Skibhoul Stores in Shetland Islands

When you first realise that the building is actually a shop you are delighted to have found somewhere to buy food or in fact almost anything else you can think of. The bakery section is particularly welcome for hungry explorers. It’s a shame they don’t still have the DIY cafe.

Staff are absolutely horrible very rude at times confrontational. Even heard them talking about customers in a bullying manar. horrendous experience and will not be recommending to any friends we have to visit to the owners your employees attitudes will cost you money we will never come back for one

Wow what a store on a remote island. So much choice friendly helpful staff. Reasonably priced too. Fresh produce frozen meats alcohol choice etc. Britain’s most northerly post office next door too!

Ci sono pochi posti ad Unst dove poter mangiare o acquistare del cibo. Questo è uno dei negozi. Un piccolo supermercato con generi di prima necessità. Noi non abbiamo visto posti a sedere dove poter mangiare ma sicuramente troverete qualcosa se avete fame. Aperto fino alle 5.30 pm

Good for staples friendly staff , one of only three stores on the island apparently dribble bread I'd to die for

Superb local shop and stop off for emergency supplies. Found some delightful fair Isle pattern printed mugs perfect for our strong evening 'proper coffee', plus locally made biscuits and fudge to take back for my partner's work mates.

Great shop but having a few tables and chairs does not make it a restaurant. Our food (pies, toasted sandwiches) was just about edible but tasteless. Neighbouring table (perhaps benefiting from local knowledge) ordered bacon rolls which looked and smelled much better.

This shop has all foods and fuel. The best bread in shetland and has traditional big buscuits also oatcakes make with local seawater, handy as next to post-office but it shuts at 1300 bank of Scotland mobile bank is there on a Tuesday

Great shop with some really nice people running the store it has a little tea shop at the back which is nice when the weather turns have to try the Skibhoul softies

Great place to catch up with friends if you live in Unst Lovely big shop, seems to sell all you need, & petrol. I bought some bread rolls for my picnic on the way home & they were very good, tasty & fresh A nice community shop. Very friendly staff. Nothing is too much trouble

I would hardly call this place a cafe or restaurant, you can buy coffee and rolls, but you heat them up yourself. The winning thing about Skibhoul Stores, and what keeps them open, is their bakery. They make the best bread in Shetland, and people will come from far & wide for it.

This friendly store sells everything you can imagine! Had a huge range of confectionary I had not seen since I was a child. Watch out for the sell by dates though!

Almost the last outpost in the UK, certainly they bake and sell the best oat cakes! Due to the threat of bakery closures down south we bought ten boxes.

nice and quiet shop and has everything you need for day to day. you get a warm welcome and local knowledge is really good too

We stayed just down the road from this shop and were able to get plenty of supplies there for food and drink. They even had ice cubes! They also gave a discount on six bottles of beer from the Valhalla brewery - we made sure to bring some back to the mainland.

We had considered stocking-up on the mainland before we got the ferry- but while staying in self catering accommodation on Unst, we found Skibhoul Stores to have everything we might need to prepare meals and picnics, as well as anything else you might require. It's easy to support the local economy when you have a friendly and well-run shop like this one.

Great shop - everything that you could possibly need and more. All very competitively priced. Fresh food arrives Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Fresh bread cooked daily. Wonderful.

Friendly and the home baked brown bread was to die for! Had all the basics needed plus some local cuisine's

Like most shops in Shetland, Skibhoul stores sells everything from aspirin to candles, groceries to gifts. But the cafe is the high light : you pay for your coffee at the shop till, and then go round the corner and make it yourself. You can also buy. Sausage rolls, pies, etc and heat them up in the microwave for a small charge (about5p). They have loads of reading material, including a wide selection of books to buy borrow or swap. Quite unique. And it has a good view.

Great shop, well stocked, lovely service. Fresh bread and oatcakes were my particular favourites - we had a yummy picnic feast based on our provisions from this shop!

We were surprised to find such a great variety of goods here, especially the products of the Skibhoul Bakery. We bought a selection of oat cakes to take home to Germany and the friendly lady at the cashier even told us that postal orders from Europe were no problem.

A lovely little shop with absolutely everything you could need for a holiday in Unst. They also make wonderful pizzas on a Friday. Their self service cafe offers a place for a busy traveller to sit down and eat without having to go through the whole dining-in experience. Perfect for travellers with children! Staff are very friendly and welcoming.

Excellent shop, we got everything we wanted at a snip of the prices paid on the mainland! The self service cafe was a novelty and the kids enjoyed it.

We hadn't realised how difficult it would be to buy bread on Unst on a Sunday. The charmingly names "Last Check-out" had run out, so we went down top Baltasound to Skibhoul Store. It was closed, but the owner was just dropping off sum things when we arrived and we explained that we were looking for bread. She gave us enough to meet our needs. Now it is not reasonable to expect her to give her bread away to any hungry traveller arriving at her door, but this really is "above and beyond". This was typical of the friendliness we found on Shetland.

For visitors from the US, the best way I can describe this store is: "Think of a typical gas station convenience store - but subtract the hot dogs and coffee. Then add to it a store of similar size which sells hardware, etc. Lastly put a British twist on everything and a smiling lady at the cash register.Although I can't in good conscious give this store more than three stars, I can recommend it as a place to purchase the basics during a visit to Unst.

Great little shop that sells everything inc tourist gifts and has a little self service cafe too. Their bread is amazing and rather addictive. The staff are very friendly too.

The bread! Wonderful taste and texture! Both the wholemeal loaves and the white rolls were delicious.

Lovely shop good range of foodstuffs. Friendly staff

This shop has everything that you could want. Well stocked with fresh fruit & veg, newspapers and anything you might have forgotten. Also the Post Office is worth a viewing, get your postcards stamped with their special postmark.

I have never seen such a wide variety of goods available under one roof! There really is something for everyone from hose pipe washers to Wotsits!It's a great place to stock up on supplies and the prices are pretty reasonable as well,it's handy that it has a self service cafe as well which we made use of for lunch and there is a wide assortment of souveniers available as well to bring back the memories of your trip!.