Antica Salumeria Salvini — Restaurant in Siena

The do a terrific job at setting the expectations once you arrive. It is mostly a takeaway family business Italian Style. By that I mean they have amazing food made on premisses by the mamma, babbo and adult offspring that also make the business run behind the counter. Their specialty, as implied by the name, are house made cold cuts. As our group had vegetarians we had to skip it and went for the eggplant parmigiana, baked eggplant and the most beautiful bruschetta we had ever seen.

Food was heated up in a microwave and was a bit cold on the inside. The bread in the bruschetta was a bit over toasted, but the eggplant parmigiana tasted great. You may wonder why so many stars in the review? This is as authentic a place as you will get, the food is good and well prepared, but I would limit myself to the cold plates if I was to go there again, or stay at a place I could reheat the food properly. They know what they do and do it properly. You just need to make sure that's the kind of place...

we came here based on the very good reviews. We had some cold cuts platter, vegetables and a bottle of wine. The cold cut platter was good (12 euro per person). The vegetables were good, nothing spectacular tough, but the price was very high in my opinion: 2 euros for 1 small potato croquette, 5 euro for a small portion of mixed veggies in oven, and so on. Beside this, we got added on the bill something expensive as well which we did not ordered (our problem since we didn't checked the bill before paying). We bought a wine for 12 euros (the owner mentioned that it was the most sold wine), but it tasted like a 2 euros wine. we also had 1 piece(3cm X 1cm) of riciarelli at 4 !!! euros. All in all we ended up paying 80 euros for 3 persons and a toddler for the above meal. Overall, I understand this is a delicatesse shop, but the taste did not really cater for the overrall very...

With a last minute decision to come here for dinner, our two couples decided to give it a try. Although not expecting a "deli" like experience, it was far from that. The proprietor was gracious and direct. He and his staff were obviously very proud of their products and the care with which they prepare and present all the food. The fact that the salumeria had history in Siena made it all the more enjoyable. We followed his recommendations for the platter of cured meats and cheese, the beef tartar and the homemade fettuccini with ragu. The wine selection was also perfetto! If you want a meal that is absolutely delicious with no frills and great service, come to Antica Salumeria Salvini... you wont be...