The restaurant was plagued by tiny flies buzzing around the dining room, and despite being relatively empty, I was seated in the back near the kitchen. I ordered the steak for one, a half-liter of wine, and a mixed salad. The staff explained that the steak would be served rare, which they said was typical in Florence. That was perfectly fine with me. What arrived, however, was not rare but medium-rare, and it looked and tasted like a misshapen saddle. It was nearly impossible to chew--the toughest cut of meat I have ever been served in a restaurant. In fact, the diners at the neighboring table were also complaining about how tough their meat was. I moved on to the salad. The lettuce was acceptable, but the tomatoes were old, mealy, and completely lacking in flavor. The strangest part was the balsamic vinegar service. Instead of a normal bottle, they used spray-bottle attachments that looked like they belonged on a can of hairspray. It was awkward, clogged, and unnecessarily confusing. By this point, I simply wanted to leave. I had to track down a waitress who seemed completely lost just to ask for the bill. Eventually, she informed me that I needed to pay at the register. When I got there, the owner was sitting in the back drinking with a group of locals. He saw me waiting but continued sipping his cocktail and carrying on his conversation before finally handing me the check without so much as an acknowledgment. I paid and left immediately. The wine was bitter, the tomatoes were stale, and the steak had all the tenderness of a shoe sole. I found myself wondering: Is this Italy? Where am I? This was easily one of the worst meals I have ever had in Florence. What a complete mess. read more

Best place to wait for your entry time for Accademia. The staff are friendly and good selection of food. read more

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We had Martin! He was the absolute best during service and recommended an amazing white wine for myself. It is a true authentic Italian restaurant that you want to be at and surround friends and family with a friendly and fun atmosphere. Also had the Salomina pizza and was incredible! read more

Let me start off with this was by far the best pasta spot I had while in Italy. The staff were extremely friendly and welcoming. They accommodated our large party of 16 right away. We all had a pleasant dining experience, our waiter was funny and polite. The food was also delicious! I had the basil pasta - sooo yummy; the bruschetta WOOOAAAH so fresh and delicious. My family ordered some pizzas, soups (squash / pumpkin cream soup) amoung other food items, overall our meal was pleasantly delicious. I would recommend if you're in the area. read more

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Great atmosphere. Excellent food. Awesome sommelier, Pietro!! It was the highlight of our Italy trip. Highly recommended read more

Fun and festive dining as two other parties by us were having a fine time celebrating being together also. We planned only for some light aperitivos and it was perfect setting! Great service and delicious. Then off we went for more walking and see the Arno and Ponte Vecchio! read more

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I was on vacation with my wife and friends, we stopped here one night for food. Loved the atmosphere, food, and service so much we had to come back again. We even signed up for one of their cooking classes. Cooking class was a blast, made some of our best memories there. My group and I went there three more times in the span of two weeks. By far one of my favorite places in all of Florence, cannot wait to go back when I visit Florence again. Would definitely recommend cooking class with Pietro! read more

Ristorante Accademia - Pietro's cooking class - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

Wish I could rate this higher than 5 stars!! If you are in Florence and want to have authentic food from a family owned restaurant, come here. The crispy lasagna and basil ravioli were unlike any pasta I've ever had. They were both so delicious! The staff were so kind and amazing and helped us have a great experience. I can't recommend here enough!! read more

I expected the restaurant to be a tourist trap because it is close to the Accademia Gallery, which houses the David statue. The food, service, and ambiance all wowed me. We started out with a charcuterie full of wonderful cheeses and cold cuts. It included a nice sweet and spicy chili jam. I was obsessed with it. My party also ordered the chicken pate, but I chose not to try it. The lasagna was amazing. I kept thinking about it during my trip. 5 stars. read more

Ristorante Accademia - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

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When in Florence this is a must try! We found this restaurant just a few minutes walk from the Accademia & stopped for dinner. I felt that maybe we'd be a little under dressed because the restaurant looks very classy but waking in we immediately greeted by a very hospitable host & that fear was put to rest. We had the best food & dinner service. We asked our friendly waiter for recommendations & went them: for appetizer mushroom strudel; dinner the crispy lasagna & my partner the pappardelle with wild boar. Phenomenal! The lasagna was like no other I've had before, it's made in white creamy Buffalo sauce, it's crispy outside, meaty and cheesy inside with insane flavor. The Pappardelle made with fresh hearty pasta, delectable wild boar meat, delicious sauce that's a little on the sweeter side that you could taste with a hint of wine in. All of the desserts sounded delicious, but we had no space for it... perhaps next time I'm in Florence. read more

