Bar Italia Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Service was very welcoming and friendly."
• "The staff were attentive, the food was fabulous."
• "The staff was very friendly and made us feel right at home."
• "The staff are extremely friendly, stellar service - and the food of course, was perfect."
• "Service was exceptional."
• "Service was awesome and everyone was kind."
• "The staff make you feel so welcome with their attentive friendly service."

Cons:

• "But the worst thing was the service. We have zero problem waiting as we are never in a hurry but they flat out ignored us."
• "However the service was really poor. The waiter walked off half way through taking our order, and when we finally managed to get him to come back he got the dishes wrong."
• "Food was fantastic. It was very busy inside and service was a bit slow."
• "The delay on the food had no excuse at all and the service was terrible."
• "PS: even after waiting for the food to arrive for almost an hour the fish was burnt the shrimp we couldn’t peel the shell off, the salmon was burnt."
• "It took a very long time to be asked what drink I would like and a very long time to finally.get it."
• "We waited over an hour for our food to come and when it did it was not worth it."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The Knickerbocker Glory is the best I've ever tried!"
• "Highly recommended trying the Pizza Calabrese, although their pastas and risottos were also very good."
• "Everything was fresh and greatly cooked and presented, really authentic Italian restaurant."
• "The Haggis ravioli was amazing, as were all the hand made pastas."
• "The food was delicious and the owners and waitresses extremely efficient and helpful."
• "Food was delicious, fresh and authentic."
• "The food itself was absolutely delicious."

Cons:

• "Bruschetta was tasteless and tomatoes had been sitting out as they were dried out."
• "The price for my husbands tiny serving of pasta was ridiculous!"
• "The pasta had a touch of being cooked some while ago, and reheated."
• "The food was massively disappointing."
• "The fish was dry and burnt! the shrimps we couldn’t even peel off from the shell."
• "Everything was rubbery - the pasta and all the seafood (squid, mussels, shrimp etc) and overcooked."
• "To charge 11.90 £ for a portion Tagliolini Carbonara which was more bacon than Tagliolini and had the size of the starter is ridiculous..."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "All in all a great place for a true Italian dinner in a laid back atmosphere."
• "Truly authentic Italian experience, made and served up by enthusiastic and knowledgable staff."
• "A little piece of Italy in Edinburgh!"
• "Rustic and quirky place with brilliant friendly staff and excellent service."
• "For a moment I thought I was in Italy until I realised I was in Edinburgh’s West End."
• "The ambiance is splendid and cozy, warm inside."
• "The restaurant has a friendly atmosphare and well-designed interior that will make you feel cozy."

Cons:

• "Extremely over crowded."
• "Only complaint is that it is often very busy and you can feel quite crammed as it is a small restaurant."
• "The place was very busy and overcrowded."
• "It can be rather loud inside since the tables are quite close together."
• "Not to mention that they have crammed so many tables in the restaurant that you are practically bumping elbows and shoulders with the tables on all sides of you, probably contributing to the slow food service as well."
• "Could have been better! Booked a table but ended up near the door which looked like it was just put there. My partner had to move his seat several times to allow waiting staff and customers entry and exit."
• "When we first arrived the host wasn’t welcoming at all."

Value

Pros:

• "Nice atmosphere with good food at reasonable prices."
• "Local businnes unlike some big chains, food was lovely with reasonable prices."
• "Great family atmosphere, and good food at a decent price."
• "Prices were very reasonable as my sister and myself had 3 courses plus a bottle of excellent Cabernet Sauvignon for £90 all in."
• "Excellent prices and excellent service."
• "Very reasonably priced as well."
• "The food is well-priced and delicious."

Cons:

• "The price for my husbands tiny serving of pasta was ridiculous!"
• "The meals are overpriced for the quality of food."
• "The food was ok but over priced for what it was."
• "Food was rubbish. Very over priced for the quantity and quality of food you recieved."
• "Not worth the money you are paying I'm afraid."
• "It was a waste of £61.00."
• "The seafood pasta could have had a little more seafood."