The Cavaliere Pizzeria And Fish Bar

The Cavaliere has been a Dalkeith High Street institution since the Crolla family opened it in 1968, and it remains one of the best Italian operations in Midlothian. The kitchen spans wood-fired pizzas, home-made pasta, steaks, chicken, veal, and a rotating fish specials board — more range than most Midlothian towns can sustain. Takeaway and delivery sit alongside a full restaurant service. Rated 4.8 on OpenTable, 4.5 on TastyFind from over sixteen hundred reviews, and winner of best independent Italian restaurant at the 2019 Papa Awards, The Cavaliere's consistency across more than five decades of family ownership is the clearest statement of its quality. A proper destination in a Midlothian county town that punches above its weight.