ISOLA Sardinian Restaurant in Edinburgh

Every day this restaurant opens, a crime against food is being committed.The Edinburgh council workers are obviously criminals, who must be taking bribes.Why else do places like Pizza Hut get prime locations and ISOLA is tucked away on a random strip of shops/ eateries, all the while selling world class Italian food!! Some of the best I've ever eaten.It's truly a crime that this restaurant isn't where it should be. It should be turning people away on Rose St, George Street or Marchmont, with the rest of the best.Tempo Perso was my favourite Italian, but this has now taken that no.1 spot.Ingredients so fresh and tastes so good.I cannot recommend enough. I'll be screaming from the rooftops and praying they get a new premises so that they can expand and have somewhere that's in the heart of the action, not away from it.Parmigiana was fantastico. Pizza was delicious. Pasta was amazing. And Tiramisu was out of this world.Staff were also great and friendly. Prices for what we got was well worth it.So please go, support a family run business and discover something new and amazing that you can add to your restaurant index.In the words of Arnold Schwarzenegger: I'll be back.

So delicious. Fresh ingredients and authentic taste of pasta. Staff is super nice and friendly. Will come back!

Lovely Italian place with amazing sea food!Does know how to prepare mussels - which sets it apart from quite a few others in Edinburgh.Would recommend for a nice dinner, either for a date or with a small group of friends.

The food here is absolutely delicious! The seafood is great, and there are so many regional gems to explore. The staff are great, so friendly and helpful. Would recommend to anyone.

Not from Sardinia, but visited it with a Sardinian friend and had to say the taste of the products was really good with lots of familiar Sardinian dishes. The actual Sardinian dishes you can try, is cozze (mussels), culurgiones and Malloreddus. As for dessert make sure to try the delightful Sebadas!There are other Italian dishes too, though I haven't tried them, but for a proper Sardinian experience this is my go-to place in Edinburgh

Excellent, fresh food and lovely staff!

Really bad experience. 1st of all, it took them 45 minutes to bring the starter, for just two bruschetas and a antipasto table. One of the waiters never made us feel comfortable. We went with children and that seemed to bother her all the time. Avoiding eye contact very notoriously. Food was ok but expensive for what it is. Main courses also took ages to arrive (more than 30 minutes) and in the end this same waiter came from the other side of the restaurant saying thank you in a way that was obviously looking to argue and she was extremely aggressive to us when we told her why we were dissapointed. She didn't care that we were with children and she start shouting to us. We stayed calm but she kept shouting even though we pointed to her that her behaviour was unnaceptable. We strongly do not recommend this place.

This place is great! The staff are friendly & the food is amazing !!

Elegant, but family friendly. Typical Italian restaurant, but with a Sardinian twist. Traditional decor and traditional Italian hospitality and excellent customer service. We went for a quick bite and sampled jumbo shrimps coated in crunchy polenta batter with tomato sauce, fregola with eggplants and ricotta salata, malloreddus (Sardinian gnocchi) with zucchini, cheese and saffron. Everything was excellent. We are planning to go back when we will have more time to try the typical Sardinian wine Cannonau, other fish delicacies and desserts! Almost forgot, complimentary Sardinian flat bread, Pane Carasau, lovely!

We visited this fabulous Sardinian restaurant for the first time yesterday evening and had a wonderful time! We had an excellent meal of seafood, fish, hand-made ravioli and cheese accompanied by a lovely Sardinian wine and port. Our hostess was very knowledgeable, friendly and attentive, but without being intrusive. We will definitely return the next time we visit Edinburgh.