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Santa Maria Novella: L'Osteria di Giovanni

Via del Moro, 22 , Phone: 055 284897
www.osteriadigiovanni.com
Closing day: Tuesday

Reviewed by: jan55612 from MN, review #3616

When: 2010

During our one month stay in Florence, we ate at Osteria di Giovanni three wonderful times.

We spent one month in Florence during October and early November 2010. We tried Osteria di Giovanni on the recommendations of Colleen and Pokey (many thanks!) and Judy Witts Francini.

We loved the food, the service was professional, unhurried, and friendly. The ambience was comfortable, bustling with family groups on a Sunday afternoon. We returned two more times. While each experience was slightly different, we always had great food and service. We tried steaks, suckling pig, veal osso bucco, pork chop, rabbit, pasta, and desserts. On one visit we sat next to two Italian men, who shared their thoughts about the food, insisted we have a bit of a very bitter digestivo, and generally enlivened our meal!

At the conclusion of one meal, we were given complimentary bags of cantuccini to take home (after eating dessert, cantuccini, and vin santo !) At the end of our final meal, we were given bottles of new, fragrant olive oil as a present. Green gold to take home. :) The cost each time was in the range of 40-50 euros per person for food and wine. We highly recommend this restaurant and will definitely return.

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