Restaurant prices in Italy are subject to IVA (Value Added Tax) at 10% but this is always included within the prices given. A
pane e coperto (bread and cover) charge is also added. It is customary for patrons to round up the bill and leave a tip (maximum 15%) as well, if the meal and service have been good.
The selected restaurants have been divided into four pricing categories:
$$$$ (over €45)
$$$ (€30 to €45)
$$ (€15 to €30)
$ (under €15)
These prices are for an average three-course meal for one person, with half a bottle of house
wine. Prices include tax but not tip.
Ristorante del Cambio The city’s most famous restaurant, dating back to the 18th-century,
del Cambio attracts politicians and businesspeople who come to be seen in the sumptuous surroundings and enjoy the rich Piedmontese dishes and Barolo wine.
Piazza Carignano 2
Tel: (011) 546 690.
Website:
www.thi.it Price: $$$$
Ristorante Savoia
Elegant, but restrained, décor and faultless service makes this Piedmontese restaurant a popular choice with business diners and well heeled families.
Via Corte d’Apello 13
Tel: (011) 436 2288.
Price: $$$-$$$$
AB+ Innovative Mediterranean cuisine by acclaimed chef Alessandro Boglione, coupled with the restaurant’s setting in the trendy Roman quarter, makes this a popular choice with young Torinese and well as discerning visitors.
Via della Basilica 13
Tel: (011) 439 0618.
Website:
www.progettocluster.it/uk_locale.htm Price: $$$$-$$$
Stars and Roses This restaurant features cheery orange walls, photographs of celebrities and an excellent selection of thin, crispy pizzas.
Piazza Paleocapa 2
Tel: (011) 516 2052.
Price: $$-$$$
La Badessa There is a monastic theme at this cosy restaurant (the name means ’mother superior’), which serves simple, ’peasant-style’ dishes and offers particularly good value at lunchtime.
Piazza Carlo Emanuele 11 17
Tel: (011) 835 940.
Website:
www.labadessa.net Price: $-$$
Nightlife:Seven o’clock is aperitivo time in Turin: try the bars around Piazza Vittoria Veneto and Piazza Savoia, or those in the old Roman quarter near Via Sant’Agostino. During the summer, the club scene centers on the Murazzi, along the Po. Hub of the avant-garde music scene is Docks Dora, the former industrial area around Via Valprato.
Bars: For aperitifs try
Pastis, piazza Emanuele Filiberto,
Tre Galli, Via Sant’Agostino 25 or
Caffe Elena, Piazza Vittorio Veneto. Also worth trying are
Barbaru, Via San Dalmazzo 8/a,
KM 5, Via San Domenico 14 and
Shore, Piazza Emanuele Filiberto.
Clubs: The most well established club is
Hiroshima Mon Amour, Via Bossoli 83, a complex with Friday and Saturday club nights.
Café Blue, Via Valprato and
Alcatraz and
The Beach, both on Via Murazzi, are also worth checking out.
Live Music: For Italian and international live bands, try
Hiroshima Mon Amour, Via Bossoli 83. For live blues and jazz, make for
Café Procope, Via Juvarra or
Magazzino di Gilgamesh, Piazza Moncenisio.
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