Divino Enoteca

Excellent Italian restaurant in Edinburgh Old Town. You go down stairs for the restaurant and it has an wine cellar feel to it and certain rustic ambiance. Food was very good. We shared four different types of antipasti dishes. I had the Italian sausages for the main which were a tad bit salty. The while bean stew with pancetta was filling and delicious. Overall good comfort food. High score is for the wine list. Ordered s Pinot Nero (Pinot noir) from Chine which was very good for its price.

Fabulous food, great service, great atmosphere and reasonably priced. The wine we had was recommended by Peter (a fantastic bartender) and was delicious. we finished an amazing meal with the chocolate and sherry dessert option… That was my favourite part! YUM!

I arranged my works Christmas party here for 30 people. We had the full side section of the restaurant to ourselves which was great.
Great looking place, full of character, low level lighting and velvet curtains make it sumptuous indeed.
We had pre-​ordered the meal so I had met with the chef and restaurant manager before the night to talk through all our requirements.
I am super strict vegetarian and I found that none of the wines were suitable for a vegetarian, they did offer to specially buy some in but the price was over our budget so I ended up opting for gin and tonic or two instead. They also cooked me a special vegie lasagne without parmesan, which was great.
The staff were very helpful indeed and with great food and service, our Christmas party was a success. I would certainly come back here.

I had sort of a moment at this place, but I’ll get to that in a minute.
We started off with one of the wine flights, which I loved. It’s great that you can get the same number of glasses in different sizes. We went with the smallest so we could have a few sips each and decide what we want in a full glass. They were very well marked when they came to the table, so even someone who has mildly indulged can still easily tell one from the other. Delicious appetizers, small plates, and desserts came and went, and then I was very pleased to find (Cuban!) cigars on the dessert menu. I planned to take it home but on our way out, one of the waiters, insistently hospitable in that very Italian way, suggested we enjoy a smoke on the empty back patio. He turned on a heater and asked if I wanted anything else. I was in a persuadable mood, ordered an espresso, and when I tried to pay him, he just insisted I enjoy myself and find him on my way out.
Then, sitting in the back patio under strung lights, with a full stomach and several glasses of red in my system, blowing smoke rings and sipping an espresso, I realized that I was about as happy as I get. Thanks, friends.

Great lunch with friends in this very classy Italian. So much choice on the main menu, but we were all tempted by the lunch special menu. Antipasti was excellent. Beautiful meats and olives. The Italian sausages with fennel served with polenta were excellent too. I finished with the tiramisu, which was so good. I’m not usually a fan but this was superb. Creamy, not too sweet, chocolate too.
Their wine selection is excellent I was only disappointed I couldn’t try any as I was driving. Oh well, gives me an excuse to go back!

We didn’t love the food that much! Nice wines though and dessert was very good too.
The thing we didn’t enjoy at all was the fact that it took them forever to serve the food. They have a very slow service. Meanwhile, their music list has only a few songs that we had to listen over and over again while we waited.

This time we had a meal at Divino Enoteca. In addition to my previous review I have to add that they did very well to accomodate five of us on a busy Saturday evening during the Edinburgh Fringe.
They were very busy as we expected. But we were all made to feel right at home and at easy. We knew we had to vacate the table by 8pm, but we were not hurried.
The dishes were to the standard you’d expect from a place like this.
The waiter recommened a very good wine for consuming with our duck — very enjoyable.
If you have a chance to do so — visit them

Wow this was some find recommended by a good friend. Went for dinner recently and can tell it’s part of the well known Crolla family empire. Service is attentive and you feel like being part of the family as options on both food and drink come with a personal recommendation. The advice on wines was attentive and somewhat patient. I had a very tasty Tuscan bean soup followed by veal Milanese. The real attraction though is the stunning collection of wines, including my own world favourite from the Bekka Valley in the Lebanon, Château Musar. This was a good 2004 version and such is the investment in this proper enoteca, they do this and 11 other wines by the glass dispensed by a very 21^st century piece of kit. Lovely, vault style setup reminded me of many a city of London wine bar without the rampant profusion of secret trists in each corner. This is Edinburgh after all. Will be back, probably with a few more friends and with an eye on the private room which looks perfect for a 10 – 14 strong gathering. Oh and the courtyard and fact that it sells cigars will be a major plus through what passes as the summer up here.

