Ristorante La Torre — Restaurant in Barberino Tavarnelle

For a one-star-Michelin-restaurant, this option didn't go above and beyond to my palate and the experience was lacking.

The three of us did the experience menu, which should come with a variety of eight dishes, with options ranging from sea, earth and vegetarian with a cost of approximately 210 euro. Up until the 5th dish, everything we had was based on the sea menu, which was cheaper, so I complained and asked the staff that something was wrong. After I complained, they explained that the next one would be an earth dish. They brought the silverware for earth. The sommelier, on the other hand, came to our table and served a wine saying the 6th course would be fish, and thus served a red wine for fish, but red meat ended up coming. Although later he came apologizing for mismatching the wine with the food, it was frustrating to pay an exorbitant amount of money for something that was mostly for another menu and with an error in the wine. I don't remember tasting a vegetarian item in the experience menu.

Additionally, the pre-starters, although creative had a bitter taste which controlled the whole pre-starters menu. For instance, the cherry involving a paste of chicken liver, was controlling the pre-starters menu. At other points of the dinner, food was bland, i.e. the Italian filled Italian lemon. Lastly, food would reach the table cold.

On a bright side, the view is incredible. So if you are looking for a great view in Tuscany, this is a place to go, but I would avoid this restaurant. There is a cheaper option than the almost 400 euro per person dinner we had (210 for the experience menu and 200 euro...

La Torre is 1 Michelin Star restaurant in Tuscany. It’s one of the highlights we were looking forward to in this year’s trip in Italy. Dinner time, we’ve ordered the 5 courses with the classic wine pairing. I must say everything from the start was about bringing the flavor game to the next level. We enjoyed each dish and savored each bite. Wine pairing was perfect. Until the desserts, it all changed and left us really disappointed. The items are way too sweet. I understand that in Italy, it maybe that preferences are more on the sweeter side, but I would expect a Michelin Star restaurant to have well balanced plates across all courses. When one of the staff approached us after dessert and asked how everything was, I honestly said that I found the plate too sweet but we tried to finish them. Same as I was honestly letting them know how good were their previous courses. Weirdly, after the “too sweet” response, nobody from the staff was really attending to us anymore if we still need anything or something. I would have given this a 4-star rating considering the high level of dessert sweetness should the staff have been consistent on the service attentiveness. We were not even asked if we want coffee or tea after, which other tables are having. On the other tables, waiters are just chit chatting and laughing. It left us with such an unsatisfactory feeling and a let down really considering we we’re so looking forward to having...

Very disappointing overall experience - the food simply didn’t taste good! From the amuse bouchée I already got worried - “forced” creativity, trying to make “Innovative” things that looks great but with weird or bland tastes. The menu flow also was a bit strange - it didn’t seem to flow.

If you are going to charge €400 per person for a dinner, you gotta deliver superb food.

What saved our experience was the very innovative and friendly sommelier - which showcased very special and unique wines.

Service was efficient and elegant as you expect from such...