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I only had one night with Tuscan food and this meal really put me off of this cuisine. All stars goes to service, deco and location of this place but none of the dishes impressed us or was even good. The onion soup was dry and had no soup! Just slow braised onion with bread! The signature beef meatballs were dry and the tomato source was far over powering. The lamb in lasagna has very strong taste should be reminded to customers since not all can take it. Ordered a classic desert crème brûlée and thought nothing could go wrong it that but no, the top layer sugar was so thick and custard base was cold! Was head chef working on the day!? But service and location is great. I also liked the deco of the place.
One of my most favorite restaurants in Florence for lunch or dinner. The menu changes according to the season just like most authentic and superb restaurants in our city. Staff are professional you can see the kitchen with professional chefs making fantastic meals. You can eat anytime from 11am - 11pm. Perfect for business lunch meetings or dinner with your family. The selection is perfect choose from fresh fish, meat and vegetable plates. I love the organic chicken crostini, first course pasta dishes with Gragnano Pasta and the second course whether is meat of fish are delicious. Be sure to leave room for dessert !
For me this was a 4.5 stars restaurant. As there is no such option, I do believe that is more a 5 than a 4, that's why the review. The restaurant is really nice, it has a casual ambience, but there is some elegance in they way they conduct themselves. The service was great, the waiter that served us was really attentive, proactive and had a good knowledge of the menu and dishes. He even said that our appetisers selection was similar and recommended us the eggplant dish that we ended up loving. Here's our experience in a few paragraphs: - Drinks: I ordered a glass of Chardonnay of the house (they do their own wine), it was good but they don't have more white wine options by the glass, and that let me down a little bit. - Appetiser: we had the burrata zucchini marinara e balsamico, this dish was really good. Great combination between the tenderness of the burrata with perfect crunchy cuts of zucchini. Additionally, by recommendation of our waiter, we ordered the eggplant stuffed with ricotta in tomato and pesto sauce. This was the highlight of the meal. It was perfectly cooked, simple and rich at the same time. - Main: I ordered the risotto with pepperoni and goat cheese sauce. This was delicious. The first bite was not what I was expecting, so it didn't impressed me at first. But as you're progressing, it is getting better and better. My husband ordered a homemade pasta alla bolognese that was one of the off-menu specials, this was good but it tasted too much meat, is not the bolognese we had in mind, and looking back, we would rather ordered something more exciting. - Dessert: you must have the Tiramisù! It was excellent and it seemed to be a modern interpretation of the classic dish without losing its traditional flavours (the cacao/coffee sprinkles on top was a really nice touch). My only complaint was that was too small and we love to share desserts (if you have this: DO NOT SHARE). The restaurant reached the expectations and it was not excessively expensive (the usual for Florence). We definitely recommend it as a safe option to dine here.
An expensive but beautiful little cafe next to the Arno river. Definitely an ideal place to go for a sophisticated but simple meal. As normal I found this place by accident whilst walking down the Arno river and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the pear and cheese dish along with the very well made aperol spritz, a drink that can easily be made badly. This is great for people watching and has all the atmosphere you can hope for in Florence. Furthermore it is filled with Italians which is always a positive sign! With a great view onto the Ponte Vecchio you can't go wrong. Please don't hesitate coming here if you have money to spend its a great spot for a romantic date before going on
Fantastic food. We had an amazing wine tasting event here and the location is fabulous. If you're in Florence looking for lunch, this is the place. Highly recommend!!!
We stopped in because it was one of the few places open in the middle of the day, and it has a great location near the bridge. The restaurant is very nice looking, and their daily specials on the chalkboard are great, including the wine of the day. Everything we ate was fantastic. I especially liked the cauliflower with tomato because we hadn't had anything like that yet, and it was great to have well-done vegetables to offset all the pasta we ate in Italy.
We had dinner early at 6pm and sat at a communal table. The cabinets displayed various bottles of wine, oil, vinegar, etc all under the Il Borro label -- a feast for the eyes in anticipation of a delicious meal. We enjoyed the Culatello on Toast, Pecorino Cheese Pie with walnut sauce, pear salad and truffle. The server indulged our vegan companion with an off-menu tomato pasta which was simple yet flavorful. After all, everything in Florence is fresh, seasonal, and the animals are happy. Florentine locals only use their freezers to make ice cubes! The special of the day was entrecôte with the sweetest onions and grilled potatoes with an anchovy caper paste. It was great to share. Ambiance-wise, the vaulted ceilings show traces of frescoes while the place is contemporary in gray and wood. Overall a pleasant dinner.
