It was fabulous I would go all the time even if I did not feel good at all. I always go with my friends there.

Went for dessert, and it was good, but wait staff was shifty. We we're served by one of the girls at the bar who put in an order for a "special dessert" of cream puffs drizzled with lemon sauce for 7.95 instead of the £5 dessert we ordered, then added a 10% "Discretionary Service Charge" like the coffee and dessert was a lot of work for her. I hope she enjoys her undeserved £1.44 tip, it'll be the last she gets from me... never going back. So many lovely home-grown eateries in Edinburgh go to one of those. read more

We came on a Thursday night around 7-8pm and the place was very lively and fun. We didn't have a reservation so the wait was about 10-15 minutes to and we were able to sit at the bar and order drinks and appetizers in the meantime. The front host was the nicest man! He was super friendly and accommodating! Actually, all the staff seemed to get along well and are generally nice. The food was solid, nothing too special. We ordered the pizzas. Overall, would recommend! read more

Never thought the best Italian food I would ever have was in Scotland. The service was excellent, food was amazing, and the views spectacular. read more

Loved everything about this restaurant! Food was delicious, cocktails creative and service friendly from beginning to end. Quaint front table was perfect read more

My husband got a half order of chicken and mushroom pizza and a half order of the original carbonara and really liked his. I ordered their "most popular" pasta with mushrooms and spicy sausage. It barely had any mushrooms and the sausage was way too spicy for either of us to eat. I do have to say this was our most substantial meal in Edinburgh. The wine and beer were great, and our service was great. For dessert, we ordered Tony's Banana boat. It was awesome and made up for the spicy pasta. The restaurant was very nice inside. read more

Vittoria - Tony's banana boat - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

See all

Scotland is a great place to visit including the local food. But when you want something better this is the place to eat. The food is superb, service outstanding, and the atmosphere is exquisite. read more

Some of the best Italian food in town! I never thought I'd be eating authentic Italian food in Scotland! We arrived for a late dinner and the restaurant was pretty empty. Our waiter Nicola was very nice and made some great recommendations. My favorite thing about this restaurant is that they have a meta-meta option, which means you can pick a pasta and pizza and get half of each! Best of both worlds. I ordered the original pasta carbonara and parmigiana pizza. The pasta was classic! The pizza was one of the best I have ever had! Everything was made fresh to order. Drinks: the bellini and Edinburgh bramble were fantastic. Would definitely go back! read more

Vittoria - Meta meta - half portion of pasta carbonara and half portion of parmigiana pizza - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

Very large dishes and pizza. Went as a family. No kids menu, but all very approachable for children. Margarita pizza was excellent. The spaghetti and meatballs were good, sauce is a bit sweeter then I like. Tagaletelle was my favorite. Salad was just okay. Would go back again, but would share. read more

Great option for pizza near Old Town. Walked in with a party of 3 at 8 without a reservation and were seated in 5 minutes. Food was very good and staff were attentive. Great meal at the end of a long day! read more

Good find, great pasta, when full the restaurant is a little loud, solid overall experience.

So wonderful! It was our last meal in Edinburgh & it was the perfect place- not too expensive, wonderful Italian pasta & awesome ice cream for dessert! read more

Delightful Italian getaway right off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh! Every single thing we ordered was delicious, and our server was amazing! Beautiful Italian spot and would absolutely visit again! (The only photo I managed to grab was the Banoffee Pie, which changed me as a person. YUM!) read more

Vittoria - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

I was going to give this three stars but I changed it to two after I read the reviews. My boyfriend and I came in for lunch, which costed us 30 pounds. However, the staff failed to tell us about the lunch deal. I read about it in the reviews, and now I'm angry because we could have saved so much money. We specifically told them we were there for lunch and no one told us about their special deal. Anyway, the reason this place wasn't impressive to me was for the following reasons: -despite being the only people there since we came at 12 pm, the wait staff was very inattentive. We repeatedly called them over for check, water, etc and we just ended up getting our coats at the end instead of waiting for them to grab it for us. -they didn't have any to go boxes so they put our leftover pasta in a card box pizza box. By the time we had it for dinner, the bottom of the pizza box was literally wet from the pasta sauce sinking into it. How could a pasta place not have any to go boxes?! -the pasta wasn't anything special, and for the price, it was definitely not worth it. I was thoroughly disappointed. read more