Tucked away under the George the IV bridge, Divino is a little welcoming Italian oasis in Edinburgh. At basement level, its all dark and atmospheric and lovely for drinks, nibbles or a full on romantic night.
Not tried any bad wine here yet. Was here for Wine Club the other week and the wine we sampled (I ended up trying 3 in total) was all lovely. Just be sure you know what you are ordering as the wine will change depending on what food you are eating — in some cases quite dramatically.
Divino is owned by the Vittoria group but is more high end. Tapas style plates, sharing plates or full plates are all available. I tried some antipasti with the Unilocaler gang which was lovely and then I ended up ordering the selection of 5 cheeses with honey, pear and walnuts. The cheeses were lovely as was the honey. I gave away the accompanying crackers (not GF) but there should have been more pear beyond the two very thin slivers and more than 3 walnuts which I had to request. Other Unilocalers food looked lovely though and the desserts were wonderful — including a perfectly textured pannacotta bang goes the diet!
I will come back for food and/​or drinks. The menu is marked with GF and vegetarian options which is great to see and there are plenty of tempting choices too. Staff are friendly, though trying to get water topped up was slow at times.

This was the first time I had visited Divino. It’s defo a pleasing place to be when you are escaping the winters’ cold and dark nights.
Divino is situated down the steps in the basement of a tenement building so as you can imagine history just seeps through these walls. The lighting really helps build an atmosphere too — don’t worry it’s not a scary one!
Known for the vino, Divino offers an extensive menu of reds, whites, rosè, sparkles by region. Luckily we were on a Unilocal Wine Club Event, so had our wine expert, Nikki choose the wine and and paired it with cold meat, cheeses and breads. It’s quite amaing how much food can change a wine. Both wines were very nice. I love my reds in winter.
The platter of meats and cheeses was exceptional. Just brought me back to times i spend with my hubbie and his family when we visit Italy.
They have a food menu and tapas menu too, great for satisfying all appetites!
I’ll be back to Divino, whether is for a meal or a casual drink with friends x

Great place! Not inexpensive, but worth every pound. The service was fantastic and their menu (from soup, to the amazing duck, to the tiramisu & whiskey, to the after dinner Cuban) was all I could ask for!

Beautiful wee wine bar underneath George IV Bridge. Had I not been to another bar on the same street a couple of weeks ago I may have had trouble finding it. I went there last night for a pre-​dinner drink and had an Aperol Spritz (a popular aperitivo drink in Italy at the moment). It cost £5 which I thought was quite fair as it has both liqueur and Prosecco in it and was made correctly, which does not happen in many bars in Edinburgh from my experience! We were also given a sharing plate with bread sticks, parmesan and olives at no extra cost which was a nice touch. I am definitely going to return sometime to sample some of their Italian wines and bar food.

I couldn’t believe this place only had two reviews on Unilocal,and one by myself. And so when the idea of ‘Wine O Clock’ was suggested by some Unilocalers, I instantly recommended Divino Enoteca, as it is entirely hidden under George IV Bridge and doesn’t seem to be on many radars.
It’s owned by the Vittoria group (and you can access it via Vittoria on the Bridge). But it’s quite different to the La Fav and Vittoria venues. It’s basement, and dark, and wooden, and candelit, and has alcoves, and wine bottles and wine bottles and more wine.
I don’t know the system, but they employ this fantastic technique using a computerised style corking method, that allows them to pour wine from a bottle without uncorking it. The result is you can try any wine (or almost any) by the glass.
I decided to go for the Red Wine Flight, and had 5 red wines (50ml each) for £14. That’s £7 for two large glasses of wine, roughly. Good value and the wine tasting itself was really illuminating. It was a self-​service wine tasting, with a sheet explaining each wine. But the process of tasting one red after another really helped me notice flavours I wouldn’t normally. The Chilean ‘4’ on this flight was wonderfully toffee-​flavoured, sweet and dense. The first 2 I wasn’t so keen on but the 4^th was worth the entire flight. I took a photo on my iPhone and now know what I“ll be ordering when I go back.
The food is a-​ok. Not bad, but certainly not good and not worth going alone for. I’d say go for the wine, really enjoy the ‘wine by the glass’ expereince, and if you’re peckish, a wee slice of toast and paté will tide you over. I wouldnt come here for the meal alone.
It was the perfect start to Wine O’ Clock, and would be a great place for an intimate date, or a larger group such as we were. As Rayan has commented, the service was also impeccable and they weren’t phased by 8 people ordering different things at different times. There were also around 25 glasses on our table at one point, due to 4 or so wine flights. Again, this wasn’t a problem.

Overall, Divino is a first rate wine bar. It’s an absolute gem — the wine flights are fun to try and reasonably priced for the opportunity to try a range of wines. The bar area is very stylish and well laid out with the huge wine dispenser on display in the centre. The staff didn’t explain the wines but luckily there was a cute little card that they sat on with all the information you needed to pretend to know what you were doing!
I don’t think however that the food is quite up to the standard it should be. We did eat there about 4 months ago and were quite disappointed by the selection and quality. Last night I only had a couple of bar snacks and, while the food was nice it was missing that little bit to make it great, which really wouldn’t be hard with a plate of bresaola and some mushroom pâté!
Some high quality nibbling platters would be great to have with the wines with lovely Italian antipasto, olives, calamari, sardines perhaps… yum!
Don’t get me wrong. I’ll go back. I’ll go back quite soon, but it will only be for lots of wine and a great night chatting in the bar.

