La Viola Cafe & Bistro in Edinburgh, City of

Really enjoyed lunch here. Great selection. Great buzz and good value

Has one vegan option for breakfast. Was nice.

Everyone was so nice and the porridge was filling and delicious!

Generally fine. I ordered a smoothie and eggs benedict. Unfortunately, the 'fresh' smoothie was not made from fresh fruit. The eggs benedict had a soft-boiled egg instead of a poached egg, too bad! Other than that it's fine, but there are nicer and better places where you can have breakfast in Edinburgh.

Definitely large portions, split one meal with person I went with. A hearty way to start your morning. The service was great!

We really enjoyed the breakfast there while we stayed in the city. Coffee was great too

Fabulous breakfasts for everyone, vegans, pescatarians, veggies and meat eaters. Good quality produce. We needed to be served quickly as we had a train to catch and they were super quick with the service. Breakfasts £11.90 and £12.90 vegan. Great cakes which we took away for the train journey too. Highly recommend.

Exquisite French toasts and eggs Benedict, a very pleasant atmosphere, the rays of the sun coming in from outside in the morning, efficient service and smiling staff I recommend!

Locally owned cafe serving excellent food with an amazing staff. Portions are generous and fresh. Great vibe!

Delicious breakfasts. Perfect pistachio cake. Fast and nice service. Generally, a great place for breakfast. A varied selection, so you can eat tasty and varied meals even several days in a row.

The breakfast is good, self-service, and the atmosphere is uncomfortable. There is no space between the tables

Fantastic atmosphere, food and overall service! Get the la viola breakfast and chicken ceaser wrap! Reccomend this place 100%!

The food was absolutely amazing and delicious! The staff was super welcoming and helpful, though the tables are quite small and we were a party of five, so we struggled a little bit. Overall amazing experience, happy to return any time and highly recommend!

Beautiful cakes, the pistachio cheesecake was delicious and the scones we took back to our hotel were so good! Staff were incredibly nice

Lovely place. I had full Scottish breakfast that was delicious the plate was so big I even skipped my dinner.

The food was and coffee were good. Pancakes were not that great but the other dish my husband ordered with eggs and the lot were amazing.

Delicious, traditional breakfast (also vegetarian/vegan) in a nice atmosphere

The titles bold as there are a lot of good brunches, but I’m serious. We have loved going into this cafe in person and it’s delivered every time. Beautifully cooked food with incredible ingredients. I have a young baby so ordered for delivery as a treat - somehow just as good at home with presentation, taste and portion sizes spot on. Thank you La Viola!

Place without infamy and without praise. I don't recommend the pancakes, they're a bit tasteless. The English breakfast was very good.

Best Red velvet cake in the world. Very friendly and welcoming staff especially Francesca she’s the best!

This was a good drop-in establishment. It's counter service, friendly, french and the owners care about delivering a good product.

Went with my kids and ordered chocolate cake and a pot of tea. Unfortunately the cake was very dry and not very tasty. Maybe because it was the end of the day , but I thought the pricing wasn't justified for the quality. However I haven't tried other items on the menu, so maybe this is a one off as it seems like quite a busy cafe whenever I pass by.

Asked how long a wrap would take and was told 5 minutes, 25 minutes after I was told sorry we forgot. Wasted my entire lunch, I went there because it was quiet and they still unfortunately couldn’t get the food out timely

Delicious food, excellent service and great choice for everyone. Staff are always so helpful and make you feel so welcome.

Yesterday i went to eat croissant with my brother. When i came back home, i found out that i had brutal diarrhoea. I still have it, i took all the meds, and im still not well. I cant go outside. I dont know what are they putting in those. But i do NOT recommend

5 stars is just not enough for the best breakfast in Edinburgh by a mile. Sublime hollandaise sauce makes the eggs royale a real royal treat, or large and tasty omelette with generous stuffings. The service is also outstanding.

Really welcoming and accommodating staff at the cafe with delicious food and even more delicious deserts! An excellent place to relax close to town centre.

Mega good food with good portions, super service and cool little kitchen

Fantastic cozy atmosphere, nice staff, can only be recommended 🥰🥰

Great service good food. The soup was delicious and the service people were good.

