Piano Piano — Restaurant in Dublin

Chose to go for the Early Bird Menu assuming it would be a cheaper option, now naive was I. I chose for starters the meatballs in a tomato sauce; a dish I wouldn't make myself. The sauce had a rich tomatoey flavour & over all it was a nice dish. Then I went for the Calzone which looked very nice when it came out and tasted okay with ample filling but unfortunately it was cold. Eventually I asked for it to be reheated which they barely did and in no time it was cold again. It wasn't the only thing that was. The inside door let in such a cold draft that the people near it asked to be reseated elsewhere and although I was sitting by the wall & window a bit away I felt the sharp draft of cold each time the door opened, one is better seated on the non opening side of the door in fact the restaurant was nippier than I would have liked. A drink was supposed to be included in my meal and when it dawned on me and I asked they enquired would I like a beer or wine. When I told them i didn't drink they told me I couldn't have a soft drink which i accepted uncomplainingly. 10 minutes later they changed their mind about it. Later on I discovered I could have had my meal cheaper if I'd gone off the A la Carte Menu so besides the staff not being transparent about it & making sure I got a good value for money, service and experience they were also unbelievable scabby initially in relation to my drink and had an initially very unfair attitude to non drinkers. Glad I didn't leave a tip. I hope it was worth it for them because I won't be returning....

Very disappointing experience. When mine and my partner's mains came out, both dishes were incorrect. He kept his as he'd eat anything but I was served chicken, as a vegetarian. Never a good experience staring at someone as they eat which you wait or your meal and I wasn't going to have his go cold while we waited. I had been advised that it would be quick (3 minutes), but it was more like 10 before mine was out again. They should have taken his back - clearly the waiter didn't indicate on the docket which 'meat' was to go with which dish (when ordering, my partner moved from the default prawns to chicken but ended up with prawns and I the chicken). When my main did finally come, it wasn't anything to write home about. I would not recommend this restaurant at all, unfortunately. We were then presented with the bill with the waiter indicating a 'small discount', and you bet it was small at a 10% when they just spoiled our whole meal. I wouldn't waste my time going near it again. Might have softened the blow had they removed my meal from the bill - very, very poor service and poor judgement not to reflect experience in pricing the...

I have been wanting to try Piano Piano for quite a while now as I had positive vibes about it. Now that I have done I am sure we'll go back to visit it!

We like the menu that contains mostly traditional dishes and some twists. Just enough to make it interesting without being that too much that makes it feel not genuine.

For my starter I had polpette (meatballs) and I found them particularly nice. The choice of putting in also some lamb meat gave it that special kick and made them interesting without losing the "reassuranciness" character polpette are usually chosen for.

I intentionally wanted to experiment with the best root risotto knowing that it would have been too sweet for my usual taste. I found it well balanced with gorgonzola never being too loud but also more present than I normally find in restaurants in Ireland which tend to underuse.

If I may give a suggestion, I would improve the dessert menu. I hardly ever eat tiramisu in restaurants because I have very precise ideas about that. There were not many options left that were not what I could find...