Piola

Great pizza and other fare, including carpaccio. Tremendous variety. Mike, the manager, really runs a fantastic restaurant. He is a true gentleman and cares about his customers. Great food. Fantastic management. Wonderful environment. Highly recommend.

The pizzas are very original and very good 🥰🍕 this is the good place to spend time with your family and friends. People who work there have excellent customer service and I enjoyed this location.

Great find. Try the pizza! Glad we gave Piola a try. Fun local neighborhood Italian restaurant, exceeded expectations. Probably top 3 pizza place in Houston.

Best Italian pizza in the city. I will drive 15 minutes just for this pizza. They are pretty flexible in customizing your pizza. They made a thick cheese pizza for my daughter. I ordered pizza with prosciutto and burata cheese. Best pizza I’ve ever had! Thank you so much for high quality service and food!

Great experience! Fast, friendly and attentive service. Great menu options to pick from. Our food was delivered to our table fast, fresh and hot. The flavors were delicious. Top quality pizza!! Enticing adult beverages available also, with a full bar. Fun decorated restaurant with comfortable seating. We cant wait to eat our way through this menu!

If I had to describe an informal Italian restaurant that has great food and a comfortable family neighborhood non-chain type Vibe. This would be the place. The food is always exceptional well priced. The drinks are always great. This is consistently a fantastic choice for dinner. The gnocchi melts in your mouth the way those after-dinner mints do. The cheese sauce is out of this world I don't think I have ordered a pizza that is bad here. In the Caphrina drinks are fantastic ( have them) make it a double if you don't like it too sweet

Excellent customer service! Online order was checked twice by two different staff members, and both used my name in greetings, and wished me a great evening by name on the way out. Food was delicious, and definitely worth visiting again.

So I ordered a margarita pizza from here.... I'm impressed of the size of this thing..... $22 because of the "cauliflower" crust and bacon on one side. The pizza is just a bit bigger than my hand. I'm very disappointed, I've eaten at this place before and the pizza was great however to go is not right. As you can see it's cut into 4 slices lol because anything else would make the slices look like the ones they give at a kids parties. The only good thing so far it's the people that work there....

I ordered one of my favorite pizzas here togo on Monday afternoon being the Rio de Janeiro Pizza. Love this one and both margherita pizzas here a lot. Very delicious, good quality, really moist without being all greasy and superb in all aspects of the whole pizza pie. The crust was tasty on its own, flaky, thin with some slight sogginess to it, but also a bit puffy towards the edges with some crisp. The red sauce was a little tangy, tomatoey, not real sweet and had a good texture. The cheese was savory, rich and flavorful with an ideal level of salt content. The cream cheese blotches were really good with the shredded chicken and rest. I am not typically a big fan of cream cheese given cold or used in icing, but in or with warm hot meals can be a real win imo. The shredded chicken itself on this pizza was very juicy, plentiful and tasted very "poultryish" if that makes sense. The chicken flavor had a lot of punch to it, due to being organic quality and / or marinated well. Great, friendly service on this visit. Piola is also one of the very rare places down here along with Romano's, Luigi's and Frank's that sells pizza very similar to a great one you could find way up in N Y C. Love the pizzas, gnocchi and desserts from this restaurant.

Piola is so delicious. Don't look at the price it's worth it! Pizza, pastas. My favorite restaurant ever. How I miss it

The pizza here is great, I like that they share some of the same ingredients as the original Brazilian pizzas. The catupry tastes really good, and my hubby enjoyed trying out Guaraná for the first time. Will be trying out again

I've been to Piola a few times and it never disappoints! The team is always very attentive and friendly, and we never have to wait to get a table. Very family friendly and comfortable. I enjoy getting their bruschetta and avocado dip. My favorite pizza from them is the Quattro Formaggi - it's so tasty! But every pizza I've gotten from them so far is great. It's work getting out of the house to grab a bite or pick up to take home. Usually I eat 1/2 or a little more by myself and take the rest home . If you're a big pizza eater, get one for yourself vs sharing

Wow, we are here visiting and wanted Italian food. What an excellent choice to come here. I got the pineapple mint juice to drink. Very fresh mint and yummy. Then I got the gnocchi which was out of this world! My husband got the lasagna and said it was the best, most authentic lasagna he's had since he was a kid and his friend's Italian mom used to make it. Five star for sure. Felipe was an awesome waiter.