Delicious food and a good atmosphere I ordered a yummy cosmopolitan cocktail, polenta fries with Parmesan and truffle oil, Arancini al Ragu and the dinner special of Lobster ravioli with prawns and mussles in a white wine sauce for my main. The arancini was a tad crumbly and could have used a little more cheese or sauce to bind it a bit better. The polenta fries were delicious especially with the white wine sauce from my lobster ravioli! read more

See all

When you look at it from our side it looks like it all looks no substance but all the staff are super welcoming and the food is delicious

Vittoria on the Bridge is the newest bambino on the block from this Italian, family run business. Right in amongst the hub of tourists, night time revellers, and locals that is George IV Bridge, Vittoria is in prime position for enticing people wandering past to venture in and get some hearty and traditional Italian classics wrapped around their forks. The menu is huge, and is different for breakfast , lunch and dinner, with an extensive choice of pasta, pizza, risotto and meat and fish dishes. Although I don't think this branch of Vittoria has as much character as the original Vittoria on Leith Walk, or the chic La Favorita, it's certainly a reasonably priced and reliably decent restaurant to attend for quality Italian food, and you can't really go wrong with anything on the menu. read more

Vittoria - Photo from vittoriarestaurant.com - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

See all

One of the three restaurants in this family-run chain, Vittoria On The Bridge is always busy and it's easy to see why. They claim to be "Edinburgh's happiest Italian family-owned restaurants", and when I ate there with a friend lately our waiter was no exception. Despite the fact that there was not an empty table on either of the two levels in the restaurant, staff were attentive and yet efficient, particularly given the number of large groups to attend to. This would be my only criticism of Vittoria - being so popular with hen nights and birthdays of various ages, this is not the place to go for a quiet pizza and glass of wine or two. Nevertheless, my Tuscan Bean salad (£7.95) looked and tasted amazing, not only due to the huge variety of flavours and ingredients but also the generosity of the portion size. Having opted for a healthier choice from the menu, I couldn't help but feel jealous of my friend's pizza loaded up with roasted vegetables and 3 types of gooey cheese. Even if you can't stomach a full italian dinner portion, you should go just for the home-made ice cream on display by the entrance; my personal recommendation would be Peanut Butter Crunch and i will definitely be heading back soon for some more... read more

Vittoria - image courtesy of www.vittoriarestaurant.com - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

Great option for Italian near the Old Town. We did dinner for 6 (2 adults and 4 kids) for 95 GBP including 3 alcoholic beverages, an appetizer for the adults, the "3 course meal" for each of the kids, and 2 mains with 2 desserts for the adults. It felt like a ton of food for what we paid. I loved the tagliatelle bolognese- pasta was perfectly cooked and the sauce was extremely flavorful. The kids menu is super fun- they offer a 3 course meal for the kids allowing them to choose 1 starter, 1 main, and 1 dessert. The kids loved it. We will definitely return the next time we are in Edinburgh. read more

See all

What a gorgeous little Italian restaurant. I can be a bit of a tough critic - but I really could find no fault with this place. The food here is amazing! I'm a big Italian food fan and this was up there with some of the best I've had. My fiancé and I ate 'meta meta' style; half pizza and half pasta (such an amazing idea). The food was so delicious! Perfect seasoning, cooked to perfection ahhh my mouth is watering just thinking about it. The portion sizes were huge! You won't leave this place hungry! My only regret? Not having enough room for the yummy sounding ice cream. We accompanied our gorgeous food with cocktails. These too were on point. The whole experience was fab - lovely staff and service alongside wonderful food. Just what you want! And better yet it was all very reasonably priced. As I say - I rarely give 5 stars but the evening was perfect and exceeded all expectations. Thanks Vittoria for a wonderful meal to celebrate our anniversary! read more

Vittoria - Meta Meta (pizza and pasta) - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

See all

Superb! The cocktails are beautiful, the service is great, and the pasta dishes are excellent! The Tagliatelle Vittoria is just perfect.

Loved this place. The staff was friendly, the food was delicious, and the decor was smart and modern. Would definitely visit again.

