I had some really hit or miss dinners in Florence. Luckily, I came to this place on my first and last night. Location at the Santa Cruce plaza is nice scenery. I can't imagine this place is capable of putting out something not delicious. I believe part the menu changes from time to time (daily list items), I found the usual menu to be loaded with classic Italian we Americans have grown to love. I had the lasagna twice here (10€) and the chicken breast with porchini mushrooms (secondi). Chicken breasts were excellent... the Lasagna... league of its own. Loaded with meat sauce. Perfect salt balence. Fresh Pasta. Nice touch of Cream within the layers. It is said by many they have the best lasagna in Florence. And that it might ruin other lasagnas for you. I'd agree with both statements. But to be honest, the majority of us aren't worthy of eating this quality of lasagna on any sort of regular basis (I know I'm not), so my advice is to just enjoy it while you're in Florence as many times as you can you vagabonds. read more

Boccadama - Italian Near Me - Florence, FI

Service was awful. Would not recommend. Took forever to order. After we finished the meal they told us they were closing one of the bathrooms and one of us could not use it. Right after they said that, they let someone else into that restroom after us. Don't listen to your guide about it being the best in the area. After experiencing the service, I wish we would have just gone for street food or gelato read more

This place is amazing. I've come to eat dinner with them twice in one week because the house specialty, their lasagna, is the flat out best I've ever had. I couldn't even choose a different dish, that's how great the lasagna is. Also the service is amazing, the waiters are especially nice and the view from outside can't be beat! This is a must have during your trip to Florence! read more

Boccadama - Lasagna - Italian Near Me - Florence, FI

This was our first taste of, "real" Italian food! Everything was fantastic! All our pasta dishes were cooked to perfection. When in Florence, you certainly don't have to ask that it be cooked, "al dente." This place was recommended to us by our guide and I'm so glad that we went! read more

Boccadama - Spaghetti bolognase! My first taste of, "real" Italian! - Italian Near Me - Florence, FI

This place is a must stop if you're in Florence! Located in the beautiful Piazza Santa Croce, try to sit outside if weather permits. All servers are attentive and prices are comparable to anything you're going to find in Florence. Pro-tip: Try the "Rustica" salad - it has Italian blue cheese, tomato, pear, and bacon (sounds "different"... but trust me.) It was AMAZING and the perfect light lunch that left me satisfied but not so heavy that I could still make it up to the top of Giotto's Bell Tower and trek around the Boboli Gardens! read more

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EXCELLENT -- HIGHLY RECOMMEND! ate here 3x out of our 6 night in Florence. This comes with greetings and a warm "thank you!" from San Francisco. We usually avoid restaurants that are in the center of a major tourist attraction. But our wonderful hotel which was just 3 buildings from Piazza Sta Croce recommended this restaurant which was right around the corner. SO glad we did! This is a SMALL, AUTHENTIC, FAMILY-RUN restaurant. No pretensions, no frills. The lighting is dim and relaxing. The food is excellent. We had everything from the roast pork to the ossobucco to pasta -- and after 2 weeks of pasta, pizza and bread in late March (Italian menus are not big on salad or vegetables, esp in late March) , we were delighted to find their lovely pear salad! Everything was delicious, high-quality, very reasonably priced. We were lucky to be in Florence before the post-covid hordes of tourists arrived -- so we were able to just walk in without a reservation. May be very different when you're there, so highly recommend reserving! read more

Of our dinners in Florence, this was one of our very favorites. Great atmosphere and a view of Santa Croce. The weather was a little cool the night we dined so outside tables were not available, we walked up without reservations for dinner and were seated right away. We started off our meal with glasses of Chianti, a cheese plate, and bruschetta. Now cheese plates are one of my most favorite things and this one did not disappoint. Beautiful presentation, three types of cheese with assorted fruits, honey, and walnuts. The bruschetta was great as well, three large pieces pilled with fresh tomatoes. For our main courses we had the lasagna with meat sauce and the large macaroni served with traditional wild boar sauce. Both entrees were good but the stand outs were really the antipasti and dessert courses. We finished our meal with the tiramisu and panna cotta with wild berry sauce, accompanied by lemoncello. The panna cotta was one of the best desserts we had all trip, and the wild berry sauce was the perfect accompaniment to the richness of the dessert. There was a lively table of locals celebrating a birthday sitting behind us while we dined, it was fun and gave us a glimpse into everyday life. We will definitely be back again. read more

