Sorry I forgot to link the first episode here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qc54Zrqq2biyomg.html

give this guy a column in Whiterun Times

I don't think the Drunken Huntsman is a restaurant in the traditional sense: rather, it's a club based on the communal cooking of meat brought in by the members, who are - of course - hunters. Revenue comes from selling hunting equipment, possibly supplemented by hosting competitions and events with entry fees.

In all my years playing Skyrim I don’t think I’ve ever set foot in the drunken huntsman even once. It’s a miracle they get any business with the bannered mare right down the street

Could it be that the Huntsman is a sort of bring your own meat establishment? The arrows for sale could indicate that it's intended for you to bring your own game. This would set them apart from Whiterun's other tavern and carve a small, yet unique niche. This may also explain the forwardness of the bartender, as he likely knows his clientèle and wants to explain the concept of the business to new customers.

The guy in the drunken huntsman wasn't trying to give you aggressive service, he noticed you were making that woman uncomfortable and wanted to see if she needed assistance (she did, a staff member took your spot) 10/10 service

Somewhere, a Bethesda level designer unknowingly designed Skyrim’s top rated dining establishment. I hope they see these videos

I like to imagine that Austin's character is still the Dragonborn, he just decided to become a restaurant critic instead of fighting dragons.

1:40 Nice bit of small town ambience how he stood up once the Argonian sat next to him.

To give Candlehearth Hall credit they had a waitress...had...

I'd highly recommend while you're in the area, to take a boat from Windhelm out to Solstheim to see the Retching Netch in Ravenrock. Great story behind the name, much better than the Winking Skeever's supposed story. There's also a Dunmer cornerclub in Windhelm itself, bit run down but it's nice to see them keeping their culture alive despite their treatment by the locals.

the empire really needs to set up a IFDA (Imperial food and drug administration)

Unemployment government official by day, food critic by… day?

Candlehearth does actually have a server. But she gets murdered after a certain point as part of a trigger for a quest.

"it's not nice to see an apple pie on the floor" took me out

Finally a channel for people like me who understand the true joy of video games: bureaucracy and logistics. Thank you Austin!

As a loyal patron of the Drunken Huntsman, I hope I can explain what has endeared it so much to me and give it a few points in its favor. For one, the Drunken Huntsman is my go-to shop to trade, sell and buy weapons. They've always been courteous and have never been the type to swindle you out of your money. Most importantly, they've made me feel welcome as a Khajiit patron, which is so important when many establishments in Skyrim do the exact opposite. I think the attentiveness of the staff may have been because they're used to greeting customers to let them know they're welcome in a place that may seem otherwise unfriendly. I think it's just two brothers running the place, and if memory doesn't fail me they're also renting their upstairs attic to Nazeem and his wife. So I understand that from an official restaurant critic and public health inspection perspective, you have to be objective, but from a personal perspective, and judging it as a supply store rather than a restaurant, the negatives don't bother me. Thanks for your work as a critic-the heads up on Candlehearth Hall is appreciated. I was planning on stopping there on my Windhelm vacation because everyone spoke so highly of it! But now I'm thinking it would be best to choose somewhere else..

I’ve always loved the massive amounts of cheese just, on tables in Skyrim. Like sure, the rind is probably one of those inedible ones, but like put a cloth down man lol

It's really interesting to see how different the two 'cloned' buildings were. It wasn't just the bar shape and the bedroll, but also the tidiness of the things under the bar.

I feel like the drunken huntsman is just an archery shop where the owner also has a keg for people to get drunk at. kinda like how dairy queen is really an icecream shop that also sells burgers.

I was so excited to watch that I accidentally cast this to my neighbor’s tv. I hope they enjoy it as much as I did.

this felt like one of those restaurant tour shows. Especially because you "walked" to windhelm

You're like the Guy Fieri of Skyrim, taking us right down to Flavorhelm

10:25 "You trip onto the fire, and you could be the menu" (is in a wood elf establishment) (traditional wood elves are followers of the Green Packed)

The Drunken Huntsman is pioneering by bringing the Cracker Barrel experience to Skyrim. There's an untapped market there for shopping at your dining establishment.