Went here a couple of years ago and it was good but not great. Came back recently and everything was amazing. We ended up ordering a second burrata and prosciutto pizza instead of dessert for the table.

Great experience! Fast, friendly and attentive service. Great menu options to pick from. Our food was delivered to our table fast, fresh and hot. The flavors were delicious. Top quality pizza!! Enticing adult beverages available also, with a full bar. Fun decorated restaurant with comfortable seating. We cant wait to eat our way through this menu!

The service can be a hit or a miss at this location depending on what time of the week you go. Their Italian margarita cocktail is delicious, but the aperol spritz missed the mark and was watered down alcohol with lots of simple syrup. My go to pizzas here are Regina margarita, diavola, and funghi misti. The diavola is spicy salami and I love the heat with the cheese and crust ratio. The Regina margherita pizza is better than regular margherita pizza. The mushroom pizza is perfect on days when you're not feeling like eating meat pizza that is still hearty. I have also tried their profiteroles, and I'll have to pass on that next time because the choux pastry was not crispy or warm. They served it cold, so the pastry shell was tough and the chocolate sauce wasn't hot/warm either.

Amazing Gnocchis!!! All you can eat and with 11 sources!! Excellent place to eat and eat. Great service and excellent prices! Love it. Ambiance is great.

Best pizza in town. Had the Meat Lovers. Outstanding ingredients and execution. The crust was perfect.

Thoughtful combinations! I chose the Moderna Pizza and Nutella Pizza and decided on takeout. When opening the box I was initially skeptical (especially given the price) but the pizza was delicious. It held its structure without being too thick and the toppings combination was simple yet surprisingly sophisticated. Try this spot for date night. It somehow captures both fullness and vibrancy of a larger restaurant while remaining intimate and quiet. P.S. I struggled loading the menu online. If you're struggling too, I've included the menu below P.S.S. Our round 2 of takeout was just as tasty as the 1st

Finally found my pizza place! My first time there I ordered the Margherita and Regina Margherita. It's thin crust, the bread is absolutely delicious and light- crunchy on the outside yet fluffy on the inside. We took the pizza to go- the pick up service was great, they had the pizza ready quickly. They were friendly. I will definitely be back.

We eat here often. Everything on this menu is fantastic and fresh! The pizzas are really good, so are the salads!! We have the same servers every time we go. One night we ate there with friends and, by accident, we stayed past closing. They did not say one word. They just made sure we were enjoying our evening.

The pizza is really good but be careful. My family and I always went to this pizzeria and ordered a house wine (which costs around U$ 40) until the day the waiter told us about a wine and out of innocence we didn't ask the price. At the time of the bill, U$ 120!!! So maybe it's not such a familiar place after all! We will never go back.

I was happy to find Piola had a location here while visiting Houston; however, this location literally impressed me even though I'm know the restaurant name. The decoration in this Piola es very different, looked quite modern, and the ambience feels fresher. We went for gnocchi day, which happens on the 29th of every month and I had never been to, wait time was none, parking was easy as they are located in a plaza. The experience consists of paying one price per person for unlimited gnocchi , similar to a rodizio concept, which I though was cool. My favorites were the salmon, the prosciutto, the bologna se and the four cheese; however, they have over 10 different kinds of gnocchi styles I can't remember the names of the other ones. For desserts I recommend the profiteroles, never had tried them and I loved the mix with the Icecream. Every bite was fresh, and servers were crenels attentive and courteous. Definitely a "must visit" while in Houston.

The side salad was fresh and good. Meat lovers pizza was just okay. Not a pizza I would go back to get again. Gnocchi was fair. Service was good. If you are looking for a good pizza I would not recommend.

Great food great service great value Pizza reminds me of NY. Clean and nice bar with potential.

Best pizza in town! They make their own pasta and the ingredients are all fresh! It's got a hip look but is still family friendly.

We LOVE the pizzas! Crust is perfection! The ingredients are varied and flavorful! Our waiter introduced us to the tiramisu, with a touch of Frangelico!! Amazing! Our waiter was fabulous and the people there are very friendly and accommodating!

