Vittoria on the Bridge

Family-friendly trattoria in a central Old Town location, with swanky black furnishings and an extremely wide menu.

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The younger sibling to the old-timer Leith Walk Vittoria offers up more of the same Scottish-Italian fare in a buzzing central location on George IV Bridge. It’s a contemporary and grown-up setting, with the dark and capacious interior having a slight night-club feel. The menu is pretty much identical to its counterpart down the road, with all the good old favourites from pizza to pasta and fried calamari well-represented and designed to appeal to a broad, cross-generational crowd. Polpette make for an excellent start – smooth and tender meatballs in a bright, sweet sugo with garlicky bread. Mussels also arrive perfectly cooked in more of the same good tomato sauce. A classic fish and chips sees the fish a bit overcooked but the batter is as crisp you could wish for. Service is friendly and on-the-ball, indeed the whole place feels as if run by people who know what they are doing – as you would hope for a family-run business that has been doing its thing for nearly 50 years.

• High point: The chocolate honeycomb Vesuvius sundae!
• Low point: If you're after a left-field dining adventure, this isn't it
• Notable dish: Chocolate Honeycomb Vesuvius Sundae