Piadina - Irvine

Not a place I would try again. It’s the smallest, most overpriced flatbread type thing. Prosciutto is not top quality. Took forever for my order to come out, too.

Nothing special about this place. Even the food. Especially for its expensive cost.

I really wanted to like this place more. They try to be truly Italian with imported meats and tuna, and an Italian bread pressing machine. Unfortunately my New York piadina had bread which was uncooked (translucent dough). Literally raw dough. Not cool. The other sandwich ingredients were ok but the meat was very fatty (which is typical for these deli style cuts, but something to be aware of). The tuna salad was HUGE but had almost no tuna or salad dressing. Overall the food was very unsatisfying and half the sandwich went into the garbage due to the uncooked bread. Will not be coming back.

*Sad sandwich alert* when you walk in you'll notice signs for $0.75 sauce everywhere, mayo $0.75, hot sauce $0.75, etc. As a first timer I figured they wouldn't be evil enough to sell an incomplete sandwich that purposefully tastes bad without the sauce surcharge, but I was wrong. We ordered to go, so I had no way of even forking over the additional funds to complete my sandwich... I don't think anyone makes a dry sandwich with meat, arugula, tomatoes, and nothing, and I'm sure once you figure out the sauce scam you'll throw a couple on for an extra $1.50, but don't order to go on your first time or you'll be left with.... this.

I can't believe it took me so long to try this place. Initially, I noticed these gorgeous women exiting with these flatboxes in hand. I was a bit apprehensive at first, but the staff reassured first-timers buy pointing out popular items (highlighted in yellow on the menu). I went with the California as my initiation and it was a safe choice: Roasted Chicken, mozzarella, arugula, tomato, and basil pesto wrapped in a warm flat bread. Quality ingredients, simple yet tasty, and executed quickly. The interior is cool and quaint with about 4-5 tables of 4. Will be back to try their Italian Classics.