Ristorante pizzeria “Il Pinolo” — Restaurant in Florence

Delicious, delicious food for an amazing price 💓 Came here two nights in a row. For the first night, we had the carbonara, margherita pizza, mixed salad, and the pici del pinolo. The second night, we had spaghetti alla vongole (not on the menu!), another margherita pizza, the peposo del pinolo (beef stew with garlic, pepper, and red wine - from the second course menu), and their homemade tiramisu. Of course, we had to get coffee too (espresso, americano). Would absolutely recommend the pizzas (divine! the crusts had me salivating + wood-fired oven), the beef stew (so many peppercorns stewed to perfection - not too hard nor soft) and tiramisu (a little sweeter than those in Venice). The pici del pinolo deserves a special mention as well. The staff were very polite, sweet, and helpful when we were unsure of the menu, and checked in on us in case we needed anything else. The restaurant definitely caters more to locals - the staff recognised and chatted to many of the regular customers. They're definitely fluent in English as well (the staff could translate very well!), so if you'd like a more local taste for an affordable price, definitely come here. It's a little out of the way, but worth the visit in my opinion! Thank you so much! 💓

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Would not recommend. I went there with my wife, we ordered a bottle of wine (which was the best part of the entire dinner), an appetizer and two pasta dishes for dinner. The crostini appetizer came 30mins later, it was 5 crostini with spreads, nothing amazing and no reason for it to take that long to arrive. My dish arrived shortly after, alone, and after waiting without anyone coming by, my wife told me to eat before it gets cold. Her dish finally arrived 30mins after the appetizer and 10mins after I'd finished my meal. My pasta was ok, it was the smoked ham ravioli recommended by the waiter, the fat of the ham was hard and overall it was too salty. My wife was supposed to get spaghetti but her spicy tomato pasta showed up as penne, she didn't complain as she was starving and she said the sauce was good. The waiter felt bad and explained that one of the chefs was on holiday. The worst part was there were 2 groups that arrived 15mins after us and received their dinners before us, a family received a t-bone steak before our simple...

We had a dinner on our very first night in Florence at this Restaurant followed by take away orders multiple times in later days. Pizza is a clear winner - and Pizza chef Mimo is very friendly. He prepared vegetarian pizza for us paying attention to all minute details. Very fresh and yummy pizza. Four cheese pasta was specially made for my daughter and she simply loved it. Service was okay. One middle aged madam - who might be probably an owner was welcoming however the young man who sits at payment counter - again probably an owner - could have been friendly with all customers from any country or race. (Said that, he was professional and that is also a rare thing in Italy!) I would definitely recommend this place for excellent food with no great expectation for service. And dear Mimo, Grazie! You made our Florence stay memorable with...