The best restaurants serving Italian food in Edinburgh and Lothian

We've been here many times and always received a friendly welcome. It was recommended to us by neighbours who themselves have been going here for around years. The hand cut triple cooked chips are amazing, as are the properly thin and authentic pizzas, and my husband loved his spag bol the last time we were there. Even if we just fancy a takeway pizza, this is our first choice. Good value too!

This is a really great little cafe, people are friendly and helpful but most of all it has great food and coffee with a genuine continental atmosphere . Love it

Fantastic cafe, great breakfast rolls, delicious coffee, fabulous freshly squeezed OJ. But particularly lovely service - really friendly and fantastically efficient - can’t recommend highly enough 👌👌 🤩

Excellent supper club experience! Eight great courses showcasing a range of Sardinian dishes. Great experience with friends, thank you!

Bittersweet is glorious. Absolutely exquisite cocktails, delicious small plates of Italian food and detailed and attentive service. The venue is beautiful and the staff were passionate and expressive in their shared mission to ensure we had a wonderful time and experienced a sensory explosion of flavour in everything we drank and ate. Visiting from London I was pleasantly shocked that the bill was so reasonable for such a feast in flavour. I honestly can’t think of a meal I’ve enjoyed more and am already looking forward to returning when back in Edinburgh for the festival. Leith has a new jewel in its culinary crown and it’s Bittersweet.

On cold and very wet December days, this cafe was a great place to warm up. I suspect it would be a great 'slice of Italy' at any time of the year. Excellent hot and tasty panini, homemade scones and hot coffee...very welcome and much needed. Great attentive and friendly staff. We will ready return (and have) to this great cafe. For us, a bonus is that it is nowhere near the city centre.

This restaurant has a lovely cosy, authentic, Italian feel with reasonably priced classics on the menu. The pizza that I ordered was delicious and fantastic value. The service was efficient and friendly too without being overbearing and I will definitely be returning next time. I am in Edinburgh!

Upmarket restaurant in a small country village serving a delicious, good quality range of food. We enjoyed Saturday night dinner at this restaurant and I was particularly impressed when the days special was Ox Cheek. It did not disappoint! I enjoyed a melt-in-the-mouth beautifully prepared dish and was toiling to finish it all. Thankfully we'd shared bruschetta to start...the portion was more than enough for two and it was delicious. I'd highly recommend 119 and will most definitely be back.

Incredible food, handmade with care and attention. The beef shin lasagne is absolutely heavenly. The owners are a lovely couple too

Trovato per caso, ma molto soddisfatto. Ottima pizza preparata con ingredienti di qualità ad un prezzo molto contenuto per Edimburgo. Lo consiglio a chiunque voglia mangiare una vera pizza napoletana.

My suggestion is that once in your life you must to try the pizza At pizza tree , could be a quick lunch to eat there or take away , so I've tried both and the taste still the same ... highly recommend thanks guys

Este lugar nos preparó pizza vegana sin problema. Alcachofa, origano, aceitunas, salsa de tomate. Simple y delicioso Una verdadera joya italiana!

Mi esposa y yo amamos la auténtica cocina italiana y acabamos de tropezar con esta pequeña joya cuando estábamos caminando al castillo de Holyrood. Quedamos impresionados por la calidad de los sándwiches italianos frescos, arancinis y postres de esta pequeña tienda. Y el personal italiano era muy amable y atento. Si buscas un delicioso, fresco, auténtico y a un precio razonable italiano, no dejes de visitarnos.

In seven days I spent in Edimburg, five nights I went in Vapiano, to eat Pasta, home made. Very, very good. I'm italian and, believe me, it was so good that it seemed to be in Italy. Don't lose this place when you'll be in Edimburg.

Received this recommendation from a local. It was delicious! Loved what we ordered and the choice of mash was brilliant. Don't miss dessert. Alex and Teri were great, attentive, and personable. We've been traveling now five days, and this has been our best meal!