Pizza Express in Edinburgh, City of

Both my children had a joint party here and the staff member - Jamie was excellent. She managed to control a rowdy bunch of 12 kids with ease and they all extremely enjoyed it.

Set inside an old church in Morningside, this Pizza Express has a truly unique look and feel. It's spacious and light and there's a real feeling of grandeur when you enter. The central focus point is a beautiful old church organ, under which the kitchen lies. My wife and I popped along for the first time in years to try their new gluten-free pizza (American hot for me) and dough balls, and we were not disappointed. The staff were efficient and friendly and took the gluten-free request seriously, which was reassuring. The only issue we had was that despite the restaurant being pretty empty (it was 5pm on a Wednesday), a father arrived with a crying toddler and was plonked right next to us, completely ruining the ambience. Not sure why they felt the need to do that when there were so many tables available. Will probably go a bit later in future to avoid that scenario, or just ask the staff in advance for a quiet spot I suppose! Anyway, it was a good overall experience and we look forward to going again.

We were served by George who was enthusiastic and very attentive. The atmosphere was very nice and the service was absolutely excellent.

As a family we occasionally enjoy eating at various Pizza restaurants in Edinburgh. Well yesterday we had the best Pizza experience in Edinburgh. The ambience, servers and pizzas were superb. Stand out servers in charge were Laniel and Pablo who had the place running like clockwork , effioanc with a smile. Well done. We shall be back soon. Frank Porter

Used to go regularly to this branch. Went recently on a Tuesday night, hardly any tables taken . Manager? very rude. Initially said no walk ins, thought he was joking ! Then pushed and pulled a couple of tables and said you can have a table but it will be a long wait for food! Events aid one chef off. No way would we give him the business. He could easily have explained his predicament in a friendly manner and perhaps offered some doughballs whilst we waited instead of being so rude. Went to a local italian over the road and got well looked after!

Great service and food served by George

Just yummy- and actually arrived hot

The high ceilings of the former church are impressive

I went to this restaurant two times . So my experience which was not occasionally. The waitress service completely awful. I felt like getting in a CCP gov restaurant even better than this one . No smile , when making wrong order , no sorry , finally made the bill no thank you as usual all rounds no smile , show angry face , that were my two time visit experience. Also the front line manager at the Receiption is similar , no welcome message and hoping you were better not getting in attitude .

would have been better if portion size was slightly bigger

Pizza was disappointing for “Italian pizza” . I ordered the half sloppy Joe and half margarita. Beef used was spiced for Turkish food and not at all prepared like sloppy Joe meat. The pizza was dry and not worth £25! . Would not order again.

Overall, everyone here was absolutely lovely especially our server, George. The vibes in pizza express never disappoint and the food is always peak!!!

Amazing food! We were served very fast by the lovely George. Amazing atmosphere and overall a great place to eat!! Highly recommend!

George is the best!! Such a friendly server and lovely doughballs 😍 Posted from my dad's account. From Maisie 🩷

cold pizza,late and is not even cut. great job

it was lovely and amazing and loved george he was the best server ever

The food was nice and the waiter Kamala was nice very good service

We have been to many branches of Pizza Express a very large number of times over the years. It is generally consistent in its service, quality, and atmosphere. This was no exception. The branch we went to is in what we think is an old church or hall because it has huge vaulted ceilings, what was a balcony seating area and a pipe organ up against the back wall. It makes it a very interesting place and the fact that we were, initially, the only people in, made it all the better. Service was very good, pricing was reasonable, food was quick and hot. We would return.

Fantastic family Birthday meal. George and the staff looked after us so well, pizza was great. Unique venue in a former church.

Lovely staff, good food, great company 😏

Lovely spot for some Za, George was a great waiter

Great service , great food. George was a great server

Always great food & service when we come here. Despite the place being busy our order was taken then our food delivered quickly. Great location and staff very attentive.