We loved Piola. The staff was friendly and attentive. We had the meat lovers pizza which was wood fired style and delicious. Highly recommend.

Pretty chill little spot. As soon as we walked in we could tell it would be quiet and quaint and it's a really cute spot! The food was pretty great and the pizza is thin and crispy but fresh out the oven! Btw, they even have vegan cheese for vegans or if you definitely don't want dairy they have an option for you! There's a ton of items on the menu and their tiramisu for dessert was really good as well. The bar area is pretty cute but getting a booth or table is also great because they are very roomy and it's very chill. Will definitely be back!

The Pizza Was SOO Good! Our server Phillipe was excellent. The service was awesome and the atmosphere was so fun! Fresh food and fun vibes! We absolutely loved our meal the meatballs were excellent, but we're totally coming back for the pizza!

I am so disappointed. I ordered 2 pizzas for take out. When they arrived, I couldn't believe my eyes. they were paper thin and undercooked. They were inedible. The Margherita was awful. There were no tomatoes, fresh basil, or mozzarella. The pizza funghi misti had a spattering of mushrooms. Steer clear of this pizzeria.

Very very amazing service! The manager/owner is so super sweet. He goes out of his way to take care of his guests! We went during lunch hour and were immediately taken care of. I chose the lunch special, half salad and half pizza. So delicious! Their crust is amazing. My friend chose the calzone. Yum! Portion sizes are not an issue. We will return!! Great food, great price, amazing experience!

I love this place! It is family owned and the service is always very friendly and good. Everything I have ever eaten there has been delicious, and it is all made fresh in-house. They have several featured nights, like all-you-can-eat gnocchi at the end of the month and Ladies' Night with unlimited house wine every Thursday. Can't recommend enough!

The food was awesome. The chef is Italian. We will be back. The ambiance was very cozy and relaxing.

This was my second time there. I had come to try the Thursday special when they offer women unlimited house wine with an entrée purchase. I had a pasta and a glass of red wine. I didn't like the house red wine. But beggars can't be choosers. When I expressed my dissatisfaction about the red wine to the waiter, he told me other glasses of wine on Thursday are $3. Not too shabby. I hope Piola can offer a less dry and somewhat better house wine. I was asked if I wanted bread. It's not served automatically. I should have said a firm "sí." The waiter is Spanish-speaking. I said "si no es extra, sí." If it's not extra then yes. He probably heard no. So for a while I didn't have bread until I asked again. I had a pasta with marinara sauce and some sort of cubed cheese. The cheese was delicious; however, the pasta's sauce was ok. The serving of pasta is a bit small. I concluded my meal with profiteroles. You get two and they're delicious. At $7.45, two profiteroles is too much. That's almost $4 each. By the way, the music they were playing doesn't go with the restaurant. They had merengue by Juan Luis Guerra? At a small Italian neighborhood restaurant? Then I heard music by the late Amy Winehouse. I would change the music. I wanted to decompress and Juan Luis Guerra in an Italian restaurant seems discombobulated. The first time I visited I shared a margarita pizza with a friend. It was delicious. I would go back for pizza and a $3 glass of wine on a Thursday.

Cute neighborhood pizza place! We walked over here for dinner one day and didn't know what to expect. We were greeted by so many employees, at different times, and everyone was super friendly and welcoming. Once we were seated in our booth, a woman came by and gave us some history about Piola and the foods they offer. A lot of some pretty cool info. I had 2 glasses of wine and we ordered a pizza (can't remember the name). The pizza was a great size and mighty tasty. Good for 2. I noticed on the table they have lunch specials - I'll definitely stop by one of these days!

Delicious pizza!! The toppings were great, the crust was divine, and there were tons of options! The wait staff was great - shout out to Gerardo for being so welcoming and answering any and all questions we had! Definitely will be back and can't wait to try the dessert pizza!

This is the 2nd Piola in Houston and I like it more than the one in Midtown. Very quick and attentive service. Small place with a nice ambiance. The food was great all around. Everyone enjoyed their meal. The tomatoes and basil in the caprese salad were very fresh. The pizza is thin crust but still crunchy and not rubbery at all. I went with friends from work and I was surprised the $12 salad and pizza lunch special is enough to feed two people! I plan to go back.

