Guidebook for Torino

Cristina & Patrizia
Cristina & Patrizia
Guidebook for Torino

Food Scene

French-Piedmontese fusion cuisine, in vintage place with soft lights,old jugs of wine and a nice dehors
48 locals recommend
Brasserie Bordeaux
15f Via Giuseppe Baretti
48 locals recommend
French-Piedmontese fusion cuisine, in vintage place with soft lights,old jugs of wine and a nice dehors
Great salads, served in a roasted potato
70 locals recommend
Poormanger
36 Via Maria Vittoria
70 locals recommend
Great salads, served in a roasted potato
Great vegan restaurant
29 locals recommend
Gørilla
20 Via Bernardino Galliari
29 locals recommend
Great vegan restaurant
Excellent Trattoria, for good lunch, aperitivo or dinner
26 locals recommend
Barbagusto
36 Via Belfiore
26 locals recommend
Excellent Trattoria, for good lunch, aperitivo or dinner
Good Pizza and Restaurant in the lively Vanchiglia!
37 locals recommend
Scalo +
3 g Via Luigi Tarino
37 locals recommend
Good Pizza and Restaurant in the lively Vanchiglia!
Have a good breakfast or a local Aperitivo in the smallest bar in Torino! Historic bar not to be missed!
40 locals recommend
Cafeteria Vermoutheria Barolino Cocchi
16, C Via Franco Bonelli
40 locals recommend
Have a good breakfast or a local Aperitivo in the smallest bar in Torino! Historic bar not to be missed!
Not cheap but very tasty :) Fish is taken from the best fish market place in Torino
49 locals recommend
La Gallina Scannata
25 Via Saluzzo
49 locals recommend
Not cheap but very tasty :) Fish is taken from the best fish market place in Torino
A great eatery just outside Turin! Very famous, book in advance! This traditional osteria with wooden tables and period photos is well outside the city centre, but worth the trek. Given its popularity, booking is advisable. The service is exceptionally friendly and the food good Piedmontese fare. The choice isn’t vast, but freshness is guaranteed
42 locals recommend
Osteria Antiche Sere
9 Via Cenischia
42 locals recommend
A great eatery just outside Turin! Very famous, book in advance! This traditional osteria with wooden tables and period photos is well outside the city centre, but worth the trek. Given its popularity, booking is advisable. The service is exceptionally friendly and the food good Piedmontese fare. The choice isn’t vast, but freshness is guaranteed
Tea room and healthy foods! A locals' favorite for Sunday brunch, the Teapot Tisaneria Con Cucina is a local tea room, serving exceptional breakfast menus, with American classics, including scrambled eggs, pancakes with maple syrup and other favorites. Teapot Tisaneria Con Cucina is ideal for coffee with the locals, and sure, the perfect spot to enjoy tea. The tea selection is varied enough to satisfy every palate.
57 locals recommend
Teapot
18 Via Silvio Pellico
57 locals recommend
Tea room and healthy foods! A locals' favorite for Sunday brunch, the Teapot Tisaneria Con Cucina is a local tea room, serving exceptional breakfast menus, with American classics, including scrambled eggs, pancakes with maple syrup and other favorites. Teapot Tisaneria Con Cucina is ideal for coffee with the locals, and sure, the perfect spot to enjoy tea. The tea selection is varied enough to satisfy every palate.
If you want to pamper your taste buds, Le Papille is just the right place. Run by three charming girls, Letizia, Rosella and Valentina, the restaurant serves traditional and contemporary dishes, made with simple, seasonal ingredients. Le Papille welcomes you in the morning, for a sweet and savory breakfast, and at noon, for a sandwich or a gourmet bistro dish, made with products from the deli counter. Stop by in the afternoon for a quick snack with cakes and homemade cookies, and enjoy a drink with your friends in the evening.
30 locals recommend
