La Favorita
- Telephone 0131 555 5564
- Food served Mon–Thu 4.30–11pm; Fri–Sun noon–11pm.
- Average price £14 (lunch); £14 (evening meal)
- Website www.favorita.vittoriagroup.co.uk
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This review is taken from the 2012 edition.
The hectic craft of kneading and folding pizza dough is the first thing you see on entering this busy Leith Walk eatery. Walk past the front counter, through the lively, three-pronged dining area, and you'll notice most diners are working their way through large disks of Italy’s most famous food export. Many argue that La Favorita serves the finest pizza in Edinburgh and it’s hard to disagree. Log-filled ovens imbue a gloriously smoky flavour while cooking the base to a crisp, not brittle, texture. A mammoth sharing platter of cold meats, cheeses and olives is a fine way to start, if not a little over the top in quantity. A cinque formaggi pizza is enough to make any cheese lover drool. Other dishes understandably fall into the shade of the output from the woodburning ovens, but why choose steak when the pizzas are this good?
- High point: The best pizzas in town
- Low point: Non pizza options are less impressive
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 14
- Delivery: Deliveries to postal areas EH1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 15. Order costing less than £40 are charged £1.50. £2 to EH 4 and 9. Free for delivery over £40.
- Private dining: Up to 29 covers
- Provides: Vegetarian options (at least ¼ main courses), Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Outdoor tables, Free wi-fi
- Music on stereo: Generic pop music
- Capacity: 130
- Largest group: 50
- Open since: 2005
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Ness123 – 5 Oct 2012, 10:19pm
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We ordered pizza online for delivery from La Favorita Morningside at 7.45pm. An hour and a half later I called the branch to ask where the delivery was. We live nearby and thought delivery would be fast, but were very wrong.
The person I spoke to informed me that we should have recieved a text message saying that our delivery was scheduled for 9.30 so our order was "technically on time". But we were also told that this system was out of order so we had no idea of when it would be arriving. Staff checked with a manager, who said that we would receive free ice cream and drinks as compensation. I'd much rather have a timely delivery but said ok and hoped for the best.
The pizza eventually arrived, and it had evidently been sitting around for a while. It was lukewarm and the crust was far too chewy. Furthermore they didn't bother to send the ice cream which they promised as compensation. The food was mediocre at best.
I had been looking forward to finally being able to get decent takeaway pizza in Morningside as I have enjoyed visiting Vittoria on Leith Walk and on George IV bridge in the past. I certainly won't be ordering from La Favorita again, and I will be rethinking visiting other branches based on this experience.
Very disappointed indeed. I think that the management should have been able to sort out any ordering problems after a few weeks of opening this branch.
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Harry45 – 22 Jun 2012, 2:02am
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They send out junk sms to their customers - "Fancy a nice pizza and a cool beer tonight? - and charge 10p for the STOP text. Waste of my time, googling to check it wasn't a scam. One customer lost. Pizzas nothing special either.
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listlover – 12 Mar 2011, 11:41am
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My favourite pizza in Edinburgh. Fresh, tasty and big enough to let me leave ALWAYS one or two slices of pizza. I definitely prefer to pay a bit more and go there. Delivery service is a bit slow but I can guess it depends on the high number of customers. VFM
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Cheryl Murray – 19 Apr 2010, 3:53am
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Great pizzas.....when they get them right!!! Over the past year I've had more wrong deliveries from this place than any other, at home, at friends' houses......almost every single time in fact.
Wrong toppings, extra unwanted toppings, NO toppings, pizzas missing, burnt, freezing cold, you name it.
When they DO get your order right, the pizza base is unbeatable, the staff are always friendly (and apologetic!) and do their best to bring you the thing you actually ordered very quickly.
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Therealme – 26 Nov 2009, 11:10pm
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We've never been to the restaurant but we have ordered pizzas from them before. Delicious pizza bread and a selection of toppings that goes miles further from your typical pepperoni and ham and pinapple.
Simply, the best pizzas I've ever had in Edinburgh.
- 1. Paul – 2 Sep 2008, 8:58pm Report
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I can't believe no-one has posted here yet!
I've been going to La Favorita for three years. The pizza is simply sensational. I lived in Italy for five years, and the pizza in La Favorita is up there with some of the best pizzas I had in Rome and Naples.
If you love pizza, a visit to La Favorita will mean that you'll never eat pizza anywhere else in Edinburgh ever again.
Average rating /5 from 5 reviews of La Favorita.
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