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Le Vespe Cafe

4.6 (234 reviews)
Closed 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Hipster
Casual
Moderate noise
Good for kids

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Filling portions!
Ashley G.

Very pleasant experience A cute walk to the cafe, and I was seated as soon as I walked in. Staff were kind, and answered my questions about the menu, as well provided me with a dinner recommendation which also turned out to be 10/10! I would definitely return here

Parkdale
Sabrina K.

Yummy, casual, table service brunch--mostly American style breakfast items but so fresh and so good! One of the better cappuccinos I've had in Italy. Unless you get there right when they open, you'll likely have a wait, but usually no more than 30 minutes. We got the La Vespe granola bowl and Parkdale with a cappuccino and Americano.

Parisa A.

This was a memorable breakfast spot, we had to wait for 30min-1hour for a table but I would do it again! The food was so fresh and yummy. Everything we got was incredibly delicious, I really enjoyed their strawberry compote with toast since it tasted freshly made.

The mighty coffee cup -- guests can pick espresso, drip/filter coffee, or even canned nitro cold brew!
Alex D.

Look no further for one of Florence's greatest brunch and cafe experiences! I was immediately impressed by this shop's hip and quaint vibe, and felt right at home (as a tourist hailing from Seattle) thanks to the tasty coffee (served from a La Marzocco Linea PB), attentive and friendly staff, INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS breakfast food options, and of course the trad tatted mascot that adorns their cups and tote bags. My visit was a highlight of my trip, and though I didn't have to wait for a table, I wouldn't hesitate to commit the same "totally worth it" review if a queue had formed. Shops like this deserve the recognition, your patience will be rewarded!

Rancheros
Sarah S.

Are you in Florence but you're sick and tired of croissants and cookies for breakfast ? Are you constipated from all the carbs and 0 fiber Italian diet? Well this is just the place for you! It was the most delicious amazing breakfast place! Every bite was a delight! I'm so happy I found this place.

Tanusree M.

Came here for lunch on our last day in Florence. The food was simple, but good! Your typical breakfast/brunch food and everything was presented nicely. I would recommend this place for a quick lunch.

Toya C.

We knew the food would be good because there was a long wait when we arrived. Great service and very nice staff. the food was excellent. Very fresh and flavorful and they have a whole fresh juice menu as well. my breakfast sandwich was so good I couldn't finish it and heated it up later that afternoon and it was still good. I will eat here every visit to Florence. The ambiance is also great and they have WiFi and space to work if you need it.

Huevos Rancheros
Stephen D.

Amazing spot for brunch! The Huevos rancheros looked so good that our party ordered two of them and they did not disappoint. Excellent flavor and everything just worked!

Lindsay S.

This place is amazing! Great if you're looking for American breakfast/brunch. My friends and I come here all the time on the weekends and although it may seem very busy, the service is very fast so you will be seated in no time. The food also arrives extremely fast to the table and they serve you tap water for free! You can't go wrong with what you order and it is extremely easy to make an order vegetarian if you don't want meat. Additionally, the iced coffee and iced matcha latte is incredible and is served very quickly. There's outdoor seating for when it's nice out and the inside is a little big, but not too big.

Via dei Neri (half ate lol sorry)
Alexis W.

Le Vespe Cafe is a great little breakfast spot, Europe in general does not have very many breakfast places other than a pastry. And this place was absolutely delicious, we wish that we found it earlier in our trip! The orange juice was freshly squeezed, and we ordered the Via del Leone & the Via dei Neri.. both were FANTASTIC! Obviously it was so good since we didn't let our phones eat first, we just dove right in.. sorry for the half eaten photos, but after we tried how yummy it was we needed to snap a quick pic (better than the picture I promise)! If you're craving a great breakfast spot with good service I would recommend here 1000%. Oh and I almost forgot, they gave us a really cool postcard to remember them by or to send home to our family which is what we ended up doing!

Alba M.

