Ristorante PICCOLO — Restaurant in Aomori

This lovely-looking hole in the wall Italian is terrible -- absolutely terrible. The pizza was essentially uncooked (literally white on the bottom) and the focaccia, though attractively presented, was like eating a loaf of supermarket white bread. The pastas on the other tables looked similarly uninspiring. We were told that without a reservation we would have to pay a cover charge, which we readily accepted, never imagining that it would turn out to be 3000 yen -- as much as the cost of our meal. This, on a night when they were otherwise empty. Even the Coke was flat. Honestly, if you're looking for anything like real Italian food, this restaurant is not the...

We lived in Italy for 3 years and moved back to the US. 5 years in the US and another 6+ months in Japan and this is the closest we have had to authentic Italian pizza and pasta. Not exactly the same but very, very close. Definitely worth the stop and glad we found this place. Of you want Americanized Italian food, this isn't the place. If you want authentic Italian food I haven't found anything closer in over 5 and a half years. Also had a bottle of Italian Toscana wine which was amazing. The wine itself was more than half the bill. Food prices were very good for the quality...

Me and my husband are Italian food lovers and Piccolo was just beside our hotel so we had to try!

It’s a quaint little restaurant and a small number of staff. Food variety was good and we ordered 1 pizza, 1 pasta, 1 starter, ice cream, tiramisu and 2 beers. The food tasted so good and decent portion. I absolutely loved the tiramisu!

Total bill was about 6800yen for all that we’ve ordered. I was expecting more as it’s an above average eatery hence I was slightly surprised at how reasonably priced the menu was. It’s definitely...