Vittoria
Italian and Pizza Restaurant
Price: £££
Licensed: Yes
BYOB: No
Pre-Theatre: No
Takeaway: No
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3 user reviews:
from andy (100%) on August 22nd, 2007 (1 year ago)
Vittoria, 19 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EE, Edinburgh
I'd been looking forward to visiting here since I noticed it open a couple of months ago. I've heard lots of good things about the Vittoria on Leith Walk, but have never visited as it's on the other side of town.
This is the second time an Italian restaurant has been attempted in this location - Tuscany that opened in September 2005, I think, lasted less than a year. The steak restuarant Green Door followed and proved even less successful. I had eaten in both - Tuscany was fine, nothing special. I suspect that opening just after the festival had finished did them no favours - they probably could have done with the festival gold rush to see them through the year! Green Door was actually really good - the steaks were excellent. But it was never busy - I guess people don't want to pay £20 for a main course very often.
But surely an Italian restaurant can do well here? There is an absolute dearth of DECENT Italian restaurants on the south side. There are some average ones on South Bridge/Nicolson Street serving the Festival Theatre masses, some touristy ones on the mile (though I've heard that Rocco is actually very good) and the frightfully bad Sardi's on Forrest Road.
So I really wanted Vittoria to be good. Things weren't looking promising when we turned up for our 7.30 booking at 7.35 and had to wait for our table. But we only waited a couple of minutes. This is mid-festival and the restaurant was jam-packed, so this is definitely forgivable.
From then on, everything was excellent. Despite the staff being run off their feet, the service was great, with the staff even finding time to keep our wine glasses filled. We has mixed garlic breads to start, followed by pizzas and coffee. The food was excellent. Pizzas were just right - nice crispy bases, not too oily, generous toppings. With a bottle of wine the bill came in under £40.
Overall, a very welcome addition to George IV Bridge. Let's hope the business survives longer than the previous 2 occupants did - going by my experience, I'm sure it will.
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from paddyhr (48%) on October 25th, 2007 (10 months ago)
Vittoria, 19 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EE, Edinburgh
High standard of food was let down by very ordinary service, think we had the work experience kid (although he was about 30). By the standard of the service other diners were getting I think we were unlucky.
Good pizza in a nice setting in the old town, I would go back.
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from Marius (10%) on May 10th, 2008 (3 months ago)
Vittoria, 19 George IV Bridge, EH1 1EE, Edinburgh
Beware their lunch menu... very bad deal. The portions are tiny. We thought it was a joke when the micro sized pizzas arrived. In the end we had to go for a dessert at the Elephant House next door as we were still hungry... With so many great lunch deals to choose from in the area (including the excellent Cafe Sardi's) we certainly won't be back...
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