Nice brunch food, tastes clean and not too heavy. Highly recommend. Can get packed on weekends so I recommend weekday

Breakfast
Scarlett G.

This place reached my expectations! Something about the eggs and potatoes, delicious. My bf was craving breakfast burrito and this hit the spot. Pancakes were amazing. Their sauce is homemade and spicy. Highly recommend this brunch place!

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love this place so much! always worth the wait. their homemade hot sauce is to die for & the logan breakfast burrito is their best dish!

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The breakfast here be slapping different would recommend it to anyone missing a home style breakfast delicious and would def come back!

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LOVE it here. Great iced coffee and amazing brunch food. The people who work there are great too.

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Il Vegetariano - Cat Artwork on Wall

Il Vegetariano

4.3(66 reviews)
1.3 kmIndipendenza
€€

Delicious! Worth checking out. It's very local so either get there right when it opens or have a…read morereservation. Prices are affordable. If you are looking for something different. Menu changes daily. Vegan options. A nice change of pace for those of us who also eat meat but want to finally limit it. Also the way it works is that you order ahead and pay and then the food is brought to your table. Service isn't exactly warm but they are quick and efficient with your meals.

We're always very excited to try a 100% vegetarian restaurant knowing we can eat anything we want…read moreon the menu and we were excited to learn that Il Vegetariano existed. It's a bit of a walk outside of the center of Florence but we'd thought we'd see what the Italian vegetarian focus experience was like. It was serviceable, but not as great as we'd hoped. The concept is interesting...the menu changes every day depending on the whims of that days chef, so our experience could have been informed a bit by just what we experienced that day, and might have been completely different on another day. An issue sometimes with all vegetarian restaurants is they specialize in the concept of being vegetarianism, without necessarily specializing in a particular kind of food which can lead to a mish-mash of disconnected offerings which is what we found on the menu here. The night we were there, for example you could get Italian, Indian, and strudel main dishes...all vegetarian, but otherwise not specializing in any particular type of food. We also didn't have a reservation. They were nice enough to seat us, but the restaurant was not at all full in any of its rooms (at any point when we were there) and the person who seated us, made a point of telling us they prefer reservations and then seated us at probably the least desirable table in the restaurant, right next to the cash register and right across from the salads display case which was the most trafficked area of the restaurant with people ordering their food hovering right over our table. We definitely felt like we were being unnecessarily punished with this table, especially when there were plenty of other places we could have sat and the overall demeanor of the person who seated us made us feel like she felt like she was doing us a big favor and she had her limits. So kind of a bummer of an introduction to the place. You order by writing down what you want on a slip of paper they provide you with, and then bringing that to the cashier to pay. That's fine, but it's not exactly "service" like you might get at any other sit down restaurant with servers and a wait staff. The food came extremely quickly...at the same time as the wine...It's hard to complain about quick service, but at most other places we experience in Italy (and the rest of the world for that matter) you get your wine first and can enjoy it a bit before the food shows up. We felt rushed. Also, and I'm sure I'm coming off as awfully picky, but you can see the high scores I typically give in my other reviews so...but the chairs were really uncomfortable to sit on. I typically don't think about the chairs at restaurants...these chairs made me think about them. My wife and I shared a lasagna and a greens-filled calzone-like pastry for our mains. Both of these portions were super-large...we appreciate generosity in portions, but these were just too large for us to be able to finish...both, especially the lasagna were really rich and heavy dishes too. They checked the box for being vegetarian but didn't excel to star dishes in terms of flavor or presentation that we'd want again. The desserts looked amazing but by the time we had eaten as much as we could of the mains, we just didn't want anything else or to hang around. We had many vegetarian-friendly meals at many restaurants in the cities we visited in Italy on this trip. This one was easily the most disappointing. If we lived in town we might come by to try the desserts or to see if it's a completely different experience with an unnecessary reservation and different chef...but otherwise, it wasn't really worth the walk out of the center of Florence to eat here.