Le Papille
37 Via Principi d'Acaja
30 locals recommend
If you want to pamper your taste buds, Le Papille is just the right place. Run by three charming girls, Letizia, Rosella and Valentina, the restaurant serves traditional and contemporary dishes, made with simple, seasonal ingredients. Le Papille welcomes you in the morning, for a sweet and savory breakfast, and at noon, for a sandwich or a gourmet bistro dish, made with products from the deli counter. Stop by in the afternoon for a quick snack with cakes and homemade cookies, and enjoy a drink with your friends in the evening.
A charming neighborhood restaurant, L'Acino Restaurant offers great traditional Italian cuisine and an extensive win list. The menu offers food typical of Piedmont, with memorable unique creations as well. A super friendly staff, ownership and a cozy atmosphere make for a wonderful eating experience. L'Acino Restaurant is small and seats only around 50 customers, so be prepared to wait a bit, but it is well worth it. Good quality, cheap and nice small summer terrace
80 locals recommend
L'Acino
2/A Via San Domenico
80 locals recommend
A charming neighborhood restaurant, L'Acino Restaurant offers great traditional Italian cuisine and an extensive win list. The menu offers food typical of Piedmont, with memorable unique creations as well. A super friendly staff, ownership and a cozy atmosphere make for a wonderful eating experience. L'Acino Restaurant is small and seats only around 50 customers, so be prepared to wait a bit, but it is well worth it. Good quality, cheap and nice small summer terrace
Enjoy the finest and most famous chocolate and coffee in town!
95 locals recommend
La Bottega, Guido Gobino
1 Via Giuseppe Luigi Lagrange
95 locals recommend
Enjoy the finest and most famous chocolate and coffee in town!
A world of good soups and fresh salad!
39 locals recommend
Soup&GO
8/a Via S. Dalmazzo
39 locals recommend
A world of good soups and fresh salad!
AMAZING BREAD AND PIZZA!! An institution in San Salvario
28 locals recommend
Panificio Ficini Valter
30 Via Claudio Luigi Berthollet
28 locals recommend
AMAZING BREAD AND PIZZA!! An institution in San Salvario
Very nice Ice Cream Bar - perfect for kids
72 locals recommend
Mara dei Boschi
30 Via Claudio Luigi Berthollet
72 locals recommend
Very nice Ice Cream Bar - perfect for kids
Amazing Ice Cream
48 locals recommend
Caffè Regio
3 Via Po
48 locals recommend
Amazing Ice Cream
Best Pizza in town! Special discount for our guest. Very good also for risotto and seafood dishes!
48 locals recommend
Le Rondini
1bis Piazza della Repubblica
48 locals recommend
Best Pizza in town! Special discount for our guest. Very good also for risotto and seafood dishes!
Very good and cheap! Special fish dishes and vegan food! Nice pedestrian street very crowded in summer time
35 locals recommend
Barricata
48 Via Giulia di Barolo
35 locals recommend
Very good and cheap! Special fish dishes and vegan food! Nice pedestrian street very crowded in summer time
Very cheap, very good, super popular! Very nice atmosphere in one lively and romantic square! Modifica
149 locals recommend
Cianci Piola Caffè
9/b Largo IV Marzo
149 locals recommend
Very cheap, very good, super popular! Very nice atmosphere in one lively and romantic square! Modifica
Best hamburger in town! With kids area Local meet and wonderful chips! Slow Fast Food :)
43 locals recommend
M**Bun Slow Fast Food
4 Via Urbano Rattazzi
43 locals recommend
Best hamburger in town! With kids area Local meet and wonderful chips! Slow Fast Food :)
One of the best restaurant in town! Reservation is a highly recommended
49 locals recommend
Ristorante Consorzio
23 Via Monte di Pietà
49 locals recommend
One of the best restaurant in town! Reservation is a highly recommended
