it was a very rainy sunday evening that brought me to Mamma's for dinner with friends.  as the grassmarket is a fair trek from my part of town, i hadn't visited before so didn't really know what to expect besides the offering of pizza.\n\nthe menu is pretty standard for a pizza place, loads of pizza toppings to choose from, a variety of pizza sizes, a number of sides to accompany, and pasta dishes if that is what you'd rather go for.  i got a small pizza with artichoke, olives, goats cheese, and garlic tomatoes and we all opted to spilt a side of chili cheese fries.\n\nfood arrived fairly quickly, but i was left less than impressed.  my pizza was ok, the toppings were nice but the sauce lacked any real taste and the base was a bit too stodgy for my liking.  the chili cheese fries were tasty though so that was a bit of a saving grace.  \n\n\nwhile the service was good, i feel like i can't really comment on that much as we were pretty much the only customers in that night.  the waitress was friendly though which is always appreciated.  however, the restaurant itself is a bit tired looking and could use a good clean... not a great thought when you're sat down for a nice dinner.\n\ni think this review might have been three stars but i felt that the price i paid for mediocre food was a bit high.  if memory serves me right, i paid almost \u00a320 for my pizza and portion of the chili fries, which was a bit high for something i didn't really enjoy.  so overall, not really impressed with Mamma's and i'm unlikely to make the effort to go back.