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Black Bo's
Oct 27, 2009 by Roberta from Ballymena
Overall Rating: 6
Food:[8] • Service:[4] • Atmosphere:[4]

• The food.
• Holes in ceiling above our head. Miserable waitress.

“The food was great. Although we're not vegetarian it was great to try something different and very tasty. The walnut burger was lovely, as was the brownie to finish. Hard to judge the atmosphere as there were only 3 other people there during our meal. There was an optional 10% service charge which was added to the total bill - hard to refuse. We'd have given a good tip anyway but resent it being forced on us. Waitress was a bit miserable but polite - a bit of chat would have been very welcome.”

Blue Moon
Dec 18, 2008 by Ray from durham
Overall Rating: 3
Food:[4] • Service:[3] • Atmosphere:[4]

• Nothing.
• Full of chav dykes, smoking outside.

“Absolute frozen food, if that's the best the scene in Edinburgh offers. Keep it, loads more fabulous places to eat.”

Valvona & Crolla
Aug 25, 2008 by Pino from Manchester
Overall Rating: 4
Food:[4] • Service:[4] • Atmosphere:[8]

• Atmosphere.
• Cost, quality of products on sale, affogato.

“Being Italian I was looking forward to it so the opportunity arose when I visited the Edinburgh festival. I have to admit that it is very difficult to find a proper Italian deli in the UK. All my hopes disappeared when I entered the Valvona & Crolla shop, when I started reading the label and found that the product on sale were all average Italian supermarkets products with a very dear price, and not the one I would buy. The Valvona & Crolla branded products were made by big Italian companies and the only few good wines they had, but nothing more than the ones available from supermarkets, had an excessive high price. As this was not enough, we decided to stay for a coffee, it was 4pm and when reading the menu we found the affogato and ordered it. Again, another big disappointment. The affogato we received and we paid £3.95 was not more than a ball of vanilla lost in a poor espresso. Luckily, for us Italians looking for something to remind us about our country, there are other places that I would recommend.”

Blue Moon
Nov 26, 2007 by Brian from Glasgow
Overall Rating: 1
Food:[3] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[5]

• Food poisoning & bad staff attitude.

“Where do we start, the staff have attitude problems including the "manager", they will serve you when they can be bothered i.e. when not chatting too each other or using mobile phones. The food was cold the fist time it came out and had to be re-heated, and must not have been cooked properly as my partner was very sick about an hour after leaving the place due to what must have been food poisoning. My partner was also "propositioned" while trying to use the bathroom downstairs too, this was by the "manager" who clearly had other interests rather than his work. The whole experience was so bad we thought it was April fools day, and someone was having a laugh. Just don't waste your time here, lots of other nice cafes in the area who do have customer care.”

Blue Moon
Jun 20, 2007 by Mark from Edinburgh
Overall Rating: 2
Food:[4] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[1]

• Chairs were nice.

“I just went there for lunch to day with my friend, a girl, and the staff was rude, pushy, tried to rush us along, made snippy remarks when I asked if they had an all day breakfast. Then, they proceeded to get beside our table and talk really loud to disrupt our ability to have a conversation, changed the music when my friend said she liked it to me, and then they began slamming and clashing dishes over and over. I would never go back there.”