The Best Italian Food in Edinburgh
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The best Italian food in Edinburgh, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide, the Spirited Awards, and 50 Top Pizza have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. tipo comes out on top.
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Little Capo and Sotto hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Pizza next.
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Rank 1. tipo
Italian
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 2. Little Capo
Contemporary Italian
The salmon-pink corner building in New Town is hard to walk past without noticing, which seems to be the point. Little Capo is a contemporary Italian restaurant and bar where small plates, larger sharing dishes, and handmade pastas fill a handwritten menu. The room has real style without taking itself too seriously, and sitting at the counter with the chatty service team is its own kind of evening plan.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Spirited Awards Spirited Awards: 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Europe
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best International Restaurant Bar – Europe
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Rank 2. Sotto
Italian
A wine bar and trattoria in the heart of Stockbridge where dropping in for a glass and some olives at the marble-topped communal counter is as legitimate a plan as staying for pasta and fish. The Italian wine list is long and almost exclusively from the boot, with the sommelier owner ready to talk you through it if you're the sort who enjoys being talked through it. Unfussy is the whole point here.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Salerno Pizza
Neapolitan Pizzeria
A Neapolitan pizza shop on the fourth floor of a shopping centre, which sounds like a setup for disappointment but isn't. The dough ferments for 24 hours and comes out of a 500-degree oven with proper char and plenty of tomato. Classics share the menu with weekend specials that lean into curious combinations. Spritz cocktails, a short wine list, and a relaxed room that fills with tourists and locals who didn't plan too hard.
The awards