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Buca dell'Orafo vs Cantinetta Antinori

Buca dell'Orafo and Cantinetta Antinori are both praised by travel writers. Overall, Cantinetta Antinori is preferred by most professionals compared to Buca dell'Orafo. Cantinetta Antinori ranks #9 in Florence with recommendations from 7 publications including Fodor's, Zagat and Travel + Leisure.

Buca dell'Orafo
Buca dell'Orafo
8 / 10
Via dei Girolami 28, Florence
From $7 /night
Frommer's Frommer's
"A buca is a cellar joint with half a dozen crowded tables serving good, seasonal Florentine fare." Full review
Travel + Leisure 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
Zagat Zagat
4.0
"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 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."
Cantinetta Antinori
Cantinetta Antinori
8 / 10
Piazza Antinori 3, Florence
From $0 /night
Concierge Concierge
"The menu is creative Tuscan, so an excellent soup of chestnuts and porcini mushrooms might be followed by salt cod with leeks, tomatoes, and chickpeas, or an old standard like bistecca fiorentina."
Frommer's Frommer's
"The Antinori marchesi started their wine empire 26 generations ago, and, taking their cue from an ancient vintner tradition, installed a wine bar in their 15th-century palazzo 30 years ago." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"Tuscany’s most famous wine-making dynasty has given over a portion of their Renaissance city home for oenophiles who want a full meal to accompany their tipple." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"This wine bar offers upscale dinners in intimate surroundings." Full review
Zagat Zagat
4.0
""Impeccably prepared" "creations" "designed to please every palate" served alongside a "sensational" "wine list worthy of the family pedigree"." Full review
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