Experts' Choice Award Cantinetta Antinori
What the experts agree on
Wine dynasty's intimate ground-floor wine bar in a 15th-century Renaissance palazzo, serving impeccably prepared creative Tuscan cuisine alongside a sensational wine list in aristocratic Old Florence surroundings.
“This wine bar offers upscale dinners in intimate surroundings.”
– Travel + Leisure
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 "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 "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
Zagat4.0
""Impeccably prepared" "creations" "designed to please every palate" served alongside a "sensational" "wine list worthy of the family pedigree"." Full review
DK Eyewitness "More than just a wine bar, yet not a full-blown restaurant, this room on the ground floor of one of Florence’s finest Renaissance palaces makes a lovely place to eat."
Fodor's "After a morning of shopping on Via Tornabuoni, stop for lunch in this 15th-century palazzo in the company of Florentine ladies (and men)." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Housed in the vaulted ex-cellars of 15th-century Palazzo Antinori, this upscale, elegant restaurant breathes aristocratic Old Florence." Full review
Afar Magazine "Via Tornabuoni, one of the most elegant streets in Florence, is lined with many imposing Renaissance palazzi, including a 15th-century beauty owned by the Antinori family, the famed wine..." Full review