"To her credit, I did locate some of the fresh baked bread, it does look pretty good" *proceeds to steal the bread*

i work in food service and i fucking LIVE for this shit austin lmao, thank you

You should visit the local mines and craft workshops to assess the working conditions, the qualifications of the workers and to check whether the safety rules are observed in these enterprises.

The Bee and Barb is a personal favorite of mine, mostly because they offer unique drinks that you can't get anywhere else in Skyrim.

The sleeping area in the vilemyr inn must be for customers too drunk to go home who also can’t buy a room. The patron is laid there for easy supervision and is sent on their way at the earliest convenience.

I love the idea of a nearly naked Argonian going around Skyrim loudly talking to himself about the restaurants and bars while he ignores everyone else telling him to leave from behind the counter meant for staff.

Helpful clarifications: • In the Frostfruit Inn, they decorate with Snowberry wreaths. • In the Drunken Huntsman, the actual meat is sold at a market stall, and all the meat at that stall is hunted fresh. It is owned by two young wood elves. It is a supply store, not actually a restaurant. • The “Sleeping Area” in the Vilemyr inn is where Wilhelm sleeps since he doesn’t actually own a house, and the other two rooms are for travelers. • No detail has been missed in Candlehearth. This one hopes this helps the friendly Argonian restaurant critic put a couple miscellaneous details into perspective.

If you do this again you NEED to go to my favorite inn, the Nightgate Inn. It's very out of the way, real remote place. But the surroundings are beautiful, they have a small pond and a pier which I think should be taken into account. I believe they even have a wine cellar. So there's a lot of extra features compared to the other inns with the same standard design. I can't speak for their small details as it has been a while since I've been there. I just love the location and find the place very interesting.

Candlehearth Hall to me seems like a place that used to be great. I mean we know it's almost 163 years old. Back then they probably had some great success, and with it they bought some of the great furniture and decoration, set up the kitchen and all the spaces, but since then new ownership took over and didn't want to put in the same level of effort. It's likely the xenophobia was there the whole time but everything else has really fallen from the time that earned it its fame.

I always register the Drunken Huntsman as just a shop. Very bad marketing, a shame for the heated floor.

editing and vibes are peak on this video, and now i know what places to avoid when i want to have a good ol lick of the gourd

It would be interesting if you looked at buildings for ADA violations

I never would have put it together, but the wreaths on the walls in the Frostfruit Inn are definitely made from snowberry bushes, the perfect "frost fruit". That décor is most definitely intentional, and I love that attention to detail.

Ivarstead is near where the greybeards live so it makes sense to have objects knowcked over - but that’s not an excuse for not picking stuff up- sometimes it seems that Klimmek is the only hardworking person in that town.

In Nord culture the hall is the centerpiece of any good communal building. Your meant to stand around the fire, drinking mead, telling stories, and singing songs. The tables facing the walls is completely appropriate since you usually won't spend much time actually sitting at them. When you have the Followers Can Relax mod, some LARP-ey player animations, ELFX, maybe a few custom bards to replace the lethargic ones they tend to hire, and you bring in a big party after a long day of adventuring, these kinds of places really come alive because they totally use the space correctly. The downtime creates some of my favorite moments in Skyrim when all the (unintended) systems come together just right

"Got some fresh baked bread-" "NO, YOU DON'T."

Yeah, it actually makes me wonder why that Dark Elf continually chooses to drink not only in that tavern, but RIGHT BETWEEN Elda and Rolff. Unless she does it just to annoy them. I would certainly respect that.

The wreaths above the horn torches look like a fire hazard

This series is so cozy, it's unreal.

Did you let the establishments know beforehand that you're coming, or did you show up unannounced?

The Candle Hearth Hall actually has a server (that get's murdered the second time you enter Windhelm in yoyr playthrough) and also a chef if I remember correctly. Also, don't forget the other bar in town run by the Dark Elves.

I love the little interludes you added between the restaurants, really made it feel like a travel show. Rick Steves travels Skyrim.

