Bland. Maybe good for tourists but a sad bland taste for me. I should of checked yelp beforehand.

Eataly is quickly becoming an institution, not only in Italy but in few other countries in the world (Eataly has a boutique on 5th Av. NYC, sadly no stores in the country where I live, yet). The founder had the brilliant idea to start a chain of supermarkets offering only the best products from all Italian regions (from Piedmont's hazelnuts to Sicilian cactus fruit jams). The quality is the focus and, that's the whole point of Eataly. At Eataly you can also have lunch or dine, and most of the dishes are prepared with top quality ingredients from their selection. It is quite a new experience to have your food inside a supermarket. I was not so impressed by the food they prepare, it's a bit rushed, and simple but after all Eataly is not a restaurant, so fair enough. I'd give 3 stars to the food served at the table and 7 stars to Eataly's concept. That makes a total of 5 stars. read more

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I am not sure what the fuss about this place is all about ? It was packed when we arrived and had to wait for about 15 mins for a table. We then had to wait for about 10 mins to get a waiter and then order and pay on the spot before the food actually arrived. There are two sections to this place a red and a blue section. The blue section has English & Italian menus and mostly salads and things and the red section only has Italian menus with mostly pasta and main courses. We originally sat in the blue section and then moved over to the red section. I ordered their daily pasta special and a chinotto. The pasta arrived quickly and it tasted ok but lacked flavour and punch. I had to add salt as it was lacking a bit. The bread bag they have you was ok nothing to write home about. All in all an ok meal. Given that many places were closed we ended up here otherwise I would not come here again. Nothing special about this place at all for me, I am afraid. read more

Eataly Lagrange - Grocery Near Me - Torino, TO

We happened upon this place while wandering through Torino. It had a busy outside seating area, and multiple floors of tables inside. We thought we'd give it a try. It is after all Eataly which is known for it's food, right? After a bit of shuffling, we were seated outside. The menus are only in Italian. One for food offerings, the other for beverages and only one set per table so you have to share. Read fast people. A waitress came over, took our order and then apologized that we must pay first. Hmmm, that's odd and doesn't give a warm fuzzy feeling. What if I want to add to my tab later? It certainly gives the staff a break from having to 'check in' to be sure everything is fine. We ordered lasagna, carbonara, wine, and water. A small bag of bread was put on the table while we waited. The food came out very quickly. A little too quickly but it was only pasta right? The wine and water came out a little later. As for the lasagna, I can only say: don't. Just don't. It looked fine, but the consistency was mush. The pasta had no texture, body. The sauce and cheese melded together into a sort of thin gruel. If you have trouble with your teeth, or chewing in general, I can heartily recommend this dish. The piece was huge! I will give them that. It would easily have fed me for two days, maybe three. But after just a few bites, I couldn't make myself eat any more. My dining partner ordered the carbonara. She wanted the pasta dish with asparagus, but was told this dish was 'done', sold out. She was disappointed and ordered the carbonara as an alternate. While we waited for our dishes, another party was seated next to us; an Italian couple, and she ordered the pasta with asparagus, and was served the pasta with asparagus. Wait, what? Yup. Not sure what happened in the 4 minutes between our ordering and them being seated. Anyhow, back to the carbonara, it also did not 'pass muster' and both dishes were returned mostly uneaten. Which did not seem to phase the staff at all. They simply came by after a while and cleared the still full plates. So I guess this happens often? And speaking of the staff, no staff member made a visit to our table, not once, to be sure everything was fine. They were always pleasant when we did see them: being seated, taking our order and money, picking up the plates, giving directions to the bathroom. This is just a very low maintenance type restaurant. It was packed, inside and out, so there must be something to it. Not sure how it happened that we got such inedible food when other's seemed to be enjoying their meals. Oh, and if you are looking for the toilette, it is located on level -1, at the bottom of the staircase. Our bill came to just over €30. read more

Eataly Lagrange - The lasagna - Grocery Near Me - Torino, TO

A nice little food emporium in the center of town with an abundance of Italian goods in one spot. I had dinner here last night and ordered their pasta di giorno of vesuvi pasta with sausage, tomatoes, and red peppers. The order was not prepared properly: the pasta was undercooked and hard so I complained and they prepared it again. Otherwise, the dish was just okay. Not as good as pasta I've eaten in San Francisco or Rome. It's rare though to find a multi-source shop for all your cooking needs. Wish I could buy all the products, but oh well. read more

Not sure I get the hype about Eataly but maybe thats me and being gluten free. I got a salad which was tasty enough and was a decent sized portion. It was good, but just not wow to make me go higher than 3*. Lots of their salads come with bread on them so make dietary requirements clear before you order. Plus, despite saying I was gluten free and getting my order checked it was ok, they still brought me bread (normal) to the table. I sat outside so didn't venture into the shop and I did visit at lunch so maybe that is the difference! I don't think I'd be rushing back though. read more

Absolutely wonderful! I do not know what the complaints in the reviews are about but I got seated within 5 seconds and got my food in 5 mins. Not mentioning the food is just great! read more

Eataly Lagrange - Grocery Near Me - Torino, TO

Very good. I was a little unsure after reading the other reviews but we had a focaccia and a tuna salad which were both excellent. Good supermarket too. Note that there is another, bigger store in Turin which is probably worth checking out if you are able to. read more

I read so much about this place and had my hopes up a bit too high....I found out that this was the small Eataly, and that the big one is somewhere else in Turin. Needless to say, the idea is fantastic. Eat and shop for food in the same place. The tables were packed in, so you really couldn't do much shopping since people were sitting at the tables and you couldn't get in to see the shelves. My waitress was probably the worst one I have had ever in my history of restaurant eating, seriously, if she worked in the US where tips matter, she would starve. She never smiled once and was actually rude to us when we asked about a menu item..we asked how the fish was prepared that came with a pasta, was it fried? She said, its fish but shrugged and made a face at us, like we were asking a stupid question. She quickly realized we were foreigners and blew us off. She took our order, gave us the bill and asked us to pay right there and never came back to us. Someone else brought us our food and wine and no one asked us if we needed another thing, we looked for waiters to ask for pepper, then parmesan cheese. Something else really....I ordered a soup which was tasty but nothing to write home about. My husband ate a pasta dish with fish!!! It was tasty but nothing spectacular. Wine was good. Service poor. They have many locations so I will try another, hopefully they have better trained staff in the common courtesy field. read more