Restaurant in Turin, Italy
Sky-high setting, tasting menu format, book early.
Piano35 holds a 2024 Michelin star and sits 150 metres above Turin in the Renzo Piano-designed Intesa Sanpaolo tower. Dinner runs Friday and Saturday only, built around a three-act tasting menu moving from Piedmont to Italian cuisine to the Piccolo Lago house signature. Book well ahead — availability is genuinely limited — and come for dinner to get the full experience the star reflects.
Book Piano35 if you want a Michelin-starred tasting menu with a setting that earns its place in the meal. At the leading 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 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, and arrive at a dining room at 150 metres enclosed by a greenhouse-style perimeter. The room is large and light-filled, and 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, and the design sets a tone that the kitchen is expected to match.
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. The 2024 Michelin star confirms the kitchen is delivering at a credible level, and the Google rating of 4.5 across 2,147 reviews suggests the experience holds up across a wide range of guests, not just critics.
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 , and 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, and 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.
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, and the format and setting make spontaneous visits unlikely to succeed.
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.
Turin has a cluster of serious fine-dining options at the €€€€ tier, and 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.
| Venue | Cuisine | Awards | Booking Difficulty | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piano35 | Italian Contemporary | On the ground floor of what has become one of the icons of Turin's urban landscape - the Intesa San Paolo skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano - you will find the dedicated entrance to the restaurant. Here you will be accompanied to the lift with which, at great speed, you will ascend to a height of 150 metres: before sitting down in the restaurant proper, do not miss a “diversion” to the panoramic terrace from which you will enjoy a splendid view of the city centre. Then, in the large and bright dining room surrounded by the greenhouse, the gastronomic choice will be presented to you in the form of three tasting courses: one dedicated to Piedmont, one to the cuisine and flavours of Italy (the maltagliati are very tasty; they are only two but huge, cooked in seafood sauce and seasoned with borlotti pasta, fish, squid jus and squid ink) and a last one dedicated to the mother house Piccolo Lago. At lunchtime, however, you will find the simpler bistro version.; On the ground floor of what has become one of the icons of Turin's urban landscape - the Intesa San Paolo skyscraper designed by Renzo Piano - you will find the dedicated entrance to the restaurant. Here you will be accompanied to the lift with which, at great speed, you will ascend to a height of 150 metres: before sitting down in the restaurant proper, do not miss a “diversion” to the panoramic terrace from which you will enjoy a splendid view of the city centre. Then, in the large and bright dining room surrounded by the greenhouse, the gastronomic choice will be presented to you in the form of three tasting courses: one dedicated to Piedmont, one to the cuisine and flavours of Italy (the maltagliati are very tasty; they are only two but huge, cooked in seafood sauce and seasoned with borlotti pasta, fish, squid jus and squid ink) and a last one dedicated to the mother house Piccolo Lago. At lunchtime, however, you will find the simpler bistro version.; Michelin 1 Star (2024) | Hard | — |
| Condividere | Progressive, Italian Contemporary | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Del Cambio | Progressive Italian, Contemporary | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Unforgettable | Modern Italian, Innovative | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
| Consorzio | Piemontese, Piedmontese | Unknown | — | |
| Cannavacciuolo Bistrot | Creative | Michelin 1 Star | Unknown | — |
A quick look at how Piano35 measures up.
No bar dining is documented for Piano35. The format is table-service tasting menus at dinner and a bistro version at lunch — both requiring a reservation. Given the two-day operating week (Friday and Saturday only) and Michelin-starred demand, a walk-in or bar option is not a realistic route in.
At dinner, the three tasting menus are the format: a Piedmont menu, an Italian menu, and one tied to the Piccolo Lago kitchen. The maltagliati — cooked in seafood sauce with borlotti, fish, squid jus, and squid ink — is specifically noted in the venue's own description. At lunch, the bistro menu is the simpler, lower-commitment alternative using the same setting.
Group capacity details are not available in the venue record, but the dining room is described as large and bright, which suggests reasonable group seating. Given the €€€€ price point and tasting menu format, groups need to align on that structure before booking. Contact directly to confirm private room options or minimum group requirements — Piano35's operating window (Fri–Sat only) makes advance coordination essential.
Dinner is the full experience: three tasting menus, the panoramic terrace at height, and the complete Michelin-starred format. Lunch runs as a bistro version — simpler, likely lower cost, same 150-metre setting. If you are coming specifically for the Piccolo Lago-linked cooking and the Piedmont-focused menu architecture, dinner is the right call. Lunch works if you want the view and the room without the full tasting menu commitment.
At €€€€ in Turin — a city where serious fine dining is competitive — Piano35 justifies the price tier if two things matter to you: a structured tasting menu format and a setting that is part of the meal, not just backdrop. The Michelin 1-star (2024) confirms the cooking is at the level the price implies. If you want à la carte flexibility or a more grounded neighbourhood feel, Del Cambio or Consorzio are more appropriate alternatives.
Yes, if tasting menus are your format. Piano35 structures three distinct menus around Piedmont, Italian cuisine, and the Piccolo Lago house style — which gives the progression more geographic logic than a generic degustation. The 2024 Michelin star backs the kitchen's output. If you prefer a single-course or à la carte approach at the €€€€ level, this is not the right venue — the format is fixed and the two-day operating week means rescheduling is inconvenient.
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