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Buca dell'Orafo vs Cibreo Trattoria

Both establishments are praised by professional reviewers. On balance, Cibreo Trattoria ranks slightly better than Buca dell'Orafo. Cibreo Trattoria comes in at 77 with endorsements from 7 sources such as Lonely Planet, Gayot and Michelin Guide.

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."
Cibreo Trattoria
Cibreo Trattoria
8 / 10
Via de' Macci 122r, 50122 Florence
From $0 /night
Frommer's Frommer's
"After you taste the velvety passata di peperoni gialli (yellow bell-pepper soup), you won't care much. The stuffed roast rabbit demands the same admiration." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The posh Cibreino ranks as one of the city's most famous dining destinations." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"With his mass of snowy white hair and beard, it’s hard to miss restaurateur Fabio Picchi as he flits between the four establishments that make up his gourmet empire." Full review
DK Eyewitness DK Eyewitness
"This restaurant offers superbly prepared traditional Tuscan dishes. There is no pasta, but an array of sublime soups and thoroughly Florentine dishes such as tripe, cockscomb or kidneys."
Fodor's Fodor's
"This intimate little trattoria, known to locals as Cibreino, shares its kitchen with the famed Florentine culinary institution from which it gets its name." Full review
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