Vittoria's is the perfect restaurant to sample a real taste of Italy. Renowned for its high level of service and fresh Italian food, book online with Vittoria's on Leith Walk and experience over 40 years of history. You can now also book online at Vittoria's on the bridge and at La Favorita too.

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• Average price 2 courses:
   £6.95 (set lunch)
   £13 (evening meal)
• House wine: £11.95 per bottle

• High point: Excellent location for a good night out
• Low point: Boiled tatties substituted for sautéed potatoes
• Food served: Sun–Thu noon–midnight; Fri/Sat noon–10pm
• Open since: 2006
• Also offers: Children's portions, Children's high chairs, Wheelchair access, Pre-theatre menu

This review appears in the The List's Eating & Drinking Guide 2008
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This restaurant has a modern feel that is highly suitable for its trendy Merchant City location. The leather chairs are contemporary but comfortable, and an eclectic collection of smooth boulders are scattered about the space. A stylish, roughly hewn wooden banister leads to an elegant mezzanine, which makes a superb private dining space. The only real visual giveaway that you are in an Italian restaurant comes from a large, slightly kitsch mural of the Rialto Bridge that dominates the space. Loosely part of a family-run set of restaurants in and around Glasgow, Qua has a team of staff who are chirpy and authentically Italian. Large portions of no-nonsense Italian food are exemplified by the antipasti – a Desperate Dan portion of salami, Parma ham, mortadella, mixed tomatoes and olives, served with a small salad. Main courses include risotto pollo Milanese, a traditional rice dish made with sticky arborio rice, which absorbs the flavours of the chicken, saffron, mixed herbs and cream. Side dishes can prove slightly disappointing and occasionally tiramisu can be off the dessert menu. This is a capital offence in Italian restaurant land, but is partially redeemed by a good selection of gelati.