This is European fast food at its finest! Istanbul Döner Kebab offers generously-sized wraps of…read morebeef or chicken shaved from rotating spits, paired with vegetables like lettuce, tomato, onion, cabbage, and jalapeño along with French fries and different kinds of sauces including a spicy chili paste and garlic yogurt sauce, all wrapped in a chewy tortilla-like flatbread. Located near Florence's attractions in the city center, this restaurant provides a nice respite for tourists and locals looking for a quick bite--the tasty food came at an amazing value, though the service seemed a bit standoffish.

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This restaurant has wonderful food, excellent service, and beautiful ambiance. Our family of 8 all…read moreloved the experience.

Service, setting and food was amazing. The carbonara was the best I have had, so rich and creamy…read more The beef cheeks and mash potatoes was delicious. What a beautiful town Castelina in Chianti is and the restaurant just made it a memorable evening!!!

From the owner: Inserito nel verde del Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi in Toscana, lo Chef Filippo Baroni…read moreal ristorante Mater vuole farvi assaporare una cucina moderna che sa di tradizione. Il palato riscopre il passato attraverso il futuro.

We really enjoyed restaurant Miky in Monterosso. Firstly, it's perfectly situated with great views…read moreof the beach and ocean. Meanwhile it's right in the middle of the main strip. I was concerned that this place would be a horrible tourist trap but the waiters were friendly, the food was delicious and the place was packed due to its location. I had the seafood pot and it was more seafood than I expected. The clams were smaller but there were lots of them. There were a lot of mussels and also a meaty octupus tentacle. They were all prepared in a great tomato based sauce and came with a toast loaf of bread. It was excellent!!! My wife had the seabass and also enjoyed the meal. The waiters were friendly and not pushy. We really enjoyed the views. Definitely, this was a good dinner location in Monterosso! Enjoy!

Unfortunately one of the worst dining experiences we had in Italy. The waitstaff were trying their…read morebest but the restaurant was severely over capacity -- not enough service for the volume of tourists, all drawn there by the Michelin listing. We sat outside, which was full of bugs, and waited 2 hours for the main dish. Dinner ran from 7pm to 10pm. Outside seating meant waiters couldn't see our empty table -- we were essentially ignored. The food was the biggest disappointment. Anchovies lacked flavor, fish was bland with no interesting sauce, and the raw fish felt imported -- not local as advertised. This directly contradicts what the Michelin reputation implies. We paid €365 for 4 starters, 2 first dishes, 2 second dishes -- no dessert. Not worth it. I'm not writing this out of revenge. My family doesn't travel often and this trip took significant effort and planning. We wanted a dinner that reflected local Ligurian culture and was worth the price. Miky delivered neither. It is, in our experience, a tourist trap riding on an outdated reputation. Future visitors: please be aware.

Had a very nice meal here on our first day in Lucca for Lucca comics and games day. The food was…read morevery good but the service was exceptional! The home made pasta was delicate and delicious. The house wine was very good and the veal was tender. Desert was also "pretty"and good. A solid place with a nice inner outside courtyard.

My favorite part about this restaurant was leaving it. Went here because it was recommended by our…read morehotel, would never come again. This place was a typical tourist tr, disguised as a nice restaurant. The service was terrible and they charged €3.50 for service per person, which is insane as we were rarely attended to and our requests consistently forgotten. For example, after ordering a glass of wine, our waiter poured us half of what a typical glass is supposed to be. It also seemed at times that the waiter forgot about what we requested (ex: a bottle of water and a glass of wine). The food was also terrible. The risotto with pigeon came with around 2 inches worth of a tiny pigeon and it looked like vomit. They also gave us a supposed 'palette cleanser' which was this creamy soup that tasted as if it were out of a can. I had the spaghetti with red mullet and even though it was the best dish we had ordered, it was still something that was so disgraceful it shouldn't have been served. The tuna appetizer was also definitely not fresh and it came served with onion rings. This was the worst and most expensive restaurant we went to in Italy, so unless you are looking for a terrible experience and terrible food, I would not recommend coming here. This restaurant was disgraceful.

