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    Fonte Giusta

    4.5 (24 reviews)
    ModerateTuscan
    Closed 12:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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    My friend's meat plate
    Maggie H.

    Good vibe and we ate well here. Did not make a reservation. Though I don't care for pumpkin anything usually, I liked the pumpkin ravioli. I had a plate of Tuscan cheeses and bruschetta. All good. My friend had a meat plate. Poor piggies.

    Gnocchi in tomato sauce
    Melissa D.

    Love this restaurant. What makes it special is that it also has a cooking school, where you can make homemade pasta, the sauces, a meat dish, and a cantucci dessert. They cook it for you and then you can eat the food you had made!!! I think it's a great deal. For the cooking class we made gnocchi, ravioli, pici, a pork/salami/cheese roll, and the almond biscuits. We were SO STUFFED by the end of our meal because they presented four different pasta dishes and then our secondi and dessert. My favorite is how they cooked the ravioli in truffle sauce. They have wonderful service and it was a great experience overall. Definitely try to do the cooking class, but if not, eating their food is still a great experience.

    Erika T.

    Really loved this neighborhood spot, and would def recommend. Simple but excellent food, and great prices. The prosciutto melon was perfect. We also loved the grilled steak with rosemary, and it was a nice break from all the pasta we've been inhaling. The peposo was good, but the polenta was skippable. The service was also fantastic, they had so many waiters working the tables outside and they were interchangeable and very nice. We went to Osteria La Piana, which is right up the street later on, and they def did not come anywhere close to the genuine service of this spot. We'll definitely be coming back next year!

    House-made Pasta with Tomato Ragu
    Brett P.

    I can't seem to remember if it was Fonte Giusta or Osteria la Piana that we went to. The only way I was even able to narrow it down to these two was through google maps. Please make sure you look at the menu to see if it has the item listed below before eating at either place! While on our honeymoon, my wife and I found this hidden gem of a restaurant while walking from our hotel into the heart of Siena. We were hungry and it looked like it could be good, so we gave it a try. Whenever we had strayed from our guide in Florence, the results were usually pretty sub-par and overpriced, so we didn't set our expectations high when we chose this restaurant. To our surprise though, the food was out of this world! It was like a scene straight out of a movie. The main character strolls down a tiny side street and stumbles into a little family owned trattoria where the cook is a tiny old woman making the recipes her mother and grandmother taught her. They sit down and are stuffed to the brim with excellent food by the caring and charismatic owners who keep telling them "mangia! mangia!". Now I'm pretty sure the cooks aren't old grandma's (I didn't see in the kitchen), but whoever is making these dishes definitely has a passionate connection with this food. They grew up on it and they love it. Some may think you can't tell that from just eating, but I'm a firm believer that you can. The dedication to their craft is clear by the taste and texture, and you can only truly dedicate yourself to something you love. Anyways, enough romanticizing the back story. I can't remember everything we ordered, but if there is one thing I do remember, it's the house-made pasta with meat ragu (I think it was wild boar, but I can're remember). It was one of those first bites you'll always remember. You know, the kind where your eyes open wide, your facial expression turns to pure bliss, and you let out an uncontrollable moan of delight. I had so many wonderful meals on the trip, it's impossible to pick a favorite, but this would most definitely be in the top 3. Considering that we ate 4-5 times a day for 12 days, that's pretty high praise. So if you find yourself in Siena, you MUST go to this place and give it a try. The food is spectacular, the atmosphere is quaint and cute, the prices are very reasonable (especially compared to Florence), and the people are warm and welcoming. The movie Under The Tuscan Sun may have set an unrealistic standard of what people expect when they come to Tuscany, but this restaurant proves that those magical movie moments don't just exist on a Hollywood set. The magic in this place is real and after 3 trips to Italy, they finally gave me that lifelong memory I traveled 6000 miles searching for.

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    Very good. A little slow on a busy Sunday night but the food was great. Pumpkin ravioli and steak by the gram were very good.

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    For second course I ordered the suckling pig and received three steaks that were fork tender and exquisitely seasoned.

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    La Taverna di San Giuseppe - Lasagna

    La Taverna di San Giuseppe

    4.7(203 reviews)
    1.2 km
    €€€

    Taverna di San Giuseppe is a very well oiled machine. Reservations are a must (recommend booking…read morethrough your hotel/walking in and requesting a reservation for next day) but the atmosphere is well worth it. Every server is serving you and the owners are incredibly attentive. Meals are stepped out in a way that has you receiving each dish with ample time to enjoy. The tiramisu was to die for and the invitation to explore the wine cellar afterwards was a treat. Well worth it!!

