Spiggie Bar And Restaurant

What a charming place! great atmosphere! beautiful locals.

This is a lovely spot, overlooking Spiggie Loch, near the coast, Foula in the distance on a good day. The restaurant has the views, but the bar is cosier and you can eat the same food in it. The main courses are beautifully cooked, with some unusual ones like Moroccan stew along with the staples like haddock and chips. Some things do take a while to come, but they'll warn you about that and it's a good place to relax. I'd give it a 5, were it not that, as usual in Shetland, the dessert menu is full of stodgy puddings, including the ubiquitous and sooo outmoded sticky toffee pudding, which every restaurant in Scotland seems to feel obliged to offer. I suppose it might make sense in iwnter but who the hell wants that sort of dessert in summer? But in fairness, after a very generous plateful of dinner you'd be lucky to have room...

We visited Spiggie Hotel to have a bar lunch and found the staff and owner Keith to be very friendly and helpful. The menu had a large variety of local produce which was very well cooked and presented. The portions were very generous for a lunch menu. Lovely lunch!The bar is very small with leather sofas offering a comfortable, warm and friendly atmosphere.We would definitely first Spiggie Hotel again.

My wife and I ate an early supper here after a long day touring sites in South Mainland which ended up at St. Ninian's Isle. We were seated at a table with a view to the west. I had the shepherd's pie, which was made with lamb (as the name implies) rather than beef as in the US, and was made without corn. It was tasty and filling. Be sure to drink the local beers!

Excellent lunch cooked to order with plenty of local produce on offer. Comfortable and homely with very friendly and obliging staff.