Like each person who lives or passes through Turin, I heard about this famous place called Cianci. Of course, there are some myths that are true about this place:

• you have to be there when they open or in the first half an hour in order to get a table quickly and to avoid waiting too much;
• there are a few tables inside, but not so many. They are usually taken in the first minute of the opening;
• no matter if it’s winter, autumn or cold weather, you eat outside.

I went here for the first time to have a dinner on a Friday evening in January. I took the best jacket that I have to keep me warm and I dressed up really well, so sitting outside at the artificial heat was not so bad. For an hour and a half it’s ok.

I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that the food is really delicious and the prices are low. It is very hard to find a place like this in Turin, where you can eat well and still cheap. I served here vitello tonnato, which was my favourite dish. Then gnocchi, panna cotta and an amaro for digestive. Everything that I ate or tasted from the others was good. Because of the fame of this place, I went there with very high expectations, so I was not impressed. The food is not something surprising, but it’s a tasty one.

The service - I know they have a lot of people each time, but the service was a bit ignorant and not so good. We did not wait much for the food, just between 10 and 15 minutes. The digestivi at the end of the meal are not on the house.

The check - the check came with no description of the served dishes. It came just with the total and, when you have a dinner or a lunch with 6 other friends, it is not so nice not being able to see each item ordered.

In conclusion, I will definitely come back here to eat when the weather gets warmer. I chose to give 4 stars, because:

• it is not the best restaurant in Turin, as I saw on many Instagram surveys. It is a decent place to eat tasty food with low prices;
• there are mainly outside tables, so that is not pleasant during the winter;
• the service has to be improved a bit.

I recommend anyone to try the Cianci experience at least once.