The "what're you eating today" and its just an entire raw gourd fucking sent me

In terms of a fictional world, I like that they're not exactly copy-and-paste. Sure, the basic building probably is, but then they add touches that make them look like they're run by different people.

I feel like the frostfruit wreaths were put up (originally) by Erik's mom. It doesn't seem like the kind of thing a guy like Mralki would think of on his own, but he's definitely sentimental and fastidious enough to keep putting fresh ones up in her memory.

I wonder if "meat on shelf" would be a health code violation in Skyrim. Since there's no refrigeration, I'm assuming all meat is butchered the day of and used very quickly. There's no time for bacteria to accumulate.

I really enjoyed the whole vibe you had with video. The storytelling and editing is really well done. I would love to see more skyrim context. I wonder if you might take a look at some of the Jarl's kitchens. Who has a clean professional well stocked kitchen fit for a Jarl and how does their set up compare to the local tavern? I'd also love to see you branch out to inspecting the blacksmiths, apothecaries and who has the best court wizard, just all kinds of things!

I'm really enjoying the travelogue angle to these restaurant critic videos. Please keep this series going!

people always talk about resident evil food, but we tend to ignore skyrim food the most

I like how he’s eloquently describing the restaurant conditions and when he sits down, it’s revealed he’s an Argonian dressed in rags. Still, he’s a lizard with good taste.

idk if anyone else has saud this but for frostfruit inn i believe they have snowberry wreaths so fristfruit could be an alternative or older name fir the snowberries giving the tavern an interesting backstory lol

Not enough gamers care about thr living standards of these games' world. True attention to detail: 11/10 gamer

This is unbelievably how I would actually feel if I did live in this world You are unbelievably aligned with how i would feel. 12 years of Skyrim videos. I have never felt SO HEARD. Thank you.

What if you did this with fallout 4 restaurants?

I love looking at this as if you’re on a cross country road trip checking out different establishments ala diners drive ins and dives but you’re in Skyrim lol

I love the narrative structure of this one. I would watch a whole series of these! I wonder if oblivion and morrowind would give enough detail to analyze and talk about too.

These videos scratch a special itch in my brain

The meat at 20:20 looks like it might be dry aged, so dripping wouldn’t be an issue in that case, but I guess that hardly matters considering the other health code violation on the other table.

I strongly recommend checking out the tavern in kynesgrove, and the tavern owned by the lovely argoninan couple in Riften. And if you haven't been, Nightgate Inn is a wonderful stop, even with the rude bartender.

Ok hear me out, what if someone made a follow up series where they loaded up jaxons positioner or the creation kit to fix all of the issues and improve the restaurants of Skyrim, like kitchen nightmares Skyrim edition

A bit different but it'd be nice to see similar videos with RDR2.

I hope he can make it to Solstheim one day ! I've heard great things about The Retching Netch !

You gotta hand it to the Dev Team. They could have done a copy and paste, but they added things like the red wreaths or the kettle rolling on the floor in front of a walking waitress ( 😂 ). With the racism of the bar wench, I don't feel bad about you nabbing some fresh bread off the shelf.

Frostfruit tavern: those wreaths are a possible fire hazard being so close to the horn lights.

the WHOA reaction is hilarious i feel everyons reaction when they first walk into windhelm.

I love this series, it's really conforting in a way. You're not over reacting, just a chill guy rating inns. I could watch hours of this, keep the good work !