Wine bars are my spiritual home. I’m not sure why — I’m not even that good with telling my «pinot grigio» from my «pinot gris» … or my «pinot nior» from my «pino nino nino» (10 points to anyone who gets that joke).
Divino Enoteca is located in the part of Edinburgh I can’t navigate — the old town, with the multi level streets and Google Maps unable to tell me how it all works. Thankfully I was soon inside and wrapped in the warm surroundings of Divino Enoteca with exposed brick walls, dark timber tables and a nice, glowing atmosphere.
I was visiting as a gatecrasher of the CMYE Edinburgh Unilocal event (thanks again for letting me come along!) and we sat at a large table. The legs of the table were bugging me all night and I couldn’t rest my legs on the floor properly, but I think it was because I was in the bench seating.
I had a look over the wine list, and I was totally lost — as I said above, I’m not good with wine varieties and they had a whole section of Italian varieties. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t recognise any of them. I was tempted by the flights of wine (small glasses of 4 – 6 varieties) but as I was driving later on in the night, I went for a glass of rosé. I don’t remember the details and can’t see it on the website — but it was great and a reasonable price.
Some Unilocalers had food which looked really tasty. I thought the service at times was a little brisk, but the waiter seemed to lighten up as the night went on. I felt really comfortable here (apart from the legs part above) and would definitely return here for a quite, comfortable drink next time I’m in Edinburgh.

Wine tasting, classy style!
It’s off Grassmarket and not so easy to find, if you don’t have the address at hand. But as soon as you are ready to walk through the entrance and down the stairs, around the corner you can see a nice cozy bar, chairs and tables.
Soft lightning makes the place ideal for romantic meals!
The menu is extensive when it comes to choosing your favourite wine for the evening. Wow, Wow, Wow… they even offer proper wine tasting pallets of 25ml and 50ml in elegant glasses for red and white wines from all over the world. The flight plan I chose was for £7.50 and the 5 samples tested where outstanding. Another option are 4 glasses of red wine of the premium range for which you pay £20.
White wine variations are also available.
The most expensive bottle of red wine I could find was £620, Good luck or nice lover :-) !
You have a choice to nipple on some tapas dishes before or after the wine tasting. Single wine glasses of various sizes are also available. We ordered carppacio (order the small portion, its cheaper), polenta and ham and chicken liver pâté with artisan bread, which are £4 each. They also serve pasta and you get more choice upstairs in the restaurant.
Go there and check it out. You won’t be disappointed!

So good. We found this place on Unilocal and although it was a bit tricky to find, it was a cosy, charming atmosphere and had WONDERFUL food!
The people were truly italian and the food was wonderful. Definitely recommended.

Came her for lunch on Saturday and will definately be back.
There were three of us and we started with the antipasti sharing plate. (while we were waiting for this, we were given a tasting plate of 24 month aged parmesan with balsamic crème) This sharing plate came with white pork mortadella, spicy salami, chicken terrine parfait, pecorino cheese, gorganzola, sourdough bread, pickled veg and San Danielle ham. All of these were totally outstanding and clearly the top of the range. Luckily, we took this for two people as there was so much of it! We followed this up with one of us having the meatballs in tomato sugo and the other two having the baked aubergine. Unfortunatley, we were all too stuffed to have dessert, but their coffee was outstanding. Bei and Nanini doesn’t taste like that anywhere else in town!
If you’re the driver and are in here for the night, try the «red bitter». It’s Campari without the alchol and makes a refreshing change for drinking coke all night.

Whist visiting Edinburgh in February I was very lucky to find Divino…, beautifully decorated, a warm welcome, very good atmosphere and the food and wine excellent. Definately a place to go back to.

Popped in here for impromptu Valentines drinks and expected the place to be heaving, but it was nice and quiet. I suppose not many people have discovered this hidden gem, or maybe it’s because it was a Monday evening and most people went for dinner with their lovers over the weekend instead.
The sharing platters of cheese and meat were lovely, the waiting staff were very friendly and helped me with my pronunciation of the wine names, and every glass of wine was delicious. I didn’t really know how or what function the machines had, but I would love to find out! When we asked the waiter I don’t think he understood what we meant but gave us such a thorough walkthrough of the wine list that we decided it would be a shame to tell him he’d picked us up wrong!
Lovely place, maybe a bit on the pricey side but I don’t think this is necessarily a negative; if you like the finer things in life then get yourself down here asap.