Vivandaio — Restaurant in Florence

Staying at the carvan park with this restaurant being on site was handy as you are tired after trekking all day and returning to rest before thinking of dinner. Being out of town we could have gone back in but this was an easy solution for us and the children.

We dined for two evenings and the food was OK. Day one was the burger and fries "il toscano" which was nice and enjoyable but can always do with more fries than the small basket supplied, luckily ordered an extra bowl for the pizza kids to share. The pizza - the children were not that impressed with the margarita as the cheese slid off picking up a slice and being thin crust didn't help.

The second night I tried the "beef peposo", but found it a bit tough and it was just a bowl of beef! Give me a Greek Stifado any day.

We did breakfast on our first morning which was eat as much as you like for 8€ each but selection was limited and plain. So the following mornings used the onsite supermarket to do breakfast for the 5 of us for under 15€... Kids don't eat much or just to damn fussy.

Pricing was reasonable although they charge 2€ per head as a service charge...

I know it's convenient to dined here if you're staying at the campsite, but don't bother! Make the 15 minute walk to another nearby Eatery and you'll be much happier. Service was cold and uncaring. Watched multiple people try to flag down our waitress during the evening including us to get refills on drinks or to just request cutlery. We had a takeaway pizza the first night which was soaking wet, do not recommend! We dined in on our last night of staying and the burger was not great and the chicken was dry and was served with chips.. no sauce or marinate, no veges so was just such a bland dry plate. (I was offered tomato sauce & mayo on the table, but for 17 euro you'd expected that'd make more of an effort for the dish they are serving.) Very overpriced and not good...

Not worth the money. Bought a salad for €16 with salmon, quinoa and vegetables. The vegetables in the salad came from the freezer and looked like they had been heated in the microwave. The salmon was also completely hard and overcooked, and on the underside had some strange black writing and a date that had probably rubbed off from the packaging. At least none of the items were freshly made in the kitchen. Closer to bought pre-made and arranged nicer... the pizza was also undercooked in the middle and watery. At least the place is not authentic Italian, if that's what you want. There are many waiters to go between the tables and keep an eye, but they are incredibly slow when you need help.

(The campsite itself, which is behind it, is far better than the...