I found La Piana to be the best restaurant in Siena. We ate there at least once a week and more often not twice. It is family owned and the food could not be better. We were dining among the locals at lunch and dinner. the experience is almost as good as the food.
Easily my favorite spot for a great bowls of pasta and a bottle of wine.
MattDT

I agree completly with Todd. I studied in Siena for three months and dined at La Piana almost weekly once it was introduced to me by some of my classmates (one was named Todd, hmm..).

I ate a lot of pasta while in Italy and have dined at just about every restaruant in North Beach (San Francisco) and the Pici ala Rustica at La Piana is simply ...