I really wanted this to be a '5 star' review, but I can't do it. We went to Butterfly as part of a…read more2-week vacation in Europe, as it is listed in the 'best restaurants in Tuscany' and has a Michelin star. Our experience started out wonderfully; we were first to arrive at opening time, and seated in the beautiful outdoor dining area (there is also an area next the building). Everything was arranged perfectly, as you'd expect from a fine dining establishment. The amuse-bouche set the stage for the meal well; it was a cube of 'pizza' and a cube of 'cecina' (farinata). Both were delicious. We then ordered our three courses and a half-bottle of wine (we're light drinkers). We did not try either of the tasting menus. As each course was delivered, including a soup course that was a surprise, we were impressed by the plating, the creativity, and of course the flavors. With one exception (see below), all seven dishes were well prepared and quite enjoyable. If the night had ended there, this would be a 5-star review... but it didn't. Three things marred our experience: * I ordered a half-bottle of a local white wine; the menu had six selections, with one marked as 'not available', with prices ranging from 10€ to 20€ per half-bottle. I ordered the one we wanted, which also happened to be the least expensive. When the waiter arrived with the wine, he said that the one we ordered was not available, but they had another made from the same grapes, so we accepted it. It was delicious, we enjoyed it a great deal, but it was also 25€ per half-bottle, which we did not learn until we got the bill two hours later. It's likely we would have accepted it anyway if the waiter had told us, but to not mention that a substitution costs more than twice as much as the one ordered is poor customer service. * My 'secondo piatto' (main course) was a small rack of lamb with various accompaniments. The rack was three ribs, cooked perfectly, and had great flavor. While I understand this may be the normal practice in Europe (unlike in the USA), the chine bone had not been removed, nor had it been split between the ribs. This made removing the meat much more difficult than it should have been, without grabbing the ribs with my hands to break them apart (which seemed inappropriate at a 1-Michelin-star restaurant). Fifteen seconds with a knife in the kitchen before cooking the roast would have solved this problem. * Finally, the worst part of the night: when we had completed our entrees, we waited nearly ten minutes for our plates to be cleared. We had noticed that the service slowed down as the night progressed (as tables filled up), and this got worse when a table of four adults and two small girls (toddlers) were seated near us and began monopolizing the waiter's time with request after request. Around ten minutes after our plates were cleared, the waiter brought over a dessert menu, which we declined and indicated that we had completed our meal. He mentioned that the kitchen had a 'surprise' for us that they would be bringing out. Some time later (at least another ten minutes), he dropped off their 'gourmet coffees' menu, so quickly that we didn't even have a chance to decline and ask for the bill. Another 10-15 minutes passed and he came by to ask if we had made our selections; again we indicated that we didn't want anything more and that we'd like the bill. Once again the 'surprise' was mentioned. A few minutes later it appeared; it was a shot glass filled with a 'virgin piña colada' in form of a small dessert, and it was tasty, but by this time we really wanted to get on our way. After those were cleared we noticed that the patrons at two tables had just gotten up and left, and I thought maybe it was necessary to go inside to receive the bill and pay. I finally got the attention of the staff and asked, and he assured me that the bill was on the way. It did finally arrive, we paid (after learning about the cost of the wine substitution), and we left. All told it was over an hour between the time we finished our entrees and the time we left, and during that entire time we only had the attention of the staff for a total of about two minutes. I'd very much like to say we'll try this restaurant again and hope that these service issues were just a one-time occurrence, but since we live about 4,000 miles away that won't happen.

A well orchestrated meal and service. The pace of the meal was spot on and the service was always…read more"there" but not intrusive. The Flavors blended in well and the presentations captured the delivery of the meal. Our experience was great in early September and would r recommend Butterly while driving near Lucca, Barga or in that area. A pleasant surprise with flawless performance by the staff