Reviews - La Piola
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Robert P. • 1 review
September 3, 2025
10/10A really nice meal in pleasant surroundings with good service. We booked to come back on another day.
Sue S. • 1 review
September 3, 2025
10/10
Great service. Lovely steak and pasta. Enjoyable experience. Would come back again when next in stresa
D K. • 1 review
August 24, 2025
10/10If you are a meat lover this is the place for you. Steak was absolutely delicious!
Jennifer L. • 1 review
August 19, 2025
10/10Our best meal in Stresa, and everyone was so nice.
Anelia G. • 2 reviews
August 14, 2025
10/10The personal attitude and attention of the team towards our personal occasion to celebrate a birthday at la Piola
Olga R. • 14 reviews
August 13, 2025
9.5/10
Tasty food. Especially the meat. But we disappointed because the meat steaks doesn’t have a side dishes and we paid extra for the green salad and baked potatoes 6 euros each) Than the limoncello wasn’t complimented and also costs 5 euros each) So we find a place quite tourist because of this
Annette G. • 2 reviews
August 8, 2025
10/10Good service, which facilitated a great wine tasting as well as the choice of menu - a successful evening!
Clare R. • 11 reviews
August 1, 2025
9.5/10Amazing food with very generous portions. The local digestive at the end of the meal was a lovely touch.
Christian C. • 1 review
July 23, 2025
7.5/10
good food but a little sad that we didn't get our table out as we had ordered
Elena V. • 3 reviews
July 26, 2025
10/10It was awesome! The meat was cooked fantastic 👌
Bart V. • 1 review
July 16, 2025
9/10Best meal in two weeks travel through Italy. A must-go if you like meat.
Beth L. • 1 review
July 4, 2025
10/10
Amazing quality, lovely service. Best meal in Stresa we’ve had
Gaurav B. • 1 review
July 3, 2025
10/10Excellent all round!
Mary Kathryn D. • 1 review
May 18, 2025
10/10
Great food and even better service. Clean restaurant and very welcoming staff. Highly recommend!
Isabella A. • 22 reviews
May 10, 2025
9/10Good restaurant, great steaks and generous portions. Service was a bit slow but they made up for it in attention and friendliness to the client. Overall would recommend!
Beth T. • 10 reviews
May 10, 2025
10/10Very good main course, nice salad, fresh crusty sourdough bread. Very friendly service.
Stephen P. • 1 review
February 14, 2025
10/10Excellent service, fantastic food, great ambience. Totally satisfied... Even the wife 😂
David B. • 1 review
November 2, 2024
8/10
Nice option for a non-pasta focused dinner. Excellent soups were an option as a starter, and a wonderful local steak, cooked perfectly for dinner. Most steaks are sized to share, and our 1kg (including bone) was more than adequate for two of us.
Tony W. • 1 review
October 12, 2024
10/10Four of us shared the local Piedmonte steak. A 1.5kg piece was plenty for all of us, cooked medium perfectly, tender and tasty with very nice baked potato wedges and aubergine sides. There is of course some fat and gristle in a steak that size but lots of lovely lean meat and no complaints. Really nice bottle of local red wine at reasonable price. Service very efficient and friendly. Tiramisu dessert very good. Highly recommend this restaurant for steaks.
Anthony W. • 2 reviews
September 21, 2024
9.5/10
We had a marvelous meal at La Viola in Sept 2024. We said that we would like to order steak and the waiter explained the features of the various cuts that were available. We chose aged Piedmont beef which was beautifully cooked and some of the best beef I have tasted in my like. The waiter also recommended a reasonably priced bottle of wine to go with the steak. The wine was also excellent. I can thoroughly recommend this restaurant.
Richard E. • 2 reviews
September 28, 2024
8.5/10The Prussian steak was incredibly delicious.
Brian S. • 6 reviews
September 26, 2024
6.5/10
The steaks are very good. The cannolis were excellent. Outside of that, I can’t recommend this restaurant. The pasta is simply not up to Italian standards. The service was slow, at best, which played a part in my 3-star review. There are much better options available in the area. Choose wisely!
Michael H. • 6 reviews
September 8, 2024
10/10Eat here if you are in Florence.
Артём А. • 1 review
September 6, 2024
9/10perfect meat selection.
EMMA H. • 1 review
August 27, 2024
10/10We had a 4 month old baby and they were very accommodating with space for the buggy. It was no problem. Quick food which was super tasty too!
Joseph W. • 1 review
August 22, 2024
9/10Good pasta. Excellent steak. Affordable wine choices.
Natalie B. • 6 reviews
August 24, 2024
10/10Mattia was great and very attentive to us and service was excellent. My steak and salad was delicious.
Torsten H. • 10 reviews
August 18, 2024
8/10Small, cosy restaurant with an unexpected selection of beef. The chef knows how to prepare it. I would only wish for a little more passion in the service. Good value for money.
Philipp S. • 2 reviews
August 12, 2024
5.5/10we visited this restaurant based on positive reviews but was quite disappointed. As I have a gluten allergy, I asked for an allergen menu after receiving the regular one. The server's reaction was far from professional—she seemed surprised and annoyed. Without much effort, she pointed out two dishes that she claimed I could eat. Her demeanor made me feel as though she preferred I leave the restaurant. I eventually decided on a flank steak and a salad as a starter, while my wife ordered a veal schnitzel. Unfortunately, my wife’s veal schnitzel was served quickly, while I received both my salad and steak at the same time, completely defeating the purpose of having a starter. To my dismay, I was served a "spider steak" instead of the flank steak I had ordered. The spider steak looked like a chaotic mess of meat scraps on the plate, and it didn’t taste good at all. For nearly €40 (steak + mixed grilled vegetables), this dish was definitely overpriced and not worth the money.
Ola M. • 2 reviews
July 23, 2024
5/10The food tasted very good, especially meat but the service was quite bad. We were waiting 20 minutes for cleaning our table. The waiter didn’t even ask if we were interested in taking a dessert. Finally I asked if I could look at the menu but the waiter ignored me and kept doing his things, so we left the restaurant. We had a very bad experience.
Adrian W. • 1 review
July 16, 2024
8/10
The meat dishes are something to behold. We ordered the Regina T-bone, definitely the best steak I’ve had. The service is good, but as one of our children did not order starters, their main meal was bought out with everyone else’s starters. A side dish and drink was forgotten from our order, and we had to remind the waiter. Overall, would thoroughly recommend for a very expensive night of high quality meat produce.
Alex R. • 1 review
July 4, 2024
10/10Perfectly cooked steak, excellent pasta (the nicest tomato sauce I’ve tasted) and excellent friendly service.
Lisa E. • 2 reviews
June 27, 2024
10/10
We were very happy with our dining experience. The food was exceptional without being too fussy. The waitstaff were attentive and kind. We both agreed the pici with duck ragù was one of the best dishes we have had in a long time here in Italy.
Emily R. • 1 review
June 21, 2024
9/10Best steak I’ve had in a long time - I had the flank can’t recommend it enough / so tasty, perfectly cooked and the fries were also amazing - planning on going back while we’re here !
JOHN S. • 1 review
June 19, 2024
10/10This restaurant is a small gem. The food was delicious and the wait staff was helpful and welcoming! We will definitely go again when we are in Stresa.
Susan W. • 5 reviews
May 23, 2024
10/10We loved our very large T bone steak and the risotto was delicious.
Richard L. • 1 review
May 10, 2024
9/10The best steak I’ve had in years and I’m not that young!
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