House of Spice

Please note that this is now called House of Cooking, apparently to avoid confusion with another local place.
Good from Soup to Grouse
Very happy our hotel directed us to House of Cooking. While I eat everything, my wife has a list of food sensitivities that could choke a chef. House of Cooking does not have an extensive menu, focusing on a few high-​quality, fresh (and mostly organic) ingredients, but they combined these in ways that were exceptionally pleasing to both of us. We started with a shot of pumpkin soup both of us would happily have made a meal. Next I had some fresh bread with a great parmesan butter, but they made my wife a lovely chicken and onion app since she is gluten free. Third course was very simple grilled sardines, but they were the first sardines I have ever gotten my wife to eat (and enjoy). The main course was grouse and pork, and the grouse was the best I have ever had.
Completely recommend House of Cooking, even if we were too tired to stay for the live music. FYI, apparently on Sundays they do not serve food, but still have bands and fully stocked bar. The only negatives? Yes, it was a little pricey, but comparable to similar restaurants in the States. Oh, and our extremely helpful waiter Renee had a cooler shirt than I.

I found this place by accident. Asking for a menu I was told there were two dishes: fish or meat. The spaghetti with fried salmon, half raw and half smoked was delicious! And the desert: buttermilk mousse with fruit and some cake amazing. I can’t wait to try out some of their surprise menus! Love it :-)

A shop and a restaurant in one, you can buy spices, herbs, oil, vinegar, tea, 52 types of wine and port. The owners (a couple) aim to personally give you advice about the food and drinks.
You can book cooking workshops there and a ‘wine and spice’ evening, which we did for a hen (bachelorette) party, it was amazing!
The owner is at your table all night serving you 6 types of wine, she lets you taste and discuss and will tell some history about the wine and area. Her partner will serve you a tasty dish with every wine which is supposed to compliment the wine. The food is simple but superb and exactly enough to fill you up nicely and still have space for their AMAZING cheesecake for dessert!
They are looking into expanding, since this would be a great place to take your ‘special date’ if they are into their wines and food, but at the moment they only do wine tasting, wine and spice evenings and cooking workshops.
Definitely worth checking out the shop though when you pass by!