Edinburgh-based Vittoria Group has today opened Scotland’s biggest Fish and Chip restaurant on Victoria Street.
The 300-cover Bertie’s Restaurant and Bar in Edinburgh’s Old Town is the group’s first foray beyond the Italian food markets, having opened their first restaurant in 1970 in the Leith neighbourhood.
The 11,000 sq ft restaurant in the former St John’s Church offers an affordable menu that reinvents some traditional British ‘chip shop’ dishes and celebrates specialities including fish and chips – along with contemporary twists on the chip shop experience and boasts several light options, all under ten pounds.
Vittoria Group Chairman, Tony Crolla said, “We are very proud to open Scotland’s biggest Fish and Chip restaurant here in Edinburgh. The capital’s thriving Old Town is the perfect place to continue driving our restaurant business to new and old customers alike.
'Bertie’s Restaurant and Bar will offer something for everyone visiting the city as well as those locally who have continued to support our business growth through the decades. Bertie’s is a new chapter for my family business as we open the doors to our latest project this week.”
Local design team MD Hospitality along with the main contractor Pride Commercial Interiors were appointed by Vittoria Group to develop the three million pound investment in Bertie’s Restaurant and Bar.
Michael Dunn of MD Hospitality said, “Our design brief was to create a restaurant space of theatre, fun and excitement. We wanted Bertie’s customers to fell wonderful while they dined in a magical space. We believe this is what we have created over three floors embracing many of the original features of the former St John’s Church on Victoria Street.”
Bertie’s Restaurant and Bar has created over 50 new jobs with the expansion of Vittoria Groups restaurant portfolio in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Vittoria Group are also behind Italian restaurant brands Divino, Vittoria on the Bridge, Vittoria on the Walk, La Favorita and La Favorita Delivered as well as Taste of Italy.