We were very disappointed with our visit. They got our order wrong and were very rude trying to seat us. They claimed they had no open tables inside (outside it was cold and raining) and we were looking right at two open tables. They said we thought you wanted to sit outside (which we never said) and then proceeded to tell us that we were in the wrong instead of just apologizing for a miscommunication. We tried to cancel the order then but the manager came out and told us to sit down on one of the open seats. Our food came out later and was incorrect. My sandwich was also nearly empty, I was basically eating bread. I also saw them sit a couple of 2 at a 4 top table, serve them their coffees, and then proceeded to ask them to move tables so they could sit a larger one at theirs. Didn’t help them carry their things at all. I would be angry that they shouldn’t have sat me there in the first place if they would just move me for other people. The entire time we sat we were not checked on. Scarfed down the food and ran out because of how uncomfortable they made us feel.

Good breakfast in a nice environment.

Great food & fast service! Came for breakfast & our waiter was attentive & efficient.

I love this place and come here a couple of times a month, but this is my first review. The Viola is always busy, deservedly - nice atmosphere, quick and cheerful service, plenty of choice on the menu, including different breakfasts, salads, croque monsieur, cakes and coffee. I often have a salad, which are quite substantial, and the smoothies are freshly made and cost around a fiver.

Beautiful and cosy cafe, very well done coffee. The chocolate slice cake was soooo delicious. Omg the taste was wonderful. I definitely love it!! Would love to come back, highly recommend.

Such a cute spot. Has amazing chai lattes, the pastries looked so so good. Can’t wait to try one soon. The barista was super friendly! Edit: went back and had breakfast here. It was so so good. The menu is massive so it was a tough decision but I had the pancakes and they were really nice. The Scottish breakfast was also very good. The owner is so nice and positive. Loved the experience.

Been looking for somewhere to satisfy my craving for omelette. Found it here. They have a wide selection of food on the menu. Service excellent just like the food. Will definitely be making a return visit. Highly recommend you do to.

We have gone twice. One for breakfast and one for snack. The place is not very big but we were able to sit without problem. The product is of high quality. To have a coffee or tea with a delicious sweet it is perfect. The attention of the boys is unbeatable. It is a must stop

The place is nice, the coffee is good Honey cake is delicious and fluffy Medium pancake

An amazing place to start your day with, offering delicious food and exceptional service. I would highly recommend it if you're visiting Edinburgh.

La viola is one of the best places to eat. It is a perfect choice. It has a variety of dishes and it responds to many tastes. I really enjoyed eating their almost daily during my stay.

I came here two days in a row for a breakfast. Whatever we ordered was lovely prepared and delicious. I absolutely recommend this place!

Lovely place! We had breakfast here twice, everything was very tasty and beautifully presented! 10/10 recommend!

Excellent coffee And honey cake with cinnamon Khor Rafia ❤️❤️ Thanks

Very delicious food served beautifully! The staff is lovely and thus place makes me wish I've lived here so I could come more often!

Best restaurant ever. Teasty food, nice service, kind staff! Don’t miss if You are in Edingburgh and want to have a perfect breakfast!

Abundant and good Scottish breakfast. They were extremely nice to my son with fruit and sweets suitable for him.

Very good food - we tried a breakfast burrito, a scottish breakfast, porridge and burger, everything simply fantastic!

Really good food and friendly service!

This place is amazing delicious food very good service can’t find a single fault ❤️

Great little place. Delicious Benedict. The lentil soup was very good.

It is a beautiful cafe selling high quality food and providing 5 stars service. The cinnamon honey walnut slice was so delicious. I have never had anything like it before. The cappuccino was very good as well.

Such a cute little place! Stopped in for breakfast. And the food is simply delicious! Staff are super friendly as well. Definitely worth visiting! The atmosphere there is super chill and cozy!

Cute little French cafe with great food and pastries. Coffee was excellent and cool mellow vibe here

A lovely morning brunch with family, welcoming and relaxing, and the food was incredible, wonderfully prepared, organised, presented and delivered, each dish was a special delight, thank you. 👍

Spicy Istanbul and French toast.

Recommended. Delicious breakfast and super friendly service

Very careless staffs, went for a delivery and waited over 20 mins. They told me 5 min in the first place. Very wrong information. Very bad tretment

Great place with attentive and friendly owner.

