Patron Saint in Edinburgh, City of

Astonished this place got a Bib Gourmand. As someone who spends quite a bit of time in Italy, this was a crashing disappointment. Italian cooking - and the Italians - are all about generosity, heart, big flavour and loads of personality. This is the antithesis of typical Italian hospitality, tiny parsimonious portions, most dishes tasted the same (salty) and it all felt quite mean spirited and sad. We were recommended to have 8 or 9 dishes to share between 5 of us, which we did, and were advised they’d come to the table when they were ready - fine. However they actually came out one at a time, meaning there there five of us trying to share a tiny plate. Pasta portions were so small, we each got one measly forkful. We got three sad tortolinni to share between 5- where’s the joy in that? Massively overpriced for what it was - honestly should have gone to one of the longstanding trats across the road, at least I wouldn’t have left hungry. I’ve given it two stars purely because our waitress was lovely, otherwise it would have been one.

On our way to our hotel after attending a wedding we decided to call and get something to eat it had been a long day and we were hungry. We had seen Bocca Bona the day before so called in, they were preparing to close but they insisted on making a pizza for us. The pizza was delicious and we can’t thank them enough for their kindness. We would highly recommend this pizzeria for their super service and delicious pizza.

Em uma caminhada agradável em família, nos deparamos com esta simpática e aconchegante casa italiana, próxima a região central de Edimburgo. Café muito saboroso, doces deliciosos, além de produtos de origem italiana.

Booked a table online. Got an email back to confirm. Turned up for dinner and restaurant was completely closed (looks like it had been for some time), even though it still showed as open online. Very frustrating.

La primera vez que revisé este restaurante, a la entrada el personal era muy amable cada uno tomando tomo para reconocernos, bebidas ofrecidas muy rápidamente. El personal nos dio tiempo para revisar el menú, sin prisas, es un restaurante que atiende mucho al teatro que está justo enfrente, así que me sorprendió que no nos apresuraran. En persona en el 5 quería “Gamberoni king prawn only”, pensé que extraño, pero volveré a ello. Debo decir que la comida se veía apetitosa, sopa, lasaña como entrante, bolas de arroz, todo se veía encantador. Fui a por espaguetis papoletti , es muy común que la carne esté seca, pero me impresionó! , jugosa y sabrosa, la pasta también tenía muy buen sabor. La persona que pidió el “gamberoni king prawn”, obtuvo precisamente lo que pidieron, solo gambas con una ensalada, esto no fue culpa del personal, pero lo menciono ya que trataron de remediar la situación aunque fueron irreprochables. Lo cual fue bueno de ver. Pude probar un “langostino y estaban rellenitos y sabrosos! ¿Fue el tiramisú hecho en casa?’ La siguiente pregunta, fue contestada honestamente con un ‘no’. ¡Pero no impidió que se ordenara! Parecía muy sabroso, pegajoso pudín de toffee con helado parecía un ganador. Un buen restaurante sólido, se parece bastante a mamá solía hacer desde el interior, pero disfruté de la experiencia, el personal era abundante y feliz de ayudar, especialmente cuando se puso muy ocupado, volveré. La próxima vez, voy a comer Gamberoni lingüina!