Piano35

Piano35, Turin — Pearl Verdict

Book Piano35 if you want a Michelin-starred tasting menu with a setting that earns its place in the meal. At the top of the Intesa Sanpaolo skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano, 150 metres above Turin, the room and the menu work together in a way that justifies the €€€€ price point — but only if you are coming for dinner on a Friday or Saturday, when the full tasting menu programme is available. Come at lunch for a more accessible bistro format at a lower commitment level. This is a hard reservation to secure, so plan well ahead.

The Setting

The physical experience of Piano35 is deliberately structured before you reach your table. You enter through a dedicated ground-floor entrance in the tower, are escorted to a high-speed lift, arrive at a dining room at 150 metres enclosed by a greenhouse-style perimeter. The room is large and light-filled, the panoramic terrace, accessible before or after your meal, delivers a clear view across Turin's centre toward the Alps on clear days. The spatial sequence matters: the ascent and the terrace are part of the offering, not an optional add-on. If you skip the terrace visit, you are leaving value on the table. The building itself is part of what you are paying for, the design sets a tone that the kitchen is expected to match.

The Tasting Menu Architecture

The dinner format is built around three distinct tasting courses, each with a different geographic logic. The first is a Piedmont menu, grounded in regional identity and local produce. The second broadens to Italian cuisine at large, drawing on flavours from across the country, the maltagliati pasta, described in Michelin documentation as cooked in seafood sauce and paired with borlotti, fish, squid jus and squid ink, illustrates the ambition of this section. The third course is dedicated to the culinary signature of Piccolo Lago, the Michelin-starred mother restaurant, which brings the meal full circle and gives the progression a clear narrative logic: region, country, house. That three-act structure is more considered than many multi-course menus that simply accumulate dishes without a unifying arc. For food enthusiasts who track how a meal is constructed conceptually, not just technically, this is the format to pay attention to.

Lunch vs Dinner

Lunch operates as a bistro version of the full experience. It runs on the same days, Friday and Saturday, 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM, uses the same setting, but the menu is simplified and almost certainly priced more accessibly. If you want to assess the room and the kitchen before committing to the full evening format, lunch is a reasonable entry point. That said, the tasting menu architecture described above is the dinner proposition, the Michelin recognition applies to that. For the full version of what Piano35 is trying to do, Friday or Saturday evening is the correct visit.

Opening Hours and Booking

Piano35 is open Friday and Saturday only, for both lunch (12:30 PM to 2:30 PM) and dinner (7:30 PM to 11:00 PM). Monday through Thursday and Sunday are closed. That two-day window makes availability genuinely limited. Booking difficulty is rated Hard, this is not a restaurant you can approach casually. Allow significant lead time, particularly for weekend dinners when demand is highest. No walk-in policy is confirmed in available data, the format and setting make spontaneous visits unlikely to succeed.

Practical Details

Reservations: Required; book well in advance given the two-day operating week and Michelin-starred demand. Hours: Friday and Saturday, lunch 12:30–2:30 PM, dinner 7:30–11:00 PM; closed Monday–Thursday and Sunday. Budget: €€€€; dinner tasting menus at this tier in Turin typically run €100–€180+ per head before wine. Dress: Not formally specified in available data, but the setting and price point suggest smart dress as a safe baseline. Getting there: C.so Inghilterra, 3, Turin, the Intesa Sanpaolo tower is a landmark building and direct to locate. A dedicated ground-floor restaurant entrance is noted.

How Piano35 Fits Turin's Dining Scene

Turin has a cluster of serious fine-dining options at the €€€€ tier, Piano35 occupies a specific position within it. For a different expression of Italian contemporary cuisine in the city, Andrea Larossa and Opera offer alternatives worth considering, as does Cannavacciuolo Bistrot for a creative menu with strong name recognition. Scatto and Magazzino 52 are worth exploring if you want to broaden your Turin shortlist. At the national level, Piano35's tasting menu approach can be contextualised alongside Osteria Francescana in Modena, Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence, Le Calandre in Rubano, Enrico Bartolini in Milan, and Dal Pescatore in Runate. For Italian contemporary fine dining beyond Italy's borders, Agli Amici Rovinj and L'Olivo in Anacapri are reference points, as is Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler in Brunico for a regionally rooted tasting menu with Michelin credentials. For broader Turin planning, see our full Turin restaurants guide, our full Turin hotels guide, our full Turin bars guide, our full Turin wineries guide, and our full Turin experiences guide.