I Ghibellini

Worst meal I had in Italy. One of the items I ordered was the porcini mushroom pizza, and it was the worst pizza I had in my life. The pizza was soggy and the mushroom was not fresh, it was canned. The deli in NYC makes better pizza than this place. When I told the waitress, she said «that’s how it is».!! They should be ashamed of themselves!

Acogedor café donde puedes hacer una pequeña parada para tomar un cappuchino sin que te cueste una fortuna. No tiene servicio de mesas pero sí tiene una terraza estupenda donde poder descansar tus pies contemplando la bella arquitectura que lo rodea.
No vi el wc (algo normal aquí porque la gente no de sienta al café, se bebe en la barra de trago), pero tan solo pagamos 2 € por un caffé latte y un cappuchino. Recomendado

Reasonably priced pizza given that the place is in the middle of Firenze. However, I wasn’t blown away by the quality of the food and would only say it’s okay. Also, there were no high chairs available so the little ones have to sit someplace else.

Great atmosphere and food — amazing service and wine. Easy choice if near City Center in Florence. Waiter spoke great English too.

Stumbled upon this restaurant walking to the duomo. Had a great crowd on the patio so we decided to grab a table. Had two spritz’s and then a lovely bottle of their house read. We started with their chicken liver on toast which doesn’t look appetizing, but it’s full of flavor. I tried the carbonara pasta which most people would find too rich, but it was right up my alley. I enjoyed it a lot. Great atmosphere with live music just a few feet from your table. Gotta love Florence

Probably the greatest pizza on earth. I dream about this place in the morning, afternoon, night.
I send the pizza love letters and never hear back. I’ll just have to go back one day and prove my love.
Highly recommended for pizza.

Stopped here for coffee and it was terrible unfortunately :-(and the waiter was a bit abrupt and rude :-(A tourist trap with expensive prices and poor service. I can’t comment on the food here but given the experience we had I would probably just walk past this place as there are tons of other choices in the vicinity.

The best Ossobuco I’ve ever had!
The service was a bit slow, but you gotta understand its Italy — with family restaurants they don’t have an abundance of waiters.
The taste made up for the wait…
Definitely going there for a second time!

As I wandered through the streets of Florence starving, I was happy to come across I Ghibellini. We opted for a spot on the patio as it was a nice day. The house white wine and prosecco were very well priced and we were happy to enjoy some of it.
I decided to get a calzone (spicy salami, 4 cheese, mushrooms) and it was honestly the biggest calzone I have ever seen in my life (picture to follow). It was tasty. Not the best calzone I’ve ever had, but it was good and it really took care of my hunger.

A bit touristy. Things happen, I get hangry, I go to the first place I see. Although, I don’t think we should always write the touristy restaurants off. I think it is very easy for us to snub restaurants and not give them a fair chance. I’m guilty of this, searching for authentic cuisine, searching for the places that have no tourists… I guess after having a couple of mediocre meals at places locals said were authentic and the best, I’m starting to manage my expectations a bit more.
Anyway, this isn’t far from my apartment and I walked through this street today realizing that I always bypass this area, but there are restaurants, cafes, sandwich shops, a «pub», and lots of nice stores… Can’t believe I missed this. I ended up here and I have to say the square is fairly quiet compared to all the other squares out there. It is lovely, so I sat outside to enjoy the sun, the scenery, and the relative peacefulness.
To the restaurant’s credit, the service was excellent… both my service and the service that I saw other people receiving. The staff were attentive, but also very friendly. There was one lady picking something off of her salad, a waiter went over and asked her if something was wrong, if he could get her something else. Another waiter, every time someone’s napkin fell or blew away, he was right there with a new one. A group of 14 German students came in and the whole staff put together a couple of tables, got them seated, and quickly started taking drink orders. Probably some of the best service I have received here in Italy.
The menu is like a chapter book, but don’t worry, it is because there are a few different languages contained within… I think right after the English menu, there was a French menu. I figured that I probably shouldn’t go with anything to «fancy» although the little anecdotes under some of the menu items… were interesting. It was hard to take them seriously, but at the same time, I don’t know other places that go to those lengths. And then I saw it: the Machiavelli Pizza. Yes, they have a pizza named after Machiavelli and it looked delicious! It is pork sausage, spinach, and Pecorino cheese. I was going to order a started of Panzanella, but figured bread and pizza would be just too much.
They brought out the basked of bread and I am going to say that everyone else’s bread looked really good, mine looked like the leftovers that got a bit burnt. They must have known that I typically don’t eat the basket bread anymore. Although, unlike other places where if you don’t eat it, they won’t charge you coperto, they still charged me for it. Anyway, as my order went in, I saw a calzone come out… it looked like a volcano! It was huge! They sat it down in front of a guy and instantly, he poked a hole with his knife and it began to deflate. He also only ate the inside and none of the crust.
There was another pizza that came out and it looked like it had roasted potatoes on it. I won’t lie to you, at one of my favourite pizzerias from college, one of my favourite slices was called the Mr. Potato Head. However, I was looking forward to my pizza. It came out just as a French couple sat down next to me. They were eyeing my pizza and ended up ordering it. It was pretty darn good. The sausage (ground pork) was a bit on the salty side, but was still good. And the combination of spinach and Pecorino cheese was just what I was wanting. I couldn’t finish all of it, but I really tried.
Being so full, I had an espresso, but no dolce… probably would have burst at the seams. My waitress was really lovely, even when she got very busy waiting on the group of German students, she was still very attentive to the rest of us. I would give the food about a 3.5, but would give the service a solid five… hence the four stars. If you’re on a budget and not super fussed about touristy places to eat, have the pizza and save some money!

