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    Golden View Open Bar - Shrimp tempura with potato mousse

    Golden View Open Bar

    4.0(185 reviews)
    1.9 km•Palazzo Pitti
    •€€€

    The food and atmosphere were outstanding. Service was great. Waiter was very attentive. Had the…read morescallops which were delicious. Tried the linguini with lobster and it was amazing. Great place to grab some different types of Tuscany dishes.

    The only good thing about this restaurant is the bartender Stefano and management. There's only a…read morefew riverside tables and the rest do not have a view. The food is horrible and service does not make up for it. For a starter we had the shrimp carpaccio, at $36 euro it is extremely under flavored and over priced. As the mains we had the ossobuco risotto and carbonara and both were horrible. Worst food we have had in Italy. The "ossobuco" risotto was similar to a package of rice-a-roni, not cooked even close enough to call a risotto. The fact that it included both ossobuco and bone marrow in the description was a joke. There were four and I'm not being dramatic, FOUR, pieces of ossobuco and it was not tender or even pieces. It was small, non-tender bites of something. It was a rice with a sauce with 4 bites of meat. A joke to call risotto. The carbonara was not even close to fresh pasta. You could tell it was not fresh by the way it was still hard in the center. Not Al dente, hard. So hard it got stuck in my teeth and I will need both a toothpick and floss to extract it. The sauce was not saucey, and the guanciale was not good either. Couldn't even finish either over priced dishes and had to leave. Both tables next to us were also complaining of no lobster in their lobster pasta and a steak that was sent back multiple times for being overcooked then under cooked. Absolutely ridiculous. Go to any corner trattoria and you will have a better meal. Then they ask for a tip on top, multiple times.

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    Golden View Open Bar - A perfect view!

    A perfect view!

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    Golden View Open Bar - Aperol Spritz

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    Le Vespe Cafe - Avocado, salmon and eggs were brilliant. They had a hint of orange or mango citrus, making for a wonderful experience.

    Le Vespe Cafe

    4.6(234 reviews)
    1.3 km•Santa Croce
    •€€

    The food was a pleasure to eat. I ordered classic egg's Benedict. I wanted my egg poached medium…read morebut I was told by an unfriendly dry as dirt Italian waitress that I could only have it runny. I then had to take a little more time to find something else. A lovely American waitress came over and helped me.(I'm not saying she's lovely because she's American, she just was really friendly) She explained that the cook makes all the poached eggs in one big pot and can't specialize one for a customer. She said they could fry it medium well and that worked for me. The other waitress offered to fry the egg or scramble it but she just wasn't friendly, and she didn't give me all the choices of how I could get the egg fried. That really helped me make my choice. The egg's Benedict came with American pork bacon and not Canadian bacon. The hollandaise sauce was deliciousness, but they give you such a small amount. They need to double it. Another reviewer mentioned how good the green hot sauce was, so I tried it. It was spot on great!! I made sure every bite had the green sauce on it. I usually only like shredded hash browns but their breakfast potatoes were perfect. They weren't hard and had a good flavor. The restaurant was clean but very small. It had a nice relaxing feel. I love to try the food of the country I'm visiting, but after traveling for two weeks it was nice to have something I eat at home. The eggs Benedict was a treat. I had the hot amaretto coffee drink and that just hit the spot and made the waiting to be seated all worth it. The had many types of milk you can put in your coffee, for example, they have soy milk, oat milk, etc. I would definitely recommend this place and come back. Oh and the less than friendly waitress served my food to me with a smile, but she never smiled again and never accepted my thank you's no matter how much I said them. Word of advice don't have a sad face if they can't provide something the way you want it if the waitress is blond and Italian. That will not go over well. You're not allowed to be quietly disappointed.

    A little of the usual path, Yelp! recommended this place and was happy to have tried it. The place…read moreis classic, the service was of the best, and the food was excellent. We had the avocado, salmon eggs plate and the eggs benedict. Both were perfectly prepared and exactly what you would hope for in a top-tier cafe. The eggs had a hint of orange citrus that added to the joy of the meal. This super comfortable, clean restaurant with fantastic service and food will be on our best-of-best list in the future!

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    Le Vespe Cafe - Whole bean coffee is available for purchase too!

    Whole bean coffee is available for purchase too!

    Le Vespe Cafe
    Le Vespe Cafe - The mighty coffee cup -- guests can pick espresso, drip/filter coffee, or even canned nitro cold brew!

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

    Nostrale - The obligatory tiramisu.

    Nostrale

    5.0(8 reviews)
    2.1 km•Palazzo Pitti

    Love this place...before I talk about the great food at good price the owners are so fun and…read morewelcoming. We felt as if we were having dinner at there home. We (4 adults and 2 kiddos) ate their twice and came back for drinks another night. They chatted with us both nights, played '80s American music and sang with us and had fun. Now the food. Freshly sliced prosciutto for the Carbonara (no peas), awesome! Pizza for the kiddos...gone in minutes. My wife's spinach ravioli in a light red sauce was delicious. Yum...why are you still reading this...come here!

    This ended up being right near where we're staying- in fact the reciption directed us to several…read moreplaces this being one of them. We tried a couple of the others but this was our favourite. The staff here are friendly and have such a great sense of humor. They were definitely a huge part of our good experience. Thier choice in music was sensastional as well. The semi industrial look of the inside blends well with the exposes brick walls and the comic printing plates decorating where we sat. I got the lasanga, which was perfect. The cheese is so creamy with the contrast of the tart tomato sauce- I couldn't stop taking a bite when it was fresh from the oven, risking burns. Of the dishes my family ordered the other stand out was the carbonara. I cannot find words to describe how good the sauce was. Anyways it was such an experience that I'm writing this while wating for breakfast at Nostrale.

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    Nostrale
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    Pastaio - breakfast_brunch - Updated September 2026

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