George was amazing it was a great experience The food was great also the ambience was pretty comfortable and nice 😊

Hi I have been to this restaurant on my first visit to Edinburgh and it was lovely. Mr. George was amazing and very friendly and engaging with us all together it was a good experience surely will be back on my next visit😇

Another fantastic meal. Fab food and service.

Great atmosphere! Amazing service from George. Made us feel welcome from start to finish. Pizza was fantastic too. We always recommend this Pizza Express over others.

George was an absolute legend - thank you! Food was, as per, excellent and I already look forward to coming back.

Excellent food and service, thank you George, every time it is wonderful.

George was really friendly and helpful, making it a very pleasant evening with good food.

Staff were very welcoming especially George our waiter. Food was delicious as always.

George was great atmosphere was cool

Lovely pizza, dessert, and drinks. Good atmosphere for a weekday evening in a very impressive building.

Great Service great atmosphere, well shaved waiter , i think was named Lunella and Joanna service was exceptional.

Fantastic Pizza and amazing service from Joanna. She remembers everything we had on our last visit! Amazing! The best🙏

he couldn't find my house and then left my pizza cold

Took over 1.5hrs to arrive from ordering. To only be offered £7.33 on refund for cold food is nonsense. Bitterly disappointed. Only made up by food being mildly tasty and friendly delivery driver. Just shame most things were cold and late!! Disappointed !!!

Great food. Really friendly service. Our waiter George was very patient and really helpful.

Food missing kids juice missing food as terrible and no one answers the phone

On 14th December 2024, my wife and I visited this restaurant second time. All foods were good and all staff were very kind. We enjoyed very much our lunch in there. Looking forward to visiting again soon. Thank you!

Pizza very disappointing. One base was overcooked and the other there were 2 bases together. Toppings very skimpy. Poor value and poor quality

Starters came out in batches on 3. People had already finished. We were a table of 8.

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My daughter's favourite gf place

Soooo good and welcoming place Must visit

Pizza was small for the price, warm not hot not good value for money.

The staff in this Pizza Express are really great. Very naturally friendly and helpful. - We were here on a Wednesday night and the place packed a bit of atmosphere but our meal was tasty. I would return just because of the staff though as we were made to feel very welcome.

As regular customers of 10+ years, we were disappointed with our recent weekday visit. Despite visible empty tables, we were turned away without any explanation or alternative suggestions for timing. While we could see the staff member was under pressure and stressed, this wasn't the welcoming experience we've come to expect from Pizza Express. I hope this was just an off night, as we've enjoyed many good meals here over the years.

pizzas cold. previous orders were amazing. Disappointed this time.

Pizza was cold when it arrived.

Brillante fiesta de cumpleaños infantil a la que asistió mi hijo que amaba hacer su propia pizza. El personal super y la comida era Devine.

We held our daughter's birthday party here and were extremely happy with the package. The manager & staff organised & hosted it brilliantly and were very accommodating & laid back about the whole thing. Highly recommend for a kids party (and of course for a causal meal!)

Buenas pizzas, buen servicio y el personal era agradable y amable. Simplemente increíblemente caro. Desafortunadamente no regresaremos debido a los precios extorsivos.

Visited with a group that included five 1 years olds to celebrate a birthday for an early lunch. We were told to keep the babies quiet which is very disappointing for what is ostensibly a family friendly restaurant.

Feeling completely conned - have just paid £20 or so for a cold and unpleasant pizza. Not what I paid for and very disappointing. Only 10 minutes late so should have been at least warm. My advice would be to order from somewhere else.

The delivery driver threw my food on the doorstep - so rude. Every single item is cold

Food was delivered an hour late and the pizza was cold.

Took over an hour to deliver, (we live 20 minutes away). Pizza was cold and pepperoni was burnt, and dough was like rubber. Do not reccomend.

Terrible... Got a BBQ chicken pizza delivered, they put beef chunks on it instead of chicken and there were 2 pizza bases instead of 1.. butchered it completely. A frozen pizza is better

Excellent food. Excellent delivery. Unfortunately some of the food was lukewarm but still tasted good.

