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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.”

Viva Mexico
Apr 23, 2007 by Andreas
Overall Rating: 2
Food:[1] • Service:[2] • Atmosphere:[2]

• Decorations, waitresses tried hard (but were overworked).
• Reheated food (not fresh), appalling toilets.

“I was very disappointed with the food at viva Mexico. Why? Because it had obviously been reheated. How do I know? Well, first of all it took less than 5 mines between the waitress taking our order and the food being served. And second, the plates were steaming hot and the beans were completely dried up, just as you'd expect when food comes out of a microwave. The "chef" didn't even bother giving the beans a quick stir to make it look fresh. I concur to a complaint made by another reviewer about the service. While the waitresses were generally friendly, they appeared over-worked and never once asked whether we wanted any more drinks despite us sitting with empty glasses for some time. The bathroom facilities were appalling, and I resorted to using the ones in the train station later on. With the exception of the friendly but over-worked waitresses and decent decorations, it was a very disappointing experience. Considering that each meal cost us approx 10 pounds (20 dollars), it was definitely not worth it.”

New Lee On
Dec 12, 2006 by Diana from Haddington
Overall Rating: 8
Food:[9] • Service:[7] • Atmosphere:[7]

• Chicken sweet corn soup can¿t be beaten.
• Nothing negative.

“I have been going to the lee on for years with my family and it is hard to beat. We love it.”