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    Lower Deck

    3.6 (27 reviews)
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    Raspberries with a feathered honey whisky cream
    Angela K.

    Amazing food! The Cullen Skink soup was hearty and perfectly seasoned- I could eat it everyday if I could!! Seriously the best meal we've had since arriving to the UK from the states 5 days ago! Will definitely be back if we have the chance to!

    Chun P.

    There is always a crowd and a wait to eat here. I've read they had freshest local seafood. Including Rick Steve's guidebook. Unfortunately, just because one has really fresh high quality seafood, it doesn't necessarily mean that one also knows how to cook it well too. £10.60 Dressed Crab...I'll admit I wasn't sure what to expect. If you fancy cold seafood, you might enjoy this, but I found it bland. £12.50 Steamed Hake...bland. Didn't seem like they added any sauce or seasonings. £5.95 Cullin Skink...good, but not great, and better than entrees. Seemed to be mostly tourists inside, if not all, eating here. The gals were polite, but seemed stressed and overworked. Interior has a fun sea theme decor, but was cramped and bit stuffy. Its not good, but not bad either, its just OK.

    Cullen skink - smoked fish chowder
    Angela M.

    We started looking for a place for dinner as soon as we got off our tour bus. The first few spots were full until after 9pm, so we ended up at the Lower Deck, which seats first come first serve, no bookings. When we arrived there were only a few other couples in the place, but it filled up completely by the time we were done. I started with the Cullen Skink and J with the mussels. The skink was exactly what I'd been wanting to eat in the Highlands - think smoky clam chowder, only with fish instead of clams. So deliciously good, particularly with little bits of the fresh bread. I didn't even touch J's mussels because I didn't want to lose the flavor of the skink. Next, we split the whisky-glazed Scottish salmon with steamed vegetables. Neither the salmon nor the vegetables were anything impressive. I couldn't taste the whisky at all on the salmon (and I wasn't even drinking at the time, so it's not like I'd just had too much elsewhere), and the steamed vegetables had absolutely no flavor. For dessert, we shared the cranachan. It was essentially a sundae glass full of whipped cream with some raspberry syrup, 3 raspberries, and a sprinkling of oats on top. I expected more toppings and less cream, so maybe that's my fault for ordering. The staff was friendly, the food came quickly, the prices were decent, but the salmon and cranachan just fell short. I'd go back for the skink, but that's it.

    Beef stew

    Great location. Super friendly service. Our food came quickly. We lucked into a table right away but by the time we were half way through our meal there was a looong line outside waiting for a table. It's small place. I had the fish and chips and my husband had the beef stew. We also had a local porter which amazing! The food was great. Large portions and fairly priced. We totally recommend this place.

    oyster - so small which I have never seen in other cities!!!

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    So cute snd quaint. My soup was delicious. Nice staff. No reservations taken. Wait in queue approx 15 minutes.

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    8 years ago

    Really delicious dishes, my favorite is the dressed crab meal together with a few beers

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    Went here last summer (August '10) and had wonderful cullen skink, curried mussels and chips. It was absolutely wonderful.

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    Went here last summer (August '10) and had wonderful cullen skink, curried mussels and chips

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    The View Restaurant - Food and Drink

    The View Restaurant

    4.6(24 reviews)
    0.4 mi
    ££

    High-end restaurant as part of the hotel Cuillin Hill outside Portree on Isle of Skye. Delicious…read morefood, excellent presentation. Nice view even on a rainy day. Service not the best (for such a top establishment). Not attentive. Even worse, no apologies when there was plastic in the dish! That is a major fail to be honest. Waiter said he'd talk to kitchen and never came back. When the bill came we had to tell this different waiter about the whole episode. Again no apology but when she came back with a revised bill she quietly took the charge off (so that dish was free). Fine but why such bad handling of this whole incident?

