Piola

The all you can eat gnocci nights are amazing. Good food and a great atmosphere. Have recommended to many friends and I can’t wait till the new location opens.

I lived right above Piola for the past year and really loved their pizza and would eat their probably every other week. Which is why I’m sad to say that they seemed to have gone out of business! At least, their signage is gone and their website is down. I’ll miss you Piola!

Favourite Italian restaurant in Toronto. Luckily I have friends that live just a couple minutes away so I always try to make it to Piola every time I come to visit them!
I’ve had quite a few items off the menu and have never ordered something I didn’t LOVE. All 4 types of pizza I’ve tried from there have been amazing (although my favourite is the Moderna… I’m a sucker for arugula). Gnocchi Legnano is irresistible! Love the Capese salad (fresh bufala cheese is awesome) also really enjoyed the Roka Cabana salad and Prosciutto & Grana appetizer. Although that is usually better to share.
As I said, I’ve never been disappointed with anything off this menu. Love Piola!

It seemed that our waitress forgot about us for ten minutes and then was nowhere to be found.
I ordered the pesto gniochi. Nothing special. Also ordered the grilled veggie thin crust pizza. That was a bit better once I drenched it wit a bunch of chilli flakes.

Stand out food with great portions of pasta and pizza. Nice service and atmosphere is very family friendly (kind of like Eaton Centre’s market restaurant). Saw calamari being served at another table and that looked gorgeous too.

Since moving into the neighbourhood oh 2 ½yrs ago I had been dying to try out all you can eat Gnocchi night.
There are several flavors I can probably list them all but I’ll leave that for you to discover.
What I will say is that you have to book a time slot
5−7pm
7−9pm
9−11pm
My suggestion is that you really pase yourself so that you are able to try everything and enjoy it. We were all stuffed after one hour of taste tests.
But it was a great experience.
Their Margarita pizza is really good. Crust is very thin and I don’t usually eat pizza crust but without even realizing it I ate it all.
I’ll be back but maybe a while for Gnocchi night:)

I actually think this is the best bolognese in the city. Hands down when I want pasta this is my number one choice!!! Service always excellent as well. Love you guys!

This place is reminiscent of Pizza Express or Café Uno in Uk. Crisp light thin crust with top quality toppings placed sparingly but satisfactorily. Absolutely fabulous!
+ excellent patio + warm attentive staff, good stuff.

suuuuuper pricey in my opinion ($ 17.50 for personal size pizza) but delicious pizza and delicious little pillows of gnocchi!
i like how there were a variety of pizza toppings that weren’t the common western ones but if you’re vegetarian, i felt like there weren’t many options :(

Piola is the cutest place, its quite modern looking.
My boyfriend and I went for gnocchi night, I myself am the biggest gnocchi fan ever. I will eat it till I burst, he hasn’t had gnocchi before and I’m so glad his first time was at piola. He absolutely loves it, almost as much as I do.
The gnocchi here is made in a less time consuming way, I can tell they get the dough together and just chop it up into pieces instead of rolling and shaping them, which I didn’t really like, but its understandable when all you’re eating is gnocchi for the night.
The different flavors, there were around ten, the basics, then a parma ham, a four cheese and a few more I can’t seem to remember. The creamy flavors were my favorite they were just the right amount of heavy cream. He fell in love with the pesto.
The reason its at a 3 star, is because the service here was horrid. We waited at our table for 15 minutes before someone came around with water, then another 10 before she asked us if we wanted to order. I’m very picky with my service, not only was she slow, there was literally no one there. I saw how many tables were taken.
Other then the service everything made my mouth water.

This is a chain I believe but nonetheless we’ve been back 2 or 3 times. The pizza is actually quite good. I mean there is better in close proximity however you are pretty much assured a table in much less time and for the that the quality of food is perfectly acceptable.
Recommend.

The pizza and pasta were both terrible. We went there for lunch. I ordered FUSILLI ALLA PUTTANESCA. The tuna was so oily and the quality was very bad. My friend ordered ORTOMISTO pizza. It seemed that they had just put some vegetables and tomatoes on top of the pizza bread without baking them a little bit with the pizza.
Overall, they are many other italian restaurants in the area with the same price but better quality. I don’t recommend anyone to eat there.

The pizza and pasta were both amazing! Its my 4^th time coming here and I didn’t feel sick or bloated like I do when I eat at Itradional restaurant the serves GMO’s to its customers.
I will definitely come back. It is some of the best pizza in the city and the home made pasta would have been perfect but the sauce was a bit too salty for me.
The side arugala salad was perfect! Very little dressing and very clean — just balsamic and EVOO.
Great job Piola!!!
Oh, the Lounge music was a little too much. Not the music i would expect at an Italian restaurant.
PS this Unilocal app sucks!!!

Do you know how difficult it is to make a 5-​star Hawaiian pizza? Maybe you don’t like Hawaiian pizza, maybe you don’t care. But as a lover of Hawaiian pizza I can tell you that is very easy to make a 3-​star Hawaiian pizza and exceedingly difficult to make a 5-​star Hawaiian pizza. The one here is it.
The dough was perfectly cooked and the tomato sauce was delicious. I assume this applies to all of their pizza too. But the pineapples were the perfect size of chunks, plentiful, and did not soak through the dough. The ham was not thin slices or cold cut ham; but rather thick chunks of cured pork. Add to that a dash of the chilli-​olive oil that they bring to the table, and you’ve basically got the perfect Hawaiian pizza. My dad had a different pizza with chicken and it also looked awesome (he said he loved it though I did not try it).
For dessert I had the tiramisu, and I cannot complain — clearly homemade, terrific balance of sweet and coffee flavouring.
Piola is near queen and dufferin, a bit far from the downtown core. I will be back; It is worth the trip!

