IL SANTO BEVITORE

Well, this is my favorite restaurant in Florence. I know there's many good ones, amazing actually, but there's something about this place that sets itself apart! My fav is the Nduja pasta if you love spicy, but the chicken pate is to die for! I'm not a fan of pate but this is addicting and honestly pretty mind blowing if you ask me! It will blow your mind even if you're not a pate fan! And btw. I live here ????

Average food but what really brings down the rating of this restaurant is the staff and the absolute disrespect that was shown to me by the waitress serving us that evening, after she handed my boyfriend her telephone number, discreetly but whilst I was sat there, which shows to me she knew what she was doing was wrong. Vile behaviour towards not just a paying customer, but a human being who is clearly on holiday with her partner.

Wish I’d read the reviews about this place before because they are all emphasising the unprofessionalism of the staff there and I wouldn’t have eaten there and paid an extortionate amount of money for to be treated so disgustingly and been on the other end of such immoral behaviour from another woman.

My wife and I came for her birthday. She is a wine industry professional and I, a writer. We arrived early for our 7:30 reservation, and upon opening the doors, we were the second table seated. We were not greeted or offered drinks for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, other tables had begun receiving food. Eye contact and nods from servers…which was ours, who could say…resulted in our continuing to be ignored. Eventually, the hostess took our order, and after 45 minutes, we received a bottle of wine from a second server. Was it explained? Nope. (Luckily we knew what we were ordering…wine industry professionals.) Our food, when it came, was dropped on the table with no explanation by yet another server. It was delicious. Really, the food was exceptional. It would have been lovely to have it described. Alas, nothing. I had to wave anyone down to have our water refilled. Tonno, beautiful. Uovo, Leccino olive, carciofi, phenomenal. One bright spot was that they divided our shared spaghetti with clams into two bowls. Also delicious. The pork leg with roasted cabbage, just dropped on the table without explanation, was nice. I made note in our reservation that it was my wife’s birthday. Acknowledged? Nope. Okay, that’s fine. But never has either of us been so ignored in a dining experience, and we are diners. And we write about dining. Every server at this establishment should be fired. Management, unforgivable. Delicious food; worst dining experience in memory. Happy birthday, my love!

Lovely location for a traditional Italian restaurant. We had 3 courses for lunch and I have to say that the starter and dessert were best for me. Perhaps I should have had a pasta dish, which looked lovely, as always. Great selection of wines and really friendly staff.

Cibo ben curato e cucinato,molto brava anche la ragazza che ci ha servito...