Dino

Great staff, great food and ambiance. I came with my wife and two daughters. We made reservations but it wasn’t too busy. We were greeted like you would hope to be greeted at a nice place. The service was prompt and friendly and the food was great. It was a nice place to dine and relax while you enjoyed the great food.

Great wait staff, gave us an extra meatball when we shared the deep fried meatballs (2 of us, the dish normally comes with 3 meatballs). So we got 2 each. We weren’t that excited about the meatballs like other reviewers were. Pretty bland without the sauce to put on them. Didn’t feel that they were greatly improved by deep frying over pan sautéed.
Otherwise, we had the wild boar and a sea bream dish. The wild boar sauce is really good, with raisins and pine nuts in it. However, the larger chunks of boar could have been cooked a little more, to make it fork tender. The flavor was excellent though. The bream was filleted and served at our table, and dressed with some olive oil. Bream is a bland white fish, so sauce would have helped. Had to ask for salt and pepper for our table, which helped the fish. The boar didn’t need seasoning.
We also had a side of spinach, which was tasty and simple.
No dessert. Just tap water.
Total bill: 42 Euro.

Dinner here was exceptional. I had heard other reviews which raved about how good it is and even still I was surprised. You simply have to try it for yourself.

We too we’re recommended to visit by an American friend who has lived in Florence for many years. Also, we too started with the meatballs and we were delighted. We met the son and daughter of Dino who now run the restaurant and would make him proud. We also were delighted to visit with his Canadian wife, who came to visit 25 years ago. They engaged with us on all of our choices, and encouraged us to share and experiment. We all four had a wonderful dinner.

We also went to this Restarante on a recommendation from a friend Kath who lives here.
I had polpettine della mamnia (deep fried meatballs) for starters and cinghiale dolceforte (wild boar /​chocolate and vinegar) OMG, at least order this to split so you can try it. Awesome, only a hint of chocolate but quite good. The service was excellent and because Massimo’s wife is from Canada they both speak fluent English. Quiet, tranquil and a taste of traditional Italy. My wife and I will return. I will order the same thing again, it was that Good.
Thumbs up on this one!

We went here on a recommendation from some people we had just met. If you are reading this, Chris and Christina from Austin, THANK YOU!!! By far, our best meal in Italia. It opened at 7:30 and we were the first table to be seated. We are travelling with our 12 and 9 year old daughters, and you are never sure how you will be received. The waitress could not have been nicer!
The atmosphere is relaxing with large wine bottles lining the walls and a wooden-​beamed Tuscan ceiling.
We started with the fried meatballs which had a tomato sauce to dip into. It was delicious! For dinner, my daughter wanted pesto, but the only dish they had was spinach ravioli with pesto. Not sure why the word spinach scares kids so much, but she was reluctant. I assured her that she would like the dish. Her comment after was, it was so good but I think they left out the spinach. My other daughter had the pesto with bacon and ricotta. I think it was the best pasta dish I have ever had in my life! Amazing flavor!
I asked for advice when ordering between the osso buco and the wild boar. The waitress explained that the wild boar sauce, one ingredient being chocolate, was a very different taste. So she offered to bring a sample during our appetizer so that I could decide. First, that has never been offered to me before. Second, we were clearly visitors who were probably only here for one meal during our stay. Yet, this did not matter to the waitress. And, BTW, the boar was absolutely fantastic! Plus, my wife got the osso buco so I was able to try both.
If you go, get the cheesecake for dessert and forget everything you know about cheesecake! Words cannot describe it, but I’ll try. Light, upsidedown, sweet but not too sweet, amazing, sublime, wow, Iwantmore! Yeah, it’s good!
If you are looking for a meal away from the tourist crowd, go here! It will be one of the best meals you have in Italy.