Pizza Express

The festive menu has some interesting twists, for food & drinks. The mulled sloe gin was a big hit.
The festive menu’s salmon pâté & pulled pork rilletes make a nice change to the usual offerings. We both enjoyed the spiced Persian lamb pizzas, which were huge. I had to get the rest of mine to take away — that’s supper sorted:)
It doesn’t take Tastecard over the holidays but the £18.95 for 2 courses & a glass of Prosecco is a decent offer.
Solid, friendly service. It’s never going to be amazing but it’s a decent/​solid 3.5 stars.

Expensive and overrated.
So upon moving to this part of Edinburgh I decided to treat myself to a calzone and some Italian beer at the local Pizza Express. This location has a great atmosphere overall. Very chic with tall ceilings, interesting lighting, and cool designs throughout the building. It is clearly marketed to the corporate folks who work in The Tun and Citi across the street. It’s a shame that the service wasn’t on par with the building.
Upon entering, I was led to three different places before the server decided where to put me. Mind you, there was only three people in the entire restaurant. Anyway, I ordered a calzone and large beer. The beer didn’t come out for 15 minutes. When I was there, there was only a few people there and three servers. So I’m not sure why it took so long really. Anyway, the calzone came and it looked good. However after opening it, it began oozing to the point that it made the dough soggy. I’ve never had a calzone do that before.
So after finishing half of it, I decide to head out after feeling disappointed at my pricey and underwhelming dinner. But there was no server in sight. It would be another 15 minutes before someone who appeared to be the manager came out and brought me my bill. As she charged my card, she began grilling me on why I didn’t eat more of my calzone and why didn’t I want to take it with me.
She was almost offended at the fact that I was not happy with it. She offered nothing to me though so her being «offended» meant nothing to me as a customer. She mentioned something about the cook not being happy if food comes back. This is the last thing I need to hear as a paying customer. A threatening remark about how the cook feels about me eating or not eating all of my food.
Outrageous.
Out of fear of producing a never-​ending rant on my experience at this Pizza Express, I’ll just end it here. I will not be back, despite the awesome atmosphere of the building that it sits in. Sad because this place could’ve gotten so much of my money. Oh well…

Pizza Express has recently been a little more favoured by Anita and I. They do pizzas well.
We arrived a little early for our reservation, we sat down with a glass of very nice prosecco and some big green olives. Yum. On arrival of our other table guests we went over the available pizzas on the list, whilst snacking on more olives and almonds. Water was supplied and more bottles of prosecco were ordered.
Their Romana range is based on a thin & crispy base and topped with fresh ingredients. I went for a blue cheese, prosciutto and chicken with chili oil.
The taste was lovely — the chili oil was chili infused olive oil, and actually dripping of the pizza. I don’t know if that was supposed to be that way, it was nice mind, but a little oily. For afters I chose a macchiato, this was nice and strong. We had some limoncello shots and made our way.
It was a nice meal, nothing too special. I do recommend this branch of Pizza Express as the feel is a little more. classy. High ceilings, mezzanine and glass everywhere.
As with all Pizza Express restaurants — they have Cloud WiFi

Unfortunately as I work nearby, I eat here far more often than I want to. I have been many, many times so my experience wasn’t just a fluke but a common occurance. Each and everytime I have been extremily disappointed to the point of anger.
The restaurant has been empty and when trying to order take aways we have been turned away as they were too busy apparently. Also, when they did actually take our order on another occassion the pizzas weren’t ready when they said they would be then when we went back to collect them they were cold as they had been lying out for so long!
Not only is the service despicable but the actual pizzas themselves aren’t anything to write home about. Rock solid, crunchy bases that make you scared that you will break a tooth are topped off with a stingey amount of cheese and perhaps a hot lettuce leaf or two if you’re really lucky!
You’ve been warned. Try it at your own risk!

Great pizzas only problem was service as it was busy not enough staff to cover people and parmazan cheese wasn’t left for pizza, pizza was good thought so cant slate them for the quality of the food just service

This Pizza Express took a while to get busy, but it got there! Eventually!!!
The staff are lovely, really really friendly and are happy to help. I love coming here during the festival because there’s such a variety of people.
The food is delicious too — I thoroughly recommend the Tuna Nicoise salad or the Chicken Pesto Pasta — YUMMY.
The service is generally really quick, but I once came here before going to a concert and had to leave my entire meal — but they did give it to me for free!
Overall it’s a great branch to an already great restaurant!

As Pizza Express goes, this is a goodie. All the usual good value pizza/​pastas but the archetecture and décor of this building makes it feel a little bit more fancy. Think high ceilings and big pieces of art on the walls. Nice.

This was a spacious but busy place. Really enjoyed the food even though the service was a little frantic and ecletic. Thin based pizzas (Romana) are excellent. Check the internet before you go for vouchers for the company. There was a £10 special whilst we were there which was popular but with limited menu items. Tried to return over the holiday weekend but it was full, so book if possible.