Mia Italian Kitchen Morningside in Edinburgh, City of

Great food reasonably priced. Staff attentive and friendly.

so amazing with my allergy needs, staff were incredible

Met a friend for lunch so we went for 2 courses from the set menu. Excellent value. I recommend the bruschetta and arrabiata.

Lovely night out with the family. Food great.

My partner and I usually love coming to this place as it’s one of our favourites but today we were disappointed. I ordered a chicken with mozarella (pollo valdostana) and it was alright, nothing extraordinary. They said it would come with vegetables and potatoes but the vegetables were literally one broccoli, one cauliflower and like 3 little bits of potato (not even a whole new potato) for almost £18!! I was left hungy. Then, we ordered two glasses of white wine.. waitress came back with red wine. We didn’t say anything because we didn’t want it to go to waste, so we drank it. My partner ordered risotto mare and compared to other occasions, this one left much to be desired. The waitress was also not very kind, I can feel she was trying her best to be nice, but she seemed rather fed up and wanting to go home. I understand she might’ve been stressed, but her displeased attitude made me feel uncomfortable and I literally just wanted to leave. It really is a shame because I’ve always loved this place and had never disappointed before, but today both food and service left much to be desired. Probably won’t come back in a long time.

Went midweek and wasn’t too busy but took 20mins before waitress took our drinks order so we ordered food at same time. Then food came before the drinks arrived (20mins after ordering). Staff are polite but sloppy service. Food was average, at best. Small portions. Had good meals here in the past but it’s gone downhill :(

Really disappointing. Undercooked pizza. Tasteless pasta.

Consistently the best Italian restaurant here! Never would I'd thought carbonara to be my new favourite dish but here we are.

We book the table and we went after 30min drive and they said we don’t have a table so we said why did you take the booking and the manager said I don’t have space same thing and that man was so rude ..and it was my son birthday…so disappointed

Food excellent as always , need to ditch the plastic flowers and the slushy cocktail machine. Disabled toilet really needs some attention, obviously had not been checked all day , overflowing bin and a disgusting rusty toilet brush holder needs replaced. Pity as the food is always great !

Food is below average everything we ordered didn’t taste authentic Italian even basic stuff like a margarita pizza what’s worst is that the waiter has a terrible attitude like he’s offering us the food for free. Will not be coming back again and I am very surprised this place has this rating. This place is a two stars at best. You waste your money coming here there are way better options elsewhere

We had lobster ravioli and ‘nduja rigatoni, and a tiramisu for dessert. Very very good!

The toilets are in the need of a good scrub all around the paint work it needs a fresh lick of paint to it the hand dryer should be replaced as it is filthy all the germs is getting thrown back on to your skin I had to dry my hands on toilet paper and use toilet paper to open the doors

Poor all round. Service was slow. Had 2 fillet steaks which were of unacceptable quality. Have never had a fillet with so much fat and gristle, neither steak cooked as requested. One steak was twice as thick as the other and both cold? Waiter offered free desserts when we complained about steaks but then charged for them. One dessert portion twice the size of other. Large child allowed to use disabled toilet next to us with door open whilst we were eating. Dreadful experience. AVOID,!

As usual fantastic Staff are very welcoming Food is always the best Good prices , tasty top quality food with a cosy atmosphere Very professional

Had a wonderful experience at Mia Morningside last Saturday evening. Our three generation, family group of 11, and everyone loved the delicious food, excellent service by friendly staff and the ambience of this very pleasant location. Highly recommended.

A lovely wee cafe. We popped in for a quick bite to eat. The food was good and the service was lovely too.

Food was just ok, cocktails quite basic. We were not expecting much for a quick meal (not the type of food I am going to write a review anyway) but not happy to feel rushed. At the door, they gave us two choices where to sit, with slightly longer dining time downstairs. That was our first time here (and the last for sure!) and we took some time to discuss what to order for sharing. The server was not patient to take our order and that was a bad start. Pasta was bland, overcooked, not al dente and did not taste like freshly homemade anyway. Focaccia not recommended either. Downstairs, tables were placed very close to one another and when the guests at the big table next to us got a bit drunk, there was a commotion and it got so madly noisy in the small, confined, congested space with lots of hard surfaces bouncing sound. We decided to leave early after a lady shouted at us suddenly and we had no clue what happened. No staff was coming to help, not even asked about how we felt about the situation. They server took our money and let us leave. The whole experience was bad enough. Not suitable for family dining with young children.

