South China Inn in Edinburgh, City of

What a fantastic little gem. Right in the heart of Edinburgh but in a quiet location. Staff outstanding and so friendly. Rooms. every one was different but spotless. Food was excellent and there was a discount on evening meals if you were resident in the hotel. Quirky but in keeping with the traditional build of the area. Liked it so much myself and my wife will visit again shortly and take in a show at the playhouse theatre only 5 mins walking away. Highly recommend.

It's right on the river walk. So very picturesque. The room, need, towels very polish. Towel heater was a special touch! Met some wonderful people, great breakfast and dinner was fab.! The people working there are the best made our stay very comfortable and we can't wait to go back!

Great food, great service. Glad to have spent my birthday there!!

So, let me explain...my previous review below was the truth....back then. Since then, La Favorita has declined and is more consistently disappointing rather than the best they used to be. We order at least once a week, every week. The pizza consistency is now awful. Last night it was more of a light, thin tasteless dough. Last week there was extra semolina on the base and a lot darker. Sometimes it's thicker, sometimes its thinner. The chicken tenders have varied wildly over the last 4 weeks. Sometimes small and lots, sometimes 3, sometimes 4 larger ones. Some overcooked and really brown, some lighter...in the same box....! It's really disappointing. Looking at the website, you can not place an order for collection! I wanted to contact them direct to leave feedback, but the constant pop-up advising no collection and have i contacted the store, only to reveal there is only 1 store now. This just annoyed me more. Given there are 3 brand new pizza places, actually closer to me than Leith Walk and 2 of them get much better reviews, I've always been loyal to La Favorita, but it's being tested every time now. I don't know how or why you've lost your mojo, consistency, love, quality, chefs or whatever it is. The secret to any successful business is do something good, consistently and leave it simple. You don't see award winning restaurants or take-aways churning out massive menu's. You go anywhere in Europe and the award winning, massively popular places are the ones that focus on doing a small number of things, really well. It feels like you are churning out pizzas, toppings indiscriminately thrown on, you use to put oregano on, this stopped. Last night, only 2 slices had all of the allocated red chilli, the others no chilli. It's just sloppy. The dough is massively inconsistent. Putting differently coloured chicken tenders in the same order is just wrong. I'm going to leave my previous review below, This is how you are. Below is how you were. Please get better. 2 Years ago............ I can't fault La Favorita, their pizzas are the best I've ever had, outisde of Italy. The smokey wood fired taste, the base, touch of oregano, the quality of ingredients are genuinely mouth-watering. Having had quite a few deliveries, I find collection is the best method. I have noted that they have reheating instructions on the box now. I do pop it in the oven for 2 or 3 mins on a pizza stone after collecting it, unless it was fresh out of the oven. To be completely honest, I would eat it cold for breakfast too. It's a shame they no longer sell the chicken broccolli pasta and I don't find their arancini that good. The last few times, they have been overcooked and far too expensive for what you get. The calamari has been excellent on occasion, on others, not the best. I find their pizzas are mostly consistently excellent. Having tried many others in the area, there is no competition. Apart from their garlic bread, I have found somewhere that I prefer but the pizzas.....faultless.

Delicious food at reasonable prices!