Old style café which serves wonderful typical Piedmontese food (sandwiches, taglieri, a sort of small tapas like anchovies and green sauce). A good place for lunch and for aperitivo. Don't miss it if you want to be a local :)
76 locals recommend
Coffee Wine Emilio Ranzini
9 Via Porta Palatina
76 locals recommend
Old style café which serves wonderful typical Piedmontese food (sandwiches, taglieri, a sort of small tapas like anchovies and green sauce). A good place for lunch and for aperitivo. Don't miss it if you want to be a local :)
Best granita in town! Don’t miss it!
75 locals recommend
Torre Cremeria Bar
28 A Corso Regio Parco
75 locals recommend
Best granita in town! Don’t miss it!
La Cricca is a leafy courtyard where you can dine outdoors and children can play safely. Open from 20:00 cheap dinner, high chairs available, children’s play area, table football and table tennis. Require an annual membership card, but you say that you are a foreigner and you will get in!
43 locals recommend
La Cricca Bocciofila
25/Bis Via Carlo Ignazio Giulio
43 locals recommend
La Cricca is a leafy courtyard where you can dine outdoors and children can play safely. Open from 20:00 cheap dinner, high chairs available, children’s play area, table football and table tennis. Require an annual membership card, but you say that you are a foreigner and you will get in!
A good and popular Trattoria. Try it to be “local”, home-like atmosphere
52 locals recommend
Ala
24 Via Santa Giulia
52 locals recommend
A good and popular Trattoria. Try it to be “local”, home-like atmosphere
Best kebab!!! Always open, very friendly. In San Salvario it's an institution!
36 locals recommend
Horas Kebab
24 Via Claudio Luigi Berthollet
36 locals recommend
Best kebab!!! Always open, very friendly. In San Salvario it's an institution!
Elegance, Romantic, Tipical and Amazing Food!
117 locals recommend
Scannabue Caffè Restaurant
25/h Largo Saluzzo
117 locals recommend
Elegance, Romantic, Tipical and Amazing Food!
Best trattoria in town! Cheap, tasty and very popular! If you want to try something “local” don’t miss it!
59 locals recommend
Trattoria Bar Coco's
28 Via Bernardino Galliari
59 locals recommend
Best trattoria in town! Cheap, tasty and very popular! If you want to try something “local” don’t miss it!
Best fishermen that serves the best restaurant in town. Open for lunch, amazing fish or street food near the biggest market of Porta Palazzo!
80 locals recommend
Pescheria Gallina
14b Piazza della Repubblica
80 locals recommend
Best fishermen that serves the best restaurant in town. Open for lunch, amazing fish or street food near the biggest market of Porta Palazzo!
Great meatballs! Made with meat, seafood, vegetables and sweet. Great also for vegetarians.
Polpetteria Norma
3 Via Luigi Tarino
Great meatballs! Made with meat, seafood, vegetables and sweet. Great also for vegetarians.
Very good vegetarian and vegan burgers.
22 locals recommend
Flower Burger
29C Via Antonio Bertola
22 locals recommend
Very good vegetarian and vegan burgers.
Great restaurant and gastronomia with tipical italian products.
fratelli bruzzone bottega del gusto
34/a Via Maria Vittoria
Great restaurant and gastronomia with tipical italian products.
The best hot chocolate in town. At Christmas time you have to taste the Nuvola (cloud), that is a revisiting of classic Pandoro. Also the tipical turin pastries are so good!
44 locals recommend
Pasticceria Ghigo since 1870
52 Via Po
44 locals recommend
The best hot chocolate in town. At Christmas time you have to taste the Nuvola (cloud), that is a revisiting of classic Pandoro. Also the tipical turin pastries are so good!
Crazy sandwiches! Very good!
8 locals recommend
Accademia del Panino
27/A Via Sant'Ottavio
8 locals recommend
Crazy sandwiches! Very good!

