Mia Italian Kitchen Dalry Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Marvelous pizza, fantastic sirloin steak and delicious starters."
• "The beef lasagna and Linguine Gamberoni were really tasty, very rich sauces."
• "Best Gluten Free pizza & pasta ever tasted."
• "Food was absolutely lovely (had the special - seafood risotto, the evening I was there) and very reasonably priced."
• "All the food came out together and promptly, was well-cooked and good-sized portions, and tasty!"
• "The pizza was so fresh and super tasty."
• "The food was delicious, fresh and hot."

Cons:

• "The Pasta is nothing special or authentic."
• "I've never had anything in a restaurant so tasteless, it had nothing going for it at all."
• "The sweet was disappointing - sickly and rather cheaply produced with low quality produce."
• "The risotto was bland and under cooked."
• "Steak a little too done for medium rare, and not hot."
• "All three dishes were over salted and we could not finish them."
• "Pasta was inedible (sauce ok) and pizza pretty awful - heavy, oily."

Service

Pros:

• "The servers were amazing, really friendly and helpful."
• "Service was quick."
• "Very good with children, good choice of juices."
• "Kind and friendly staff."
• "Staff were very attentive."
• "The staff are just absolutely lovely and always have a smile for me."
• "Staff were friendly and attentive."

Cons:

• "The staff, although friendly, seemed to rush you through dinner, taking your plate whilst you were still eating!"
• "I was met with disdainful looks and head-shaking from the staff."
• "We just went inside for lunch and a guy behind the bar with white short hair was so rude and we felt not welcomed at all."
• "The meet and greet by the barman was terrible and made us feel as if we were just an inconvenience."
• "The owner is rude, talks over people and he didn't even try to meet our needs."
• "The service was intermittent and we were neglected a fair bit, especially at the end of the meal."
• "Very disappointed by the treatment and poor service."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Atmosphere was really good, and felt very continental in the heart of Edinburgh."
• "The restaurant is cosy and quaint."
• "A lovely relaxed atmosphere."
• "Great service, lovely ambience."
• "The atmosphere says ‘comfort food is on the menu’."
• "Lovely atmosphere, Friendly staff and amazing food!"
• "The atmosphere is great, staff is very pleasant, cocktails are great too."

Cons:

• "Very busy and noisy."
• "It gets very hot and stuffy."
• "A cold breeze from the fire door at the back when it was opened."
• "Whilst the food was good, the atmosphere was not great."
• "We were ultimately turned away and told that there were no available tables."
• "The pizza was finished at 8:30pm."
• "There is no parmezan left."

Value

Pros:

• "Not bad price."
• "Their lunch time menu is extremely good value."
• "Healthy portion size and extremely good value for the money."
• "2 course Lunch menu was £8.95 - fantastico!"
• "Price is moderate at around £80 for a table of 2 on a 3 course meal."
• "Price was extremely reasonable and quantity of food was great."
• "Nice value for money as well."

Cons:

• "I did think dessert would be taken off the bill."
• "A service charge was added to our bill, so we didn't leave a tip."
• "Prices are above average for an Italian."
• "Could easily make the same dish at home for fraction of the price."
• "It's a bit more expensive than pizza hut, but the pizzas are way better here."
• "Suddenly we noticed a big strand of hair in it!!"
• "Only issue was the chicken mains were served first and the vegetable accompaniment arrived last so sitting with food getting cold whilst waiting."