Wow. What a great hidden gem. Had dinner here with a group of 6 and the service and food was over…read morethe top. The décor is very formal (real candelabras, flowers, etc.), but the atmosphere is relaxed. The first step is to visit the enoteca in another part of the building and pick wine...big selection, very reasonably priced. The antipasto was an amazing selection including truffle, salumi, goose liver pate, tapenades, cheeses, etc. The owners were charming and brought out crostini for us to sample their new olive oil, pressed that day. Main meals (pastas or meats) were outstanding and beautifully presented. I'd say save room for the desserts (which were great), but that's not likely--you're just going to have to over-eat and enjoy it! This place is out there in the country, but definitely worth the trip.

Best Home Cooked Italian food I have ever had in my life! My Grandmother would slap me with a…read morewooden spoon but I telleth the truth! Went 2 nights in a row! Freshest selection of everything! It's this type of place that makes life worth living! I continue to fantasize about this wonderful eatery Every now and then! Bottom line it's worth flying here just to smell the fabulous cuisine wafting from the kitchen! Do they deliver?

Il Fornacino has an adventurous menu that I was excited to try. Like every restaurant in the area…read moreit offers the traditional Tuscan tagliata di chianina (is there a law?) but there's also rabbit stuffed with veal and truffles and a very on-trend Swiss chard, ricotta, and truffled egg raviolone. I started with the latter, which was delicious -- but the powerful flavour of cheese and the egg yolk drowned out the chard. My wife's potato flan was quite nice, but it arrived buried under a heap of truffle shavings that tasted of nothing in particular. My main was a special of roast suckling pig with potatoes and a savoury tuile made with the pork drippings. The tuile was gratuitous -- a chef-y touch that didn't actually taste very nice. The suckling pig was beautifully cooked but the potatoes were weirdly inconsistent; some crisp and others mushy. Il Fornacino is a good restaurant that would be the best restaurant around in most places, but the five-star bar is set pretty high in Tuscany. But the prices were very modest and the wine selection was great. It's a tremendously good value for what it offers.

Roggi is a wonderful family owned restaurant within the castle walls of Castiglion Fiorentino. As a…read morevisitor to CF, I was impressed with everything about the restaurant - the family atmosphere, the attentive service, the delicious entrees, the local wines, and the amazing view. We started with a plate of cheese, prosciutto, bread with house made olive oil. Then I had the spaghetti and my husband had the wild boar. Everything was sooo good! We also had a liter of the house red wine. I highly recommend coming here is you're in the area and making reservations as the locals love it as much as I do. The prices are also excellent for the food portions and service.

We stayed in castiglion fiorentino 3 days and ate at this place once. Good food and good authentic…read moreservice. There s more places but cant find them on yelp.

Ristorante Cacciatore is off the main square - on Villa Roma. Excellent meal and service.read more

I thought I should provide a review, to balance off the otherwise glowing reviews presently posted…read more We had an Ok dinner, but it was not exceptional, and this is not a restaurant to seek out, unless our experience was atypical. The quality of ingredients was probably the best feature, though still less than remarkable. The cooking was the low point, with the meat platter Main being a real disappointment: overcooked, almost flavourless game, chicken and pork. The service was good, while ambience is again, nothing special. I don't like being a Debbie Downer in amongst the mostly rave reviews, but I feel compelled to comment, for a more balanced consideration.

What a picturesque location right there below the old hilltop stronghold. Charming narrow streets,…read moreshops, limited tourist kitch....its a beautiful location. I recommend parking on the opposite side of the hill and climbing up and over, through the ancient walls and past the church...don't worry there are tons of escalators...however you will have a steep walk up and down once you get on the side with the restaurant but this is still the ideal parking....now the food: this is top notch Tuscan cooking. I had the pici with the boar sauce, my daughter had the ravioli, and my wife had the pappardelle with mushroom sauce. All were amazing. Our waiter was friendly and helpful. And the wine is delicious

Fantastic traditional Italian food and service! I have brought multiple groups here and it's always…read morebeen delicious

By far the best dinner I've ever had in Italy, and that's really saying something. Don't do what we…read moredid and waltz up with no reservation and hope lots of smiling and high school-level Italian will score you a table -- even on a Wednesday night the restaurant was fully booked. We did manage a table in the end, very luckily for us. The menu here (which changes annually) is pretty hefty but is dwarfed by the wine list, which is so thick it -- no kidding -- has a table of contents. There's a lot of wonderful things on that wine list, including a number of bottles from the Montefollonico area and neighbouring Montepulciano. The food, which started with a surprise complementary amuse bouche, was nothing less than exquisite. A number of the things I wanted to try (like the Filet and sirloin of wild boar, eggplant, chocolate sauce and raspberries) were sold out for the night by the time we'd sat down, but what we did get was truly top-notch. I'd put La Botte Piena up against any fine dining restaurant in London. The biggest surprise of the night was the bill. After a good bottle of wine, four plates of food, a dessert and coffee, we hadn't even managed to spend 100 euros.

We chose to eat a la carte, as we were 6 adults with different food needs. If I say perfetto!, do…read moreyou know what I mean? La Botte Piena aspires (correctly) for a Michelin star, and it shows in the whole dining experience. Obviously, from the name of the restaurant, they know wine. The small touches that Michelin seeks are all there. Our amuse-bouche was a delicious pasta chip with flavored cheese and a spoon of bean soup. Our primi were perfectly prepared - pastas, ricotta gnudi, ravioli. The secondi were also delicious - beef cheeks and (for our birthday boy) bistecca fiorentina. I dolci delighted us, as did the dessert wine we chose to finish our 4 hour meal. We chatted with the sommelier and the owners, which rounded out a great evening. Highly recommended!

What a find! We saw their trattoria sign in the middle of the cute Valiano main road while driving…read morefrom Cortona to Montepulciano. We didn't expect to be one of the best restaurant in the areas (check rating and how many reviews they have on the more popular other sites). The owners Davide and Emanuela will guide you through Montepulciano food and wines. Start with a great "pappa al pomodoro" and finish with an amazing home made gelato "fiordilatte with olive oil and sage"

Another excellent find that is a little off the beaten path. They have a wood burning oven that…read moreproduces flatbread (pizza) that is beautifully done. But the real specialty is seafood/fish. I began with a misto di mare which is a mix of grilled fresh fish, fried calamari, large shrimps and shellfish. That could have been a whole dinner. The main course I had was the "pesce di mare alla griglia," which is a similar theme to the antipasto but with larger fish steaks and very large grilled shrimps. Everything was perfectly cooked, and delicious. The herbs and spices were light and the taste of the beautiful fresh fish came through perfectly. Wine selection was wonderful. Service was excellent. English is no problem here.

Another great local restaurant. Place was booked full, but we had table for 7 people after promise…read morethat if we eat fast (less 2 hours). Service is really warm and friendly as it is family restaurant.