Bar Italia
Italian and Pizza Restaurant and Takeaway
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Price: ££
Licensed: Yes
BYOB: No
Pre-Theatre: No
Takeaway: Yes
Delivery: No
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from clockworksatan (29%) on December 18th, 2008 (2 weeks ago)
Bar Italia, 100-104 Lothian Road, EH3 9BE, Edinburgh
My fiancee and I went to Bar Italia after work one evening because it was close to where we worked and we felt like trying somewhere new.
It was fairly quiet so we got seated quickly and were presented with the (rather small) menu. I ordered the calzone and my better half ordered a pizza - our drinks were served fairly quickly so no complaints there. The staff were very friendly too, but seemed a bit distracted and it was quite hard to get their attention.
Once the food eventually arrived after a longer than expected wait, we tucked in. My calzone was rather bland to be honest and it seemed like they had scrimped on the fillings but otherwise was ok. My fiancee had no complaints about her pizza either.
When it come to asking for the bill, the staff had all but disappeared and we waited and waited until one of them appeared and had to gesticulate wildly to get their attention.
All in all, it wasn't a particularly bad dining experience but on the other hand it wasn't anything to rave about. The prices are a tad on the high side and the staff just seemed uninterested in serving us, so we felt a bit 'meh' over the meal. I remember wishing that we'd stuck to what we knew and had went over the road to Darios instead, where we would have been much happier.
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from John Hunt (17%) on January 11th, 2008 (11 months ago)
Bar Italia, 100-104 Lothian Road, EH3 9BE, Edinburgh
Absolutely catastrophic. The worst house wine I have ever tasted and two very average pizzas which took an hour to arrive (restaurant was about 1/5 full) because waiter and pizza chef somehow contrived to mislay the order check.
Bill was presented with 10% service charge which was the final insult. This was deducted along with another 50% for the substandard food, wine and service supplied. Frankly, they were lucky to get any money at all and the payment of only half the bill prompted threats of them calling the police.
'Go ahead' I replied. 'It's our fault this place is so appalling?'.
Avoid unless very drunk and very hungry. This being so, you'd be as well going for a kebab.
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