Restaurants in Florence
My friend Tom will be in Florence Italy next week. I want to give him some restaurants suggestions. Traveling with wife and baby.
I rely on the world travelers of SE to make me look like a hero. Moderately priced please.
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There's a good chance that this suggestion will be redundant, since I believe the place is pretty well known, but several years ago I ate at Trattoria Cibreo. It's an offshoot of the restaurant Cibreo, but is much less expensive and easier to get into (they don't take reservations like the primary restaurant). Most of the menu is identical, but the china isn't as nice, the chairs might have a short leg, and parties are sometimes asked to share tables. The food is amazing, however. The most memorable dish was the stuffed chicken neck. It was filled with veal pate, and served next to the roasted head of the bird.
Nicholas H at 9:50PM on 11/28/08
TRATTORIA ANITA
Via del Parlascio, 2/r (ang. Via Vinegia, 16/r)
Tel. 055.218.698 - 50122 Firenze
click for google map
I ate here when i went on a solo trip to Florence. Yummy food, great friendly people, very affordable. They have lunch (and maybe dinner) specials. Beware! It took me forever and a day to find this place! It was literally a hole in the wall in a teeny alley when I went. Found it off of my Let's Go! guide to Europe :). Tell me how it goes!
evalunatik at 8:51PM on 11/30/08
Check out this previous thread: http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2008/09/best-spots-for-food-in-florence.html
emmab at 10:26AM on 12/01/08
Antico Noe, near the Duomo. Best sandwiches ever!!!
LiveToEat at 10:44AM on 12/01/08
Two suggestions. The first, Buca del Orafo is in between the Ponte Vecchio and the Uffizi down a flight of stairs kind of in the alley. I was there in March and had as the secondi a pasta with the sweetest peas - the ultimate in simplicity and so delicious - very unassuming and inexpensive. The second suggestion is Coco Lezzone - very old Florence. Don't have the address but you should be able to find online. FYI the hotel just next to Buca del Orafo is wonderful, terrific location and very inexpensive relative to the neighborhood - Hotel Hermitage. They have a website.
Tobyrex at 11:35AM on 12/01/08
No trip to Florence is complete without a stop (or three or four) at Vivoli for gelato.
jsd517 at 1:17PM on 12/01/08
TRATTORIA SOSTANZA (OR IL TROIA) HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1869. HAVE THE TORTELLINI EN BRODO AND THE BISTECCA. THE MEAL WAS AMAZING. THERE ARE COMMUNAL TABLES SO UNLESS YOU HAVE 6 IN YOUR PARTY, YOU WILL BE EATING WITH OTHERS. THERE ARE TWO SEATINGS AND SPACE IS LIMITED, SO MAKE A RESERVATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
pksmash at 1:44PM on 12/01/08
Trattoria Mario, near the central market. The food is terrific, but very simple and traditional (and very reasonable). They cater to the people who work in the central market, so their English is not their strong point. And do not make the mistake of asking for the bistecca done any particular way, since they won't serve it to you any way but very rare ;)
Avoid any place that has a review in Japanese conspicuously posted, particularly if it is the only posted review. It's a long story, but please trust me on this.
mongoose at 1:57PM on 12/01/08
Trattoria La Burrasca. Best Ravioli that I've ever eaten in my life. Period. Also, its nice, homey, cheap, and out of the way.
Make sure to get the Lasagnetta.
ngarklav at 11:23PM on 12/01/08
La Mangiatoia. It's near the Palazzo Pitti on the Oltrarno. I discovered it in 2001, when Let's Go called it "devoid of atmosphere." Rather than being turned off by such a review, my friends and I were perversely drawn to it when we read the review on the train. Turns out that in 2001, there was a pizzeria upstairs (where the Let's Go reviewer had eaten) and a wonderful trattoria downstairs (where we ate) that was anything but devoid of atmosphere. It was homey, delicious, and unbelievably reasonable.
I brought my girlfriend to Florence in 2006 and was worried it might not be there. It was, but there's no pizzeria anymore, and the restaurant has pulled itself out of the basement. Same wonderful food, same low prices. I definitely looked the hero.
One other option is happy hour at the Cafe Perseo overlooking the main square. Yes, everything in there is expensive during regular hours, and they tend to prey upon famished tourists who have just come out of the Uffizi. But during happy hour, they had a delicious (and gratis) spread of appetizers and delicious sandwiches, breadsticks and cheeses, vegetables and dips. I had about three glasses of wine and enough finger food that dinner was no longer a necessity. That was in the summer, and I hope they do it in the winter too.
shoneyjoe at 6:42AM on 12/02/08
I second that Vivoli is a MUST. My ice-cream hating husband and I had gelato from there twice a day.
Jacquie at 1:03PM on 12/02/08
Buca Mario near the Piazza Santa Maria Novella! We were just there in September. I had the most fabulous ricotta tortellacci with asparagus sauce and DH was in steak heaven! Not particularly inexpensive, but definitely worth the cost!
thehostess at 10:24AM on 12/04/08