Florence food guide

The steak and red wine from Tuscany are also part of Florence culture. This list takes you to Florence restaurants where you will never regret eating and experience the charm of local cuisine.

This is a mid-to-high-end Italian restaurant. It has a four-star rating on TripAdvisor with over a thousand reviews, indicating its popularity. The restaurant offers local Tuscan specialties, with good ingredients and authentic dishes. The interior is quaint and old-fashioned, typical of an old European restaurant.

Vecchio Vicolo

This is a mid-range Italian restaurant. The interior is warm, clean, quiet, and private, making it suitable for gatherings with friends. The menu is rich and authentic, offering pizza, pasta, meat, and fish, along with authentic local wines.
Located in the San Lorenzo district, this restaurant features modern and intricate interior decor, adorned with numerous artworks. As a result, the restaurant also serves as a small gallery, providing a venue for artists and collectors to exchange artworks. The restaurant offers exquisite Italian cuisine, using high-quality ingredients and authentic flavors.
This is a mid-range Italian restaurant. Located in the old town center, it is a typical old European restaurant with ancient architecture and interior decor. The restaurant has a compact interior space. It is a place to taste Mediterranean cuisine and local specialties.
This is a mid-range affordable Italian restaurant. It is deeply hidden in the alleys of Italy, located south of the Florence Cathedral, near Dante's House. It specializes in handmade pasta, meats, pizza, and Tuscan cuisine. Some upgraded versions of traditional Tuscan farmhouse dishes are worth trying.

La Prosciutteria Firenze

The name of the shop means 'the shop that sells ham.' This ham shop is similar to the concept of a wine bar, mainly offering cured and pickled meats. Tuscany has a plethora of delicacies, and it would take several days to try a different one at each meal. Therefore, this ham shop makes it convenient to taste different hams and wines.
Carceri is both a pizzeria and a bar, considered a budget-friendly local eatery popular among young people. It is located in an enclosed square, in an old building that used to have murals, now mostly featuring prison-related cartoon graffiti. The decor is cute and humorous, and the restaurant has many outdoor seats.