Pizzas sobreprecio, £ 15 para mi pepperoni promedio que era pequeño y entre £ 17 / 19 para la Romana. Los lados se servían en cajas de cartón que yo esperaría para una comida para llevar, pero no sentado en el restaurante. Bolas de masa para niños sobre cocidas y duras. Vasos de agua en la mesa, pero sin agua. Había 1 camarera sirviendo a todo el restaurante que estaba muerto para un domingo por la tarde, pero estamos esperando mucho tiempo para nuestra comida. Quizás porque el restaurante con poco personal tenía que lidiar con los conductores de Deliveroo. Tuve que ir a buscar una cuchara para pasta de mis hijos, ya que no había personal de espera en el piso y luego también tuvo que ir a pedir la cuenta. El restaurante también estaba helado. Las familias tienden a elegir Pizza Express porque es rápido y buen lugar, pero no experimentamos ninguno hoy. Muy decepcionante y no volveré

Food is so bad it's worse than just cooking a frozen pizza at home. On top of that it's like £15 for a pizza???? They've gotten too big for their boots, preying on fools who will keep paying these prices for the worst pizza. This pizza express is just round the corner from Matto, which is significantly cheaper and serves actually good nice pizzas. Do yourself a favour and avoid this godawful place, go somewhere that will treat you with the respect you deserve.

One of the worst pizzas I ever had, it was tasteless no sesoning at all only pepper (i have ordered margerita pizza). The dough was chewy as well. It was home delivery sa the quality could drop, that is only why I given 2 stars no 1.

Always an enjoyable time and experience. Such lovely and attentive staff and a really nice atmosphere. Food was amazing as well!

Ridiculously overpriced, ordered a £15 pizza and when it came I knew instantly it wouldn't be enough, the dough is good but toppings have little taste and wanted more food when I finished... service was okay but we ordered dessert and 10-15 minutes later had to order again as they had clearly forgotten about it.... a pint bottle of beer was 7.25... was an okay experience overall but not worth further visits

Friendly service. Lovely food. Nice venue. Deserves to be busier.

late, tasted good, but the portion size was so small I was very disappointed. rip off for 16£!

A beautiful restaurant inside an old church. Mid-afternoon visit but service and food were all fantastic. The only people in at one point which is why the atmosphere only scored 4 but I'm being very harsh with that.

Food is great anything made fresh is always great. I have no problem tipping but when I get served by one person, not 3 different people and when it's a change of shift

missing items and cold food. Ordered the meal deal, and dough balls came without the dips as advertised, so was left with plain bread balls. pizza was stone cold but was tasty once re-heated. overall disappointing from pizza express.

absolutely lovely place for a family lunch, Joanna is the kindest warmest server, thank you! ❤️

Food was overcooked, tough and cold on arrival. Only good thing was the garlic butter.

It was the best birthday party so far! My daughter celebrated her 8th birthday today. The organization was perfect, kids were always busy, had fun making their own pizzas, eating them and ice cream at the end! But our main amazement and admiration was Rob!! He made this party fantastic!! Daria was helping the kids a lot as well, but all the entertainment was on Robert! He is not only a professional chef but also very good with kids! I would highly recommend these place for your little ones! 10/10!

The children described it is the happiest birthday party they had ever attended. The waiters Robert were very experienced in leading the activities and the atmosphere was great. The children made pizza together They also played games and competition of designed the chef hat.

4 dough balls - 4! this is not a standard portion. pizza base like cardboard and large areas with no toppings

Tasty pizza, located in a truly authentic place - church. Good service. Impressively very clean toilets. Recommend.

Full stars but it took over an hour to get a driver. They were quick once they were on the move.

This was the PE in Morningside. Really good place.

Pasta was a tiny portion and arrived without ham.

