De Niro Ristorante & Cruz Bar Review

This is my thirteenth review for Fluid.

Unlucky for some?

But not for me, I went to DeNiros!

Let me come clean here, I've been going to DeNiros since I could afford to eat out, so this is hardly going to be the most unbiased of reviews; I mean I've dragged most of my current and ex-friends there (not always willingly and once by the hair!).

I know what half of you are thinking, is there any correlation between DeNiros and that 'ex-friends' sitting innocently in the previous paragraph (the other more lucid half of you are naturally thinking 'he has friends?').

I assure you - no! (correlation - honest) Unless they were so devoid of taste buds as to not appreciate good Italian food in which case you'd be justified in asking why the hell I was hanging out with them anyway.

With a marble flooring (almost certainly fake) and a statue (definitely fake) usually adorned with some sort feather boa DeNiros’ decor is most welcoming, as are its staff. Though be warned, don't be surprised if you've booked and they can't find a record of it. They can never find mine and my assertion that I did book is usually met with wide eyed astonishment and mugging! I'm convinced it’s an act, they can always find space and there's a comfy leather sofa to sink into if you have to wait.

But you won't want to wait long, because the business end of this review is where all the fun is. I was at DeNiros this time thanks to an inspired gift for my partner and I; my parents had placed some money behind the bar to treat us to a night out.

There's a routine I'm into there, I get the menu gaze at the large selection of starters, pasta, pizza and mains; laugh at all the little misspellings and asides; then after twenty minutes or so order exactly what I’ve been ordering for years. Spare ribs in the house sauce (as recommended by the manager's godfather) and tagliatelle alla DeNiro - a mild bolognese sauce seeded with scalding pepperoni bombs; Pavarotti's favourite apparently though I've never got round to asking the big man.

I've never had a bad meal there (and as you know now there have been many of them) and this was no exception. Both plates disappeared with such speed that wolfing should definitely be replaced with ‘colinning’ in the dictionary.

The other half had salmon as a starter and the same pasta dish. We both washed it down with a pleasant bottle (or two) of the house white, a fruity chardonnay.

Close to the University, DeNiros has the sort of prices that will attract students on penny pinching nights out or dates (and lets face it the days of being a grant laden care-free student are well gone) but its by no means a student haunt. Go on give it a go; its good and its fun....read more

Customer Reviews for De Niro Ristorante & Cruz Bar

Average (based on 1 votes): 1 Atmosphere: Value: Quality:

The following customer reviews are not endorsed by Fluid Edinburgh and are simply those of users who wish to publish their independent experiences of De Niro Ristorante & Cruz Bar.

“Not going to go into detail just list the point. Filthy cutlery and table. All three orders arrived incomplete. Two of the dishes were undercooked. The third (chicken) cooked dry.”
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bamber, Edinburgh (1 years 11 months 2 days ago)

Additional Information

• Cuisine Type: Italian
• Dress Code: Not Specified
• Group: (Independent/Freehouse)