Cucina Torcicoda

** avis sur la partie pizza **
Ce restau a trois espaces distincts, pizza, restau et osteria (je suis pas très au clair sur la différence osteria /​restau mais je dirais que le restau plus huppé-​?-) et je n’ai testé que la partie pizza, manante que je suis. Sans plus attendre, je vous annonce que au menu de la partie pizza, vous trouverez des pizzas uniquement. Voilà pour les évidences du jour. Une dizaine de pizza sont toujours au menu je dirais, les oeuvres permanents, auxquelles s’ajoutent celles du jour, pizzas plus éphémères.
Sans plus attendre, oui, j’ai trouvé la Torcicoda délicieuse: buffala, tomates séchées et une saucisse piquante. Le tout est relevé, mais ça se marie super bien avec les tomates confites et la mozza qui adoucissent le tout. Vraiment trop bonne.
J’ai dîné ici deux autres fois (j’ai oublié le nom des pizzas) et j’avais trouvé ça bon aussi donc foncez ! Cerise sur la pizza, le cadre est agréable et chaleureux, avec une lumière tamisée qui rend les pizzas encore plus belles.

Nice-​looking restaurant with really great, friendly staff on our first night in Florence. Started the meal by our waiter showing us the wine selections and explaining the different varieties of Tuscan wine — much appreciated. Complementary prosecco and amuse bouche were a nice touch. The rest of the food was good, but not special. The wine was very good.

Highlights here is the old fashioned Florence ambiance — the friendly, attentive service and the wonderful red and white table wines. The belief here is there are no (and I mean no) bad red wines in Italy.
Seated at a cozy, comfortable table for three our starters included a wonderful Bruschetta selection with fresh tomatoes and ricotta cheese. Also included — delicious olives. Note: I am not an olive fan — but the olives in Italy stand alone.
Shockingly tasteful — a terrific surprise on this trip.
The main courses — however — were surprisingly average. Cucina Torcicoda is defined as an Italian Steakhouse. My son and I selected the suggested Italian T-​Bone for two. Cooked medium as requested we found the steak a bit too fatty — even for a T-​Bone.
The pasta bolognese was fresh, good but not outstanding. Uniqueness was lost. Perhaps expectations were too high.
A Refreshing Italian Ice dessert followed by a slightly weak espresso finalized a meal which after a strong start fell below the wonderful scenic surroundings of this handsome restaurant.

I recently had dinner at Torcicoda which I had heard mixed reviews from. Some friends told me that it was overpriced and not special and others told me that they loved it, top pick. Obviously the truth normally is somewhere in the middle but I really did enjoy my meal there but it didn’t get five stars for a reason.
The ambiance is quite impressive, big enough for groups, they have different sections, including a fancier restaurant (where we were) and a pizzeria serving artisan beer which my friends have told me is really good. I appreciated the welcome prosecco and taste from the kitchen, a wonderful marinated tuna carpaccio with pomegranate. It’s little details like that which make a dinner out into an experience.
I ordered the antipasto of foie gras mouse, like a mille-​foglie with an apple compost which was quite simply excellent. We went for the bistecca della fiorentina (a big ass steak) which comes in three different formulas, we chose the middle-​priced version.
The wine we chose was a morellino di scansano riserva which I also have to say, was spot on. But we chose it, not the waiter, since his suggestion cost 130 euros and I am not kidding.
In fact my only issue with what have been an otherwise perfect experience was that they really tried the ‘upsale’ here. I mean I get it, probably their management advises them too, but I guess I have been spoiled in Florence with waiters always suggested something more reasonably priced, not always the most expensive option.
I get that the pricey steak (like kobe) was massaged for 40 hours or whatever but unless it was going to be a ‘good lay’ I knew we could spent about 50 euros and still eat something excellent.
Overall, I liked it, I would go again but I would suggest that they work on that ‘hey we assume everyone is rolling in money’ approach ;-)

Great restaurant all-​around, and definitely recommend to any tourists visiting Florence.
The service was fantastic, despite 3 large groups coming in right after us. The pizza was very tasty, and the grilled vegetables seemed quite fresh as well. Not much more you can ask for in a city that is known for its pizza. This was one of the best pizza restaurants I ate at while in Italy.