Tuscany Restaurants

• Also try: The Mahalo Guide on Florence Restaurants
  

[edit] The Mahalo Top 7

1. Official Tourism Site: Restaurants in Tuscany
2. Concierge.com: Tuscany Restaurants  
3. Frommer's: Pisa - Siena - Lucca - Arezzo - Cortona
4. Fodor's: Tuscany Restaurants  
5. Lonely Planet: Pisa : Places to Eat
6. WCities: Siena
7. Yahoo! Travel: Siena

[edit] Tuscany High-End Restaurants

• Osteria le Logge   (Siena) Italian, Phone: 39-0577-48013 Google Map

• • Concierge.com Recommendation  : "Though it calls itself a humble osteria, this is really more of a gourmet restaurant that likes to dress down."

• • Fodor's Review  : "Bright flowers provide a dash of color at this classic Tuscan dining room, and stenciled designs on the ceilings add some whimsy."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Le Logge is many a local's choice for a special night out, offering excellent cooking in a sedate, yet not sedated, atmosphere."

• Relais Il Falconiere   (Cortona) Italian, Phone: 39-0575-612-679 Google Map

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "The old limonaia of this 17th-century estate, highly recommended as a hotel above, was converted in 1989 into one of the best restaurants in the area (and renovated in 2003), and is recommended even if you don't stay here."

• Antica Osteria da Divo   (Siena) Italian, Phone: 39-0577-284-381 Google Map

• • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "The main dining room is a crazy medieval mélange of stone, brick, wood supports, and naked rock, while the rooms in back and in the basement are actually Etruscan tombs carved from the tufa."

• Al Ristoro del Vecchi Macelli   (Pisa) Italian, Meats and Seafoods, Phone: 39-050-20424 Google Map

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "This is Pisa's finest restaurant, excelling at both fish and meat dishes but always local Tuscan at heart."

• Al Marsili (Siena) Italian, Phone: 39-0577-471-54 Google Map

• • Frommer's Recommended: "This is the most elegant place in town, complete with bow-tied waiters and a very well chosen, if pricey, wine list."

[edit] Tuscany Moderate Restaurants

• La Buca di Sant'Antonio   (Lucca) Italian, Phone: 39-0583-55881 Google Map

• • Concierge.com Recommendation  : "[O]ne of the city's most sophisticated and successful restaurants, boasting excellent service and an unparalleled wine list."

• • Fodor's Review  : "The staying power of Buca di Sant'Antonio -- it's been around since 1782 -- is the result of superlative Tuscan food brought to the table by waitstaff that doesn't miss a beat."

• • Frommer's Exceptional Rating: "Since before 1782, La Buca has been the premier gastronomic pit stop inside Lucca's walls."

• L'Osteria del Coro   (Siena) Italian, Phone: 39-0577-222-482 Google Map

• • Fodor's Choice  : "Chef-owner Stefano Azzi promotes local produce, uses age-old Sienese recipes, and backs it all up with a stellar wine list."

• Ristorante Preludio (Cortona) Italian, Phone: 39-0575-630-104 Google Map

• • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "In a town otherwise steeped in tradition, Preludio draws crowds for its unique nouvelle twist on Tuscan cooking."

• Emanuele   (Elba Island) Italian and Seafood, Phone: 39-0565-939-003 Google Map

• • Frommer's Very Highly Recommended: "Behind a beach-bum bar facade hides what most Italian gastronomic critics agree is the best dining on Elba. Snuggled into the beach at the Enfola headland, friendly family-run Emanuele excels at marrying the catch of the day and pick of the crustaceans with fresh pastas and seasonal vegetables."

• Ristorante Fiorentino (Sansepolcro) Italian, Phone: 39-0575-742-033 Google Map

• • Frommer' s Very Highly Recommended: "Everything is fresh, the pasta is made by hand, and though the kitchen sticks to antique recipes, it does trim meats lean, and they won't look askance if you order a porzione ridotto (small portion)."

• Trattoria il Sottomarino   (Livorno) Italian and Seafood, Phone: 39-0586-887-025 Google Map

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The Submarine" is a die-hard nautical joint with model ships, yellowing naval paintings, and walls carpeted with smoke-stained shellfish ... The relentlessly jovial and ironical waiters serve no-excuses portions of Livornese seafood."

[edit] Tuscany Affordable Restaurants

• Antico Caffè Poliziano (Montepulciano) Italian, Phone: 39-057-875-8615 Google Map

• • Concierge.com Recommendation  : "Perfect for a light lunch, tea, or just a rest stop after trekking through Montepulciano..."

• Trattoria Dardano (Cortona) Italian, Phone: 39-0575-601-944 Google Map

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "Of the several good casalinga (home cooking) trattorie along this street, this one merits singling out if only for its heavenly tiramisù, made the old-fashioned way."

• Ristorante Pulcino   (Montepulciano) Italian, Phone: 39-0578-758-711 Google Map

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "You run into a gauntlet of farm products at this 16th-century farmhouse just outside town before arriving at the giant dining room with long communal tables set with stainless steel platters (you can also dine outside on the terrace)."

• Buca San Francesco   (Arezzo) Italian, Phone: 39-0575-23271 Google Map

• • Fodor's Review  : "A frescoed cellar restaurant in a centuries-old building next to the church of San Francesco ..."

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "The Buca resides in the frescoed cellar of a 14th-century palazzo and has been run by the same family for over 70 years. Mario de Fillipis likes to keep "the memory of old flavors" in his ancient dishes."

• Da Badò   (Volterra) Italian, Phone: 39-0588-86477 Google Map

• • Frommer's Highly Recommended: "In the satellite village of San Lazzero, the small and simple Badò is loved and respected by locals for its unwavering commitment to Volterran cuisine, which means improvising dishes based on the freshest ingredients available while sticking to traditional recipes."

[edit] Tuscany Vegetarian Restaurants

• Tapiro Verde   (Pisa) Vegetarian, Phone: 39-0587-689-171 Google Map

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• La Mela   (Lucca) Phone: 39-0584-427-059 Google Map

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