Piola-arlington

We asked for a table for 17, college children and chaperone, and they had all set up when we came there, food was reasonable and tasty, and the waitress was great, also separate controls for all, as they were all on single budgets. Couldn't have been better!

Pretty good Italian pizza nothing special, but good. I didn't know this was a chain (Italy, USA, Canada, Turkey and many Latin American countries) until I arrived there. The ambience is nothing special, but it is good.

GREAT service. Restaurant was not busy (Sunday late afternoon/early evening and server was attentive, knowledgeable, and courteous. We had 2 young, energetic boys with us too and everyone was accommodating.

We LOVE the pizza at this restaurant. We live in Silver Spring but will drive all the way to Arlington for them. My husband comes here to get close-to-home pizza with the cheese he loves so much from Brazil. This time, I got the rolled bacon stuffed with gorgonzola cheese pizza. Whoa!! The strawberry caipiroskas are fabulous, too. It's really hard to find GOOD and authentic Brazilian caipirinhas (made with cachaca) and caipiroskas (made with vodka). I was in heaven with these. I wish they made dessert pizzas, like in Brazil. I've ordered dessert a couple of times there, and both times was disappointed with the weird, metallic flavor of the chocolate sauce. I also didn't like the TV in the main dining area playing a basketball game.

Incredibly friendly and polite wait staff. Was relatively quiet for a Saturday night at dinner time. The menu is long lots of good options, but so many that it's difficult to navigate. Food is reasonably priced. Portions are standard. Food tasted good though pizza dough came out a little soggy though. One quirk: You have to request parmesan cheese, which is rationed by the server (they don't leave it on the table).