Just finished eating here with my wee person and boy toy. We ordered spaghetti and meatballs, garlic mozzarella bread, spinach (creamed?), battered haddoc and chips and minestrone soup. Every entree and side was delectable. The pasta was perfect - not too soft or hard. And to top it all off the staff was extremely pleasant and helpful. I wish we had found this place earlier during our Edinburgh stay. Grazie! read more

Excellent food! We ordered the mushroom pizza and spinach/ricotta and mushroom ravioli and both were delicious. The pizza reminds me of pizza I've had in Rome. If we weren't leaving in the morning I would definitely come back! Service was great too and the food came out quickly even though they were quite busy! read more

I loved the ambiance of this place and the staff was really great but unfortunately the food was just not great. The pizza my dad got and the pasta my mom and I both got were only so so. I don't think I would go back again read more

Very nice ambiance, very fancy. We ordered lasagna, calzon pizza, fish and chips and waffle dessert. Lasagna was the best amongst all. Fish and chips were good not crispy, calzon was not upto the mark and dessert was low in quantity. read more

Vittoria - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

See all

Decided to check out this place based on yelp reviews. They offered many different pizza options so went with the calabrese. My waitress was great and gave me her food and wine suggestions. Pizza was fantastic! Also got an order of tiramisu which was really good too! read more

Vittoria - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

This place was amazing! The hubs and I visited Edinburgh on holiday and came to this place on a whim. Per my husband, this was some of the best Italian he ever had. The restaurant is quite large and is also a little loud. So if you would like a quiet intimate dinner this is not the place. However, if you would like delicious Italian food, you need to go here. We split a pizza and pasta in addition to a few starters and everything was amazing. The pizza dough was so good and the toppings were fresh. We ordered a slightly spicy pasta and it was wonderful. I love when there is a bit of heat to my food. The servers were delightful. Continually checking up to see if we needed more bread or water - especially as the pasta was a little spicy. They provided a phenomenal experience and if we are ever back, I am sure we will come here to eat. read more

Looks good from the sidewalk and they talk a good game. Food was incredibly average, maybe less than average. The service was worse. You know the service was bad when the server apologizes for the bad service when he hands you the bill and the manager says Sorry as you walk out the door instead of good night. If you want authentic Italian keep walking or hold your cravings til the next day. read more

The bolognese pasta was great. Nice atmosphere and great service.

When my friend suggested Vittorias for dinner, I automatically went to their website to check out if they had a mailing list and they do. I joined this and got a discount email sent to me for 50% off main courses. The restaurant was nice although when we were shown to our table, it was wedged Inbetween two other tables and I asked if we could have another table less crowded and we did get one which had a great view to the kitchen so we could see our food bring made. It's nice to see Italian waiting staff and they were very polite and smiled. My problem was that they didn't know about the ingredients of their dishes. As I am vegetarian I don't eat Parmesan cheese as it has rennet in it (calves stomach lining) but the dishes labeled with a "v" pretty much all had Parmesan in them. I ended up playing it safe with a pizza as they couldn't conform some ingredients. The same trouble came with desert and the ice cream had animal fat in it do I ended up with a liqueur coffee instead. Now my food was lovely but it seemed a great effort for pizza and a coffee! My friend I was with had no complaints at all (but she eats anything) I have given 4 stars as what I had was nice but the staff need to get a better knowledge of the ingredients read more

Not impressed. Hubs and I went here after reading good reviews on Yelp and Trip Advisor. Our garlic toast was tasty and we ate it up. Hubs' pasta with bolognese was decent and he ate it all. My chicken wrapped in Parma ham not so much....dried out. Zuke frites were cold and sent back only to return without the dipping sauce. What once may have been a quality food stop has got a little too big for its own good. Server was fab though. read more

