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    La Cova

    4.9 (13 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 2:30 PM, 6:30 PM - 1:00 am (Next day)

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    Papas Bravas
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    Barcelona comes to Florence - pleasant surprise across from Piazza Pitti! Great service, reasonable prices, and incredible food. Highlights are cornflake crusted cod, sangria cova, and papas bravas. Check it out after a day of sightseeing!

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    A delicious place for a small bite for tapas. It's a gem in Florence! And the sangria is A1!

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    This was a great alternative to traditional Italian food after being in Florence for a week.

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    Gesto - New place in the oltrarno

    Gesto

    4.1(39 reviews)
    0.5 kmPalazzo Pitti
    €€

    We can here for a quick drink and found this place to be fun and hip...modern meets Italy!…read moreSurprisingly the place was empty on a Valentine's Day but we had a good time for our first nights drink. The drinks are made well and priced right. The service is friendly and accommodating for Italian standards. The only issue I had was there was only one bathroom which for a busy restaurant that can be a big problem. Otherwise we would definitely recommend this place for drinks!! Bottom line..come for a drink here if you are looking for something more modern and fun. It also could be a good place to just have light bites. Pros Drinks Light bites Modern vibe Friendly service Nice location Cons Only one bathroom

    This place is beautiful, totally hipster (one of these many new hipster places in Florence totally…read morerenewing the old tratoria / osteria landscape), and the atmosphere is very festive - a bit noisy for sure but nice. It is 100% a "cool" place. And as such, they have developed this very characteristic symptom of coolness (evidence of this disease all over Europe) of "we do not accept reservation". Understand "we are so cool that we know you will wait". And i did. But i did once. I had a very nice moment and enjoyed the atmosphere a lot, especially on a saturday night. But the food did not convince me enough to have me wait again for so long. It was good but nothing spectacular. Probably i am not cool enough. So, what did we eat? Some salmon, with very very dry rice: i did not like at all. Some anchovies with spinach and burrata: this one i liked a lot, i find the alliances of these different ingredients very tasty. A falafel: it was ok, nothing special. Then for dessert, the mini bombe were good and the panna cotta was very good too. To sum up, the dessert were very good but i was not very impressed by the other tapas and even disliked one. Still worth going for this very cool atmosphere (and if you do not mind waiting). Writing those lines i realize that maybe i'll wait again once...

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    Gesto - Tante sfiziose tapas, tutte da assaggiare!

    Tante sfiziose tapas, tutte da assaggiare!

    Gesto - Segna le tue ordinazioni sulla simpatica lavagnetta!

    Segna le tue ordinazioni sulla simpatica lavagnetta!

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    Enoteca Pitti Gola e Cantina - Sunday cheers

    Enoteca Pitti Gola e Cantina

    4.7(84 reviews)
    0.0 kmPalazzo Pitti
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    Were able to snag an outside table walk in but certainly they fill up quickly and a reservation…read moreprobably would have been better. We grabbed a bottle of wine on a warmer June afternoon after a day of exploring, which was definitely refreshing. The location isn't much as it overlooks a pretty bare piazza. The service can be a bit on the slower side, especially when I walked in and tried to get the bill. But still if you're able to get a table it's a pretty quaint wine bar. It seemed like they had some flights/tastings, which would have been an interesting option.

    Title: Great wine selection, but disappointing service from our server Noemi…read moreWe visited Enoteca Pitti Gola because it was recommended by Wine Spectator, and the wine list truly is impressive -- an extensive and well-curated selection of Italian wines. We were two couples and went for some wine and light snacks. When we arrived, there wasn't a table available for four, so we had to sit separately. Once a table behind our friends became available, we asked to move so we could sit closer together, but our server, Noemi, wasn't very accommodating and seemed somewhat annoyed by the request. We mentioned that we wanted to share a few dishes and asked about portion sizes, but Noemi didn't explain things clearly and wasn't very friendly. She insisted the plates weren't meant for sharing, which turned out not to be true. The wine itself was excellent, and the snacks were good -- but the overall service from Noemi felt unfriendly and not very customer-oriented. I'd still recommend the place if you're interested in trying great Italian wines, but be aware that the service experience may not match the quality of the wine.

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    Enoteca Pitti Gola e Cantina
    Enoteca Pitti Gola e Cantina
    Enoteca Pitti Gola e Cantina

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    La Prosciutteria - Small charcuterie and cheese board

    La Prosciutteria

    4.6(268 reviews)
    0.7 kmDuomo
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    The place is small so just be prepared to be elbow with elbow with others. Everyone was friendly…read moreand helpful. Other clients and staff alike. The food was amazing. The charcuterie board was big enough to share with 3 but also depends of how much you eat. lol portions tend to be smaller in Italy. However, the sandwich was a nice size. All the cold cuts were fresh and taste was another level. A nice list of wine selection as well.

    We stumbled upon this location while finding our way around Florence. We were excited to sit down…read moreand enjoy a beautiful cheeseboard here due to the fact that they had so many amazing meats and cheeses behind the counter. The staff was knowledgeable on all the different meats and cheeses available and were able to make recommendations based on what you prefer. We ordered a beautiful looking cheeseboard that had a variety of different hard cheeses along with different meats. The presentation was beautiful and we very much enjoyed the entire thing. It is very cool to see the different meat hanging from the ceiling in addition to the wine bottles and the cool ambience that they created in the small location. There are a handful of seats available and then there's even a back room with a few more tables to accommodate a few more people. From a price point perspective, it wasn't too bad, especially if you're swinging in for a snack and a quick glass of wine or a beer.

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    La Prosciutteria - Meat on the walls.

    Meat on the walls.

    La Prosciutteria - Meat on the walls

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    Sei Divino! - Sei Divino!

    Sei Divino!

    3.8(30 reviews)
    0.7 kmSanta Maria Novella
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    A happy place indeed! With a collection of 400+ wines, there…read moreis precious little that you can't find here. The staff are endlessly patient, and will happily work with you to figure out exactly what it is that you're in the mood for. Add in an utterly pleasant atmosphere, that encourages lingering over your glass of wine, with some munchies from the kitchen, and this is sure to turn into _your_ happy place! (And yeah, of course you can buy that bottle(s) of wine that you decided you really like!)

    Went here for an aperitivo and ended up enjoying four nice cocktails and the antipasto option from…read morethe aperitivo option. If I get this right, they offer a different "theme" of dishes on different days of the week (closed on Tuesday), from pasta to fish to a foreign country theme (in my case it was the latter, the country being Morocco). So you order an aperitivo and dishes from the special menu. Each dish is only €3 (!!) but then they seem to add a surcharge of €3 per drink during aperitivo hour. Slightly strange concept and very penalising for a committing alcoholic like myself ;-) The Moroccan aperitivo menu consisted of an antipasto option (mixed starter), a primo (cous cous) and a secondo (some meat dish). I had a big lunch so only had the starter (see picture - quite tasty) and took the remaining calorie balance in liquid form. Speaking of which - the cocktail menu offers some interesting options (not all of the classics are listed, but these guys seem to know their stuff, just ask for what you want) and compared to the Rivalta Caffé, the drinks are balanced less sweet here. They have an interesting selection of vermouth, with some labels that are hard to come by outside of Italy. They also understand their bitters, with the likes of Bittermen's, Fee Brothers, Bitter Truth, Booker's and others present. There is also a comprehensive wine list and a menu with some other food options. I will certainly be back!

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    Sei Divino! - Enoteca

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    Sei Divino! - Aperitivi

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