(14 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)
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22 West Pomfret Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-249-9580
Piatto Website
June 2009 Update: Piatto was named as one of the best restaurants in Cumberland County according to Central PA Magazine readers… Congrats! [Editor]
Piatto was opened by Ross and Mary Morris in May 1998. The restaurant serves authentic, traditional cuisine from all twenty of Italy’s distinctly different regions.
Located in Carlisle’s historic district in a Victorian era home, the restaurant offers casual, affordable dining nightly beginning at 5 pm.
Outdoor seating is available May – September.
on May 18th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
[rant removed] …the food at Piatto is as pure and good as it gets…made by the best chefs/platers as it gets. it’s very hard to feed people the best food available, in downsized increments [and leave all patrons happy <-- Editors Paraphrase, removed rant ].
on Apr 29th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Not as enjoyable as in the past. My last meal at Piatto was only enjoyed by me. Sometimes the fish isn’t the way to go. I have always enjoyed their Piatto salad and lobster ravioli but the prices keep going up and I seem to be getting less for what I am paying for. Hopefully I’ll find someone who will want to go again. I do enjoy the decor and they have done a nice job enclosing the porch area.
on Apr 2nd, 2009 at 8:32 am
The food is okay, but rather overpriced for what it is, especially considering the location. I don’t mind paying for good food, but I expect high quality. I ordered the salmon, which was terribly overcooked, and they had run out of their basic sides, like the roasted potatoes. How do you run out of something as basic as a potato? And their idea of presentation is laughable. But the tiramasu was fantastic – it was acutally the best part of the meal.
The atmosphere is okay, but a bit bright (lighting-wise) for a restuarant trying to be an upscale, intimate place. The waitress was nice when she actually came to our table, which wasn’t often other than to bring us the dishes. She rarely checked on us and it wasn’t as if the restuarant was that crowded.
Overall, disappointing. I will not go back.
on Jan 10th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Clearly the best restaurant in Carlisle. BYOB. Ross is on top form and does not allow menu to go stale.
on Jan 6th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I’m from Chicago and have been in Carlisle for some time now. My wife and I came to Piatto for 2 reasons.
1. A local co-worker recommended it.
2. Having visited the Piatto website, I noticed that the chef is extremely picky about choosing fresh real ingredients. In my experience, a dish can be only as good as the ingredients used to prepare it. I figured, if the ingredients are fresh, Piatto is 2 steps ahead of most restaurants I’ve dined in.
Long story short, from my first bite of the house salad and her first spoonful of soup, we were hooked.
The ingredients were not only fresh, they were carefully chosen to complement one another and create a multitude of flavors in our mouths.
The following day, my wife and I ventured to Philadelphia to eat at Morimoto (Iron Chef). It sucked on entirely new levels of sucking. The decor was too Euro Urban Chic and the food/drinks were hopeless bland despite the complex nature of each.
In that regard, Piatto hits a home run on all counts. The ambiance is pleasant, but not distracting. You notice small details about the age of the building/home and decor, but you’re not smacked in the face by the style. The service was pleasant and more than happy to make small talk with us. Further, at our request, the chef (Ross) came out to speak with us about local hot spots and his meal.
Coming from a place with a healthy variety of great food, all I can say is, I wish Piatto were actually in Chicago. We would have a new low key place to dine in that would guarantee a great experience.