Experts' Choice Award Alla Vecchia Bettola
What the experts agree on
Alla Vecchia Bettola nails classic Florentine home cooking in an authentically rustic setting—marble tables, cured hams overhead, shared seating—where grandmotherly Tuscan recipes shine in unpretentious simplicity. Noisy corner location doesn't
“Typical establishment with marble tables and a bottle of Chianti to drink-in a pleasant trattoria S. Frediano, where the cuisine is traditional Florentine home cooking.”
– Michelin Guide
Frommer's "This simple room right on the piazza may not look it, but it's one of the city's premier restaurants in town for ultratraditional Florentine food." Full review
Travel + Leisure "With white tile walls, cured hams strung from the ceiling, and marble-topped wooden tables shared with other diners, Alla Vecchia Bettola is a classic Florentine osteria." Full review
Rough Guide "Located on a major traffic intersection a couple of minutes’ walk from the Carmine, this wonderfully old-fashioned place has something of the atmosphere of an old-style drinking den."
National Geographic "A wonderful throwback to the Florentine trattorias of old; the carpaccio is melt-in-the-mouth superb." Full review
Fodor's "This lively trattoria has been around only since 1979, but it feels as if it's been a whole lot longer...the recipes come from "wise grandmothers" and celebrate Tuscan food in its glorious simplicity." Full review
Fodor's "The name doesn't exactly mean "old dive," but it comes pretty close. The recipes here come from "wise grandmothers" and celebrate Tuscan food in its glorious simplicity—prosciutto is..." Full review
The Infatuation "Alla Vecchia Bettola is a neighborhood trattoria that feels like a party, and it’s worth going beyond the historical center to have dinner here. We’d like to write an ode to their..." Full review
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