Carol Chan
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I wanted to dine in Piola for their ayce gnocchi night for some time when there used to be one in NYC. Timing was just never right (only 29th day of the month) and the pending reopening went on without any progresses or updates.
When I moved to DC, I finally jumped onto the opportunity. My husband and I came this past 29th and sat on the roof top for a gluttonous, romantic, welcoming dinner to a long weekend.
Perhaps since we were one of the firsts to arrive, the service was awesome at the first half of our meal. We were served and checked on with new flavor of gnocchi every 5-7 mins. Being an ayce - I was impressed by the quality of their gnocchi - they were fresh, piping hot, soft, pillowy, melt in my mouth yum! They offered such great varieties - we must had sampled at least 10 different flavors - my personal fav were the tomato with basil and vodka with salmon.
However half way through our dinner, the service really went downhill. Perhaps they were overwhelmed? Or understaffed? We were served maybe every 20-25 mins. Ultimately, we had to personally get up and request more food to be brought to us. Although our dinner lasted much longer than we intended, it was an experience my husband and I both enjoyed. For $16 per person, we definitely ate our gnocchi worth. Probably won't be return any time soon since we are pretty much gnocchi-ed out, but heard amazing things about their ayce pizza brunch - will def check it out!