Origano Cafe & Pizzeria Reviews Summary

Pizza Quality

Pros:

• "The pizzas are some of the best we had in a long time."
• "The pizza choice is wide and the dough is really good !!"
• "First time here, I’ve been to plenty of other wood fired pizza places in the city and this one is right up there with the best of them."
• "Their pizzas are delicious--my favorite is the Calabrese."
• "The pizza is quite authentic and very enjoyable."
• "The pizzas are cooked to perfection."
• "Easily the best pizza in Edinburgh."

Cons:

• "Ok experience, terrible pizza. I cannot understand how can people recommend its pizza."
• "The pizza was definitely pretenciously priced."
• "The pizza and antipasti weren't worth the £30 I paid for."
• "3 of us had different pizzas with chilli on it and it may as well have been the same pizza as the chilli was so overpowering."
• "The pizza was handmade but had the texture and taste of supermarket bought precooked pizza dough."
• "I wasn't blown away by the pizza (quite bland)."
• "1 of our group got a pizza with a base that was definitely on the burnt side of authentic crispy."

Service

Pros:

• "The saff were very friendly."
• "Service was great as well."
• "Service is always excellent and quick and the atmosphere is lovely."
• "Staff were lovely and friendly and helpful."
• "Service was very friendly, booking recommended."
• "The staff couldn't have been nicer and found us a great table and engaged with us from the outset."
• "The staff here are the friendliest and most charming I have seen in Edinburgh."

Cons:

• "Pretencious, Rude staff, NOT children friendly."
• "Service was ok, a bit too stand-offish."
• "Struggling to pass the exit door with the pram (2 members of staff watching, 1 right beside the door) not one moving... not even a good bye."
• "But the service was a bit cold verging on very rude."
• "The waiters are totally unprofessional, dressed like they are going for a concert."
• "The red headed waitress seemed like she doesn’t really want to be there."
• "It was ok but the service was a little bit slow."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Very cosy place on Leith walk, with a great atmosphere and skilled pizzaioli."
• "Gorgeous atmosphere, really excellent food."
• "The pizza is amazing,the service is first class and the atmosphere is second to none."
• "Fantastic pizza, served by friendly staff in a relaxed and stylish atmosphere."
• "Like the atmosphere."
• "The cozy romantic atmosphere and friendly staff make you feel like a regular as soon as you walk in the door."
• "The atmosphere in the restaurant is very pleasant and romantic."

Cons:

• "Could do with a little more light though. Watched a group of people use torches to read the menu."
• "I don't like very much the 'living in a cave' atmosphere (low lights)."
• "You might want to take a headtorch to read the menu and see the food, not much lighting."
• "The only negative we had was the lighting...It was a very wet night when we went and it is a lovely cosy space but we struggled to read the coloured paper menu."
• "Only complaint is about the too dark atmosphere that requires a phone torch to read the menu."
• "Seating was ok, and whilst we were in the corner it did feel like we were crammed in."
• "After 70 minutes the pizzas arrived stone cold and with little toppings."

Price

Pros:

• "A high quality meal at a most acceptable price."
• "Great service, excellent prices."
• "Resonable priced."
• "Not particularly expensive at all but can't call it cheap too."
• "Price for value is great."
• "The prices very good for the quality."
• "Great food reasonably priced."

Cons:

• "No pizza under £10 so I am expecting award winning pizzas."
• "She said the pizza was ok but not worth the £14."
• "On top of that the drinks were £2.95 per small glass bottle of coke."
• "I was very disappointed to pay those massively inflated prices £12 for a salad that hardly even any vegetables in it it was just full of leaves."
• "Then when my delivery arrived they didn't have enough change for my £22 order from a £50 note."
• "You don't get much for the money compared to the other pizzeria's."
• "They took the money for a £70 order I cancelled and wouldn't refund me."