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Ferry Inn

1 of 5 stars
New York City, New York
26 Nov 2009

I ordered vegetables and was served mashed carrots and turnips! Hardly my idea of vegetables. Have no restaurants in the north heard of steaming fresh veg and serving them aldente? more

Hildeval

26 Nov 2009
0/1 found this review helpful

than you so much! you made my stay on orkney very memorable. i was pleasantly suprised with how nice you house is, the views from my room were great. breakfast set us up for the day and i do...more

Quoy of Houton

19 Nov 2009

We spent two nights with Kevin and Caroline while we were on our honeymoon. They were the best hosts we had on our whole trip and went out of their way to make our stay in the Orkney's smooth and...more

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