variation came with berries, oranges, apples, cranberries and maple syrup! We've also had the breakfast roll, which we originally thought came in a tortilla because, well, we're from California (haha), but in fact is actually a roll as in bread (basically like a sandwich!) and I've also had the smoked salmon wrap special. Food has been consistently delicious! The only thing I'd wish for would be somewhat cheaper prices, but since we're on vacation, it's cool. The bathrooms here are unisex and very unique. Very clean and fun decor though! :p Minimum of £10 for card!

    Pure delight.

    Better than four stars. The menu is little and very well done. We came for lunch and loved it so much we came back for breakfast. Both were five star. Unique, very well executed meals. The soup of the day was sweet potato. We couldn't get enough. We actually ordered the soup again for breakfast at 9am and they said they had some left--even better than the lunch the day before. * * * * * My boys got the lentil soup and devoured it. It was simple. Just a basic, nice lentil soup. The veggie breakfast was wonderful. Great sausage and amazing beans. Doing the simple things well makes a place. The service was great too. Really peaceful happy bunch. As an American, the hot chocolate needed a lump or two of sugar for me.

    The big veggie breakfast
    Stefan P.

    Overall a really nice café with a little bit of a vibe, but not anything special. After reading the tip about Café Arriba in Lonely Planet, maybe my expectations was just a little bit high... They do open already at 7am, so a perfect place to get a breakfast before heading out on a hike or catching a bus. Menu and drinks are a bit limited in terms of selection (no juice/smoothies) but you can get a bagel or traditional English breakfast for a hearty start of the day.

    Get a window table and enjoy the view.
    Rachael C.

    Central and easy to find near the harbour in Portree this cafe has a great menu and even better views. We arrived for a late lunch and it was full but the staff were friendly and it was only a 5 minute wait for a table. The menu is on blackboards on the walls and is a good selection of soup, sandwiches, pasta, nachos and specials. They also do a wide range of tea, coffee and alcoholic drinks, including local beers. The service was efficient without feeling rushed especially as the food was cooked to order. Both pasta dishes that we had were tasty and quite large portions.

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    16 years ago

    Great value food - Stunning service - Very tasty. Loved our visit here in Sept 2010 whilst on holiday in Scotland. Highly Recommended

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    Cafesia - Veggie pizza

    Cafesia

    4.4(34 reviews)
    15.7 mi
    ££

    5/5 WOW. Listen..I take pizza seriously...As Dave Portnoy says "One bite, everybody knows the…read morerules."Staying on Skye and ordered takeaway tonight! I ordered the Glasrach pizza (add jalepenos)! The wood-fired crust was delicious & the sun-blush tomatoes and olives complimented the mozzarella perfectly. Also, grabbed the Berries & Cherries Old Mout Cider to pair with it. This was the perfect meal for a cozy night at our AirBnB w/the beautiful backdrop of Skye Highly recommend!!!

    Nice, low-key restaurant focusing on pizza in Broadford, where it's otherwise often hard to find…read morefood that's good and not very fancy. We came here for dinner with the kids after a boat trip to Loch Coruisk in Elgol and we were pleasantly surprised by the experience. The restaurant is very low-key and has an almost American restaurant feel. There's less of an expectation of reservations and things just feel a bit more chill. We sat outside, which wasn't the nicest patio/deck, but you could see a mountain in the distance when you weren't looking at the parking lot. The restaurant focused on pizza including having a variety of specials. The pizzas were all good and my son in particular liked the cheese pizza. The only complaint was that it turns out the margarita pizza was also just the cheese pizza. Fortunatley, my son ate almost all of that leaving us to have the more interesting ones. They also had an above average beer list including beers in bottles from two different breweries on Skye as well as better-than-expected beer from other Islands. I hadn't ever had any beer from Cuillin Brewery before and enjoyed the Pinnacle Ale and the Skull Splitter scotch ale from Orkney Brewery was very good.

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    Mackenzie's Bakery - Sausage pasty, didn't taste that great

    Mackenzie's Bakery

    4.5(18 reviews)
    0.1 mi
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    As bakeries in touristy spots go, Mackenzie's is worth a trip. The tasty jammy dodger works as a…read moresnack AND a souvenir since it's shaped like the Isle of Skye. I didn't have high expectations for the almond sponge but it was quite good. The chocolate sponge was my least favorite but had exceptional frosting and was topped with chocolate shavings. The highlight of our bakery pillage? The excellent brownie. The strawberry tart looked good and I had some regrets not getting it. Everything was fairly priced.

    This was our favorite place to eat in Portree, we ended up getting breakfast here both days we…read morestayed. One bite and I knew they were abnormally good, when I went back inside the cozy interior to take photos I noticed all the awards and plaques they have along the back wall. This is an odd gauge but both days there was a large amount of French and Italian tourists eating here and my stereotype is they are super picky about bread and pastries so I knew it was good. There was a constant line of people but they were quick in grabbing and heating the pastries and making coffee. Our favorite was the bacon and cheese turnover. Had it both days and delicious both times with a nice crunchy and flaky crust and quality bacon and cheese used. We did not repeat the sausage pasty because it tasted under seasoned. They have a "spicy chicken" turnover that had sugar added to the hot sauce to soften the heat, I would call it very mild so don't be scared to order it if you can't eat spicy. This may not be appealing but both days the bags they gave use the pastries in immediately started showing oil stains from the butter they used. The portion sizes are great so I didn't feel too stuffed after eating one of these for breakfast.

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    Mackenzie's Bakery - Outside there are 4 benches out there

    Outside there are 4 benches out there

    Mackenzie's Bakery - Spicy chicken turnover, was not that hot so order even if you don't lik spicy

    Spicy chicken turnover, was not that hot so order even if you don't lik spicy

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