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“Raba daba doo”

Raba Indian Restaurant

4 of 5 stars
MikeySkiBoy
Aberdeenshire, Scotland
1 Dec 2009

Lerwick is in the fortunate position of having two good curry houses. The Raba is a good, honest Indian restaurant. The surroundings are pleasant, the service is good and the food tastes great. The...more

“Really Bad. Do not stay here. There must be better hotels somewhere else on these Islands.....”

The Lerwick Hotel

1 of 5 stars
HantsGirl40
Hampshire, UK
30 Nov 2009
1/1 found this review helpful

The rooms were last decorated many, many years ago. They were very clean, so they do get top scores for Cleanliness. Everything else is just bad. Breakfast is terrible, I've never known it was...more

“Lovely location - shame about the manageress.”

Easterhoull Chalets

2 of 5 stars
Devrich
England
29 Nov 2009

Having looked at their website, my partner and I thought that Easterhoull would be a lovely place to stay on our first visit to Shetland. We duly emailed the manageress with our request and bank...more

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