Piala | Restaurant & Wine Bar - Sebastopol, California

RICARDO B

Muy buena comida ambiente relajado

Gabrielle

Piala is Sebastopol’s best-kept culinary secret. Each dish offers a hearty bite, with each chew made with love.

I’d recommend starting with the soft, doughy minced meat dumplings. To eat in traditional fashion, pinch the tip of the dumpling and nibble around some of the exterior to sip the juice, and then eat the rest!

There’s also the tender pork belly dish that’s perfectly seasoned, soft, and warm. The chicken skewers are amazing too.

The best part of this culinary experience is playing with flavors by spooning some spicy chili or sweet plum sauces over your proteins—and top it all off with crunchy, tangy pickled onions that’ll balance the richness of other dishes and provide a refreshing textural contrast.

10/10! ?

Yingzi Sakura Huang

Finally, authentic Georgian! So glad we were recommended this place by Bernie of Merry Edwards. Highly recommend the dumplings - all except the beef and pork are incredible. the house chili sauce is fire, and the new fruit punch is incredible. Can't wait to revisit and try something else on the menu.

Also love the chill bro who served us. Thanks again for the hospitality!

Tyler Houts

Piala was recommended to us by the friendly folks at the Horse & Plow tasting room (also highly recommended) and did not disappoint.

The vibe inside is great... dimly lit, lots of energy, and on this night excellent jazz music chosen by the staff.

We enjoyed each dish that came out, including the rabbit and sour plum dumplings, a gorgeous salad, pomegranate chicken skewers, and a bread/cheese dish with an amazing bean soup.

Just an overall excellent experience and will absolutely return when we are in Sebastopol the next time!

Charlotte Wright Hanchett

We arrived in Sebastopol late and found Piala when we were looking for places that would be open past 9. We are SO glad we did! We had an incredible time. From the amazing food to wonderful conversation with the very friendly and generous owner to the awesome playlist. It was a meal we will remember! (See the delicious pistachio honey cake I enjoyed for dessert). Run don’t walk!

Pooja Chaudhary

TLDR; really good quality food, everything is consistently good.

We came here for dinner (no reservations) because my aunt raves about this spot all the time. It’s a small place so expect seating to be tight and to bump chairs against other tables.

The food was really really good. We ordered the chicken skewers, bean stew with cheese cakes, mushrooms, the kale dumplings, a plate of pickled vegetables and several flatbreads.

The stew, skewers and dumplings really stand out - highly recommend getting these.

stephanie trotter zacharia

Oh, so tasty! Jeff the owner was our server. My two friends and I ordered several different plates and shared. The squash dumplings were a favorite along with the meat skewers and ham with mustard. The mushroom dish was spicy, so I got to eat that by myself. The mushroom pie was flakey and appropriately cheesy and the wine list was fantastic and affordable with by the glass options.

Katherina Haug

What a great and interesting dining experience! Really a dynamic exploration of flavors. For such a culinarily-rich area like the Bay , rarely does a restaurant explore such niche cuisines, and do so in such a resounding, refined and pleasant manner. The staff was attentive, knowledgeable, fun and seemed to really enjoy working there and with each other. We ordered the beef and pork dumplings, the lamb wrapped cabbage, and the chicken liver/hearts, with a glass of Georgian wine. All outstanding and I cannot wait to explore the menu further.