"Valvona & Crolla [Caffè Bar] is one of the delights of visiting Edinburgh. It offers quality authentic food."
Jenni Muir, Top Ten Italian Restaurants, The Independent

"Valvona & Crolla has taken over as Britain's leading Italian Specialist"
Tim Atkin, Guardian Weekend

"...whose excellence is now so legendary, that it has earned its place in the halls of fame of top European food shops"
Scotland on Sunday

"Britain's finest retail selection of Italian wine"
Jancis Robinson, Financial Times

"TheValvona & Crolla Caffè Bar - no, the whole shop - has the unmistakable zing and confidence of somewhere that knows what it is, that takes pride in what it does, and does what it does damned well"
Matthew Fort, Guardian Weekend

"Deli from Heaven"
Loyd Grossman

"...the best value Italian meal I have ever had in Britain at Valvona & Crolla's truly deliciously familial cafè"
Jancis Robinson, Financial Times

"You will have to queue, but that isn't surprising when you can eat some of the best Italian cooking in the country and be hard pushed to spend £20 a head"
Loyd Grossman

"if anything makes a London-based gourmet jealous of the Scots, it is Valvona & Crolla"
 Giles MacDonogh, Financial Times

SCOTTISH WINE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR 2001/2002

SCOTTISH WINE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR 2000/2001

SCOTTISH WINE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR 1999/2000

ITALIAN SPECIALIST AWARD
Which? Wine Guide 1997, 1998 & 2000

ITALIAN SPECIALIST WINE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR 1995/6

BEST SPECIALIST FOOD SHOP IN BRITAIN 1995/6

ITALIAN SPECIALIST WINE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR 1993/4

SCOTTISH WINE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR 1992/3

SPECIALIST WINE MERCHANT OF THE YEAR 1990/1