    Wow! This is as simply one of the best meals we have had in a very long time! The view, no pun…read moreintended is outstanding, and the service is just as wonderful, but the food! Emma was our server and was warm; delightful and very helpful with my gluten allergy; and Rebecca, the manager, was lovely, and helped us earlier in the day to arrange transport from Sconser. For the meal .... Well! We started with the crab, which was flavorful and very fresh. My husband saw the table next to us served the Curried Cauliflower soup, and had to try it. Super!! The entrees were exceptional; I had a lovely, thick piece of cod, with a beautiful butter and lemon sauce with grape tomatoes, and they subbed out a stacked potato dish, due to my gluten allergy, and it was delicious. My husband had the scallops with pork belly, and while both were fantastic, the pork belly was truly amazing. We also had a side of the seasonal vegetables, which were crisp and very fresh. If you are on Skye, don't miss The View!

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    Anchor Seafoods - Outside Anchor Seafoods with our purchases!

    Anchor Seafoods

    3.0(2 reviews)
    0.0 mi
    ££

    that business is closed for already few months, I asked many locals in Portree, I just moved 1st of…read moreJune. The only fishmonger on Portree is Just Hooked, but is 25 minutes walking up from Portree Square

    Anchor Seafoods is situated on the end of Portree pier in the beautiful Isle of Syke. When my…read moreboyfriend and I were travelling around Scotland earlier this year, were had fantasies of cooking freshly caught seafood on the beach. Armed with our trusty gas stove, we searched the island before stumbling across Anchor Seafoods at the end of the pier. It was closed when we first approached it - were we to be twarted at the final turn??! No, we popped back 15 minutes later and the lovely lady had returned and we were able to peruse a fine selection of freshly caught seafood. The shop owner was quite charmed by my boyfriend, and seemed completely amazed that a Brazilian should turn up in her little shop in Portree!! The fish selection was super fresh and so appealing. It took a lot of resistance and will power not to walk away with too much, but we had to bear in mind we had no way of storing the produce. It was quite pricey but we decided it would be worth every penny. We settled for some scallops and prawns and headed off to find a secluded section of beach where we could cook up our feast and make all our fantasies come true!! Top quality seafood from a top quality place.

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    Anchor Seafoods - Cooking up our goods by the sea!

    Cooking up our goods by the sea!

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    The Granary - Ham and cheese

    The Granary

    3.9(43 reviews)
    0.2 mi
    ££

    I have to believe that the only reason this place is still in business is because there are enough…read moretourists that will eat here when there is literally nowhere else to go. Six items were on the menu: a soup of the day (rice and chicken) with bread, a ham and cheese sandwich, a chicken/bacon/sweetcorn sandwich (check the TripAdviser reviews if you want to hear more about that one), a vegan cheese and pickle sandwich, a pulled pork wrap, and a falafel/mango chutney wrap. Five pages of the six-page menu were drinks, coffee, and alcohol. This is not a food place. It looks like one. Based on old reviews and photos, maybe it used to be one. I did come in the afternoon, so maybe it's better for breakfast. Or maybe not. For the amount and quality of sandwich I got for 5 quid, I should have just gotten a meal deal at the co-op. Genuinely, a meal deal sandwich would have been better quality. My ham and cheese did have both ingredients, but the cheese was shredded and the ham was very thin-sliced and overwhelmed by the cheese. My guess is that it's made to be toasted, hence the shredded cheese, and that was an option for 20 pence-- but why on God's green Earth would you serve a cold sandwich with shredded cheese? The bread was bland and basic-- fine if you're making yourself something at home, but not something worth paying for at all. (Again, it was like a meal deal sandwich. But worse. I would never disrespect a meal deal sandwich like this.) Based on the service (or lack thereof) we received from the very beginning, I should have listened to my intuition and gotten up to find somewhere better. The wait staff are called that, I assume, because they will wait ten minutes for you to ask them if they can take your order, only to be repeatedly rude to you when you politely ask for the bare minimum amount of service. Full disclosure: I have worked in food service before. I sympathize with anyone who has to deal with customers. But when we weren't served, and went up to ask if our order could be taken, we were snapped at and told to go back to our table. No "apologies, someone will be there shortly". Not even a "sorry for the wait, we're very busy right now". Just "go back to your table". So we did. Which was a huge mistake. I've lived in Scotland for more than a year and I don't know if I've ever had a meal that depressing since living here. And I've made Pasta in Sauce at 3am with just water because I ran out of milk. I won't be too hard on our table's waiter because he was very young and inexperienced, and I expect he's received minimal, if any, training on how to wait tables. I honestly felt bad for him. He looked as though he would rather be anywhere else. In that way I felt a real connection to the wait staff; in fact, it was the only time I actually felt truly seen by them. I, too, would rather have been anywhere else. But that's not necessarily the vibe you want to be getting when you walk into a place. This place would be better off selling ready-made, takeaway sandwiches rather than masquerading as a restaurant and disappointing us at every turn. Seriously. Not to quote other media in a literal Yelp review, but my expectations were low and I was still let down. The only saving grace of this place was that it was clean and had wifi that was strong enough for me to send this picture of my sandwich to my friends and go "????????". Also there were two very cute dogs outside, although I don't believe they were hired by the restaurant. If you're desperate for food and don't really mind what you're spending money on, then this place is fine. Like I said, at least it's clean and has decent wifi. But I would not waste my time here twice.

