La Piola di Garibaldi

Saturday noon, decided to try the restaurant because of the positive comments and the traditional local cuisine. Went at 11:50, got a coffee, and they mentioned they would open at 12:00 for lunch service. Came back at 12:10. The server was rude. Only three tables were occupied, and they mention to come back at 1:00 pm because there were no seats available and it was busy. Consider reserving or planning ahead if you want to visit the restaurant.

A nice place for dinner. And a menu with a good value for your money. The service is attentive but in busy times it can take a while. The location is in a busy corner of the city but still nice.

Very, very bad. After we were seating it took a quarter before we could order. A quarter later we got the appetizers, but only after a reminder we got 10 mins later the wine. Next, it took almost 3 quarters before we got the very moderate primi. We complained about the timing, so a quarter later we got the secundi. But alas, the fried meat was cold. So, not fresh baked but bad warmed. The staf did not enter any discussion when we left halfway the dinner

We have never been so disappointed in a restaurant in Italy. The terrace is beautiful, but the food is terrible! I never thought I would say this about an Italian restaurant. My husband had such tough and veiny meat on his plate that he simply couldn’t eat it, he only ate the potatoes and left the restaurant hungry. My meat was quite tasty, but instead of the promised vegetable side dish, they also brought me potatoes, but I don’t eat the potatoes. So I was also hungry. And none of the waiters even asked if we liked the food and if we were satisfied. We will never return to this restaurant and will not recommend it to anyone. There are too many wonderful restaurants in Italy to visit this one.

By suggestion of the waiter we took mixed plates of piemontese starters. They were delicious, especially anchovies with green sauce, and vitello tonnato. Service was quite fast and kind. At the end they even gave us a small discount

A nice place for dinner. And a menu with a good value for your money. The service is attentive but in busy times it can take a while. The location is in a busy corner of the city but still nice.