FRANCESCOVINI

Excellent recommendation from our beautiful local tour guide Elisa Benedetti. The spaghetti is delicious!

Posto tranquillo, abbastanza isolato dai rumori del centro. Personale gentile e simpatico, ottimi primi e dolci

A lovely dinner, thank you! They were able to accommodate me as a walk up with outdoor seating. Delicious soup and ravioli. Wonderful service.

We had an incredible dining experience while in Florence, Italy this week. We checked into our AirBnB and searched for a local restaurant and were lucky to find that FrancescoVini was close by. We used Google Maps to navigate to the restaurant and were struggling with the exact location when a door opened and a charming fellow asked us if we were looking for his establishment. He was on the lookout for his 8:30 reservation and saved us the challenge of finding the precise address. I know, we could have been looking for the sign but our eyes were glued to the phone — you can laugh until you do the same thing in a strange city.

Quickly seated we proceeded to have an excellent meal. My wife and I decided to try the locally famous “bistecca alla Fiorentina” which is a massive T-bone steak that is sliced before serving. It was delicious, served medium rare at our request, even though chefs in Florence insist it needs to be rare. But of course we had to share a pasta for our first course. We sampled the thick spaghetti with boar ragu. The pasta was perfectly cooked — you would think we were in Italy ;o)

We enjoyed the suggested local Chianti. We discovered that in Florence, unlike many other places in Italy, they do not typically offer a local house red by the ½ litre which is usually such an amazing value.

As good as the food was, the best part of the meal was the amazing service. Enthusiastic, charming and informative service is a rare treat these days. We were treated with respect and good humour which made us feel valued as customers. After dinner we were spoiled with a visit to the wine cellar which dates to 24 B.C. What an incredible way to end an awesome dinner.

It was a pretty expensive dinner but consider that the beef we chose is priced per kilo and the most expensive option on the menu. The price for the two of us was 150 Euros. The couple we dined with had a less extravagant but equally high quality meal for 100 Euros which also included a bottle of wine.

All of us highly recommend FrancescoVini.

Tra le viuzze di Firenze, mi sono imbattuta in questo ristorante semplice ma dal servizio elegante e sono rimasta piacevolmente soddisfatta. Servizio impeccabile, ma soprattutto gentile e garbato, menù dalle scelte mirate e di qualità: il primo piatto al ragù d'anatra con prugne mi ha conquistata.
Qualità-prezzo onestissima.
Per un mio gusto personalissimo, atmosfera forse un po' troppo soffusa.

Promosso:)