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Buca dell'Orafo vs Trattoria Sostanza
Both Buca dell'Orafo and Trattoria Sostanza are highly recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Trattoria Sostanza scores slightly higher than Buca dell'Orafo. Trattoria Sostanza comes in at #16 in Florence with recommendations from 5 sources like Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler and Fodor's.
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."
Trattoria Sostanza
Fodor's
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
Condé Nast Traveler
Afar Magazine
Via del Porcellana, 25/r, 50123 Florence
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"Since opening its doors in 1869, this trattoria has been serving top-notch, unpretentious food to Florentines who like their bistecca fiorentina very large and very rare."
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Frommer's
"The primi are very simple: pasta in sauce, tortellini in brodo (meat-stuffed pasta in chicken broth), and zuppa alla paesana (peasant soup ribollita)."
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Travel + Leisure
"Sostanza is also known as Il Troia (the trough) because its long, wooden communal tables are always packed with diners enjoying the same signature dishes."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"This full-of-charm hole-in-the-wall—a Florence classic for nearly 150 years—offers just six tables (so do book ahead) and has had the same staff for the past two decades."
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Afar Magazine
"Not an upscale gourmet place, but popular with locals, and a place to practice my rusty Italian."
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