Alright, some more restaraunts to be checked off the list... In Whiterun, you missed Jorrvaskr, which is a bit of an exclusive establishment for members of the Companions, but it does market itself as a mead hall. Since it's an exclusive establishment, I expect good things. We also have the small town inn in Kynesgrove, the Braidwood Inn. We've got the New Gnisis Cornerclub in Windhelm, which is in the slums and doesn't offer beds, but it's a favorite of the Dunmer of the city. In Riften, we have The Bee and Barb, which isn't the friendliest place, likely because of the crime rate, but at least it looks nice. In Falkreath, we have an establishment called the Dead Man's Drink to check out. The small town of Dragon Bridge has the Four Shields Tavern to check out. On the road between Windhelm and Dawnstar, we have the Nightgate Inn, and when you reach Dawnstar, you have the Windpeak Inn. Between Markarth and Rorikstead, we have the Old Hroldan Inn, which is a nice piece of history. Apparently Tiber Septim once stayed there, so I have high expectations. In the small town of Riverwood, we have the Sleeping Giant Inn. Heard some rough things about the owner. Finally, if you're willing to take a boat ride to the nearby island of Solstheim, where you'll be dropped off in the town of Raven Rock, we have The Retching Netch, where you can get a more Dunmeri, specifically Redoran, tavern experience. I've also heard tell of a secret establishment in Riften called The Ragged Flagon that is somewhere in the city's sewer system. Imagine the health code violations! I've heard that the service and clientele are pretty bad too. Best watch your coinpurse.

As a fan of both RPGs and small restaurants, I LOVE this series. Detail analysis is both funny and fascinating.

I just got home from urgent care with a broken foot and I cannot tell you how overjoyed I was when I saw this in my notifications! Exactly what I needed after this awful day.

Fun Fact; the "inn" of the Drunken Huntsman is actually the residence of Nazeem and his wife.

I love how the pacing and editing are all presented exactly like some form of reality show. I love it!

20:30 I can't even, broke down laughing here, all the build-up was worth it lad 5/5

The Drunken Huntsman got kinda shafted since you forgot something kind of important. It's a hunting shop, and the food it sells is as provisions for longer hunts. The apples and ale are good for long periods of time out in the wilds, and if you noticed the cooking pot above the fire, cabbages are a relatively versatile cooking ingredient. If Skyrim had jerky or dried fruits, those would likely be sold there too. The owner's brother also owns a stand in Whiterun's market too, selling meats from his hunts. It would kinda step on his toes if the Drunken Huntsman also sold meat.

The immersion of these videos is outstanding. You bring the exact right energy, and have just enough knowledge that everything sounds perfectly official, and it brings me joy. This and your employment surveys are tops.

Drunken Huntsman is definitely a townie bar. I’m surprised Austin didn’t say anything about selling weapons and alcohol.

Given the active civil war in the province, im not surprised that smaller establishments like the drunken huntsman are having some supply issues

Hell yeah, another video from Austin

Candlehearth hall really took a hit when Susanna the Wicked was murdered. Definitely a grim energy when their ray of sunshine was taken away from them in such an untimely manner 😭

I love your videos, but especially this series because it's just like the weird little RP things I did in games as a kid 🥲

As both a sushi chef in the current reality market and a Safety and occupational health specialist, i must admit that these assessments are spot on. Im more than willing to lend my professional expertise on such assessments, for the betterment of the adventurering folk

I would love if someone made a mod for a 'Skyrim health inspector' questline.

These videos are so freaking pleasant, thank you for your endless effort and generosity.

This series is the video that got my sister and I to keep watching your channel. Excellent critiques, very professional. Love it, hope to see more ♥️

I’ve been looking forward to this! I love this series 😆

on your way out of the town make sure to check out the bar in the gray quarter, i havent heard great things but if its the only competition to candle hearth i think its fair to give it a review as well

this and the previous video on the same topic were an absolute hoot. great concept, and you manage to be funny while still being "in character". just *chef's kiss*

Yess. I was just showing my mom your other restaurant review the other day. Love this series!

The wreaths are made of snowberries, so you're right in saying that they sort of represent the Frostfruit inn. Also: you missed the Braidwood Inn

I love these videos because it shows how detailed the devs were. The small differences between the small town taverns like in Ivarstead or Dragon's Bridge are so cool

Your content is super great and the videos are so good to put on before taking a nap. This is great, you're great

Cool video as always, very much enjoyed as always :)

i was rooting for candlehearth hall until the lady just started spouting slurs

I truly love this kind of content, it’s some of my favorite on the internet ❤ we should start a discord where people can share their unremarkable and odd places

I just stumbled across you and loved the video and was not expecting the song at the end. It was AWESOME! So you got a new sub and listener of your music 😎

These are some of my favorite video topics on your channel!❤