    The Granary is a great little place right in Portree Square, across from the bus stop, making it a…read moreconvenient place to have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Their hours have changed, and do not open for breakfast until between 9-9:30, which can be too late for anyone trying to catch a bus or a tour from the square. We had lunch at The Granary, which was just OK. What we really enjoyed was having a mid-afternoon snack (afternoon tea), as they serve excellent coffee and tea drinks. The cappuccino and chai tea lattes were very good. They have a special drink on the menu that was absolutely decadent- the Hot Chocolate Royale! A case of pies, cakes, and treats is made fresh daily to tempt you, and everything is really good. The only tricky thing is the QR codes are used to place your own order, but if your phone gets poor service, you will have to order at the counter and tell them your table number. No-one told us this, and we had waited for quite a while until we figured it out, as the table service is minimal.

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    The Granary - Pulled pork

    Pulled pork

    The Granary - Ham and cheese sadwich (typo intentional). yes there is a bite out of it but only bc i ended up just rage eating the whole depressing thing

    Ham and cheese sadwich (typo intentional). yes there is a bite out of it but only bc i ended up just rage eating the whole depressing thing

    The Granary - Salmon stack with haggis

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    Scorrybreac - Pommes Anna, smoked cod roe, burnt aubergine

    Scorrybreac

    4.2(19 reviews)
    0.1 mi
    £££

    There is little wonder why this small dining space is so incredibly popular. Local mussels, fresh…read morecaught sole and isle greens for salad are just a few highlights that ensure the presence of the place here. A focus on using ingredients within a small radius and delectable preparations make this a hidden gem in the town of Portree. The team who works here is absolutely incredible. When talking about working hard, this is the definition of it. Hopefully some of the staffing challenges they currently face get addressed to provide more consistent service for guests and a less hectic experience for the crew. So, book early, get the trout porridge, the delectable focaccia, some Pommes Anna and fill in the rest with freshest seafood. Happiness will undoubtedly persist from there.

    What an amazingly exceptional restaurant located in remote Scotland! I've been to my fair share of…read moreMichelin listed restaurants and this rises very high on that list. From the exceptionally perfect service to the beautiful location to the world class tasting menu - it hits it out of the park. These dishes don't just look good, they taste amazing as well and each bite makes you want to try more. They are also VERY accommodating to requests - it's a seafood heavy menu but my dining partner doesn't eat Seafood and they were willing to swap things around with notice. That just doesn't happen in most high end tasting menu environments.

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    Scorrybreac - Skye Mussels

    Skye Mussels

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