Address - 1-5-1, Shirogane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0072 Opening hours - Every day * Mon-Sat. 11:30-14:00
18:00-22:30 (L/O) * Sun 11:30-14:00/18:00-21:30 (L/O) Map - See their site Telephone - 3442-5244 Menu - In English and Italian CC - OK

Frank's note:

Piola is an Italian restaurant that was once recommended to me by the owner of Al Doge. I haven't been there yet, mainly because Shirogane is well hidden and away from all train and subway lines. It's equally far from Meguro, Hiroo, Shinagawa ... I just ended up listing it under Meguro. Why travel so far when there's so much, and so much closer? That's in a nutshell what Michiko, a great expert of Italian food, says too ...

Here she goes:

I have been to Piola three or four times, mostly because some friends of mine like it. Personally speaking I feel there's a lot of restaurants much closer to home, just as good and usually cheaper.Two thousand yen for a plate of pasta seem to me a little hard to justify, even though the taste is admittedly good. Including wine, one ends up spending 15 thousand yen or more.
Piola does have its strong points: it has plenty of space on four floors (the first is an Italian-style bar, the others house the restaurant), a pleasant atmosphere, many wines, sophisticated food, it's open until late ... but in the end one just feels that it's a bit too pricey and too inconveniently located to deserve a trip.