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Il Vegetariano - Glimpse into the Back Garden Seating Area

Glimpse into the Back Garden Seating Area

Il Vegetariano - Salads in Display Case

Salads in Display Case

Il Vegetariano - Store Front

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Panini Toscani - Walnut Bread, Prosciutto, and Veggies

Panini Toscani

4.9(234 reviews)
0.6 kmDuomo

I had my first panini today at Panini Toscani. This place has great Yelp reviews, so I figured it…read morehad to be legit. You walk into this tiny little sandwich shop and you better be ready to order immediately. First came the bread selection, then the meat, then the cheese. Pointing at things seemed to work best for me. I managed to say "Italian bread" while pointing to the top shelf, and when I pointed at the meat I asked, "That's pork, okay?" Deep breath... good start. Then they asked me about cheese. Hold on now, I'm still mentally processing my bread choices -- I'm not prepared for this speed-ordering competition. I finally said, "Whatever your best seller is," and they slapped on some kind of white cheese that I still cannot identify. Last step: toppings. The lady behind the counter pointed at something green and said, "This goes well with pork." I said, "Hit it." Finally, ordering complete. I grabbed my drink, paid the old man at the door who was running the whole operation with grace and happiness, and found the only outside seat available. Good timing too, because halfway through my panini the line was 10+ deep. That first bite was fantastic. The crunch and crumble of the bread somehow lasted all the way to the final bite. I added tomatoes, and the green stuff had this sweet flavor with a hint of dill. Whatever it was... it worked. This panini absolutely lived up to the Yelp hype. And to the old man running the place -- you do good work. Don't overwork yourself.

What can I say, the best m=panini I have ever had. Right next to the Duomo, so the people watching…read moreon a busy Sunday made the experience all the better. Ice cold Moretti beer was excellent as well. A bit pricy for a sandwich, but well worth it. We will be back!!

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Panini Toscani - Absolutely beautiful display and very clean!

Absolutely beautiful display and very clean!

Panini Toscani - Ingredients

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Panini Toscani

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La Buchetta - Linguine in clam sauce

La Buchetta

4.8(310 reviews)
0.4 kmDuomo
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Another excellent spot we tried in Florence. We were greeted as soon as we walked in and seated…read moreimmediately. The staff was very friendly and our waiter was Nugo. He was awesome and had us laughing the entire night. We peppered him with a lot of questions about the menu, he answered everything and also accommodated my father-in-law, who is GF. He had his own GF bread basket and was able to order almost anything on the menu. We ordered a nice bottle of Montepulciano red for the table that was $48. Others had the Hugo spritz. For app I had the anchovies with roasted red pepper, sea salt and oil over grilled crostini, very good. I skipped first course and ordered the ribeye steak for my main course. Bone in, medium rare, sprinkled with sea salt and a side of onion marmalade. The steak was very good and had way less fat than I expected. The waiter suggested a huge steak for the table, but I was the only one ordering steak that night. Maybe next time. Others ordered the fillet and it was cooked perfectly, the angels and demons gnocchi, and the veal scallopini. Everybody was pleased Really cool spot with a very good wine selection, drinks, excellent food and a fun atmosphere that you don't find at many places. Nugo was an A+ server.

Fyi there are two locations, make sure you go to the correct one (only two blocks apart)…read more Wonderful, laid back but inviting ambiance. Waiter was super friendly, taking time to explain their wines in detail and food options. They even have a kids menu with sizeable portions for older kids. We all thoroughly enjoyed our meal, and it was definitely the best wine we had with meals in Florence. Gnocchi and wild boar taglietelle were outstanding. Had we had come earlier in our stay we might have come back again They also do a wine window which I wish I'd known about earlier because the other one we tried for fun was not good

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La Buchetta - A gigantic cork arched walkway. All corks came from wine opened here.

A gigantic cork arched walkway. All corks came from wine opened here.

La Buchetta
La Buchetta

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