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Bellini
This restaurant has ceased trading.
- Food served: Mon–Fri noon–2pm, 5–9pm; Sat 5–9pm; Closed Sun.
- Pre-theatre times: Mon–Sat 5–7.30pm
- Number of wines sold by the glass: 2
- Also offers: Vegetarian options (at least ¼ main courses), Gluten-free options, Children's portions, Pre-theatre menu
- Music on stereo: Italian opera
- Capacity: 50
- Largest group: 70
- Open since: 1999
This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2009 – in the shops now or buy online.
Nestled on a New Town corner, Bellini can be spotted by its canopied entrance. Inside, courteous staff take coats and make you welcome. There is a little bar where an aperitif can be enjoyed while choosing between the bistro and the restaurant menu. The bistro, which offers a selection of Italian tapas-style dishes, is semi-separated from the restaurant by a pretty screen. As the manager Gina explains the restaurant’s daily specials while displaying a basket of freshly picked wild mushrooms, there is a wonderful ‘Fawlty Towers’ vibe to the place. The fungi specials are what Bellini is renowned for and good at. When not teaching the art of pasta to his classes, chef Angelo lets loose his talent creating fresh, rustic dishes. The sautéed wild mushroom, complemented by antipasti, is a delicious starter to share between two. The fungi pasta is a reliably good main, and although several other dishes are offered as alternatives, the mushroom risotto repeatedly impresses. A traditional tiramisu dessert is hard to resist and is enhanced when followed by a rich espresso. Angelo and Gina Cimini put heart and soul into Bellini, providing an eccentric yet authentic Italian culinary experience.
- High point: Bellini’s pasta is always fabulously fresh
- Low point: Atmosphere is best in the evenings
The LIST Card C8
This restaurant offers the standard 2-for-1 LIST Card promotion for:
Lunch: Tue, Wed, Thu
Dinner: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun
Exclusions: Valentines Day and Chrismas Day
Remember: book by phone (0131 476 2602) and ask for a LIST Card booking.
Bellini
The following information has been provided by the restaurant.
A warm welcome awaits you at Bellini restaurant in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic New Town.
Chef Angelo and his wife, Gina, create a welcoming, cosy, relaxed atmosphere from the moment you step over the door into the delightful Georgian dining room -
Italophiles, eat your heart out!
A passionate Italian chef marrying the best of Scotland’s larder with his skill and expertise to make mouth-watering authentic Italian dishes that leave a trip to Italy absolutely unnecessary. Dishes are made to order with only the finest, fresh quality produce creating distinctive, delicious flavours that are truly sublime.
Fresh pastas filled with cheese, Parma ham and haggis are not to be missed and a basket of fresh wild mushrooms is presented with pride to make the most divine risotto one could ever imagine.
A member of the Scotch Beef Club, the steaks are prime Scottish Aberdeen Angus and cooked to perfection, whilst a selection of freshly caught fish is also available.
Chef Angelo trained at the prestigious world-renowned catering school in Villa Santa Maria, Abruzzo and spent over a decade in the magical city of Venice cooking for many international celebrities. At Bellini he has had the pleasure of cooking for Gloria Estefan, REM, Blondie, Jacqueline Bisset and many famous dignitaries.
Gina and her highly trained team deliver a high level of service in the dining room and do their utmost to ensure you have a most pleasurable and memorable experience at Bellini.
We look forward to welcoming you…
(Classes are available with Chef Angelo at Bellini Cookery School)
Reviews
“One of the finest Italian restaurants they are ever likely to experience outside Italy itself” Gordon Clark, ‘Catering In Scotland’
“Bellini’s chef is skilled in the art of making masterpieces out of classic Italian comfort food” ‘Scotland on Sunday’
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Comments for Bellini (8b Abercromby Place, Edinburgh)
- 1. Colin, Edinburgh – 24 August 2008, 9:47pm
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Visited Bellini last Saturday evening. Very disappointed overall especially given its reputation. I didn’t find much of the food to be fresh (I suspect some was frozen) or imaginative. The staff were nice but the service routine is outdated and excessively formal. The house wine was very good though. The atmosphere was okay but the music a little elaborate. They are very accommodating for vegetarians. I don’t think I will be back, not value for money.
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