Ristorante La Finestra — Restaurant in Siena

La Finestra is serving great, traditional Tuscan cuisine in a slightly off-the-beaten track location that you can't help but feel works against them, albeit without them going to great lengths to create atmosphere in spite of their headwinds.

We arrived to find we were one of only three occupied tables. Not surprising as we were eating relatively early (for Italy), 7.15pm. But what was immediately evident was the lack of music... it's like kryptonite for making a restaurant feel absent of ambience.

We ordered and were given a bread basket that contained pre-packaged bread sticks. Not an ideal start, but luckily all was saved when the first course arrived.

The caprese salad was fresh and delicious, and the wild boar charcuterie an excellent way of building appetite for the main. To follow, the cacio e pepe was a solid dish and the steak and salad fantastically cooked.

The food ultimately was better than the atmosphere, and as we walked home past several buzzing restaurants we couldn't help but feel that La Finestra is a bit of an unsung hero in search of...

Food was OK , I had good pasta the artichoke and tartufo. But my friend got a tasteless pasta ( the famous black pepper pasta). Was surprised to see that cheese is served in bags. The only things that turn off was one of the waiter ( we don't know if was owner or just simple waiter). He was darker, looks indian or arabic, he looked at us very creepy way and when leaving I said thank you to him , he just looked at me with a disgusting face without saying anything. Was very weird atmosphere. They are better restaurant around the corner where you can enjoy nice meal, and a proper Italian atmosphere. And get a...

La Finestra is a good restaurant. Reserving online worked well. The staff was very friendly and quick. We had a 2 year old who was quickly served her pasta up front. The seating space outside is very nice and equipped with misting fans to make it more pleasant. That worked rather well despite the 35+°c. There is a 2€ cover charge - which is fair in relation to the prices of the dishes and compared to other restaurants in the region. It was a bit surprising, though, that our 2 yo was charged such. One criticism would be the Parmesan which comes grated in...