A Year at an Italian Table -"Best cookbooks of the year" - London Evening Standard 26.11.09
"Food book of the week"
Mail Online 30.11.09
“Contini sings (Dean) Martin’s hits with heart...and his Be Happy Band,...with finely judged arrangements...arrive right on cue every time.” Herald, August 09.
Wedding Services. Valvona & Crolla are here to help you plan your special day. For more information click here
Valvona & Crolla Caffè Bar
and VinCaffè have been selected by the List Eating & Drinking Guide 2008 in the following Hitlists: Best Cafès, Best Italian Restaurants, Best for Live Music, Best for Wines by the Glass - The List Eating & Drinking Guide 2008>
VALVONA & CROLLA warmly welcomes you to our web site and online shop. From market stall to dot com, we now serve the nation from our original premises in Edinburgh. We are Scotland's oldest Delicatessen and Italian Wine Merchant; one of Europe's original Specialist Food Shops, founded in 1934. From our humble beginnings, serving the fledgling immigrant Italian community in old Edinburgh, we now list food products and wines from around the world, and supply the entire UK with an efficient, speedy delivery system that boasts a next-day service to 90% of the population.
We are an independent family business - free to place before you new and exciting products together with our more traditional food and wine. Our roots are firmly planted in tradition - our growth is nourished by technology - our future lies in the pursuit of ever increasing quality, value and service in all that we do.
In the online shop you will find our own-baked bread, cakes and biscuits, and an extensive range of cheese, champagne, cookery books, coffee, tea, kitchenware, pasta, rice, salami, sausages, oil, vinegar, port, dessert wine, whisky and wine - lots of wine!
We hold tastings and cookery demonstrations in our Caffè Bar throughout the year. We also have an on-site gift room and book shop which is converted into a 70 seat theatre during August to become a venue in the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival.
Do not hesitate to email us from the contact page with any enquiry or problem.
Best wishes and thank you for your custom.
Cav. Philip Contini Chairman & Managing Director
Slow Food recommends
Valvona & Crolla Ltd
(Member since 1998)
The Scottish Pioneers Award
Scotland the Best 2007/08
Valvona & Crolla Ltd
"Edinburgh's quintessential deli/shop/restaurant is a down-to-earth foodie heaven and it has been one of my favourite places to eat Italian cooking for many years."
- Antonio Carluccio, Independent Magazine, June 2007
"Impeccable produce, sourced with a very keen palate, displayed with unnerving generosity,
genial service, fabulous wine section, zippy cafe - this place is the dog's family jewels when it comes to food shopping"
- Matthew Fort, The Guardian, June 2008
“No trip to Edinburgh is complete without a visit to Valvona & Crolla, opened by the Contini family in 1934. [A] joyous range of food, Italian and local. The staff are passionate and knowledgeable and the place is a visual feast, too”