Rather poor. We ordered 3 carbonara, pizza and a linguini dish we can’t recall. The pizza was quite good (but inferior to Matto along the road). The carbonara was poor with the egg in it scrambled.slightly. The linguini was bland, all pasta little else. The waiter was pleasant but came back from his break smelling of smoke. The waitress that we met at the door was awful, waving at us rudely while she spoke on the phone and then ignored us when we left. Definitely not a serious restaurant. More of a cafe in my opinion. Bill over £130 for 5 people (one course one and a half round of drinks most of which were soft). Decent Strawberry Daqiri. Not good value for money. Oh and the house red (a Merlot) is rank

Rather poor. We ordered 3 carbonara, pizza and a linguini dish we can’t recall. The pizza was quite good (but inferior to Matto along the road). The carbonara was poor with the egg in it scrambled.slightly. The linguini was bland, all pasta little else. The waiter was pleasant but came back for. His break smelling of smoke. The waitress that we met at the door was awful, waving at us rudely while she spoke on the phone and then ignored us when we left. Definitely not a serious restaurant. More of a cafe in my opinion. Bill over £115 for 5 people (one course one and a half round of drinks). Not good value for money. Oh and the house red (a Merlot) is rank

We visited Sunday afternoon, firstly the place needs a makeover drab woodchip wall ,not a lot attention to cleaning . Food was enjoyable, drinks a tad on the dear side ,service was good (there were only 3 tables in ) when the bill came ,for 2 mains a shared starter and a couple glasses of wine I nearly choked when I read £193 ???????, this was sorted but I do wonder what was on the servers mind as it was no where busy ,we were the last to leave of the 3 tables ,.upmarket Morningside!? Definitely the poor relation to Dalry

Lovely food. Great ambience and reasonably priced

Very Nice, one of the best pizza I've ever eaten

No hesitation in giving 5 stars. A very relaxed atmosphere for lunch. Staff very attentive without being obtrusive

Enjoyed a relaxed family birthday celebration here on a late Monday afternoon!

Great food and service - the set lunch options on a Friday were a wonderfully relaxed way to ease into the weekend.

Excellent: Food Really nice service Good prices Super Chef !!! In one word top👍👍 After 1 visite directly booked a table for the next Evening 😃

Could do with updating. Exposed brick which is fine but with large areas of it plastetered.

Fresh and tasty at reasonable prices

Food was excellent but expensive service was very good

First time visiting Mia Kitchen and it won’t be the last. The food was authentic and flavoursome. The restaurant was very busy and there was a great atmosphere. Definitely a must for lunch or dinner if you are in the area.

Lovely pizza. V tasty and reasonable prices 😋

Fantastic Italian in Morningside. Amazing food and wonderful staff. It was a great experience- thank you Mia no wonder you were so busy last night!!! Will be back again xx

Such a lovely place for lunch. Amazing food and great service.

Food was OK(ish). Please check your bill carefully as I had been overcharged for my wine. There were just 2 of us dining and we were charged an extra 10% service charge on our bill.

Mia Italian Kitchen is a nice, small Italian restaurant close to the bottom of Morningside.  There is the main dining area at ground level and a slightly smaller area downstairs. The toilet doors have amusing signs. The food was delicious and portions just right. Service was excellent and the staff very friendly. Recommended.

Was there last night to give it a try again after a disappointing first visit and nothing has changed put down stairs in a cold basement service was shocking got prawns that was nice main course spaghetti bolanase well hardly any meat all sauce and pasta however lesson learnt definitely will not return

The sea breem was possibly the most delicious thing I have ever come into. Food became music. Even more, Daniel and everyone else was charming.

Good food, friendly and helpful service. Quiet for a Friday. Will go again

Absolutely outstanding from start to finish. Service superb. Food exceptional 😋 👌

Super! Friendly kind and efficient. Being from the med I wanted more oil on my pasta linguine bit dry but otherwise terrific Well done second visit both great!👏

Mia restaurants, amazing as always.

Firstly this place is so lovley, we were served by Magda (sorry if incorrect spelling) she was so helpful and kind during our experience here. We had the christmas two courses, I had mussles and salmon and was beyond superb, really nice food, atmosphere and staff. We will definitely be returning. Thanks again to our waiter.

Food was so so. Service was fine but the waiter got the order wrong and brought the wrong food to our table. The cheese cake was the highlight. Nice relaxed atmosphere - visited 23.12.23

Absolutely fantastic experience at Mia Italian! Service was exceptional and the food was amazing. All at a properly reasonable price. I would highly recommend visiting this restaurant if in the area.

Really delicious food and lovely atmosphere 👌🏻

The first few times we were there it was good. Yesterday, it was really cold, the risotto was so greasy that I got sick in the toilet, and the servers ignored us for very long periods.

Delicious food. A great restaurant. A special thank you to Patricia who was absolutely lovely - so positive, friendly and kind.

