La Spada Reale — Restaurant in Turin

One star because they sat our party of 7 without a reservation when several others restaurants on a Thursday night would not accommodate us. We offered to sit separately, they sat us together, but it wall went down hill from there. The restaurant was not crowded and there were many table available (at least two that were never used for large parties while we were there for several hours and many that could have accommodated us separately), however, they seated us far in the back right beside the entrance to the toilets which smelled very strongly like cleaning product (while nice while in the toilet, not so great for dining). We waited a very long time to order and a long time for our food, but the order arrived wrong and incomplete. They gave us two orders which we did not order (by pointing so there would be no confusion) and three other orders did not arrive. So , two people waited (for both their starters and their main dish) which the rest of our party ate and their food did not arrive until after everyone was finish. My starter never arrived until after my meal when the other two people's orders suddenly arrived all at once. All of the food was very disappointing. We kept hoping someone was going to say their's was really good, but not one person was pleased with their meal and the only thing anyone could say was good was the fact that we were able to be seating and the...

Ok so first off I want let you know I’m not very picky and will eat just about anything but, god was that food awful! First they sit us next to the toilets which smelled like cleaning supplies,then after we ordered very clearly (even going as far as pointing the dishes out) They took about 2hours to deliver the food all of which was bad. On top of that they got the order wrong bringing two dishes we didn’t order, and not hovering three members of our party didn’t get their food. I posted this to warn others if possible I would give it ZERO...

Si tratta di un classico ristorante dove si respira un’atmosfera anni ’70-‘80’ in un ambiente informale corredato da un tocco di eleganza. E’ disponibile anche un dehor e siamo a ridosso di Piazza Vittorio.

La cucina propone tre menù degustazione (pesce € 50; piemontese € 32 e siciliano € 32), mentre la carta richiama a piatti soprattutto della cucina siciliana (mare in primis), ma anche focacce, pizze gourmet, alcuni piatti stagionali proposti fuori menù ed una bella carta dei vini.

Noi abbiamo condiviso un antipasto misto spada reale (€ 20) composto da assaggi di pesce cotto, crudo, fritto e gratinato (cozze gratinate, salmone e spada affumicato, moscardini affogati, polpetta di tonno, ecc.);

2 secondi (€ 38): un’ottima frittura mista ed un delizioso involtino di pesce spada (uno dei piatti migliori del menù);

1 contorno (€ 10): una ricca e varia porzione di verdure grigliate;

1 dessert (€ 5): un sorbetto al limone.

Ad accompagnare la cena dell’acqua, ½ litro di vino bianco della casa (Chardonnay che ho gradito meno del solito Inzolia non disponibile) per un conto di € 85: 1 antipasto, 2 secondi, 1 contorno, 1 dessert, acqua, ½ litro di bianco Chardonnay della casa) e zibibbo offerto.

Il servizio è eccellente, premuroso e sorridente, così come la gentile proprietaria e si respira aria di casa e dei validi ristoranti di un tempo...

Assolutamente consigliato!

P.S.: Seppur presenti in menù piatti di cucina piemontese e pizze lo consiglio prioritariamente per apprezzare la cucina siciliana (di...