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Buca dell'OrafovsOlio Restaurant
Both restaurants are endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, Olio Restaurant scores slightly higher than Buca dell'Orafo. Olio Restaurant is ranked #12 in Florence with accolades from 6 publications like Zagat, Lonely Planet and Rough Guide.
Buca dell'Orafo
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
Zagat
DK Eyewitness
Via dei Girolami 28, Florence
From $7/night
Frommer's "A buca is a cellar joint with half a dozen crowded tables serving good, seasonal Florentine fare." Full review
Travel + Leisure "This intimate restaurant is helmed by Giordano Monni, who selects ingredients at the nearby San Lorenzo market. Try the chittarini, angel-hair pasta with porcini mushrooms." Full review
Zagat4.0
"The Monni family’s “elegant”, “old-style” standby is renowned for its “zesty” yet “unpretentious” “Tuscan specialties” made with “fresh, seasonal ingredients.”" Full review
DK Eyewitness "This Florentine “cellar” restaurant is down steep stairs in an alley by the Ponte Vecchio. The fantastic Tuscan fare is prepared from fresh local ingredients."
Olio Restaurant
Concierge Frommer's Zagat
Rough Guide
Afar Magazine
4 Via Santo Spirito, Florence
From $0/night
Concierge "This restaurant... doubles as a gastronomic emporium, serving creative Tuscan cooking and selling an impressive selection of wine, cheese, salumi, and prepared foods to go."
Frommer's "This slightly fussy, but nevertheless thoroughly satisfying little restaurant is set in tiled surrounds inside one of the Oltrarno's best delicatessens." Full review
Zagat3.8
"The “kitchen is in full view” so you can see the “traditional” dishes being prepared at this “elegant” “little” Italian in the Renaissance Palazzo Capponi on Santo Spirito." Full review
Rough Guide "A gourmet food shop-cum-restaurant that specializes in wine and olive oil."
Afar Magazine "A stylish little restaurant and food emporium where you can sample creative Tuscan cooking in-house or buy dishes to go." Full review
i
This is a good place to sample the new season's extra virgin olive oil: tastings can be arranged on request.