Great service! Our server was from Italy and talked freely in Italian with one of my dining companions.
Food came fast, and was fresh and delicious. Thin crust pizza, which isn’t my thing, so I had the tuna/​anchovy salad, and it was great. I wish they’d brought pepper to the table or offered some, but otherwise I have no qualms. Get the tiramisu and a coffee at the end!

came here for summerlicious 2014 lunch time and left very happy!
For $ 15
starter: caprese and tomato salad (4.5÷5)
main: vegetarian pizza (4/​5, minus one for the goat cheese YUCK)
dessert: lemon gelato with raspberry sauce and frozen raspberries
the portions were more than generous for such a cheap lunch!

Came here two nights ago for my girlfriend’s post softball recovery meal. I had read reviews of the all you can eat gnocchi night, and wanted to try the place. It is summerlicious and happily they had a $ 25 dinner special.
–I tried the pear, Gorgonzola and walnut salad which was quite nice… about a 7/​10, could have used a bit more a creamy dressing.
–the real star of the show was the boar, mozzarella and onion pizza. Great flavour, nice sweet onion mixed with the tangy boat ⁹⁄₁₀!!!
–For desert, I had the Tiramisu, which was good with a nice consistency and a real nice strawberry flavor ⁷⁄₁₀
This place is great and the summerlicious menu is a great value. The service was also attendant throughout!
For bonus points take a gander at the weird chairs made out of old clothing… good and sustainable

A very nice gentleman took me here for Lucky Gnocchi Day last night and I think I might keep him (along with the approximately 5 pounds I just put on).
I’d known of this monthly event for ages but never understood how anyone could eat enough to warrant all-​you-​can-​eating. Gnocchi is probably the most filling of all historical foods. But I realized I didn’t want to lie on my death bed wondering why I never tried to consume my weight in potato dumplings, so here we were.
My partner-​in-​crime got the refreshing Red Fruit Caipiroska ($ 9) which was tasty, but having thoroughly researched the stomach-​expanding techniques of competitive eaters earlier in the day, I stuck to flat water.
We also ordered the Barbabietola (red beets, cherry tomatoes, goat cheese, fresh oranges, $ 8) to provide a different texture to chew, which was a good idea. It wasn’t the salad I’d imagined, with only 2 cherry tomatoes and maybe half a slice of orange altogether, but the vegetable addition to my meal was so necessary that I didn’t mind.
AND NOW FOR THE FEATURE PASTA-​ENTATION…
We were served:
— Puttanesca (spicy tuna, olives, capers, onion, tomato — our favourite)
— sage & butter (herb-​y and mature — my date’s other top pick)
— Crudaiola (tomato & mozzarella — my choice for silver, although the cheese distribution was uneven and there was sadly none of it in my second helping)
— Legnano (four cheese — I was looking forward to this but found it could have been a little creamier and cheesier)
— basil pesto
— Pompei (tomato & basil)
We skipped the ham & mushroom, pancetta and Bolognese, so I’m grateful they offered a fish option, especially since the spicy tuna was the gold winner. The variety kept it interesting and the serving pace kept it feasible.
The gnocchi itself is obviously the most critical factor and Piola gets it perfect: the softest, doughiest nuggets imaginable; so fun to eat and filling, yet somehow not too heavy. I had anticipated some level of gastrointestinal discomfort afterward but surprisingly, I did NOT get pregnant with a food baby.
Altogether I Sonya Thomased a respectable 7 servings and my date Kobayashied 11 or 12. We’re «GNO“T «CCHI“DDING around!!!
In summation: can’t speak for rest of the menu, but AYCEG is a no-​brainer. Will take me at least 3 months to adequately work up appetite again. Then will be back.

After speaking to Piola’s manager, they now offer vegan cheese for their pizzas. It’s Daiya brand, so it’s soy-​free, gluten-​free, and dairy-​free.
The minestrone on the new menu is vegetarian (no beef or chicken broth) and there’s a note about the vegan cheese right on the menu!
The gnocchi recipe is no longer vegan, which makes me sad, but now that I have Daiya, I can have pizza, pasta and any salad with it at no extra cost, so I’m pretty satisfied.
Still no soy milk option for your post-​dinner cappuccino, but I’ve taken to having espresso like a real Italian and not the manga cake I was raised as. Would love it if they offered a dairy-​free dessert as well.

Episode 1:
I almost forgot I alone can eat a whole Neapolitan pizza with a Salad and a Dessert. as I have the Lunch Prix Fixe… So for 6 of us and 5 of them males… I should have ordered at least 6 pizzas… but with these 3 pizzas
MARGHERITA, ALSICCIA E FUNGHI, SPARTA Though tastes good but did leave us unsatisfied!
Piola’s pizza selection is quite good… and I love thin plate bread type pizza. Though they can be baked for a little longer without being burnt, then they would have be perfect!
Episode 2:
All you can eat Gnoochi with 12 different sauces at $ 14.99… Good price if you are into gnoochi. Personally I found the gnoochi at Piola is not too good… Some are too starchy. some are chewy… some are mushy… really lack consistency!
And after a few round… I swear I am not going to have any gnoochi again for a while…
BTW, the Sangria ($ 26/​pitcher) is really good! Great for sharing with your friends and the best part of the meal! Too bad it is not a All You Can Drink Sangria Night!
Services were excellent both times… Piola is great for groups as our server was able to give us all separate bills!