The best restaurants in Lerwick South Shetland Islands Highlands and Islands

Having walked up to Sumburgh Head lighthouse on a cold, rainy and windy January day, there was nothing more welcoming than the sight of Katja's coffee and cake bus. As it was just the two of us, we actually sat inside and spent a very pleasant half hour chatting to Katja and enjoying the good strong coffee and the very lovely cake as we sheltered from the weather. If you are visiting the lighthouse, definitely grab a coffee here, it's quirky, she's lovely and the coffee and cake are top notch.

Burger van next to Tesco in Lerwick. Our best beef burger ever tasted. Shetland beef and really simple but fantastic burger.

Fantastic ice cream!!! Apple and berry pie flavour was so good!

Went for the evening fish and chips. Fantastic food quality. Great service. Only disappointment was the lack of a Lerwick Brewery draught beer. Oh and the prices of the other drinks. £6+ a pint is joke for Staropramen and Tennants. Shameful. Other than that the food and service was very good. Best in Lerwick I felt. Would recommend and return.

Lovely coffee and cake with sea views. We also enjoyed a lovely meal there and the staff were very accommodating regarding my wife’s food allergies.

Rather quiet when we visited, so no real atmosphere. Attached to a guest house so a slightly strange need to ring the doorbell to get in. The food was plentiful, reasonably tasty but not as highly seasoned as I am used to from other Thai restaurants. Beer was bottles only. Not expensive, but not cheap either, so overall worth a try but not outstanding as a dine in experience.

Well appointed restaurant with fantastic views. We had a lunch and a dinner there. For dinner, venison, duck and pavlova all delicious. Cranachan ice cream very tasty but not what we would expect cranachan to be. Service perfectly reasonable. All very good, but not 5* excellent. Would go again.

Stayed here for three nights. It’s a nice and very clean guest house. The couple who manage the accommodation are wonderful and very hard working. Our room was comfy and thank goodness it had blackout curtains. The pillows were way too soft, so new pillows would be worth while. The room had tea and coffee provided. Breakfast was absolutely fantastic, the continental spread was amazing lots of fresh fruit, cereal and yogurt, juice. You could also choose a hot breakfast. The wifi was not very good but I believe that’s the case on the Scottish islands. The Guest house is about 10 minutes walk to the centre of Lerwick. The Guest house also has a Thai restaurant which was quite convenient and the food good. Again the managers of the guest house operate this restaurant. Overall would stay here again but only for a short term stay. I recommend a stay here as two managers were lovely people and rooms quite comfortable.

Friendly and welcoming had a really nice breakfast. Staff very attentive which is really good. Overall good service thanks