Shorehouse Restaurant

So delighted to be back here. Never fails to delight with its fabulous freshly caught fish options - perfect place to relax after a visit to Handa.

Small but cozy restaurant. Ideal after bird watching on Handa Island. The seafood is fresh from the sea. I can recommend the seafood platter. There's also a good selection of homemade cakes. No fancy coffee machine. Just filtered coffee but good. An extra plus: their water from a local well without chlorine. We loved it.

The storehouse restaurant, whilst we found it with Google, it is advertised at the side of the nc500 as well. "A hidden gem" one might say. You don't see it advertised but the view from the restaurant just makes you want to stay for a couple of hours. The service is very good and the people are pleasant and nice. It has some good music on the background. But then when (for us) lunch arrives, a seaplatter for two, the tasting party begins. Of course one might expect fresh seafood when next to the sea. But the mackerel and smoked salmon are combined with the views taking you to another destination. Don't be disappointed when the last piece of fish enters your mouth, because some nice piece of pie is awaiting to fulfil the experience. I can recommend the chocolate pie.

We were hungry after walking around Handa and this place was a great surprise. The food here is amazingly fresh. Not only the seafood but the veggies. I was sitting where I could see in the kitchen, and it’s literally an old grandma cooking by herself. The service was a little on the cold side, not sure why. Maybe because we weren’t locals?

Found this gem purely by accident. Had the soup which was delicious and would definitely go again. Staff were friendly and advised all the seafood is locally sourced. So look forward to returning. If your doing the NC500 definitely worth a visit.

An absolutely delightful place to eat out! We've been lucky and just turned up at 12 and got a spot even without reservation. Food, as you might know from other reviews, is amazing and prepared with love and beautifully presented - but the most charming thing about this place is that it is a pure family business and you have to be aware that upon entering, you not only purchase some random food but you support this hard and honest work these guys are delivering with passion and pride and it is so worth it and the success so well deserved!

Astonishingly hostile and unfriendly. I have never experienced anything like this in Scotland. If they don’t want our money-fine - we’ll give it to more deserving and polite people. One to be avoided.

This is such a nice little restaurant. We came in towards the end of their service so we were the only ones here. We got the smoked salmon and the baked salmon. Both were very fresh and tasty. Our server was very friendly as well. We would absolutely come back here!