What a lovely cafe. So nice inside. Food was excellent and the staff are really friendly. Cakes looked amazing. Didn't have one on this visit but I'm definitely going back to try them soon

The breakfast was really very good! Great selection! Everything tasted fantastic! The coffee tastes excellent! Very nice employees! We recommend!!!

This place has it bang on, definitely the best cafe I have been to in Edinburgh. Amazing food, price and overall environment. Can’t wait to go back!

Nice place and lovely people. Good cafe and food.

Great Scottish welcome! Ordered the veggie breakfast as the full Scottish breakfast wasn’t halal. Everything was cooked very well and delicious. The service was wonderful, they happily explained the options available to me and how they can accommodate. Didn’t have to wait too long and the portion was perfect for a lazy Sunday. Top quality table service, even had their wee helper ask if everything was okay with the food which made the day! Definitely recommend as an option to eat out (veggie, cakes, drinks are perfect), and hope you can add more halal options to the menu for Muslims too (as this is a Turkish-run restaurant)

The atmosphere is good, and the amount and overall quality of the food are satisfactory. Perhaps more goat cheese in the salad would be nice? However, something is wrong with the cakes; I'm not sure I got a fresh one.

One of the Best places I have ever visited. The breakfast Was more than delicious. I ate huge Scottish breakfast. It was so tasty that I could not stop eatting :) what is more you can also buy very good Coffee also in take away option. And what is the most important : amazing people who create great atmosphere and are willing to help with everything. Thank you so much for the Best birthday breakfast which we ever ate !!!:)

We waited over half an hour for 3 coffees and food, if they had just got us our drinks would’ve been happy to wait for food. Food was nice just the service today was so bad. Also bacon roll was deliberately pathetic we laughed it was the smallest amount of bacon ever.

I loved my experience at this café in Edinburgh! The servers are incredibly kind, everyone smiles, and there's so much respect. The food is quite good, but the coffee is amazing. The barista is incredibly talented at creating latte art, which caught my attention and made me smile, especially since coffee is my favorite drink. He even offered me a class to learn coffee art, which I really appreciated. This café made my trip to Scotland truly memorable with unique and wonderful experiences. I can't wait to come back! Thank you for everything.

5 people, baby and dog. Everything is a bit tight. Service was super friendly and tried very hard. You can watch the preparation of the food. We all really enjoyed it. We ordered various wraps, breakfast and smoothies, all very tasty. The ambience is nice (although everything is a bit cramped) the toilet is very clean. Parking garage nearby.

I had a fantastic experience at La Viola cafe . The coffee is top-notch—smooth, rich, and perfectly brewed. The atmosphere is cozy and inviting, making it a great spot to relax or work. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, always ready with a recommendation. Highly recommend!

The presentation was excellent and the interior decoration was lovely.

Everything was delicious, the service very attentive and friendly, and well priced. Highly recommended! Above all, the Scottish breakfast.

Only tried the scones here but they are amazing! Really love the berry one!

We really enjoyed breakfast here Service was efficient and friendly Coffee was good Eggs cooked perfectly Recommended 🙌

I liked the taste but a lid would be better on the delivery. Food container did not have a lid, seemed taken off. That is why i did not think about delivery person. The packaging was poor. I apologise for being sick and ordering delivered food i did not know that I do not have right to that in Edinburgh too. Please let me know if get fired and work in a restaurant any time soon to satisfy edinbra folk’s fragile ego. You are welcome. 1

Superb service and lovely coffees and sweet treat...

We arrived at coffee time. Super delicious cakes. Friendly staff. Calm atmosphere.

Very good music, good smoothies, good breakfast, I recommend, they have a lit of options so you’ll definitely find something you like!

Very good Cafe, delicious scones, great service!

Absolutely lovely place, delicious brunch/lunch food and coffee and cakes. We had the omelette, the soup + toastie and the panini, all very tasty! The staff was super sweet and helpful. Will definitely return!

Great food and coffee. Staff are always friendly. My go to place.

Had a 3 day trip to Edinburgh and this was the highlight of our day! Lovely people working here and great food. We ate here every breakfast this trip. Really reccomend it. 😊 Thankyou!