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Great staff and friendly. Came here with friendly to enjoy the lasagna they boasted about which was good and great prices. Larger wine selection also to enjoy. I liked indoor seating the best. read more

One of the best places we ate at in all of Italy. The Wild Boar pasta is amazing. This place has a great location, amazing food and was a great experience! read more

Pros: Fantastic customer service, reasonable prices, tasty food, easy-to-read menu, wide variety of food Cons: Bland and slightly stale bread, relatively pricy house wine (compared to similar restaurants), underwhelming location I was very pleased with my experience at Boccadama, especially with how they payed attention to customer service. Upon notifying us that we would have to wait for a table several minutes, they offered us complementary prosecco, then quickly just found us a table. Unfortunately, the piazza the restaurant is located on felt a little lifeless, especially with signs of construction right next to the patio. The wine was good (as with everywhere in Italy), but a little more expensive than we had seen elsewhere. Still, well worth the money, as was all of the food. At around €10 per plate, we found plenty of tasty things - chicken pate and Italian meat for an appetizer, pizza rustica (pears, blue cheese, and walnuts), and spaghetti, as well as a very good fennel and orange salad. They were also very gracious in replacing our appetizer when the wind blew a menu into a wine glass, which spilled on the food. The waiter and a man I assumed was the manager or owner were quite attentive in refilling our wine glasses or quickly bringing over our check. Overal, a very pleasant experience. read more

Boccadama - Italian Meats and Chicken Pate - Italian Near Me - Florence, FI

We went to this adorable and well-situated restaurant with low expectations. Usually it seemed that whenever a restaurant had the perfect view it was a tourist trap. That was definitely not the case with this gem. The service was the best and most pleasant we experienced in the entire week, Dominic was pleasant and professional and expertly handled a crush of visitors who all had to be somewhere. "Quick-Quick." Not sure what I loved better-my husband's rigatoni with spicy sausage or my spinach ravioli with brown sage butter. All delicious and my mouth is watering just recalling it. And the bread -so fresh! This is a can't - miss spot in Florence. read more

Boccadama - Spinach ravioli with brown sage butter. - Italian Near Me - Florence, FI

DON'T BOTHER -Dry bread- literally my mouth was the Saharan Desert no matter how much balsamic and olive oil I doused the bread in -Completely tasteless pasta- waste of time -Nothing tasted fresh You're on vacation and you have only so many meals in Florence, super bad idea to choose this one. Don't waste your time please. *people give this place 5 stars because of the view of Santa Croce read more

The pasta 1st course and lasagna my wife had wAs dilicioso. We shared the second course of orange chicken was also tasty! Vino I had last night and against was superb... Service was fine too! Molto Bene! read more

Best lasagna we've had in Italy, can't say enough about how good it was. Great location too!

We had a wonderful dinner outside looking at Santa Croce. In our party of five we ordered 2 individual T-bones and 3 pasta dishes we did not think we could find on a menus back home. Splitting these across the table made for great conversations. Add to this trying the Spinach flan with Saffron sauce for a starter and Tiramisu, Affogato (Decafenato), and Amaretto for the finish and the meal was a complete experience. The servers have a pragmatic hospitality which knows when to step in with a little advice while also making room for you to explore the menu. Definitely recommend the Vernaccia di San Gimignano local Tuscan wine, everyone enjoyed it. read more

The best best best Italian food on the planet. Lasagne that melts in your mouth. Ravioli perfection! Every ingredient tastes fresh and on point! I'm so sad I don't live in Florence. If you are in Italy it's worth a long trip just to eat here. read more

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Absolute pure heaven. Our guide took us here and it was amazing...from the cheese plate to the Bruschetta, the rustic salad, pizza and of course the best lasagna ever!! You will not be disappointed!! Incredible service as well!! read more

