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Buca dell'Orafo vs La Giostra
Both establishments are highly recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, La Giostra is the choice of most reviewers compared to Buca dell'Orafo. La Giostra comes in at #4 in Florence with praise from 6 reviews including Frommer's, concierge.com and Travel + Leisure.
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."
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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."
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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.”"
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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."
La Giostra
Concierge
Fodor's
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
Zagat
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Borgo Pinti 12r, 50121 Florence
From $0 /night
Concierge
"You've got to eat in La Giostra, north of Santa Croce, at least once... Prince Dimitri and his two sons run an opulent ship, which sails along on rich flavors."
Fodor's
"The constantly changing menu has terrific vegetarian and vegan options, and any meal that does not include truffles is significantly less expensive than those that do."
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Frommer's
"Don't leave without sampling the sinfully rich Viennese Sachertorte, made from an old Habsburg family recipe."
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Travel + Leisure
"The restaurant, so named because the long, vaulted space once housed a carousel, is a perfectly straightforward restaurant owned and run by Prince Dimitri and Soldano d'Asburgo Lorena."
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Zagat
4.3
""Hospitable" twin son owners from a "noble family" generate a "warm and welcoming" vibe at this "memorable" Duomo Tuscan."
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