The best restaurants serving Italian food in Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh and Lothian

Amazing pizzas and mini calzones (better than big calzones in our opinion). They pride themselves on great ingredients and it shows in the taste.

Amazing food, great atmosphere and lovely staff:)

Great food and super polite staff. Went there with our two kids and the staff was super with them as well. Would highly recommend. Food was very tasty and delivered super fast. Absolutely nothing to complain.

Wow. I came by here on the recommendation of a Time Out article and I am so glad I did! I got the caponata sandwich which I took with me to eat by the Water of Leith. It was an absolute delight and probably one of the best sandwiches I’ve ever had - perfectly seasoned, perfect amount of greens and perfect type of bread. It is indeed a “big” sandwich which makes it great value! The restaurant is super cute and pretty accessible from city center.

Torno sempre molto volentieri in questa caffetteria davvero molto accogliente ed intima dove tutto è sempre buonissimo con un menù ricco e vario, dalla colazione al pranzo o spuntino, si trova di fronte la stazione di Haymarket, l'ideale per una pausa!

Beste Italiaanse vegan diner ooit! Snelle bediening, lekkere wijn, en vegan Tiramisu was super, en probeer zeker de vegan 'meat' feast pizza!

Super bland pizza. Pretty flavourless.Really oily. So oily it was falling apart. Our order was forgotten and we had to wait a while.

Bruschetta pleasant base tasting well with the tomatoes gently heated with a careful touch of seasoning to bring up their natural flavour. Calamari lightly cooked, pleasantly al dente and not tough.The seasoned coating was good. It's now rarer to be given "tender" calamari as (in my experience) they have to be good and fresh, then cooked promptly and briefly. But September is a good month and the Forth supports shoals of same, so little excuse other than a chef's casual timing. The ravioli was my second dish but I swapped it with my sister who had ordered a rack of lamb. Though looking well grilled, it was found to be effectivly raw. My bent, is for meat served blue but not raw. Unlike beef, lamb on the bone becomes difficult to cut as any slightly warmed adjoining fat becomes extremely slippy and exceedingly difficult to cut. And eating, without resorting to chewing! makesw a nonsense of "tender" lamb. By ignoring the fat, I still enjoyed it but found the waitress's response as to why it was so little cooked..... unsatisfactory ..... apparently "an In-house" style yet not mentioned on the menu ? So glad the chef doesn't have a preference for raw potatoes ! I'll check next time. regards John Perreur-Lloyd

I LOVE this place, and I go as often as possible. Cosy atmosphere and fantastic people working there. The food is delicious, and they also have a section selling typical Italian things. Really recommend

Party of 4 at 18.30 tp 20 30. On a Friday. Very good service, and excellent food. Friendly staff nice atmosphere.

I love Salvatore's. The warm welcome and everything about it is just right - we sit in and enjoy our lunch so much. Many thanks !

Pizza completamente bruciata. Immangiabile. Abbiamo girato la pizza per far capire al proprietario e ai camerieri che la pizza non era commestibile. Nessuno ha chiesto perché non avessimo mangiato.

Absolutely disgusted by the attitude of the front counter lady. We arrived without a booking and had mentally prepared for the possibility of being turned away or having to wait for a long time. There were two groups ahead of us - she greeted them and told them they would get a table in 10 minutes. She completely ignored us (first red flag). After I made eye contact with her, she curtly told us she didn’t have a table available in a frustrating manner (second red flag) and then walked away. With no clear information given, we assumed we could queue for our turn. Five minutes later, she noticed we were still in line behind the two groups and shouted at us, asking why we were still there since she had already told us there was no table. We explained that we didn’t mind waiting, but her response was appalling: 'I don’t have a table for you, do you want to wait for 1.5 hours?' We understand it’s a busy café, but she could have politely informed us about the 1.5-hour wait time instead of shouting. After reading past reviews, I realized we weren’t the only ones who had this kind of experience. We were initially drawn to this brunch café by its positive food reviews, but the treatment we received was horrendous. They have absolutely no interest in customer service, and the first impression was terrible. I’m glad we didn’t spend a penny supporting a business like this.

Great atmosphere even on a Tuesday night - helped by the "pub quiz" that our table won handsomely! To judge by the experience of our table of five, the food and drink here is good, and fair value for money.

Disappointed - had a reservation for a pre- rugby lunch on Saturday. Unfortunately despite having email confirmation of the booking, there was a ‘system issue’ and no table was available. Try finding an alternative table around Haymarket/Murrayfield on a game day 🙁