5 editor picks in Edinburgh.
5 italian places in Edinburgh we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Edinburgh | Italian across every city.
Italian food is woven into Edinburgh's history through its long-established Scots-Italian families, and the city still eats Italian across price points. Valvona and Crolla, the Canonmills deli and caffe bar, remains the spiritual home of that tradition, while Contini on George Street holds the New Town. Civerinos Slice keeps the casual end alive in the Old Town, and Locanda De Gusti carries southern Italian cooking out to Tollcross and the West End.
Michele Civiera's Hunter Square pizza counter in Edinburgh, opened in 2016, the Old Town slice-counter serving Roman al taglio square-tray pizza.
OrderThe salsiccia e friarielli slice and a square of margherita; eat at the counter or on the cobbles outside.
TipOpen till 02:00 on weekends; the only proper food on the Royal Mile after midnight that is not a kebab shop.
Rosario Sartore's Dalry Road kitchen in Edinburgh, opened in 2013, a family-run Neapolitan dining room running pasta, seafood and wood-fired pizza.
OrderPesce all'acqua pazza (whole fish in tomato broth) and the homemade pappardelle with wild boar.
TipThe lunchtime three-course express menu at £18 is one of the city's best Italian-value deals.
Victor and Carina Contini's George Street dining room in Edinburgh, opened in 2004 in the former Lloyds Bank, an Italian-Scottish bistro serving.
OrderThe Contini meatballs, the Sicilian sea bass and a glass of the Continis' own-import Etna Rosso.
TipThe high tea at 15:00-17:00 is a quieter alternative; Sunday family lunch is a long-running tradition.
Valvona and Crolla's caffe-bar on Elm Row in Edinburgh, opened in 1934 (the bistro since 1996), the back-of-deli dining room for Scotland's longest-running.
OrderThe carbonara made with house-cured pancetta and the Pugliese antipasto board.
TipThe deli at the front sells the same dry pasta and tinned tomatoes the kitchen uses; shop while you wait for your table.
Bar Napoli on Hanover Street in Edinburgh New Town, an Italian restaurant and bar open until 03:00 on weekend nights, serving pasta, pizza and Italian bar.
OrderPasta, pizza and Italian bar food
TipThe late-night kitchen runs until 02:30 on Friday and Saturday. The last half-hour is takeaway only.
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