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We stopped here to get out of the rain. Had an appetizer plate only which was ok not anything special the owner was not eager to seat us. He sat us next to a table of smokers which we did not want. we found a table away from them which he then agreed to allow us to move to. read more

The food is great. The place is busy. Pack your patience and enjoy the night where you don't have anywhere to go after. Earlier is less busy. Perfect for a meal after the Academia. read more

Fabulous meal with friends. The mushroom strudel and saltumboca were the highlight of the night. A must visit if you find yourself in Florence. read more

Ristorante Accademia - Good wine and drink with friends! - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

The four of us had a nice meal here. We enjoyed the a/c indoor dining but there were also tables outside available. The mushroom strudel that we shared for an appetizer was very tasty and plenty for two. The lamb was also excellent. We also shared a liter of house Chianti. The service was a bit slow and inattentive but we're on vacation and had no other plans for the evening. read more

Ristorante Accademia - Lamb on skewers - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

Food was great ! Atmosphere amazing and Staff so funny and friendly. Very family warm restaurant.

Rating mostly for the food. We had linguini with clams and spaghetti. My linguini was cold and the spaghetti was flavorless. They served fried bread rolls which was nice and also champagne if you were waiting to be seated. For me that did not make up for the quality of the main courses which were our least favorite in Italy. The restaurant is right behind the busy bus station so you might miss it behind all the people waiting for the buses. Atmosphere itself was pretty comfortable. Service was slower than usual for us in Florence. I would not go back or recommend. read more

Ristorante Accademia - Cold and flavorless. - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

Amazing, we are in Florence celebrating my father's 86 birthday in Italy. My sister made reservations at this amazing restaurant!! We had great food, wine dessert and fun with the entire staff!! read more

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Nice food, nice section of Firenze. Gianni, the owner greeted us warmly. He seated us and introduced us to Valentina, our server. What we ate doesn't matter...... it was excellent. The restaurant was nicely decorated and the feeling was warmly felt. read more

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I was here maybe seven years ago and wasn't that impressed. I suppose I ordered something I didn't like. But that was then and this time was different. It was maybe a km walk to Accademia in Piazzo San Marco from our hotel. This restaurant was recommended by a good friend of mine because he is friends with this restaurant's owners, Gianni & Inka. The food here is excellent! My primo piatto was pasta,red sauce with boar meat. My secondo piatto was coniglio (rabbit). Both were most enjoyable. Convivial host, good service, and great food! read more

Great meal. The bread here is absolutely amazing too. Ate here our first night in Florence after being given a suggestion by a local. Ordered a ton of food, thinking it would be smaller portions, only to find the portions are plentiful too. We ate our hearts out. We ordered a pizza, wild boar paparadelle, grilled octopus on a bed of mashed potatoes, bruschetta, chicken liver on grilled bread, the Florentine steak, and spaghetti chitarra in a slightly spicy tomato sauce, and French fries for my chicken nugget loving daughter (insert eye roll here!). Everything was delicious. Family friendly! read more

We have visited Accademia several times over the past 8 years. Each and every time they remember us and provide us with such outstanding service. The quality and selection of the dishes is ALLWAYS fantastic. Prices are very reasonable, especially for the quality. We will be back again next time we are in Florence read more

The food, service and the friendly staff made this meal experience very enjoyable! Reservations were made the night of our dinner from the concierge at Hotel Orto de Medici. read more

Ristorante Accademia - Fennel salad with orange slices. - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

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This was one of our favorite restaurants in Florence we enjoyed both a light lunch and dinner here. The fish was one of my favorite dishes in all of Italy, I also enjoyed a wonderful shaved artichoke and Parmesan salad (*not pictured I ate it to quick). The service was impeccable and both visits. This is a must stop while in Florence, the restaurant next door also had wonderful desserts but we just stoped there in our way back to the hotel and grab a few bites to go. read more

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Had a wonderful meal here, Gianni (the owner) made us feel very welcome. The pappardelle with wild boar sauce was the best I'd had. The sea bass was excellent. Portions are large and not expensive, coffee with cookie was outstanding. Definitely recommend this place. read more