Go for the pasta but return again (and again and again) for the gelato! Best salted caramel gelato ever! My dear friend and travel companion had been trying to get me to Scotland for years, but this bonafide Francophile had serious doubts about the ability to obtain non-fried sustenance while in the land of William Wallace. No, haggis does not count! Sheep's liver and heart stewed in blood and shoved into the stomach lining of a slaughtered animal is NOT adequate sustenance - unless you're Hannibal Lecter *cue creepy inhalation and pour the Chianti* I know! I know! It's not fried, but it looks like a swollen, hairless testicle and I've never been the sort who enjoyed the sensation of sweaty, swollen, hairless testicles in my mouth. Not that there's anything wrong with that sort of predilection. No judgement here. If you're Scottish or a haggis aficionado, silence the lambs, pour the Chianti, and carry on. Sorry, but I sometimes digress. Especially when I've forgotten to take my ADD medication - ooo, look at the pretty butterfly... Back to my visit to Vittoria's. After multiple trips to France and one failed brief sojourn into the borders of Scotland I decided to yield to my friend's suggestion and visit Edinburgh. Day one - both of our meals were consumed at Benny's Fish and Chips off High Street. The fish was light and flaky, the chips were... Wait! I'm supposed to be reviewing Vittorios, aren't I? Sorry, another digression. Where is my ADD medication? By day two, I needed something more than deep fried fish and potatoes swimming in vinegar. I needed real brain food: pasta and chocolate (Not together. That would be gross. Wouldn't it? Hmmm, let me ponder that coupling). I pulled out my iPhone an Yelped restaurants. Vittoria's came up first - higher rating, closest proximity. I scanned the reviews and...SCORE! Pasta! The facade was sleek and modern. The hostess friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere hip and arty. My friend ordered chicken Parmesan (chicken pounded thin, breaded, and coaxed into a bath of bubbling oil - she's more Scottish than me and likes her food fried, even her Italian food). She said it was delicious. I believe her. I had their special - pasta tossed in a red sauce of vegetables and spices and lovely, odiferous garlic. It was divine. I washed it down with a glass of Chianti (feel free to make the creepy Hannibal Lechter inhalation noise) and then took a moment to appreciate the shaft of golden sunlight streaming in through the sparkling front windows. Sunlight in Edinburgh in the middle of Spring? I took it as a blessing from the Gods of Gastronomy. (Wahhhhhh. Cue celestial voices singing). Obviously the unseen forces of food were pleased with our decision to abandon the fried food and swollen testicles. And like any beneficent, generous god, Gastronomy just kept giving. For, after appreciating the shaft of celestial light, my gaze fell upon an even more heavenly site: Vittoria's Gelato Stand (conveniently located beside the pasta bar). As giddy as someone entering the pearly gates, I sauntered (Don't laugh - sauntered is a highly under-appreciated word that should be widely embraced by the English speaking populace. Think how much more you would respect Kim Kardashian if you heard her utter, "I think I shall saunter to Rodeo Drive and drop several thousand Gs at Versace.") ...I sauntered over to the gelato stand and pressed my greedy little face to the glass. Cherry. Chocolate. Coconut. Which flavor to choose? I opted for Carmelita - creamy vanilla bean flecked gelato swirled with ribbons of caramel and sprinkled with bits of melt-in-your-mouth caramel. Random awkward confession: I was a shameless glutton. I visited Vittoria's Gelateria several times over the next few days and consumed an unsightly and embarrassing amount of caramel gelato. I even skipped breakfast and lunch in favor of a gelato brunch. There. I said it. Judge me if you will. Call me a glutton. Call me a sugar addict. People have said worse things about me, and I'm okay with that because at least nobody can accuse me of seeking orgasmic culinary delight by mouthing hairless testicles. That's a legacy I can be proud of. read more

I came here full of excitement. It was my first date with Vittoria and I thought it would have been the start of a long beautiful relationship. Having been to the sibling, La Favorita and sampled their 5* proper Italian and GF pizza, I had been told Vittoria's did the same pizza's. I had consumed minimal amounts of food so I could do Vittoria's justice. It was to be the highlight of my day and a reward after six hours of interview transcription. Oh dear. Not the smartest idea I've had. No lovely La Favorita, thin and crispy bases but a.n.other generic GF base (small GF size too). Ok, so I was disappointed but hey, it could have still been good, but no. The pizza itself was served at best lukewarm (I suspected cooked from frozen and not cooked properly) and very quickly was cold and I was regretting not getting pasta. Once I admitted to my friend how disappointed I was, she fessed up to a strange tasting Carbonara so I would have lucked out with the pasta too. Once the spaghetti had been consumed, we saw the scrambled egg at the bottom of the plate as the egg had been added to the pasta and then over cooked - ick :-( I did have a Vittoria card so we weren't paying full price. We did highlight the issues with our meal (we weren't requesting a replacement as we wanted to escape) and credit to the staff (who were lovely so no complaints about the service) we were offered limoncello or free coffee's but we had already decided to make our escape. Had it been a real date, this would have been an escape out of the bathroom window time... I have to admit, I can't remember the last time I had such a bad meal and as you'll see from my reviews, I'm pretty good at giving credit with the stars. I was wishing we had travelled further to go to La Favorita (part of the same group) but I can't imagine that I'll be returning to Vittoria anytime soon which I'm sad about, especially as so many work colleagues had raved about it :-( read more