On arrival we were seated at the first table downstairs, unfortunately this table was directly in line with the open front door, resulting in a constant draft. Our drinks order was taken quickly initially, however we then waited 20 minutes to receive the drinks and our food order had not been taken yet. When our starters finally arrived, 2 of the same orders differed in presentation and ingredients and another one of the starters was not as described. When the mains were served, they were not all served at the same time (we were a party of 6), therefore half of the table had to wait a further 10 mins to begin eating their food as they had not been offered condiments. Due to the draft, we had asked staff to close the door, however this request was ignored. The wait time for staff to come back over to clear our table and the constant draft resulted in us not staying for any dessert and asking for the bill.

We visited on a weekday evening for an early dinner. The restaurant was quite busy, but not full, and service was quite prompt. We each ordered starters and a main, apart from one friend who ordered another starter as a main, which the waiter was quite happy to arrange. The starters were all fine, and the mussels were good value - a decent-sized portion and a nice sauce. My wife and I had both ordered a "special" for the main course, a pork loin dish; when I was eating this, it was so tough I had to cut it into small pieces and chew for a long time to eat it, but my wife gave up after trying a few pieces. The waiter came and asked why she wasn't eating the meat and she said it was too tough: he laughed and walked away! When it came to paying, she was asked how her meal was and she replied that she couldn't eat the pork because it was too tough, and the server said "sorry about that" and that was the end of it. Very poor customer service: the lesson is, make a fuss - call the waiter right away and demand the food be changed.

Very mediocre. My wife had what can only be described as veg curry and pasta.

Tasty food, quiet atmosphere, nice waiters, everything for a pleasant informal stop

Excellent food and the waiters were lovely

Excellent food and drink. Vegetarian options limited in number but what I had was tasty and generous

Very nice local Italian. Quite pricy. But very delicious. Would definaly recommend the foccacia.

Hi. I thought the food was good and the atmosphere was also good. BUT. We both ordered a large glass of wine. Our wine came back in a smallish glass of wine. Certainly not a large one!! I felt ripped off!

Was one of my first times trying Italian food, waiter was a gent and really enjoyed the atmosphere in particular. Would definitely recommend the tiramisu for dessert!

Good food, friendly staff… we didn’t book and we had a good service and romantic night with my wife.

Perfect!!! Everything is just fine, grazie!!

Very good cuisine and prices. Busy in the evening, but personnel managed to be kind and helpful. Highly recommend.

Very enjoyable 1st experience at Morningside Mia's Kitchen.

Went to Mia's for lunch last week. Not only was it very competitively priced for two courses, but it was one of the best meals I've had out this year. The mussels were absolutely delicious and I will be returning again in the near future. The waiter was kind and friendly and overall a wonderful experience. Thankyou Mia's!

Great food and wine, friendly staff, great service!

Food was delicious. Incredibly good value lunch menu (£12.95 for 2 courses or £14.95 for 3 courses), and even better as we had an itison voucher. The waiter was lovely and attentive without intruding, nothing was a bother to him. Will definitely be back.

Did not enjoy my meal was more like a plate of soup. There was a hair in one of the other quests food but she did not like it anyway. They did not bill her for, but will not be back.

We went to celebrate my wife's birthday, the food was delicious! We had scallops and bruschetta with tomato as a starter and seafood linguine and porcini risotto as main, a white wine with our mains. The staff surprised us with pannacotta and candle for the special occasion. Thanks so much, we had a nice evening!

Food was lovely, though the minestrone soup was more vegetable soup and charging £7.95 for 4 very small slices of 'buffalo' mozzarella and 4 slices of tomato was just a tad overpriced, and we were served cold coffees, although replaced it was obvious the mocha had been put in the microwave, it certainly was not a fresh one 😲. Atmosphere and service was good.

Food over all nice, pork was wonderfully done, but if the linguine alla vongole were using fresh clams would be much nicer, the vongole pasta taste oily and bland. Service was minimal, feels like a bit reluctant to us. Dessert and espresso were sublime, especially the choc cheesecake, fluffy and light, perfect finale

A cut above my previous Italian gastronomic experiences!

The best food always busy try to book or u maybe disappointed Inexpensive lunch menu Very good service Plus take away when fully booked we ordered a take out , walked up the rd & took the food back to our room even home made soup with bread it is amazing don’t miss out

Wonderful meal , I had lasagne and garlic bread . We were celebrating a birthday the staff made it extra special

I have been reviewing restaurants here in Edinburgh, where I live and abroad. I always make sure I gave a fair review so I can give info to people and help them choose good places and good food. We went here today to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. The food were really good and cocktails were good too. Our main server was kind and polite but the server who took our payment I found him rude. Literally seconds after tapping my bank card to pay our meal we were asked to leave the table in 5 mins. I found it really really rude. I understand that it gets busy but give us chance to put our jackets on, at least or go to the WC! It kinda ruined our night and left a bitter after taste.

