Best restaurants in Florence 2026: 14 tables worth booking

The best restaurants in Florence in 2026 come down to 14 tables: the eight starred kitchens inside the city limits and six trattorie where Florentines still eat bistecca, tripe and ribollita at their own prices. If you can book only one, make it Enoteca Pinchiorri, the city's only three-star restaurant, and book it weeks ahead.

The Michelin Guide Italy 2026, presented in Parma on 19 November 2025, keeps three stars at Enoteca Pinchiorri and two at Santa Elisabetta, and lists six one-star restaurants in the city, including a new star for Luca's by Paulo Airaudo. Five Florence trattorie hold a Bib Gourmand for good cooking at moderate prices. The best restaurants in Florence below draw on both lists, with prices per person before wine.

How the best restaurants in Florence line up in 2026

In Florence the starred dining rooms and the cash-only trattorie share the same few streets.

For the dishes themselves, read our guide to what to eat in Florence before you book. The first eight entries hold Michelin stars and need a reservation; the last six are trattorie, and two of them take no bookings at all, or not at lunch. Many kitchens in the city close on Sunday, Monday or both, so plan the start of the week with care.

Enoteca Pinchiorri, Santa Croce

Annie Féolde and Giorgio Pinchiorri opened Enoteca Pinchiorri at Via Ghibellina 87 in 1972 as a wine shop with a kitchen. It now fills a 17th-century palazzo with frescoes and fresh flowers, and it holds three Michelin stars in the 2026 guide. Riccardo Monco runs the kitchen, and the soufflés from pastry chef Francesco Federici close most dinners.

The cellar is the other reason to come. Tasting menus cost €310 and €350, according to a 2025 survey by Fanpage, before wine. Dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday; book by phone or through the restaurant's website.

Santa Elisabetta, Duomo

Seven tables on the first floor of the Hotel Brunelleschi, inside the medieval Torre della Pagliazza, a few minutes from the cathedral. Chef Rocco De Santis won two Michelin stars within twelve months of arriving, and the 2026 guide keeps both.

Three tasting menus and a vegetarian menu sit beside an à la carte list. In 2022 the menus cost €179 to €219, according to Dissapore's listing that year, and prices have risen since. With so few tables, book at least two weeks ahead.

Saporium Firenze, San Niccolò

Saporium is the Florence outpost of Borgo Santo Pietro, the estate at Chiusdino, near Siena, that supplies much of its produce and wine. Chef Ariel Hagen holds one Michelin star and a green star for sustainability; his rose of Caterina de' Medici reworks the Florentine zuccotto with milk and Alkermes.

The dining room is at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini 63r, on the river below San Miniato. Table Journey lists a €150 lunch tasting and a €220 dinner menu. It opens Tuesday to Saturday for lunch and dinner.

Luca's by Paulo Airaudo, Centro storico

The new Florence star in the 2026 guide went to Luca's, on the first floor of the Hotel La Gemma at Via dei Cavalieri 2/c. Paulo Airaudo, the Argentine chef behind two-star Amelia in San Sebastián, designed the menu, and Vittorio De Palma runs the kitchen day to day.

The room is small, with its original green boiserie. According to Scatti di Gusto in December 2024, menus cost €130 for four courses and €185 for eight, drinks extra; the goat's-milk flan with strawberry caramel and aged balsamic vinegar is the dish Michelin singles out.

Atto di Vito Mollica, Duomo

Vito Mollica, who ran Il Palagio at the Four Seasons until 2021, now cooks in the Corte degli Imperatori of Palazzo Portinari Salviati, Via del Corso 6, under 16th-century frescoes by Alessandro Allori. The room opened as Chic Nonna and holds one Michelin star under its new name.

Langoustine with a carrot-and-orange sauce and a Champagne sauce is the dish to order. Michelin places it in its top price band (€€€€). Dinner Wednesday to Sunday.

Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura, Piazza della Signoria

Gucci and Massimo Bottura opened this one-star osteria inside the Gucci Garden at Piazza della Signoria 10 in January 2018. Takahiko Kondo, executive chef since 2022 and head chef since 2025, cooks Tuscan and international dishes such as the Sogno di cacciucco: scallop and raw tuna belly, then a bowl of the Livorno fish stew.

It opens every day for lunch and dinner, which makes it the easiest starred table to fit into a weekend. The six-course Viaggio in Toscana menu sits in Michelin's top price band.