Over the years Vittoria has became a very popular place for my Friend's birthdays and end of term meals. With it being a small walk away from Bristo Square it is very convenient. Every time I have eaten there, I have eaten well and thoroughly enjoyed the food! Prices are not too expensive either. Furthermore, I have even sat at a table next to one of the members of the Proclaimers! Every time I have ventured to this restaurant I have always had various kinds of pizza, which always have a nice crisped base! The only downside to this place, like it's near neighbour the Elephant House is that it is always busy and as it has become more popular it has lost that little something. Service is still not bad, but does suffer under the weight of the amount of customers. It is worth a visit, and it most be pretty good if the Proclaimers eat there! read more

Saturday lunchtime deal was brilliant. Half price deal sale was a bargain with amazing food. Service was great and quick, a delightful dining experience. read more

Vittoria - Italian Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

Vittoria on the Bridge is another restaurant owned by the Crolla family, who are now forming a formidable empire spanning Edinburgh, Glasgow and beyond, so I think they should be able to handle a wee 2 star review without the fear that the business will suffer. This was my first visit to Vittoria's, as I somehow managed to pry myself away from the sister restaurant, 'La Favorita' on Leith Walk. As with all the Crolla establishments, the place looks great, service was good and the staff were friendly and knowledgeable. Unfortunately, unlike my trusty old favourite, the food just wasn't as good and the pizza didn't even come close. Our starter, a large mixed antipasto was faultless, the ingredients were all high quality and we had a nice mix of cured meats (prosciutto, bresaola, mortadella, milano etc), cheeses, olives and picked / marinated vegetables. The mains not so good, my veal was pretty tough, overdone and incredibly heavy, seriously why so much cheese? Melted cheese really gets me, this is so unItalian, (probably a bad habit picked up from America). In Italy less is more, the food is really simple hence why its delicious. Also, the 'grilled' tuna turned out to be coated in breadcrumbs and fried, surely this is sacrilege? So all in all a mixed bag but a star for the great service and one for the huge and tasty antipasto and delicious espresso. read more

Met a friend here for lunch and we were both well impressed. Service was good and fast, so fast they also cleared my chai before I was done drinking it! Pasta was perfectly cooked and well seasoned. Though you'd expect nothing less from this Italian 'chain'. I've been to La Favourita a few times, but this was my first visit to Vittoria and I wouldn't hesitate to return. Prices are reasonable for center of town and portions weren't too bad, tho it was definitely a 2 course lunch. Think I would have left slightly hungry if I hadn't had dessert. read more

Desperately racking my mind for somewhere to go on Saturday night for dinner with a group of friends, I settled on choosing an old favourite - Vittoria's. Having been out of the Edinburgh circuit for a few months now, I'm already seeing new places popping up that I don't recognise, which look exciting - but sometimes you just need to go somewhere you know you'll get a good meal. And this is one of those places. The menu is extensive and will cater for all tastes - I'm pretty sure most of their pizzas and pastas are available GF too. My favourite bit about this place though is that they offer a half-pizza, half-pasta dish for when you just can't make that decision. On Saturday I had a half-Hawaiian and half-carbonara which was delicious. The desserts list is equally impressive, with a wide selection of ice creams and sundaes. It's normally busy here (a good sign!) so I'd advise anyone going to book in advance. Lovely atmosphere too, and the staff are always very efficient and attentive. Up there with my favourite Italians in Edinburgh. read more

LOVE my Yelp app especially when I'm looking for food in foreign places. My friends and I were about everywhere during the Fringe and wanted to have dinner that didn't involve standing on the street corner. I did a quick search and luckily this Italian place was nearby. We put our name down, decided to get a few drinks across the street. I think most places in Edinburgh were really busy so waiting was expected. I LOVE that they give you the option of having half portion of pizza and pasta if you can't decide. I'm always struggling between the two so it was great to have the best of both worlds. I had the Ortolana pizza (Yum!) and veggie lasagne (was more like a lump of cheese with veggies... probably wouldn't order this again). I think the pizza was definitely better than the lasagne but maybe I should've tried the meat one. read more