They have the best gnocchi in town. My husband and I come by at least once a month (for last 3 years) for their gnocchi legnano and quality is always consistent. (Both Voss and downtown location) We are creatures of habit and we are yet to try any other entree. They also have great caipirinhas, made with actual cachaça. Cons: I wish they would add some more options for desert. In particular, something more "sweet?" The last desert we tried was the Profiteroles and it was okay. Chocolate is very rich, but more towards a dark chocolate. I haven't found a particularly sweet desert there. Otherwise, everything is great.

Small neighborhood restaurant. Great food and service. Love the meatball appetizer and the avocado smash. Love the pizzas. Love the salads. Love the gnocchi and lasagna. Lasagna has no tomato sauce and is different but great flavor. Marinara sauce/ dip is delicious. We go after church a lot on Saturday nights

I came back, cause I love this place. Pasta is great, service is great... My boyfriend is from Spain and love the place, he felt at home when he tried the bread, oil , and pasta. If you want to try amazing home made sauces and pasta , you have to come here. Make sure you try the meatballs ! Don't come if you are not eating meatballs, best meatballs here.

Worst pizza we've ever had. I think some of the ingredients were bad. The pizza even smelt bad in the car taking them home. Dough was chewy. Very disappointing....

Our favorite pizza restaurant. Always consistently good, we bring family and friends here often!

The place & the atmosphere were so nice, the services were amazing and they know how to take care of their customers, their pizza is so tasty, you need to try this place and will know what I'm talking about!! No regret at all! Thank you guys for the the nice service! The smoked salmon Pizza was, Bellissimo!! ;)

BEST PASTA AND PIZZA IVE EVER HAD IN MY WHOLE LIFE. I have never had something better go into my mouth. my stomach is so happy after eating here. this place deserves to be called heaven because the food is absolutly astronomical. the food is orgasm material

Piola was absolutely delicious! I was skeptical about getting smoked salmon on my pizza... BUT I think this was the best pizza I've ever had! The baked Brie, cream sauce, and smoked salmon on a crispy pizza was the best idea ever! The chicken parmigiana was a huge portion. Thank goodness, bc it was so good with the spaghetti! We also got the caprese with burrata... I was wowed again! This place is a must! So good! I will be back.... Tomorrow!

The pizza is good. Not okay. Not great. But closer to okay. Flat crust with a bit of chew to it. Well put together. Seasoned nicely. Beyond that, not much good to say. I thought this would be a better place to grab a drink and a lunch bite, but it was neither of those things. This visit makes me doubt it would do much better as a dinner destination either. The drink selection is a handful of very macro beers (and the always bad Peroni), a wine list, and a handful of cocktails. The wine list is a house red and house white (as in: that's all they're identified as on the menu) and then several $9 glasses that are referred to only by their grape varietal. No year, no maker, no anything. Yikes. The cocktail I went for was a Caiproska. They have three or four of these on the menu, each with its own fruit. I had never heard of this before, but further research says that it's fruit muddled with sugar topped with vodka and soda. What I got was a glass of undisolved granulated sugar, pineapple detritus, and vodka/soda. It was not pleasant. There's no lunch or slice special. So I ended up having to order an entire 12" pizza to eat by myself. If you sell pizza and are open for lunch, don't make people buy a whole pizza. That's dumb. I don't want to eat a 12" pizza and then go back to work. The actual space was small and sad. It looked like they had given up on really getting the place clean years ago. The bar (which took up a huge footprint for the terrible selection they offered), blocks out almost all of the natural light from the place's only window. The person who seemed like the manager was very kind and attentive. They seemed to be covering for my server, who never even offered me water, never bothered to take my food order, and was absent once he had dropped off my drink order. There was a larger party there, but it was one of maybe four tables that were occupied. The location has decent but not great parking for a strip center this far outside the loop. All in all, a pretty disappointing 30 dollar lunch (again, a whole pizza for $15 plus a bad cocktail plus tip). Not only will I not be back to this location, this experience has changed my mind about wanting to visit the one in midtown. This place is no better than MOD, but without the customer-friendly menu. Cookie cutter restaurant with no oversight or investment in what they do.