great location for a glass of wine and to watch the sunset over the bridge in Florence. While the cocktails are a bit pricy, the seating is worth the cost, and to be close to one of the best locations for a sunset overlooking the famous waterway in Florence. Just do IT! read more
OMG this place was FABULOUS! We have pretty high 'foodie standards' and we loved every morsel. We knew we were in the heart of the 'tourist zone' so didn't take all the rave reviews to hear but... they deserve it all. The restaurant is really beautiful inside. Service was great and the food was amazing!! We ate every bite served. We started with a soup, a wonderful bean and bread soup and a fresh burratta with mint infused zucchini and sun dried tomatoes. SO good. They have house branded olive oil and it was stupendous. We ate every morsel of our bread serving and could have just about drunk the olive oil it was so good! It was lunch so we couldn't eat TPP much so for our next course we had the squid ink pasta and the omelette with spicy eggplant. Both were delicious. So fresh. We didn't leave a morsel on either plate. We highly recommend this place!! read more
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I only had one night with Tuscan food and this meal really put me off of this cuisine. All stars goes to service, deco and location of this place but none of the dishes impressed us or was even good. The onion soup was dry and had no soup! Just slow braised onion with bread! The signature beef meatballs were dry and the tomato source was far over powering. The lamb in lasagna has very strong taste should be reminded to customers since not all can take it. Ordered a classic desert crème brûlée and thought nothing could go wrong it that but no, the top layer sugar was so thick and custard base was cold! Was head chef working on the day!? But service and location is great. I also liked the deco of the place. read more
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One of my most favorite restaurants in Florence for lunch or dinner. The menu changes according to the season just like most authentic and superb restaurants in our city. Staff are professional you can see the kitchen with professional chefs making fantastic meals. You can eat anytime from 11am - 11pm. Perfect for business lunch meetings or dinner with your family. The selection is perfect choose from fresh fish, meat and vegetable plates. I love the organic chicken crostini, first course pasta dishes with Gragnano Pasta and the second course whether is meat of fish are delicious. Be sure to leave room for dessert ! read more
10 years ago
For me this was a 4.5 stars restaurant. As there is no such option, I do believe that is more a 5 than a 4, that's why the review. The restaurant is really nice, it has a casual ambience, but there is some elegance in they way they conduct themselves. The service was great, the waiter that served us was really attentive, proactive and had a good knowledge of the menu and dishes. He even said that our appetisers selection was similar and recommended us the eggplant dish that we ended up loving. Here's our experience in a few paragraphs: - Drinks: I ordered a glass of Chardonnay of the house (they do their own wine), it was good but they don't have more white wine options by the glass, and that let me down a little bit. - Appetiser: we had the burrata zucchini marinara e balsamico, this dish was really good. Great combination between the tenderness of the burrata with perfect crunchy cuts of zucchini. Additionally, by recommendation of our waiter, we ordered the eggplant stuffed with ricotta in tomato and pesto sauce. This was the highlight of the meal. It was perfectly cooked, simple and rich at the same time. - Main: I ordered the risotto with pepperoni and goat cheese sauce. This was delicious. The first bite was not what I was expecting, so it didn't impressed me at first. But as you're progressing, it is getting better and better. My husband ordered a homemade pasta alla bolognese that was one of the off-menu specials, this was good but it tasted too much meat, is not the bolognese we had in mind, and looking back, we would rather ordered something more exciting. - Dessert: you must have the Tiramisù! It was excellent and it seemed to be a modern interpretation of the classic dish without losing its traditional flavours (the cacao/coffee sprinkles on top was a really nice touch). My only complaint was that was too small and we love to share desserts (if you have this: DO NOT SHARE). The restaurant reached the expectations and it was not excessively expensive (the usual for Florence). We definitely recommend it as a safe option to dine here. read more
An expensive but beautiful little cafe next to the Arno river. Definitely an ideal place to go for a sophisticated but simple meal. As normal I found this place by accident whilst walking down the Arno river and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the pear and cheese dish along with the very well made aperol spritz, a drink that can easily be made badly. This is great for people watching and has all the atmosphere you can hope for in Florence. Furthermore it is filled with Italians which is always a positive sign! With a great view onto the Ponte Vecchio you can't go wrong. Please don't hesitate coming here if you have money to spend its a great spot for a romantic date before going on read more
8 years ago
Fantastic food. We had an amazing wine tasting event here and the location is fabulous. If you're in Florence looking for lunch, this is the place. Highly recommend!!! read more
7 years ago
10 years ago
We stopped in because it was one of the few places open in the middle of the day, and it has a great location near the bridge. The restaurant is very nice looking, and their daily specials on the chalkboard are great, including the wine of the day. Everything we ate was fantastic. I especially liked the cauliflower with tomato because we hadn't had anything like that yet, and it was great to have well-done vegetables to offset all the pasta we ate in Italy. read more
12 years ago
We had dinner early at 6pm and sat at a communal table. The cabinets displayed various bottles of wine, oil, vinegar, etc all under the Il Borro label -- a feast for the eyes in anticipation of a delicious meal. We enjoyed the Culatello on Toast, Pecorino Cheese Pie with walnut sauce, pear salad and truffle. The server indulged our vegan companion with an off-menu tomato pasta which was simple yet flavorful. After all, everything in Florence is fresh, seasonal, and the animals are happy. Florentine locals only use their freezers to make ice cubes! The special of the day was entrecôte with the sweetest onions and grilled potatoes with an anchovy caper paste. It was great to share. Ambiance-wise, the vaulted ceilings show traces of frescoes while the place is contemporary in gray and wood. Overall a pleasant dinner. read more
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Dinner at this lovely inviting bistro right on the Arno was fantastic. The decor was so appealing to the eye - modern rustic with restoration hardware type touches. Our server was attentive and took time with us as well as a lot of pride in her job and the restaurant and it's products. She explained that Il Borro is a castle winery in a tiny tuscan town. They produce wine, olive oil, local honey and organic (biologica) vegetables which they serve in the restaurant. The food was maybe a contemporary twist on traditional tuscan food and there were many dishes I wanted to order. Our server selected an outstanding bottle of red to accompany our pecorino pear and truffle sformata appetizer as well as our mains - bolognese and beef filet prepared rare. And of course, extremely accommodating to my garlic allergy. The only thing that made me wonder was why it wasn't filled with people. That would have made the experience 5 stars - a bustle and a buzz of people. I imagine the price point may have something to do with it. While not expensive for us standards, it's maybe a touch above other florentine restaurants in this type of cuisine. However - considering the location, the service and the quality I think the price point is fully justified. A great choice for a nice night out. I highly recommend. Can't wait to go back to try some of those other dishes. read more
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