Ordered prawn stater and bruschetta starter - awful. Prawns were sitting in a bowl of water with a couple peppers- had to return them, bruschetta was below average for the price. Pizzas we soggy, when asked for extra crispy. Staff were neglectful. Won’t be back, don't recommend

The food was actually unexpectedly good, especially the barbecue chicken pizza and halloumi bites. The billionaires sundae was great to share, not too sweet. Don't recommend the rainbow slaw though - the cabbage was bitter - everything else was pretty nice.

I paid extra for more dips but was only sent garlic butter, although nice it was disappointing that the other were missing

The food was cold and the pasta wasn’t quite cooked throughout.

food was cold by the time it arrived, quite greasy and calamari was burnt/black. Not impressed with the standards and what we paid for it!

I ordered a margarita pizza and the pizza was 80% pizza base and a small volume of cheese! If I wanted a cheeseless pizza I’d have ordered a cheeseless pizza! Not acceptable at all. I know businesses are trying to cut corners but this isn’t it. Worst pizza I’ve ever received. Defo won’t buy again!

Our server, George, made the night! Great fun, friendly, attentive, knowledgeable! Oh, and the vegan pizzas were tasty too 😃

Casual family meal. Good place to go.

ordered romana got normal pizza

Amazing staff, we arrived with a screaming toddler and they were nothing but kind and helpful throughout our lunch, food was delicious and waiters were all wonderful.

Interior was fantastic, looked gorgeous and was clean. Service was impeccable, our server was lovely and chatty and took wonderful care of us - checked we could have certain dishes the way we wanted and gave us A+ recommendations when certain items were unavailable. The food was also delicious, having been the only member of my party to have not come to Pizza Express before I agree with my fellow diners that it is awesome. Also had some crayons and a booklet for our kiddo which is always a plus.

Ignorant, incompetent and down right rude, manager walked away while I was talking to her, really shocking behaviour, waited 30 mins for take out pizza which had been ordered 30 mins before that.

delivery driver was absolutely terrible - phoned for directions and was incredibly rude........told me he couldn't find the address, had other deliveries to do so he would just leave the order at the petrol station and we could collect!!!

Food was cold. Delivered 50 minutes later than original delivery estimate. Expensive as well. Won’t order from Pizza Express again

We’ve been coming to this pizza express regularly with my son throughout the years. Yesterday, me and my partner were chased outside by the manager and asked if we had paid for the meal. The rudeness of the situation was such we were speechless. Worth saying we were asked to move table before the end of the meal, to which we agreed (albeit, not have been told that table was booked when we sat down). I won’t be able to shake that feeling and go back again. I’m giving 2 stars to acknowledge the kind waiter who served us and that we know for a long time.

good food, but unnecessarily expensive, as they force you to pick a side and a drink.

Lovely friendly team and great food.

Pizzas look like they were made by a toddler. Cheese all in the middle of pizza, and overwhelmed with sauce. Extremely disappointed

Came here tonight with a friend for the starter + main deal Mon- Thurs for £13.95. Booked via the app. Place was extremely quiet, although it was after 8pm. As my friend and I have used the pizza express app before we were keen to ‘check in’ and asked for a table sign to scan. However, the waitress dismissed this and said ‘we needed to order first’. We then both ordered off the ‘starter’ menu and a ‘classic pizza’ as instructed on the face of the voucher from the app. We had still not received a table sign. While ordering, we both sat with our pizza express home page open, keen to ‘check in.’ Neither the manager or waitress mentioned or double checked with us, that the included starters ONLY were the doughballs. When we received the bill we both asked again if we could check, as we were using the app to pay. The waitress quickly stated ‘we didn’t get the correct starters.’ I then explained how we couldn’t ’check in’ and therefore click on the deal to see. The waitress was far from apologetic and turned very hostile. Thankfully we used our UNIDAYS and got some money off. I am a regular at Pizza Express and am grateful for the gluten free options but the unhelpful, unbothered and failing to inform service, severely let this establishment done today. I will not return to this branch.

Very ordinary food served well but priced as if it’s something special. You can eat lunch just as well elsewhere in Morningside for no more than a tenner.

Didn’t arrive!!! At all, almost £60 for 3 pizzas. Never ordering again!