Antica Osteria Toscana - Novoli

Patty K. • 1 review

September 18, 2025

10/10

Staff was personable and shared much information. The food was delicious!!!

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Aurora R. • 1 review

May 24, 2025

6/10

When we first arrived, the restaurant looked charming and authentic—exactly the kind of place you’d hope to discover. However, once seated, we noticed quite a bit of dust on the shelves and books right next to our table, which made the setting feel less cared for. The food had potential: the pasta may have been fresh, but the green asparagus was so overcooked it could have passed for soup. The meat, on the other hand, was extremely rare—almost raw—which made it hard to enjoy. Our waiter was friendly, but we were surprised when our plates were taken away while we were still eating. Also, we were shocked to find a glass of wine cost €15, which felt excessive for the overall experience. All in all, while the place has charm and friendly service, there’s definitely room for improvement when it comes to cleanliness, cooking, and value for money.

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Veronica D. • 1 review

May 4, 2025

8/10

Amazing tasting steak and appetiser, price is abit high for the portion size but overall a great meal.

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Paulo A. • 1 review

May 2, 2025

6/10

Service and the waiting

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Claudio B. • 2 reviews

December 23, 2024

10/10

Friendly and knowledgeable Staff. Excellent food. Nice environment! This is my favorite restaurant.

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Claudio B. • 2 reviews

December 19, 2024

10/10

I know this restaurant since 2022. Food quality, the atmosphere and the Staff are simply EXCELLENT! I would recommend this restaurant to anyone in the Florence area, easily accessible by the tramway! Prices consistent with the food quality! Wine and meat selections are simply SUPERB!

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Bonnie W. • 1 review

July 20, 2024

7.5/10

The food was fine. Service was good. Ambience was ok. screaming children. We booked through the fork and were supposedly to receive a discount. That did not happen. It wound up being a VERY expensive meal for the amout of food that we got.

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Michael D. • 6 reviews

July 6, 2024

10/10

Fantastic! Superb food, service, and ambience. I don't know much about steak or wine, but the staff explained the differences clearly and offered great suggestions. My 6 year old, who's never tried slightly done steak, said it was amazing! The 1kg Tuscan steak, pasta, salad, chocolate cake, and wine were all outstanding! I highly recommend this Osteria to everyone, but especially meat lovers!

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Lester A. • 1 review

June 2, 2024

10/10

We don't speak Italian, but the gentleman who took care of us like we were regulars in his Osteria. The food, wine, and service were excellent, and made for a wonderful last night in Florence. Grazie.

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John S. • 1 review

May 25, 2024

10/10

Food was excellent. Our server was attentive and friendly. Wonderful ambience. It was May, and it was a little warm where we sat. Highly recommended.

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Teresa t. • 29 reviews

May 19, 2024

10/10

Friendly, efficient and competent service - thanks to Adriano who was knowledgeable and could advise me so I ordered the perfect meal. This restaurant offers various traditional Tuscan dishes, but is renowned for it’s grilled steaks. The menu has Tbone steaks (1.5kg on average ) that are usually shared , fillet steak, and a tagliata from the sirloin (400g) ideal for one, however I’m sure they can adapt to the number of guests ordering steak. I took the tagliata. Where it gets intersting is the choice of the breed - ranging from Italian, Angus, Piedmontese, and so forth depending on the amount of marbling you like, flavour, etc. Truly exceptional quality. Started off with sliced raw artichokes with slivers of Parmigiano, dressed with lemon juice and an excellent olive oil. Took their thinly sliced crispy fried potatoes as a side dish. They were good but not outstanding - having said that, I spend a lot of time in Brussels and the Belgians make the best “frites” in the world… Good wine selection, half bottles too.

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Ian B. • 2 reviews

May 6, 2024

10/10

Booked restaurant on recommendation from Hotel and was not disappointed. The food was amazing and the advice and service from staff was outstanding.

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Martin H. • 1 review

March 11, 2024

9.5/10

We booked the restaurant because its online content said it was good. We weren't disappointed. The restaurant Antico was excellent. Great staff with good knowledge and absolutely fantastic steaks. Would highly recommend this to anyone in the Florence area.

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Walter H. • 2 reviews

September 2, 2023

10/10

Very nice restaurant with options for vegetarians (other than just pizza!) despite its focus on meat dishes.

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Katherine C. • 1 review

July 17, 2023

10/10

Excellent food and service! Our server Ada was amazing and she made excellent recommendations for wine and food. Absolutely the best steak we have ever had. The Chef, Chama, is an artist!

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James G. • 1 review

May 10, 2023

10/10

Antica Osteria Toscana is by far one of the best restaurants we have dined in this trip to Italy. Soups, pasta, veal, steaks and stews were all fantastic ! Not sure how people can complain about the service, as we ate on a busy Wednesday night and the service was excellent! In fact, as Americans we have endured some poor server attitudes the past couple of weeks but not here! Not overpriced ( but not cheap) and the quality of the ingredients were excellent and well worth the cost. Thank you to the staff and proprietor for providing us an excellent experience!

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James G. • 7 reviews

April 27, 2023

10/10

Wonderful place with nice wine selection at good prices. Service was superior. Pasta dishes were delicious. Exactly as we expected.

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HONAMI K. • 1 review

April 26, 2023

10/10

The service and food all are outstanding! The best restaurant in Florence, I would say. There is two gentlemen who serve the guest were so professional and friendly. They made us feel so comfortable and amazing night. Thank you!

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Palle H. • 2 reviews

April 7, 2023

3/10

Service is a lottery, we had good service once and we had the worst service we had during 9 days in Florence. Sometimes there are experienced waiters and food / service is great. Other times there are students who really don’t care. Service is then shockingly poor. On Friday 7-Apr is one of the worst restaurant existences if have had anywhere. On Tripadvisor there are many reviews talking about fraud with the meat, which is also what we experienced. Just stay away.

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Rossana r. • 90 reviews

March 5, 2023

8/10

On sunday night they were missing several items from the menu. We had to settle on less preferred alternatives. The food was good, not particularly creative but in line with Tuscan tradition. Service was courteous and attentive. The sequence of dishes was wrong but maybe we were not clear when ordering.

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