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The food was pretty good. The service was good, but I think they get very busy about halfway through our meal and forgot to bring the meat course. They eventually brought it (about 40 minutes after the first course) but it was VERY rare and we had ordered medium. They were very nice about it and apologized. read more

Ristorante Accademia - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

Food was the best we had in Florence. Service was personable, prompt, and gracious. I especially liked the crispy lasagna even though it looked like an oversized spring roll. read more

Amazing lunch spot for after the Accademia Museum Visit or in the San Marco area. We went and got the mixed appetizer plate, the special - carrot soup, the ravioli with spinach, ricotta, mushrooms and truffle along with the Michelangelo Salad. All were amazing. The soup was by favorite my favorite, very light and refreshing. The ravioli was cooked al dente and had delicious mushrooms. The mixed plate was good - the pate was so/so, but the meats, cheese, and everything else tasted fresh and high quality. Friendly staff who introduced themself and provided superior service. Reasonably priced, but not too touristy being close to the museum. Would come again! read more

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What a treat! I had been struggling to find truly delicious Italian food in Florence (yes it's difficult to avoid the tourist trap foods) and my neighbor recommended this place. The food was the best I've had so far in Florence. We had the special of a Tuscan vegetable and white bean soup, spicy spaghetti, Taglionni with white truffle sauce, and for dessert the tiramisu and special riccota cheese cake with chocolate. All just wonderful. The service was delightful and friendly, and the meal was well priced. I enjoyed it so much I plan to return this trip and eat again! read more

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This restaurant was recommended to us by our Artviva tour guide. We had just finished viewing David at the Academia museum and had another Artviva tour of the Uffizi museum in less than 2 hours so we needed a place that was good, relatively fast and could accommodate our group of 10. This place did not disappoint us. They seated us right away- our tour guide had told us that this place is often overlooked. Everything was delicious. We had the house red and white wines. My friend had a caprese salad, I had penne pasta with bolognese sauce- delicious- my husband had a pasta with anchovy sauce, someone had a pizza, another had a seafood pasta with mussels and red sauce. Everything was delicious! Check it out! read more

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Very good little restaurant, we though that it was not that good because it was empty when we arrived, but when we got in the asked us if we had reservations (which we did not) but the gave us a table anyway. As time passed, the people start arriving and then the place was packed. The service was pretty good and the food was excellent!!! When I signed the check, the waiter notice that the pen that I got ( one from the airplane) was small and I gave it to him as a souvenir... he was very happy. read more

Absolutely loved this place. Amazing service followed with exquisite food. Martin was the best waiter we could've asked for. Made our experience that much better, thank you Martin! We ordered dry 42 day dry aged steak and chicken Parmesan. Definitely recommending to anyone coming to Florence. read more

Ristorante Accademia - 42 days dry aged canina 1.200 grams and chicken Parmesan. AMAZING - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

Super delicious. We started out with the bruschetta topped with fresh tomatoes with garlic and basil. We also had the salami with fennel seeds, and the pecorino cheese with their chili marmalade. Afterwards we had two pizzas, a Margherita and a Salamino. The salamino was my personal favorite and was a little spicy. The crispy lasagna was phenomenal. The buffalo mozzarella really made a difference and I definitely can say that this is my all time favorite lasagna that i've had. It came with a small portion of penne pasta with tomato sauce. For dessert we had the panna cota. Was not a huge fan, but it wasn't due to the taste (tasted like vanilla w/chocolate sauce) but was more so due to the gelatin like texture of it. Overall a great place! read more

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Seems like a tourist trap by the location but it is a very good meal for a decent price. Wait staff is very nice and attentive as well. They have a great slaps with pears and provolone for something light after pasta or meat read more

We made reservations and were sat immediately. At first the service seemed great. We ordered pasta, salad, and the Florentina steak. Food came out perfectly and was delicious. However, upon finishing and wanting to pay and leave, we literally waited about 25 mins for a waiter to come and check us out. Waiter eventually came and gave us the receipt. We wanted to pay with credit card and asked, they said sure... then we waited another 20 mins for anyone to help us pay.. We tried flagging multiple waiters to no avail.. So we decided not to wait any further and waste our time, and paid with the limited amount of cash we had (left it on the table w/ tip) and left. Upon seeing us depart, the manager or owner rushed us down, apologized saying they were swamped (it wasn't full at all). Jokes lol. Foods great, some common decency and service could be much better. We want to pay for our meal, what's the issue? read more

