La Piola Del Forno - Torino

We had a lovely evening meal outdoors along with a great bottle of wine. The service was exquisite and the food pretty good. Altogether a very relaxed , informal evening for which we were grateful after 3 days of extremely high temperatures and the not so good service7attitude of other restaurants (torinesi appear to be pretty dour and don't smile much... . La Piola was a most refreshing welcoming change! Prices reasonable and generous servings.

Service was attentive. Disappointing food. Have a look at the pictures, they speak for itself. Risotto Primavera – supposedly made with vegetables. Not a sign of them, what we got was a nice mushy rice cream, overcooked and served in a “nice” shallow dish to make sure it is cold when it gets to the table . Honestly the worst risotto I have tasted in my entire life, not even my mother-in-law cook a risotto like that. Insalatta Galina or chicken salad. Again, have a look at the picture, one layer of mushy lamb lettuce in the bottom cover with a sliced chicken breast. No taste, very good if you are on a diet at the hospital. The only acceptable dish was the cold slices of beef with capers sauce. Sorry guys, for the price you practice you have much to improve in your kitchen and dish presentation.

We went for lunch there with friends. The portions were really really small and the prices were high for what we get. Apart from this, we needed to wait for an hour to get a hamburger and pasta. They were cold when we finally got them.

As it was raining, we popped inside. The menu was quite hard to understand. Our food (salad plus a Salami/Cheese selection) was just about ok, but hardly delicious. And the red wine by the glass was so-so. Not a place we'd actively seek to come back to again.

We booked early for dinner and we were the first guests,very welcoming waitresses ,very cosy atmosphere even outside in the street. I have loved the vitello tonnato,as a starter,but the first course wasn't bad either.gnocchi and ravioli delicious.what I loved most was the dessert...typical bonnet and yummy Tarte tatin. Verify nice evening indeed spent with special friend.which totally makes the day.