Drinks & Nightlife

Great aperitivo!
10 locals recommend
Scapàdacà
48 Corso S. Maurizio
10 locals recommend
Great aperitivo!
Great for some fun in summer nights. Dj set and live concerts
34 locals recommend
Cacao
6 Viale Carlo Ceppi
34 locals recommend
Great for some fun in summer nights. Dj set and live concerts
Dinner bar, full of young people during the night for the great cocktails. It offers a good brunch on sunday
58 locals recommend
Lanificio San Salvatore
30 Via Sant'Anselmo
58 locals recommend
Dinner bar, full of young people during the night for the great cocktails. It offers a good brunch on sunday
This bar is known for great tapas and classic vermouth, on sunday it offers a good brunch.
53 locals recommend
Affini
16, C Via Belfiore
53 locals recommend
This bar is known for great tapas and classic vermouth, on sunday it offers a good brunch.
Nightclub in the unique area of Murazzi
30 locals recommend
Magazzino sul Po
18 Murazzi del Po Ferdinando Buscaglione
30 locals recommend
Nightclub in the unique area of Murazzi
Multiethnic Rhum bar. The name of this bar is an acronym between the spanish words biber (drink) and ron (rhum)
48 locals recommend
Biberon
2 Via Silvio Pellico
48 locals recommend
Multiethnic Rhum bar. The name of this bar is an acronym between the spanish words biber (drink) and ron (rhum)
This bar takes his name from a typical drink of piedmont aperitifs. Turin people use to go there to drink a beer or a pastis and chilling, during all day. The place has particular details, like a piece of Berlin's wall seted in the floor.
102 locals recommend
Pastis
9 Piazza Emanuele Filiberto
102 locals recommend
This bar takes his name from a typical drink of piedmont aperitifs. Turin people use to go there to drink a beer or a pastis and chilling, during all day. The place has particular details, like a piece of Berlin's wall seted in the floor.
This bar is a former cinema, still present at the bottom of the room. The bar opens for brunch, until the aperitif and the dj set. In the microplex you can enjoy a good movie. There are also karaoke nights and Subbuteo meetings.
68 locals recommend
Blah blah
21 Via Po
68 locals recommend
This bar is a former cinema, still present at the bottom of the room. The bar opens for brunch, until the aperitif and the dj set. In the microplex you can enjoy a good movie. There are also karaoke nights and Subbuteo meetings.
The atmosphere and cocktails of this bar are inspired by the American Prohibition. To enter, a password is needed, just like the American speakeasy, and to know it, you must click on the local site and answer the question.
41 locals recommend
Mad dog speakeasy
35A Via Maria Vittoria
41 locals recommend
The atmosphere and cocktails of this bar are inspired by the American Prohibition. To enter, a password is needed, just like the American speakeasy, and to know it, you must click on the local site and answer the question.
This bar is the heart of Piazza Vittorio. Furnished as an old grocery store, but with armchairs, big couches and large tables, that make you feel like home; during the summer the dheors stretches out onto the square. There is dj set from the aperitif until late night.
79 locals recommend
La Drogheria - Cocktail Bar
18 P.za Vittorio Veneto
79 locals recommend
This bar is the heart of Piazza Vittorio. Furnished as an old grocery store, but with armchairs, big couches and large tables, that make you feel like home; during the summer the dheors stretches out onto the square. There is dj set from the aperitif until late night.
This is one of the most beautiful places during the summer time, in the cool air of Valentino park. This place is river view, open day and night.
43 locals recommend
Imbarchino
37 Viale Umberto Cagni
43 locals recommend
This is one of the most beautiful places during the summer time, in the cool air of Valentino park. This place is river view, open day and night.
Dinner bar with an open kitchen. There is a space inside the bar where a tattoo artist works until midnight.
36 locals recommend
ISOLA
15 Via Goito
36 locals recommend
Dinner bar with an open kitchen. There is a space inside the bar where a tattoo artist works until midnight.
Dinner bar where you can taste liqueurs, gin and vermouth, distilled into a local still-house.
39 locals recommend
Distilleria Quaglia
54 Via Giulia di Barolo
39 locals recommend
Dinner bar where you can taste liqueurs, gin and vermouth, distilled into a local still-house.
Taste a cocktail at Piano35, the highest lounge bar in Italy. With amazing view of the city!
34 locals recommend
Piano35 - Lounge bar
3 Corso Inghilterra
34 locals recommend
Taste a cocktail at Piano35, the highest lounge bar in Italy. With amazing view of the city!
For lunch: bagel, club sandwich and tasty salad For aperitivo: tapas For drink: good beers and cocktails. Nice atmosphere! Very popular
68 locals recommend
Barbiturici
21, bis Via Santa Giulia
68 locals recommend
For lunch: bagel, club sandwich and tasty salad For aperitivo: tapas For drink: good beers and cocktails. Nice atmosphere! Very popular
Beer, cocktail and hypster atmosphere!
46 locals recommend
Dunque
Via Santa Giulia
46 locals recommend
Beer, cocktail and hypster atmosphere!
Very nice brewery with one of the best craft italian beer
70 locals recommend
Open Baladin Torino
1 Piazzale Valdo, Fusi
70 locals recommend
Very nice brewery with one of the best craft italian beer
Fluido is a lot of different things to different people. Some come here for delicious breakfasts, with fresh croissants and good coffee; others enjoy the restaurant for lunch; while most patrons prefer to come in late, for after hours drinks. And, of course, Fluido is also a place for good entertainment, offering guests a rich and varied DJ and club programme. Free WiFi for customers completes the list of benefits that make this such a popular place.
49 locals recommend
Fluido
49 locals recommend
Fluido is a lot of different things to different people. Some come here for delicious breakfasts, with fresh croissants and good coffee; others enjoy the restaurant for lunch; while most patrons prefer to come in late, for after hours drinks. And, of course, Fluido is also a place for good entertainment, offering guests a rich and varied DJ and club programme. Free WiFi for customers completes the list of benefits that make this such a popular place.