Absolutely delicious. Best pasta we had in our trip to Italy. I had the pici carbonara, husband had the crispy lasagna, shared the fennel salad. The carbonara was out of this world. Absolutely amazing. We had to wait about 30 minutes at 9pm on Sunday and it was well worth it. It was full of locals when we were there. The bread was amazing too! The owner was very sweet and offered us a small glass of wine while we waited for a table to open. Would 100% come back here again if I return to Firenze. read more

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The restaurant was recommended by a friend who ate there three times with her family in 2019. Then COVID hit we all stopped traveling for a while but we are back. Gianni the owner is an excellent host and the food is top quality. We had three pasta's to start all excellent and I do recommend the wild boar tagliatelle. Main courses were all excellent my chicken parmigiana (his wife's recipe from Nee York) baked in a clay pot was the best I ever had period! When in Florence do not hesitate to share a meal with friends and family Gianni will not disappoint. read more

My friends and I came here based on the good reviews and we were really happy. Among us, we got the basil ravioli, chicken parm, traditional beef stew with purée potatoes, crispy lasagna, tagliatelle noodles with black truffle. I personally got the crispy lasagna and was surprised that a lasagna could be fried the way it did and it was great. Beef stew was very flavorful and tender. Also, their bread is one of the best I have tried during the last 10 days in Italy. It was warm and soft bread. Overall, highly recommend this place read more

Ristorante Accademia - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

Food is mediocre, but the hospitality is absolutely top notch. It can be so rare to find genuinely warm and caring service! I really want to be able to say I loved - or even liked - the food, but I just don't think I can. We tried a number of dishes but most of them were average. Pecorino cheese with chile marmalade - good starter. The marmalade is similar to sweet thai chile sauce and has a small kick, and pairs well with the cheese. Ravioli with basil and burrata - ravioli itself not very flavorful, but is a lot better when eaten with the burrata sauce it comes in. Portion size is small if you're looking to make this an entree, with only 5 pieces. Ravioli with mushroom, ricotta, and truffle - more more like large tortellini than ravioli, and comes in 3 pieces in a dish. Also quite flavorless, even with the truffle...maybe I'm just used to having more salt in my food? Cavatelli with zucchini flower and saffron - awesome chewy texture, but still flavorless. Had to add a lot of salt to this to make it more palatable. Rabbit rolled in colonnade and lard - very rich! I could barely eat one of the pieces, I can't imagine how anyone can eat all three of these in one meal. Very, very tender though. Flavor wasn't bad. Even though the food was quite disappointing, the service was beyond wonderful. There were only two waiters staffing the entire full restaurant, and though they were definitely busy, you could tell they loved being among the bustle and stopped now and then to talk to people. They were also ceaselessly cheerful, kind, and just overall delightful to chat with and watch in the restaurant. So, food was mediocre, but still a really great dinner experience. read more

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Was a little concerned about eating at a restaurant next to the tourist-heavy museum where Michelangelo's David is, but my hotel recommended it strongly when I asked about a good place for Bistecca ala Florentine. The place is small but service and food was very good. The steak for one, however, was too large to eat but came out perfectly cooked to order. The Swiss chard side was flavorful. I got an avocado/burrata appetizer - would never have thought of that combo but the flavors went well. Their house Chianti Classico Riserva was also very good. Would recommend. Only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5, was the phenomenal restaurant I went to last night was a tad better (mostly in service). read more

Ristorante Accademia - Avocado and Burrata appetizer. - Tuscan Near Me - Florence, FI

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Excellent. Ordered roasted tomato stuffed basil ravioli with burrata sauce and it was heavenly. Sweet, delicate, and just the right amount of creamy. One of the waiters in particular spoke English well and was very accommodating and understanding of an allergy. The atmosphere was great -- comfortable, authentic atmosphere and not at all pretentious. My one complaint was dessert. We ordered the chocolate cake with cream. It was more like a fudge-y dense brownie and not a very good one. Too sweet. I was expecting a lava cake because I thought I saw another table get one, so it was a bit of a disappointment. Not enough of a disappointment though to make this place any less than 5 stars. read more