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Florence - We went to Florence on a one day tour from our cruise ship docked in Livorno. Our meeting point was Piazza di Santa Croce. We had been through a lot of the tourist areas and were getting hungry as we headed back to our meeting point. We found Boccadama Restaurant right on the piazza so decided to give it a try. We started off with an appetizer of bruschetta and had pastas and salads for our appetizers. The food was good here and the service was fine. The line to the restroom was super long though as there was only one toilet in use. During my wait in the toilet line I was able to observe one of the waiters eating out of a bowl in the glass enclosed room where our bruschetta had been prepared. He was filling pitchers of water and catching a snack at the same time. He was eating with his bare hands and reaching into the various prep food bowls. He didn't seem aware that he was being watched (and photographed) or the fact that I saw him eating out of the items that were being used to make dishes for the customers. Eek! I took a photo but decided not to post. read more

Service is why we gave this a 4 star rating, The food was good but nothing to rave about. We came here on a recommendation from a coworker. It's a tourist trap, over priced as far as the food and beverage goes. Service is very friendly and attentive. read more

This restaurant is in a cute location near the square. It had a cute little table for four by the window, so my husband and I and two people from our tour group snagged it immediately. The wine was pretty good, I stuck with the white wine. The appetizer and main entree we had were delicious! read more

Food was reasonable, the service was very slow. I was there in mid May and there were many tout groups in Firenze, this is the slowest service I have encountered. read more

Our tour guide took us to this restaurant after touring the leaning tower of Pisa. I didnt expect much but what a surprise. It was a little wait for our food but definitely worth it. I was totally blown away by the steak. I have eaten at the best restaurants in Tokyo, San Francisco and Chicago, and have never had a steak that can compare with theirs. I wish they were here in California. Others in our party had lasagna and other pasta dishes and raved about it. I was too busy enjoying my steak to taste their food, I wish now that I had. read more

We were in Florence 11 years ago and remembered this restaurant as serving the best bistecca all fiorentina of all the places we tried. Despite its location in a tourist hotspot (although what in beautiful Florence isn't?), it remains a wonderful place to eat (they have tables on the piazza and open the doors in fine weather so you can eat inside and still enjoy the outside). We had decided to try another highly-rated bistecca place (I'Tuscani), and spent twice as much on a chewy, uncuttable, barely cooked, flavor-lacking steak. I had begun to wonder if my memory had served me ill in its insistence that bistecca alla fiorentina was a magical dish to experience. But no, it was just I'Tuscani. Back at Boccadama, we started with bruschetta, (lovely), and pear, cheese, and sage ravioli (a revelation!), following with a kilo of bistecca for 45 euros. We were not disappointed. Perfectly cooked - rare as the Italians eat it - but actually cooked, it was tender, salty, magnificently delicious. We ate the whole thing. I ended with a limoncello (obviously homemade, a slice of lemon sitting inside it) and my husband a cappuchino. The bottle of house red started off a little metallic but opened up as we ate. Our whole meal cost as much as the steak at I'Tuscani. Looking out on Santa Croce, having sated our senses, we left, happy to know that the bistecca alla fiorentina of memory was no legend, but thankfully still alive and well at Boccadama. read more

Ugh, one of our most favourite stops in Florence! Had the pesto pasta which knocked our socks off and the florentine steak was lovely. Def get it rare, it's so tender and mmmmmmm... great wine, great coffee and even got some free limoncellos! Do not forget to get the chocolate cake! The waitress said it was her absolute favourite and we found out why with the first bite read more

Holy moly!! I've never written a review so quickly after eating at any restaurant before but wow! The food at Boccadama was to die for! I'm saying this after over a week of nonstop eating throughout Europe and we couldn't be more satisfied. I had the lasagna and my fiancé had the rigatoni with pork and truffles. Both were unbelievably amazing. We shared the tiramisu and that was delicious too. Service was great. Wine was great. Couldn't ask for anything better!! read more

Excellent food with a homey feel. Our tour guide recommended this place and we are very happy we went back. Both dishes we got were excellent. The spicy pasta sauce was my favorite here. read more

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Not even worth one star. 1) meat was not medium-well as requested but very well done. Luckily they changed it but so we couldnt eat together... 2) other gueat came and we were asked right after dinner(!) still having wine if we can change the table. That was ok for us but then 5min later the waiter came again and asked us to leave the table and have a drink inside at the bar(it was a hot summer night,nobody was sitting inside). We decided to leave and were really pissed. Especially since you have to pay extra in Italy for having a table and then the waiter forces you to leave to make room for new guests. Not OK! There are def better restaurants. read more