Guy was awesome and made my Dads coffee exactly like he liked it. Just had coffee. So good

My second breakfast visit to la viola cafe and it was super. We received a great welcome with efficient service and always willing to make adjustments. I had a tasty omelette and my friend had the breakfast, more than enough and a side of toast also. Just realized that a very talented young lady works here making fabulous home made baked goods. So worth a visit when in Edinburgh and good value for money.

The service is truly exceptional! Everyone is very nice, the lunches are prepared with care and the food is fresh and quality! I had a mocha and it was really, really good. The meals are cheap, very affordable!

The best hallumi burger l've ever tried and also I loved the beef and blue cheese croques. The staff is really nice and the place is charming :)

Have just spent a weekend in Edinburgh staying in the Fountainbridge area and had a lovely breakfast in La Viola on Saturday and Sunday.Good atmosphere ,service and food,a great way for us to start the day.

Supernice stay to eat breakfast/brunch💞 We had a full skottish breakfast and Frenchs toasts and it was both amazing. Good prices, quick and nice staff and a lovely bakery as well if you want to grab something om the go!

Took a while to find a nice cafe on a long walk around city but this place was amazing. The interior was fine and eclectic but the food was absolutely amazing, and reasonably priced. Coming from Glasgow we seen some crazy prices for average cafés in Edinburgh compared to our home, but this was brilliant value for the quality of food, a huge choice too. The French toast was the best we've had, and the croque monsieur with pastrami was so nice. I am glad we found this place and will return anytime we were in Edinburgh. Nice staff, great food and not wild in terms of cost like the cafe we visit the day before!

A really nice place to enjoy good coffee and breakfast/brunch! We enjoyed our steak sandwich fries and the coffees! We tried their cannolis, which were ok as I was not really impressed with the filling - it was nothing extraordinary! There were other cakes and cookies on display that looked quite tempting! A lot of variety to choose from ! Staff is nice and friendly! It has an opening en kitchen vibe, you can see while the chefs are preparing g your delicious dishes! Overall nice ambience and food!

Was beautiful staff are lovely and quick service. The food was delicious and presentation was immaculate! All the food came out quick and the staff were very friendly. Great coffee and the price is extremely reasonable. I 100% recommend

Great little place. We parked in the under ground car park which pedestrian exit is just over the road. We all had different breakfast which were all perfect. Coffee was great as was the service. Well behaved dogs welcome too.

Absolute gem of a cafe/bistro. Superb service. Delicious and tasty food. The breakfasts were excellent and the staff friendly and welcoming. Returned for a second visit it was that good. The cheese scone before breakfast may have been greedy- but we'll worth it with a tea! Thank you for being a memorable part of our visit to Edinburgh. Təşəkkür edirəm 🙌🙏🏻👍

I drove past as soon as I arrived in Edinburgh and decided to come back for breakfast, IT WAS A GREAT CHOICE!!! Very clean place, desserts excellent presentation and lots of variety. I had a cappuccino and the classic chocolate biscuit. I advise you to make a stop at this Caffè Bistrot. I don't rule out going back tomorrow too. Well done.

We treated ourselves with the pistachio cheesecake and cookie. Absolutely amazing! I was back in Sicily for a moment. If I’d lived here I would come regularly.

100% recommended place, with a wide variety of breakfasts, from sweets, in our case we tried the cookies, the best I have ever tasted, to English breakfasts. They make the coffees great, the waiter who prepares the coffees is very friendly, we went back two days in a row and he remembered what we ordered the day before. Totally professional and apart from the very pretty cafeteria with striking decoration. We have completely succeeded in being able to have breakfast in this cafeteria, if we return we will repeat!

We were a party of 11 who visited on a busy Saturday afternoon.The service was efficient, food was great too.Would certainly recommend.

we had a delicious meal and drinks. very nice staff and good value for money! absolutely recommended.

Delicious scones, delicious breakfast, good service and good value for money! Recommended!!

I recently visited Edinburgh for a couple of nights with my wife and baby and decided to have breakfast at La Viola. The experience was incredibly welcoming, and the food was absolutely delicious. I highly recommend it, especially for their freshly baked pastries, which were superb! We enjoyed it so much that we returned the next morning as well. Upon arrival, we were greeted by a very friendly young man named Adam, who provided exceptional service. He was extremely helpful, and it seemed as though nothing was too much trouble for him. In fact, his passion for his job led us to assume he was the owner of the cafe, as individuals with such dedication often are.