The best restaurants serving Italian food in Scotland

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.

Lovely atmosphere, friendly service. I don’t think people think to go here but I would absolutely recommend. The food was delicious. Our party had the meat feast pizza and the chicken in a mushroom sauce which I can’t remember the name of. Nutella pancakes and ice cream were also delicious. The waitress was fantastic, I wish I’d got her name. Thank you for a lovely meal and fantastic service.

The best place best food best atmosphere can't wait to return . Can't thank enough the owners and staff

This restaurant/hotel was closed for a while and this was our first chance to visit since it reopened. The service was excellent as was the food. Good restaurants seem to be few and far between nowadays. All we get are national brands, so its good to see an independent offering a great night out.

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.

Another excellent meal at Ravenscourt House. Delicious homemade soup and couldn’t resist having the Carbonara again. The Bruschetta, Seafood Tagliatelle and Duck Ragu also looked very good and all were generous portions. The service was very welcoming and friendly so it was a great evening.

I and my colleagues were appalled by some of the most abusive behaviour I have ever witnessed upon entering an establishment. We waited for a table in what must have been the wrong place to wait (?). My friends were subsequently subjected to a barrage of unintelligible but clearly hostile bluster from an apparently aggravated host, who ushered us over to a counter to ostensibly assist us. We had done and said nothing! It felt only appropriate to leave the establishment immediately, upon which one of the chefs threw us a profane finger gesture. Baffling and shocking. Do not visit here.

Was in there tonight . Food was amazing . Staff very polite and helpful and cheerful. Will defo go again..

What brilliant folks in here, can't thank them enough. Baled me out big time when I suffered a Pizza Dough catastrophe. Gave then a shout on the off chance and they sorted me out with a massive bag of the best Pizza dough. It rose like a dream and tasted ace. And by the way, I have also eaten here and the food is always spot on, but this was a bit 'above and beyond'. Fantastic team, thanks so much!!

For a treat we ordered deserts from Sadie’s, they were delivered by the owner, what a lovely girl she is and WOW there deserts were delishious and we will certainly be ordering from them again

This is a fantastic little cafe/coffee shop in Alyth. Very friendly and food and coffee are great. Mike, the owner, takes great pride in his work - and is a wonderful cook. We’d particularly recommend the pizzas and paninis!

Wow I am scone snob! My mum bought me on on recent visit to Peebles and wow it didn't even need butter! A fruit scone with plenty sultanas. Lovely!

Staying in Glenrothes for a couple of nights and was looking for something handy for myself my wife and my daughter. Read the reviews and thought we’d give Pizza Vara a go. It was amazing. Freshly made pizzas, while we waited, in a huge pizza oven. We tried a special from the menu, it was special, absolutely delicious. The owner was very friendly and chatted away while we waited. He suggested we also try his home made tiramisu. Wow, it was gorgeous as well! Well deserved 5 star reviews. Nice guy, nice staff, beautiful food! Heartily recommended!!

We chose the premium rosete menu for a special birthday and it was flawless - sous vide salmon and filet steak cooked to perfection! Every element was delicious down to the peas. Rob is friendly and professional, would highly recommend!

Maria hace toda la comida misma con ingredientes frescos. Ella es amable y dispuesto a cambiar cualquier opción de menú para satisfacer. Comida sin gluten también.