I've visited Piola twice now. The restaurant is small -- they need to rethink their booths, which are tiny and somewhat claustrophobic feeling! The margherita pizza is my favorite I've tried; it's not a typical one with tomatoes, it mostly just looks like a cheese pizza but the flavor is there!

We've dined at the Midtown location many times. This was our first visit to the Voss location. Picked it due to convenience for the other family that was meeting us for dinner. The hostess was the waitress.. literally no one else to help her on the dining floor on a Thursday night! It was painful. I do not recommend this spot until they have more than 1 person working the floor during evening hours.

DO NOT ORDER THIS PLACE FOR TAKEOUT!! First time we did they put anchovies on our pizza... worst topping mixup you could have. We gave them a second chance a year later and ordered pizza and salad. The pizza was TERRIBLE! It wasn't cooked at all, took one bite and had to just throw it away. The salad was awful, lettuce was moldy and wilted, ended up just throwing that away. What a waste of money. Very disappointing.

My first time here. I saw the Louisiana street location and liked the ambiance, so I finally decided to try this place instead of our usual, California Pizza kitchen. I will say, for the price, I'm not sure it's worth it. The portion size is okay, and you won't be hungry, but you certainly won't leave feeling satisfied. I ordered the Margarita pizza and my husband ordered the lasagna. I liked the lasagna but the pizza was bland and did not taste like a margarita pizza, unimpressed. We came on a Friday night, the place was not empty, but not busy too. It took 10 minutes for our order to be taken, and we did not have a consistent server. No one came to check on us, and it took forever for our check to be taken as well. Meanwhile, the many servers just spent their time talking to coworkers. For $38, I think you can do better and spend your money elsewhere so you can at least be full.

Most amazing restaurant I have been to. The waiter was excellent! The staff was great. The food was marvelous. It is going to become my go to for pasta. And the dessert danced gracefully on my taste buds. For more food suggestions follow my Instagram @ snackwithsierra!

We heard great things about Piola so were excited to try it. I must say we were quite disappointed. The GF pizza was lacking of presentation and taste. The rest of the food (gnochi and salad) weren't bad, but they weren't great either. The garlic knots bread sounded great, and at $8 i expected a decent amount -- however, the bread didn't have much taste and there was very little of it in the bad. Disappointing. For the price, we've had much better homemade pasta at other places. It's too bad - it's close to us but i don't think we will be a repeat.

So glad to have Piola in the neighborhood! First time diner, started with caprese with burrata which was light and creamy and delicious. Dined on the 29th of the month and took part in the gnocchi special which was unlimited small servings of 12 different sauces and gnocchi. It was a fun way to try the many delicious pasta sauces. Gnocchi was excellent. My dad had the papardelle bolognese which was equally as delicious! Rounded the meal off with the profiteroles and highly recommend doing the same! Piola has several specials throughout the week like 1/2 price bottles of wine on Wednesday and I look forward to going back.

Fantastic pizza!!! We were greeted and told to seat wherever we wished. It seems like a family dining place and we sat near the kitchen area. We ordered what was essentially a meat lovers pizza because of the recommendation of our waiter as well as the caprese. So. Good. Highly recommend the caprese! The mozzarella is light and almost fluffy in texture. The pizza is 12" and was easily shared between 2 people. Great Italian place.

Checked out this new restaurant. Thursdays they have ladies night and wine is free. The beers are expensive fro Stella draft $6 each. We tried the profiteroles which were good but the filling is with ice cream not custard cream. We tried 2 pizzas the Como for $16.95 and the rio de Janeiro for $15.95. The pizzas are a little expensive considering that they are a thinner crust. The toppings are fancier but I think I actually like Mod pizza better for thinner crust pizza. I tried the rio de Janeiro which comes with a Brazilian cheese. It's like a soft cheese and it's like plopped on too thick so that you need to spread it around. I would like that it would have been placed less clumpy.

Really like this pizza, very good. Creative mix of white and red pizzas in very different flavors combos. I am Italian, and I approve this pizza....