Shopping

Old record store in the city center.
20 locals recommend
Rock & Folk Torino
4 Via Giambattista Bogino
20 locals recommend
Old record store in the city center.
The largest open-air market Europe has to offer. Popular with locals and tourists alike, it is at the heart of traditional and ethnic Turin. Away from Piazza della Repubblica, and down towards Borgo Dora, you come across Il Balon, a weekly antiques and second-hand market which weaves its way through the cobbled streets and down towards the river Dora. On the second Sunday of every month, there’s Il Gran Balon, known locally as ‘Baloon’.
148 locals recommend
Porta Palazzo Market
Piazza della Repubblica
148 locals recommend
The largest open-air market Europe has to offer. Popular with locals and tourists alike, it is at the heart of traditional and ethnic Turin. Away from Piazza della Repubblica, and down towards Borgo Dora, you come across Il Balon, a weekly antiques and second-hand market which weaves its way through the cobbled streets and down towards the river Dora. On the second Sunday of every month, there’s Il Gran Balon, known locally as ‘Baloon’.
Glass craft shop: beautiful jewelry and home decor accessories
32 locals recommend
Across The Glass
90/BIS Corso Regina Margherita
32 locals recommend
Glass craft shop: beautiful jewelry and home decor accessories
This former garage is now a clothing store with the most sought-after brands: German, Japanese, French, New York and, of course, Italian designers.
34 locals recommend
Bagni Paloma
2 Piazza Cavour
34 locals recommend
This former garage is now a clothing store with the most sought-after brands: German, Japanese, French, New York and, of course, Italian designers.
Iconic Turin fashion brand
34 locals recommend
F.R.A.V.
1 Via Po
34 locals recommend
Iconic Turin fashion brand
For Streetwear lovers
19 locals recommend
Hannibal Store
1 Via Accademia delle Scienze
19 locals recommend
For Streetwear lovers
Vintage, new and secondhand clothes and accessories found in the London, Berlin and New York markets, available either for purchase or rental for shooting and video
32 locals recommend
ROOSTER
13 Via degli Artisti
32 locals recommend
Vintage, new and secondhand clothes and accessories found in the London, Berlin and New York markets, available either for purchase or rental for shooting and video
Independent library specializing in contemporary architecture, graphics, design and urban culture. There is a section of special travel guides without photographs, for those who want to leave room for imagination
32 locals recommend
nb: Notabene
2e Via Luigi Des Ambrois
32 locals recommend
Independent library specializing in contemporary architecture, graphics, design and urban culture. There is a section of special travel guides without photographs, for those who want to leave room for imagination
Where to buy very good italian wine! Take advice from Mauro for your purchases! Home delivery on request.
32 locals recommend
Retrò Bottega
42 Via S. Massimo
32 locals recommend
Where to buy very good italian wine! Take advice from Mauro for your purchases! Home delivery on request.
Fashion store! Dresses Berlin crafts in Turin
29 locals recommend
born in berlin
9a Via S. Dalmazzo
29 locals recommend
Fashion store! Dresses Berlin crafts in Turin
Design furniture shop
Arredo70
10 Via S. Tommaso
Design furniture shop
Bookshop and concept store about design, art and architecture in pop culture.
Pop Heart di Presti Lorenzo
Bookshop and concept store about design, art and architecture in pop culture.

Essentials

Laundromat
31 locals recommend
Lavasciuga
4 Via S. Massimo
31 locals recommend
Laundromat

Entertainment & Activities

Multisala Cinema in a 40s building, hosts the Torino Film Fest.
33 locals recommend
Cinema Massimo
18 Via G. Verdi
33 locals recommend
Multisala Cinema in a 40s building, hosts the Torino Film Fest.
Wonderful spa in the center of torino
61 locals recommend
QC Termetorino
77 Corso Vittorio Emanuele II
61 locals recommend
Wonderful spa in the center of torino
The smallest theatre of Turin, but the funniest! The schedule features concerts, theatre pieces and cabaret. They also run a cafe just nearby
28 locals recommend
Teatro della Caduta
24 Via Michele Buniva
28 locals recommend
The smallest theatre of Turin, but the funniest! The schedule features concerts, theatre pieces and cabaret. They also run a cafe just nearby

Getting Around

Bike sharing http://www.tobike.it/frmCose.aspx
27 locals recommend
ToBike
26 Via Santa Chiara
27 locals recommend
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11 locals recommend
Parcheggio Bodoni
Piazza Giambattista Bodoni
11 locals recommend
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