I highly recommend this restaurant. Cheese plate was amazing. There were three different cheese and fruit and honey for dipping. The lasagna was delicious. The sauce was rich. It was layered with cheese and noodles all of which melted together and melted in your mouth. The service was fabulous. read more

Boccadama - Cheese and fruit plate - Italian Near Me - Florence, FI

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The atmosphere of this place is fantastic as the outdoor sitting directly overlooks the church. The food was descent, I had the purchutto with Melon, the potatoes and Pork. The pork was a bit overcooked, but everything else was great. The service was exceptional and the servers spoke English. It's also close by to everything else. read more

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One of my favorite places in Florence. The food was amazing. I was really impress with the customer service and food. I had the ravioli and the home made lasagna and my mother had the T-bone. Wow, now this is why I'm in Italy. We were both satisfied. read more

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I still think about the wonderful food and atmosphere I had last year when visiting Florence with my friends. Not only is the location perfect but the staff was excellent and the food and wine were perfect. Eat outside if you can! The view really makes this place a standout. read more

(4/7/2014) Location, location, location! The spot is prime time for piazza watching near Santa Croce. There is a cover if you're just hanging. Had the Pasta e Fagioli, Bruschetta, and Toscani Crostini. Large portions, fresh ingredients, delicious. Prices are steep, mostly you're paying for the overhead. Service was attentive when around, but not always present, and a slight condescension towards tourists (which is pretty much everyone here). read more

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Our favorite dinner in Florence - we ended up coming here three nights in a row. The food was well-prepared, not greasy and just in the right proportion. We ended up trying the gnocchi, lasagna, and veggie ravioli. They had a decent selection of wine, a great view onto the square, and an attentive and friendly staff. We sat outside each time, so I cannot comment on the interior setup. Would go back in an instant! read more

Boccadama was a gem. We went here for dinner on a friend's recommendation. The service was outstanding: friendly, knowledgeable and attentive. The food was outstanding, as well. Rustica Salad, Bruschetta, and Steak Florentine all stood out. Desserts were outstanding, especially the Fondente al Cioccolato (dark chocolate cake). The Tiramisu was good but not standout. We liked the location, as well. Not out of the way but away from the crowds found at some of the other piazzas. Boccadama really stood out from some excellent restaurants we went to in Italy. I would return in a heartbeat and can recommend it without reservation. read more

Our guide recommended this restaurant as the best lasagna in Florence. The restaurant themselves said that it's the best lasagna in the "area" (being humble). For me, it's the best lasagna ever ... This is why... It's not only about the taste, but more towards the texture. I love it as it is cooked to perfection and you do not even need to "bite" it, the lasagna just "melt" in your mouth. My wife order "gnocchi", which is another great choice. It's difficult to explain but the taste and texture is just perfect (not the same like the ones we have in the US). We paired those with local Chianti ... Omg, they're just perfect ! We always closed with Tiramisu for all of our meals in Italy ... The desert is perfect as well. It was a great lunch in a tourist area but you felt like "locals". This is what we like about this restaurant ! read more

One of my favorite meals in Florence! Beautiful outdoor seating in Piazza Santa Croce with a great view of the church. The restaurant has a small menu but everything seems great. Lots of vegetarian options which I appreciated (and they were also willing to alter dishes - e.g., my salad senza pancetta) and a very nice staff. We were also very pleased with the house white wine. For the entree, I would recommend the gnocchetti (though it's very filling). Overall, a great dining experience in Florence - I would return and also recommend! read more

Decent outside eatery by the Santa de Croce church were Michelangelo, Galileo, Machiavelli, and several others are buried. Great shopping in the area as well. If I could give a half star I would say this is a 3.5 eatery. My carbonara was fabulous but the bacon wasn't crisp. read more

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Wonderful! 4 years ago we had our wedding reception/dinner here and it was the best meal we had in Italy! Today it is just as fantastic! The lasagna and pappardelle are fantastic! Definitely a great choice for lunch or dinner! read more

Boccadama - Italian Near Me - Florence, FI

My favorite place to eat in Florence! No matter where I go, nothing compares! Be sure to visit! read more

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Outstanding ate there twice in the same day. A true gem best lasagna highly recommend.