Argo's Bakery

About

In Orkney, Argo's Bakery sits on Albert St in Kirkwall KW15 1HQ, United Kingdom. Kirkwall is Orkney's main town, and the bakery is one of the places that gives the town its everyday rhythm.

Argo's Bakery is a bakery, with a 4.8 out of 5 average across 49 reviews. That reputation rests on bread and baked goods made and sold on the premises, the sort of counter that draws a steady local trade as well as visitors passing through Kirkwall. First-time visitors should expect a working bakery rather than a café: a counter, a queue at busy times, and bread worth carrying away. The 49 reviews place the bakery among the better-reviewed food stops in Kirkwall.

Argo's Bakery keeps a website at http://www.argosbakery.co.uk/. Stromness, St Margaret's Hope, Finstown, Hoy, South Ronaldsay and Westray are all within the Orkney archipelago, so a bakery stop in Kirkwall fits naturally into a day of travelling between the islands.

Orkney's weather is mild, wet and changeable, warmed by the Gulf Stream and often windy, so a bakery stop is a sensible anchor on a day of shifting conditions. Summer brings long daylight hours and crowded ferries, while winter sailings are often cancelled by weather, so it pays to plan around the timetable. Bread from Argo's Bakery travels well for a ferry crossing or a walk along Kirkwall's streets.