We aim for natural, skilled cooking of the ingredients most immediately available, especially the island’s fish, shellfish, lamb, beef and game. We grow our own herbs and salads and some vegetables and carefully source organic, local or home-grown vegetables wherever possible.
We bake our own bread and cakes and make our own jam, marmalade, ice cream and yoghurt. Tea, coffee or olive oil aren’t produced locally for example and at certain times of the year fruit, salads and vegetables have to be imported from the mainland. However, in recognition of the care that we take in sourcing and preparing our food, we were one of the restaurants (and the only one from the Outer Hebrides) to be featured in Alastair Sawday’s Eat Slow Britain.
We are also listed in the Michelin Guide; the Good Food Guide; the Good Hotel Guide; Alastair Sawday’s Special Places to Stay; and the AA, which has awarded us 2 rosettes for food and the AA Breakfast Award 2011 “in recognition of a very special high quality breakfast”. We are one of The Times top 10 best places to eat by the sea.