Takeaway is great for pizza, which is what we did our first night here. We decided to go back for another seated dinner and had terrible service. The waiter took 20 minutes to even talk to us and the only way we were able to get our bill was when another party wanted our table. The truffle mushroom pasta left a lot to be desired, but Dante pizza was fantastic.
TL:DR — Get pizza for takeaway, avoid wait staff like the plague and don’t order truffle mushroom pasta.

A friend of mine who used to live in Florence recommended this place. It is the home of a rather tasty truffle cream and salciccia (sausage meat) pizza that drive men wild. It is like crack to them. Personally, I enjoyed a taste of the truffle pizza but preferred my delicious ruccola pizza. The crust was thin and crispy while the sauce, mozzarella and arugula tangoed together beautifully. The restaurant itself is quite cute and has a «wine cellar» feel to it.

Pound for pound, this is my favorite restaurant in Italy, let alone Florence. I have been here several times over the course of several years, and it is always outstanding. I crave this place, and I never crave any Italian restaurants in my hometown of LA.
Sure, you can go to a fancy restaurant in Florence and get a great meal, but this place has FANTASTIC, homemade Italian food in a casual environment at a very, very good price.
In the summertime and Spring, they have outdoor patio seating, which I recommend… it is a little stuffy inside.
All of the food is AWESOME, here are some of my favorites:
— All Pizzas
— Spaghetti Bolognese
— Gnocchi in Pesto
— Truffle cream sauce pastas
Their pizza is literally my favorite authentic, Florentine pizza in the world

What a fantastic place for a beautiful dinner on a budget! This place was really fantastic and we popped in twice because it was close to our hotel at Monna Lisa. We had a series of things to try and I would highly recommend their air dried beef carpaccio, their truffle pasta, their ribolita & their lemon delicate pasta. All were amazing!!!
Prices were incredible and the service was so nice and warm. The girls that are servers are complete sweethearts!

My family had a nice casual lunch here after museum-​hopping in the morning. The service was friendly and we liked the stories in the menu about cooking with Grandma on Sundays. Genuine? Maybe not, but it’s nice not to take everything too seriously when you’re traveling. I also loved this amazing bad painting they had near where we sat, of a gigantic woman lounging across an entire landscape. Nothing to do with the food, I digress…
I had the riboletto, which I look forward to eating every single day for the rest of my life. If soup made with leftover soup and leftover bread (traditionally) isn’t your thing, the pizza looked decent as did the pasta. They also brought out some warm bread from the pizza oven before our meal which was better than standard.
Was the food *amazing*? No, but if you’re a tourist in the area looking for a reasonably priced meal this place is a solid choice.