Restaurant in Florence

Boisterous 1913 San Marco trattoria that wins locals first

Michelin-starred dining in Palazzo Portinari Salviati

Tuscan table on the ground floor of Palazzo Antinori

The affordable face of Fabio Picchi's Sant'Ambrogio cult kitchen

Wine-bar bistro of handmade pasta a step from the Duomo

Art Nouveau bolthole with a handwritten daily menu on Piazza Ghiberti

No-frills San Frediano trattoria for peposo and fiorentina

Twenty-year Neapolitan wood-fired pizzeria near Sant'Ambrogio

Candlelit Oltrarno bistro-cum-wine-bar, modern Florentine since 2002

Panoramic Fiesole terrace with the classic view over the duomo

Tiny Lebanese saj kitchen with home-cook authenticity

Greenhouse dining room reinventing Tuscan cooking in Sant'Ambrogio

Marco Stabile's creative Italian table behind the Uffizi

Tuscan osteria in a medieval crypt off Via San Niccolò

Florence's only sit-down tripperia, lampredotto done seriously

Old-Tuscan tavern right on Fiesole's main piazza

Florentine-favoured trattoria on Piazza San Marco by the Accademia

Two-Michelin-star room inside a Byzantine tower by the Duomo

Charcoal-grilled Ottoman and Anatolian cooking, the city's credible Turkish room

Two-Michelin-star farm-to-plate cooking from Borgo Santo Pietro's organic estate

Cult gourmet-panini counter by the Sant'Ambrogio market

Antonello Sardi's Michelin-starred garden room above Florence

Storied Piazza della Passera trattoria with its famous pear fiocchetti

Family-run since 1945, the Oltrarno trattoria Florentines and insiders book

Long-standing Oltrarno trattoria off Piazza del Carmine

1956 family trattoria, the homecooked heart of Santo Spirito

Family canteen behind the Mercato Centrale since 1953

Family-run Florentine canteen at Porta San Frediano since 1956

Lunch-only 1915 trattoria by San Lorenzo, run by the fourth generation

Since-1869 'Il Troia', home of the butter chicken and tortino

Mother-and-son counter for handmade Tuscan dishes in San Niccolo

Campo di Marte trattoria on a quiet gourmet path since 1952

Contemporary Sant'Ambrogio trattoria facing the market

Lunch counter inside the Sant'Ambrogio market where Florentines eat