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 flagship of the Picchi culinary universe at Sant'Ambrogio

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