    Taverna di San Giuseppe was a disappointing meal for us, especially in a city with so many great…read moredining options. We ended up here by mistake (confused it with another spot), and unfortunately it didn't live up to expectations. The restaurant fills up with reservations for two seatings, and from the moment we sat down the pace felt rushed. We ordered drinks and a starter while deciding on the rest, but multiple staff members kept coming by trying to take our full order. It felt like they were pushing to move things along quickly. There were a couple positives. The chicken livers to start were quite tasty and something we didn't see often on other menus. The primi were underwhelming. The pasta didn't taste fresh like many other trattorias in Siena, and the dishes overall were just average. The lasagna in particular was mushy, and the sauces didn't stand out. The secondi were slightly better -- pork ribs, Barolo-braised beef, and a "small chicken" -- but still nothing that justified the higher prices. They do have an underground wine cellar built into a cave, which is interesting to see, but there are other places in Siena with much larger and more impressive cellar spaces. Also worth noting, they add a "10% tax" charge rather than the typical €2 coperto per person. Overall, a rushed and fairly mediocre meal at a higher price point. With so many better places to eat in Siena, this is one I'd skip.

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    "small chicken"

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    Wine bootle

    Trattoria La Tellina

    Trattoria La Tellina

    4.4(7 reviews)
    0.7 km
    €€

    If you want an amazing, authentic Italian dinner when visiting Siena look for further…read more There are so many positives that I just do not know where to begin. It is off the tourist street. As soon as you walk in you will feel like you belong. The food is inexpensive. Be like a true Italian and order in each catagory. TIP-get your vegetable order with your meal and not as a starter. When we got there only one other table was enjoying themselves. By the time we started eating the place was full. I absolutely loved that with the exception of one other table the restaurant had residents that eat there often since they were all known. The restaurant is charming and cozy. The staff made me never want to leave and I wanted to be part of this Italian culture. The prices are unbelievable!!! That is another reason that we ordered to much food. Most likely the least expensive meal we enjoyed while in Italy. My ONLY regret was that we did not save room for dessert. We had already paid when I saw most other tables being served tiramisu. With the food as delicious as it was I can only imagine what the tiramisu must have tasted like. I will 10000% choose to eat here again if we return to Siena. Also from what I have seen in other reviews it seems that the prices are still the same. That is to be applauded.

    Everything here was delightful. The food, the staff... Even the house wine was delicious. We ended…read moreup eating EVERYTHING. Even used the bread to soak up all the sauce on our plate at the end. We had bruschetta as a starter and it was perfect. One of the best I've had in Italy. Leaving a review so that I know to come back here in the future! A full meal that was delicious and easy on the wallet!

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    Trattoria La Tellina - Order the beans but have them with your fish

    Order the beans but have them with your fish

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    Archivio del Gusto - Beef

    Archivio del Gusto

    5.0(6 reviews)
    0.9 km

    The place is so quaint and charming. We could tell it's a family owned restaurant by the way they…read moretreat their customers with a very personal touch. It didn't feel as somebody just getting us to eat their food but rather getting their own honest personal take on the dishes. And of course the food was phenomenal. Everything so fresh and tasty. We may even go back a second time during our visit to try a different dish. We didn't have reservations and they were able to sit us down. However, it's not a big place and especially if you want to sit outside which you should, try to make a reservation. We had the beef tartare with almonds and truffle. Amazing. And the cheeses were so yummy also. Our main course was beef and the wild boar stew (which was delicious). The tiramisu and the chocolate cake were also great. And for red wine? I included a picture of our choice. For €35 it's highly recommended.

    We are spending our first time in Siena, not knowing where to stop, we found this cool little place…read morein this building that's more than 100 years old! Let me tell you, I have loved swordfish my whole life, but never ever have I tasted something like this! I've always loved eggplant and zucchini and peppers, but wow! This stuff is great! The potatoes fried with olive oil and Rosemary are so good! You will use your bread to soak up every drop of olive oil you could find on that plate! The service was exceptional! Here in Italy people do not tip their waiters, I wouldn't feel right not tipping these waiters! I felt like I was in someone's home. I was treated like family, and LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF MY EXPERIENCE!!!!

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    Archivio del Gusto - Beef tartare with almonds and truffle

    Beef tartare with almonds and truffle

    Archivio del Gusto - Great red wine

    Great red wine

    Archivio del Gusto - Cheese platter with honey and marmalade

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    Cheese platter with honey and marmalade

    Fonte Giusta - tuscan - Updated May 2026

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