Osteria dell’Agnolo

Excellent Italian food with good variety. Fantastic flatbread pizzas at a reasonable price given its proximity to the Duomo. We went 3 nights in a row!

Nestled in the heart of medieval Florence they’ve operated as a restaurant since the late 16^th century. After chatting with the owner we learned that it was an eating house/​Inn as far back as the 12^th century! That is old, even for the city of Florence. The wild boar dish that I had was tasty, not transcendent. But from my experiences thus far, the culinary bar is set fairly high in Firenze. Located just a few hundred yards from the Piazza del Dumo it’s worth a visit for service and ambiance alone. If you ask nicely, a beautiful waitress might serenade you with a ukulele too.

This place has the best food I’ve ever tasted in my life. I was brought here by a close friend Ali, and he ordered one dish after another that was just mindblowingly amazing. The margherita pizza, truffle penne, t bone steak, red and white wine, tiramisu was just amazing…

Simply delicious! The food out of this kitchen was excellent on back to back visits (our kids insisted we go back). Pasta, pizza, Insalata dell’Osteria, Insalata Caprese, grilled Lamb and the list goes on. Great service too! A must try…

What a disgrace to the country of Italy and the city of Florence. The only reason I am doing this is because I like to rant. First off, the ambiance is completely the opposite of a nice Italian restaurant with bright lighting and Pop music blasting through the speakers. Also service was non existent as we didn’t have a clear waiter/​waitress. A women took our order and then disappeared like lady gaga. A ginger waitress was running the whole restaurant and I couldn’t help but sympathize for her but that still didn’t help my thoughts towards her attitude. Refused to give us our check so a man we never seen before snatched it from our hands. Good thing he worked there! I won’t even get to food for that topic is too salty for me to swallows

Absolutely delicious! Refreshing mist while seated outside. We ordered a bruschetta, the tavern salad, a beer and a freshly made vodka lemonade… Very fresh and delicious, highly recommend it if you are in the area after walking through the kiosks selling items or visiting the duomo :) enjoy

Came here after a day in tuscany with good views, wine and food as we were tired and wanted something fast. The nice hostess roped us in unfortunately deeming it the oldest restaurant in Italy. That should’ve been a sign. The linguine with seafood was too salty, the seafood tasted old and my shrimp were miniature. In Italy!!! Don’t be roped in! The hostess is hard to resist!

Simply excellent. Antipasto Toscano, linguine al tartuffo, glass of wine, coffee. Very Nice atmosphere and competitive prices so close to the Duomo!

All I can say is wow. We had some iffy dining experiences in Italy, but this place was excellent from the get-​go. We were greeted by a friendly staff member immediately. There were no outside seats available when we arrived, so he offered us a complimentary glass of champagne at the inside bar while we waited. As we drank our champagne, another server gave us the wifi code for our phones. While waiting, we were browsing the web and checking photos on my camera when one of the owners started chatting us up. Being an avid photographer, I showed him a few photos from the trip and he was so interested that he asked me to shoot the entire staff in front of the restaurant before leaving. 10 minutes passed before we were seated. When we arrived at our table, the owner had a complimentary plate of roasted vegetables and garlic waiting for us to snack on. I ordered a pizza with sausage and onion, and my girl ordered a gluten free pasta dish. Of course, we both had to have the obligatory glass of Chianti. The food was incredible. We ate, we drank. We were happy. We even moved to a different table that wasn’t in the blazing sun about 10 minutes into our lunch without any fuss at all. They were happy to accommodate. After stuffing ourselves and generating quite the mid-​day buzz, we received the bill. I was shocked. There was no seating charge (very normal in Italy), no charge for any drinks, and nothing for the appetizer. We ended up buying only the entrée’s. The bill was less than half of what it could have been. After we paid, we went back inside to talk to the owners. They gave us the history of the place and we were again shocked to find out that this is the oldest restaurant in the world! Opened in 1580! We talked for a few minutes and thanked everyone for the fantastic service then went outside for the photo-​op.
I can’t say enough good things about this experience. I don’t take the time to write many reviews, but I was compelled to write for this place. I will make it necessary to recommend Osteria dell’Agnolo to everyone planning a trip to Florence. Incredible food and service in the heart of Firenze… YOU. MUST. GO!

Ahh… gluten free eating in Italy. So this place popped up on the list and we were close by so we stopped in. It was our first day in Florence so we wanted to get a sense of the city so we asked for a table outside and were sat immediately. We asked what options were available gluten free and were surprised that there were 3 or 4 options.
We ordered some wine to start and decided to have the insalasta mista. They were both very simple but good. My wife asked why we can’t get tomatoes that taste this good at home. My wife had the gluten free fusilli with pomodoro and basil. I ordered the lasagna (I’m not gluten free and my wife like to live vicariously through my eating). Both dishes were delicious and cooked to perfection.
The outdoor seating was great and the people watching was awesome. The only thing that brought my rating down a bit was the service. They were really nice but a bit slow. We would have ordered a second bottle of wine but they never came back to our table until we were finished. Good place and definitely worth a try especially if you are avoiding gluten.

I had one of the best steaks of my life here. I don’t know what it’s called other than Florentine steak. All I remember was that it was 1.5 kilos of pure goodness. GET OVER HERE NOW!

Saw the lunch specials!!! They have the clam pasta, a drink (even alcoholic) and a salad for 13 euros, but have a cover charge of 1.50. The clam pasta was actually really good, it was kind of pesto like with a lot of vinegar. I got white wine and the salad was huge. I thought it was a great lunch special. It’s posted on the side but not on the menu, so you have to ask for it. Service was Italy service, meh. Pasta was good though.

After a bad lunch at Caffe Giotto, we went shopping. A couple of hours later, we were hungry again. We didn’t want to make the same mistake so we took longer to pick a place. This restaurant’s been open for a couple hundred years which was a good sign. They had a brick pizza oven with someone making pasta by hand. It smelled so good and everyone seemed to really be into their food. There was also a trip advisor recommends sticker on their door. Was this signs of a tourist trap or did it mean good food? We were about to find out…
We ordered a soup, pizza, and pasta with our server. Their hot bean soup with veggies was a perfect remedy for cold wet Americans. It was hearty without being heavy. Our pizza was thin and crisp with fresh ingredients. My pasta tasted fresh and was cooked just right, al dente. It was served with a light meat sauce which allowed me to finish.
The guy making pizzas posed for our pictures. The servers started joking in Italian that he was quite the movie star.