S.mall friendly place Good service.

We arrived 20:45 and were seated after a ten minute wait. Presented with menus we then waited another 25 minutes for service. Ordered our starters and mains to be told that 1/3rd of the menu was unavailable. No pizza! I can appreciate that they can run out of pizza dough. (Unforgivable but it can happen). What is not acceptable is failing to mention this when they seated us and leaving us hanging for 35 minutes. Perhaps their thinking was that it would be too late for us to go elsewhere. Happily they were wrong.

We had a lovely family night . Good food, busy restaurant as Tuesday night… good service☺️ thanks guys see you soon

Amazing rustic italian. Food was superb and service was great. A real treat. Would highly recommend. I had the ravioli which was delicious and my son had pizza which was also delicious. Would return for sure.

We went for a 60th birthday and the staff were amazing and went above and beyond to make the night special. The food is great and can’t recommend this place enough.

Wonderful restaurant at a very good price.

Muy buen trato y servicio. Comida de alta calidad i buena relación con el precio. Apto pars niños. Buena parada en Edimburgo.

Minestrone soup was so tasty. Kids fish and chips was fresh, and tasty. Worth the money.

Very very delicious Italian food at a fair price. Everything we have tried here (pasta, pizza, fishes, soups) are great.

Wow 10/10. Wonderful venue, food and service at a great price. Children friendly , highly recommended. If we didn't live 12,000 miles away it we would be regular customers.

Good food, overall the desserts

This is a great piece of pure Italy in Morningside discovered when a family member moved there. I have been 3 times now. Excellent pasta dishes; plump juicey muscle; great tiramisu and cheesecake. Book to be on the safe side.

Lovely restaurant but looking a bit scruffy outside. Please remove the dead olive tree and the fag ends, not doing you any favours nor is the staff smoking outside.

We were three and whilst the food was ok, my carbonara was very heavy. The service could have been a bit cheerier. We found the place very noisy (Tuesday) which was a bit intrusive. Sorry, don't think we'll rush back - plenty others to choose from.

Great service but the food was unseasoned and the pasta was over cooked.

Well worth a visit. It was our first visit and we were not disappointed. Great friendly efficient service, great food and prices

Over the past few years we have purchased a few hundred pounds worth of half price food vouchers for Mia Italian Kitchen, Morningside, Edinburgh. We always knew that there was a supplement for Beef, Veal and Fish dishes BUT never on seafood. I have often ordered Scallops, Prawns, Clams and Mussels never incurring an additional charge. However tonight 11/06/2023 I ordered Scallops as a starter only to be told that there would be an additional £5 charge. On going through the menu I found that all dishes containing seafood would have an additional £5 added to the cost hence, if we had ordered the food we were planning to have, it would have cost us an additional £20 on top of the £25 voucher we purchased making our total bill £45 for £50 worth of food. I still have three of these MyIdeal vouchers but when they are gone so am I. I have to admit though that the food is good but not worth the HALF price voucher. Three Scallops £5, I bought a Kilo of them for £9.99

Amazing and yummy food! Beautiful and quiet little place. Service is really polite and welcoming

Such a lovely place with great food and very warm welcoming atmosphere 😊 very friendly staff and plenty of amazing Italian language around to hear 😍 definitely highly recommend it. Thank you for the excellent service and experience 👌😍

Impromptu Saturday lunch great food and service as always Lovely busy vibe.

May favourite Italian restaurant and somewhere I always take family when they visit. This visit was no exception - delicious food and the service was excellent. Would highly recommend.

came on a busy/full saturday night - it was loud, hectic and full on. However, Ewelina came to our resuce, looking after us wonderfully, with great charmand efficiency. We all thoroughly enjoyed all our meals, recommend the special farfalle, delicious

Great atmosphere, super food. Well recommended.

The restaurant was buzzing and the staff were very helpful and happy smiley people. The food was excellent. I couldn’t fault it especially the pasta.

Food absolutely delicious and perfect portion size.

Popped in for a late lunch and the food is still delicious and plentiful. Had a pizza carne and was super tasty (I prefer a slightly thinner base but the dough has a good chew and flavour so I don't mind) and my partner has spicy sausage rigatoni, which was full on flavour and pasta was cooked perfectly.

Dinner with friends. We didn't know where to go, we were on our way and stopped. We ordered wine and food. Great starters to share. Seafood ravioli was yummy, my friend's carbonara was also great. We spent an evening chatting and laughing, with desserts and...

Great restaurant recommended by the poeople at the Lane Boutique hotel up the road. Good very good and service excellent. Quaint Italian restaurant with very good food.