Essenziale is a modern tuscan restaurant in San Frediano, Florence.
Editorially verified May 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Day trip · 9 hours
All the tuscan experiences in 1 day: truffle hunting with truffle guide and his dog, cooking class, truffle lunch with wine and olive olive oil tasting in Chianti
Day trip
Private Chianti Wine Tasting Experience in Tuscany The perfect experience for couples, honeymooners, engagements and for who want to celebrate his anniversary! 2 diffe...
Day trip · 5 hours
Escape Florence for a truffle-hunting adventure in the Tuscan countryside on a small group tour with expert guides, trained dogs, a farmhouse feast, and local wines.
Address: Piazza di Cestello 3r, 50124 Firenze, Florence
La Menagere in Florence's San Lorenzo is the all-day concept in a 19th-century housewares shop, with breakfast, brunch, lunch, aperitivo and dinner under one.
OrderThe weekend brunch, tagliatelle al tartufo and the aperitivo plate at 18:30.
TipOpen daily 07:00 to midnight. The flower-shop entrance is a draw; book the back dining room for dinner.
Giovanni Latini's Osteria di Giovanni in Florence's Santa Maria Novella sits opposite the family-original Latini room. Kitchen leans florentine, tuscan.
OrderBistecca alla fiorentina, pici cacio e pepe and Giovanni's pappa al pomodoro.
TipBook a fortnight ahead; the front room is the one to ask for. Open daily for dinner only.
Buca Lapi in Florence's Santa Maria Novella has cooked the bistecca alla fiorentina in the Palazzo Antinori cellar since 1880, a candlelit basement of long.
OrderThe bistecca alla fiorentina (1.2kg for two) cooked on the wood grill, and the tartufo pasta in season.
TipCash and card; book three weeks ahead. The cellar is hot in summer; ask for the front room.
Ristorante Cibreo in Florence is the formal flagship of Fabio Picchi's empire, with the yellow-pepper passato, cresta di gallo cockscomb and the eponymous.
OrderPassato di peperoni gialli, the cibreo offal stew and any cockscomb course.
TipClosed Sunday and Monday; lunch is one fixed tasting. The trattoria around the corner is the easier-priced entry.
Trattoria Cammillo in Florence's Oltrarno has been the Masiero family's white-tablecloth trattoria on Borgo San Jacopo since 1945, with crepes alla.
OrderCrepes alla fiorentina (spinach and bechamel), bistecca alla fiorentina, the curry risotto.
TipClosed Tuesday and Wednesday; book three weeks ahead. Cash only, dinner only.
Regina Bistecca in Florence's Centro Storico is the dedicated bistecca house behind the Duomo, with Chianina dry-aged in glass cabinets and a wood-fired.
OrderThe 1kg bistecca alla fiorentina for two and the Chianina tartare to start.
TipBook a window seat over Via Ricasoli a fortnight ahead. Closed Tuesday; lunch is the calmer service.
