‘O Munaciello

While I was visiting Florence this November my friend Jitka recommended a traditional Naples style pizza and this was one of the the best pizzas I’ve ever had…‘O Munaciello was very busy and a bit noisy and the location of my table was too near the server’s station… But that’s the only reason this place is not getting 5 stars! Fantastic ricotta… Fresh salamino piccante… And a spicy oil on top! Delicious! It was so good I got a calzoni to go for later!

Good pizza in Florence, and a solid dining option as well as the restaurant itself is fairly nice as a sit-​down (though forewarning, it is as dim as a nightclub in here with the only light being from candle essentially.) Pizzas run around 10 euro each, and the dough is fresh and delicious, with enough chew to make it taste substantial but thin and soft enough not to weigh you down. It’s a great vessel for the ingredients, where you can taste some nicely spiced tomato sauce and fresh cheese and meats. That said, they tend to skimp a little bit on the meat which is a bummer, but if you stick to some of the pizzas with more of a focus on cheeses and vegetables instead, you will leave home happen. Got a little bit of the Melanzane e Salsiccia and the Genevose, and those were some fantastic pies.

3.5 stars?! You gotta be kidding me! I lived in Florence for a year. San Frediavino is my favorite restaurant there, but this is a close second. Roman Jewish Artichokes (carciofi ala judea, I believe, sorry for the spelling…) is the best appetizer, thought he straciatella cheese is also stupidly delicious. Wonderful place to come blow lots of money on amazing food and wine and cocktails, but if you come and share a pizza, it’s also the best pizza in florence for a really reasonable price!

A ver, a ver… ¿qué decir aquí? pues que esta es la historia de cómo por una metre que se comportó de manera estúpida y poco profesional en lugar de ponerle 4 o 5 estrellas finalmente se lleva 3 y no le suspendo porque no soy de poner malas puntuaciones.
El espacio en sí es muy bonito, enorme, con una cantidad de mesas como para dar de comer a un ejército de turistas y de paisanos. Hay pequeños espacios dentro del espacio más grande y abovedado que sirven para cenas privadas con un poco más de privacidad. La cocina me pareció buena. Probé una pizza «estilo napolitano» que estaba muy conseguida pero a la que trataron de pervertir un poco invitándome a echarle aceite aromatizado y peperronzini… a lo que me negué. No le veo sentido a añadirle grasa a una pizza que me gusta precisamente por ser crujiente. En fin, para gustos.
Lo que me desagradó fue que a pesar de haber llegado muy temprano y de que en medio de toda esa inmensidad de mesas vacías sólo había una pareja más cenando la metre –que estaba abroncando a grito pelado a una camarera– me miró de arriba abajo y con gesto despreciativo me colocó ¡de cara a la pared! y además, justo en el camino a la cocina. Al expresarle que preferiría otra mesa me contestó que esa era la que yo debía ocupar porque el local se llenaría enseguida y, claro, yo era una sola persona.
Ni que decir tiene que sólo entró una familia durante el rato que me llevó cenarme la pizza exquisita que me cené y también, lo confieso, me levanté y me senté donde me salió buenamente de las narices.
Un detalle: sólo abre por las noches, no sirve para las comidas.

This beautiful pizzeria is not your average one — it has a beautifully decorated interior and great napoletan style pizza! The only down side is that the pizzaioli change pretty often so it’s not very consistent, but overall, you can expect some very good pizza here!

I have lived in Florence, Italy for over 8 years now and used to always recommend this place as a fun ambience, good pizza and general vibe. It has become pretty famous over the years and on any given day is packed with people looking to soak up that southern Italy charm. I decided for this reason to bring my boyfriend’s parents last night for dinner on Pasquetta {easter Monday}
The night started off on a weird note when the front-​of-​house woman couldn’t find our reservation, not that big of a deal but without communicating anything with us, she just left the podium in a hurry to confer with someone else across the restaurant which stressed us out. My boyfriend asked if everything was ok and she rudely snapped back ‘i said I would let you know’ which clearly wasn’t true because she didn’t even confirm the fact that we made a reservation.
We finally get a table and from their the service is very poor. It took forever to even get drinks ordered and our server seemed annoyed that we there as customers. My boyfriend and his parents all ordered a pasta dish with clams and I ordered pizza. While it is not uncommon to get your orders at different times, I live here — I know the rules, my pizza was nowhere in sight when they were finishing the last of their pastas. We had to flag down the server who seemed confused about our pizza and said she would check while another separate server returned with the pizza after about 10 minutes and apologized for the ‘chaos in the pizza kitchen’. The pizza was pretty ok but I didn’t even try to flag them down again for olio piccante or any condiments.
Dessert was pretty bad too since we waited so long to place our order we asked some random server for two baba’s (typical dessert from Napoli} which he kindly put in for us. The dessert itself was just ok. I love ‘babas’ but this was very dry and didn’t have that soaked rim flavor that it usually is supposed to have.
Then comes payment. We asked to pay and they told us they would bring us a check, knowing this can take forever in Italy, I suggested that we go pay in the front. My boyfriend’s dad gets up to go pay and the women front the front of house that I mentioned earlier grabbed his card and walked off with it {which is a big no-​no for any French person since ideally anyone can grab your card details}. When he approached the desk in the front she quickly took the card out of the machine and shared a glance with someone else before running the card again, which made my boyfriend’s parents quite nervous {I assured them everything was ok but since they own a shop, they are more sensitive to this}.
Wow, as you can imagine after being treated like the dog ‘merda’ that you can see often on the outside sidewalks, I won’t be coming back anytime soon or recommending this place to anyone. Go to Pizzaiuolo or Pizzaman, or anywhere else where they actually treat you like a human being. It’s really sad because I used to enjoy this place and its close to my house. All in all disaapointing to say the least.

Went On a recommendation but was pretty disappointed. The pizza was ok but not great. Dough was fine. Toppings were fine. Just nothing to write home about.
But the main thing was the service. Our waitress was lovely and I sympathised, but we waited about 40 mins between being given the dessert menu and being able to order. They were very busy, she was absolutely run off her feet, but maybe put more staff on?
The place was nice, décor unusual, seemed a good atmosphere, but I wouldn’t go back due to the food & service.

In my opinion the best pizza in Florence. The dough is made to perfection and the ingredients fresh and tasty. It’s nearly always busy and usually very loud, I think it adds to the atmosphere, but if you’re looking for a place for a quiet romantic dinner it’s probably not the place for you (unless you hire the privée). The prices are a little high but overall a great dining experience!
I usually have a simple buffalo margherita which is always great but have also tried the ricotta stuffed crust which is fantastic aswell!

This is such a pretty place with Naples décor all around. There are so many details to look at and the atmosphere is so nice! The pizza is delicious and the servers are so sweet! You must try the one with mashed potatoes on it! Yep… you read that right. SO GOOD!