The pub you are referring to is the Royal Hotel. The upstairs bar of the Stromness hotel is very hospitable too and has a roaring fire and good food. stephen davie wrote: > And there is a pub in Stromness which has some great Hudson's Bay fur > trade era pictures and memorabilia on the walls. forget the name of > it, but it is an old hotel on the side of the street that isn't the > water side. > > >