Borgo San Jacopo, Oltrarno

Claudio Mengoni's one-star restaurant sits in the Hotel Lungarno at Borgo San Jacopo 62r, just across the Ponte Vecchio. Two tasting menus and an à la carte list mix meat and fish with Tuscan touches.

In warm weather, ask for one of the two balcony tables over the Arno. Dinner only, Wednesday to Sunday; Michelin places it in its top price band (€€€€).

Il Palagio, Borgo Pinti

The restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel Firenze occupies Palazzo della Gherardesca at Borgo Pinti 99. Paolo Lavezzini took over the kitchen in 2021 after a decade in Brazil and has kept the star; part of the produce comes from the hotel's Gherardesca garden.

There are three tasting menus, one of them fully vegetarian, plus an à la carte list. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday; book through the hotel.

Trattoria Cibrèo, Sant'Ambrogio

Fabio Picchi opened Cibrèo in 1979 by the Sant'Ambrogio market, and the trattoria at Via dei Macci 122r, also called Il Cibrèino, is the plainer branch of the family. It holds a Bib Gourmand.

Expect bread soup, lampredotto stew and a cheesecake with bitter-orange marmalade, à la carte only, in Michelin's €€ price band. To make the soup at home, follow our ribollita recipe.

Da Burde, Via Pistoiese

The Gori family has run Da Burde on Via Pistoiese, west of the centre, without interruption since 1901. Paolo Gori works the charcoal grill and his brother Andrea runs a cellar of more than 500 labels. It holds a Bib Gourmand.

Order the bistecca alla fiorentina, priced by weight, or the peposo and the ribollita. Michelin places it in its €€ band. Take a taxi from the centre.

Zeb, San Niccolò

At Via San Miniato 2r, Zeb seats most guests on stools at a long counter, like a sushi bar, and writes a Tuscan menu on a chalkboard that changes with the season: pici with ricotta pesto, ribollita, peposo, stuffed guinea fowl. It holds a Bib Gourmand.

Lunch cannot be booked; dinner can. Closed on Wednesday; Michelin rates it €€.

Trattoria Sostanza, Santa Maria Novella

Open since 1869 at Via del Porcellana 25r and known in town as "il Troia", Sostanza has kept the same white tiles, dark wooden tables and cooking for generations. Order the pollo al burro, chicken breast finished in foaming butter.

It opens Monday to Friday for lunch and dinner. Book ahead and carry cash.

Trattoria Mario, San Lorenzo

The Colzi family has run Trattoria Mario at Via Rosina 2r, beside the Mercato Centrale, since 1953. It serves lunch only, Monday to Saturday, at shared tables, and takes no bookings. The menu changes daily, fish comes on Fridays, and the bistecca is served only rare.

Queue from noon for the 12:30 opening and pay in cash; prices are on the daily menu.

Il Santo Bevitore, Santo Spirito

Marco Baldesi, his sister Martina and Stefano Sebastiani have run Il Santo Bevitore at Via Santo Spirito 64/66r for more than twenty years. The Michelin Guide lists it for Tuscan cooking at moderate prices.

Michelin rates it €€. Opening times differ between lunch and dinner by day, so check before you go and book a day or two ahead.

Frequently asked questions about the best restaurants in Florence

Which restaurant in Florence has the most Michelin stars? Enoteca Pinchiorri, with three stars in the 2026 guide. Santa Elisabetta has two, and six other restaurants in the city hold one.

How much does a meal cost? The five Bib Gourmand trattorie sit in Michelin's €€ band; at the top, Enoteca Pinchiorri's longer tasting menu cost €350 before wine in Fanpage's 2025 survey. Of the starred menus with published prices, Luca's is the cheapest.

Which places take no bookings? Trattoria Mario never takes reservations, and Zeb does not book lunch. For the rest, and above all the starred rooms, reserve ahead.

What should I order in a Florentine trattoria? Bistecca alla fiorentina, ribollita, peposo and lampredotto, with bread and new oil in autumn; our fettunta recipe shows how it is done.

How we chose

Stars and Bib Gourmands come from the Michelin Guide Italy 2026, presented on 19 November 2025, cross-checked with Firenze Made in Tuscany, Gambero Rosso, Scatti di Gusto and the restaurants' own pages. Each of the best restaurants in Florence on this list was open at the time of writing, and addresses, opening hours and prices were last checked on 19 October 2026. Prices are per person before wine and come from published menus or the press; where a figure dates from an earlier year, the text says so. € signs are Michelin's price bands.

We left out starred restaurants outside the city, such as Serrae Villa Fiesole in Fiesole, and any address we could not verify for 2026.