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The service at Botteganova is rated 9.1/10 by TheFork users.

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The waiting time at Botteganova is rated 8.5/10 by TheFork users.

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The quality of the food at Botteganova is rated 9/10 by TheFork users.

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Name: Botteganova
Address: Str. Chiantigiana, 29, Siena, 53100, Italy
Price range: €40 (Prices have been provided by the restaurant)
Rating: 9.1

Str. Chiantigiana, 29, 53100, Siena

MediterraneanAverage price €40

9.1

(975 reviews)

Reviews

9.1
of 10

Excellent

975 reviews

Ambience

9.1

Food

9.0

Service

9.1

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ANN K. • 1 review
January 26, 2024
10/10
Just perfect
Paul T. • 10 reviews
October 18, 2023
10/10
Best meal of the trip. Delicious and artistic. Great service!
Miles N. • 1 review
October 1, 2023
9/10
Great food which was beautifully presented, nice decor & informal, calm interior.
Amber M. • 2 reviews
October 1, 2023
10/10
Excellent restaurant with wonderful ambiance. The food was amazing and the service was superb. We drive in from Gaiole and it was worth the half hour drive.
Einar F. • 7 reviews
September 27, 2023
9.5/10
Great attention to detail, very tasty and innovative. We will come back soon.
Ella H. • 6 reviews
July 9, 2023
10/10
Fantastic food and service.
Boris G. • 12 reviews
June 7, 2023
10/10
Very beautiful authentic restaurant a little bit outside Siena. The food was really a dream, amazing, brilliant, wonderful. I have no words for it. The waitress was very friendly and advised is well regarding the dishes and the wine. Unfortunately we could not leave any tips as tips by card are not possible and we did not have any cash with us.
Olivier L. • 1 review
May 26, 2023
9.5/10
Very nice restaurant just outside Siena. The service was friendly and yet really professional and the food was great (the octopus is one of the best I’ve ever had). The inside looks very nice and romantic. The parking in front is so convenient. Can’t recommend enough.
Ingrid N. • 1 review
May 3, 2023
10/10
In this very cozy restaurant we were served the best meal during our trip in Tuscany. The tasting menu was excellent from amuse bouche to dessert. If you are a lover of exceptional food, definitely go there.
Meital H. • 6 reviews
April 24, 2023
6/10
Although some of the dishes were good others were bad. This restaurant serves dishes as high-end cuisine but it feels pretentious and not ready to be in this league. Service was nice but a long waiting time between dishes.
dori G. • 4 reviews
April 22, 2023
10/10
Fantastic We had the meat degustation menu and it was so good we decided ti come back again the next day for the fish degustation menu and it was also very very good
dori G. • 4 reviews
April 21, 2023
10/10
Fantastic
John C. • 4 reviews
February 22, 2023
9/10
Excellent evening. We tried the fish menu and this was well cooked and full of imagination. Wine was reasonably priced. We would be happy to return
Elio P. • 1 review
December 30, 2022
9.5/10
Everything was perfectly done.
Lucas M. • 3 reviews
October 15, 2022
9.5/10
A place that should be busier from people discovering it! A great discovery with elaborate dishes and ingredients you don't necessarily find in other trattorias (octopus, pigeon, suckling pig...) and the staff who is at their entire disposal for you.
Yigiter U. • 4 reviews
October 7, 2022
9.5/10
Far from the madding crowd... A bit on the outskirts of Siena... Incredibly creative and delicious menu... Very rich wine list together with nice suggestions from your servers... All they need is terrace maybe...
Prof Stevan H. • 19 reviews
September 23, 2022
8/10
Good food and nicely served. Excellent wine list. The Fork has an incorrect address listed for them....use google. Ordered red wine, brought me a white and argued with me. Billed for both wines, even though only opened one. Easy mistake but insisted I was wring.
NAN M. • 2 reviews
August 29, 2022
10/10
good experience but wait a bit long for main course
Peter K. • 5 reviews
July 23, 2022
8/10
Overall experience was not compliant to what I expected seeing the 9.4. The food was presented very nicely and dishes were tasteful but to me it would be preferable to use less salt. A kitchen with aspirations but still missing a few things to justify the price and rating. In Tuscany I have eaten better for less money. The service was very friendly, attentive and quick and would deserve a 10/10.
Kai H. • 2 reviews
June 24, 2022
10/10
This restaurant got everything right. Food was FANTASTIC! Our waiter was very attentive without being intrusive. His wine suggestion was cheaper than the wines we were considering and it paired perfectly with our meal. The chef made time to come out personally and check on us. How does this place not have a Michelin Star? It was a little bit warm inside but every other thing was perfect!
David T. • 1 review
June 12, 2022
10/10
An excellent restaurant with great food and really attentive service. The staff really care about your experience and the food is beautifully presented and delicious. A good selection of wines are on offer at reasonable prices. Botteganova is definitely worth a visit. We will be back!
Jake S. • 1 review
May 16, 2022
2/10
Unfortunately after seeing so many positive reviews we were quite excited about this meal. To our dismay, the food was just incredibly bad. The foie gras was inedible (to which the waiter was confused when we didn’t finish it and cleared the table besides this dish effectively demanding we finish it, the tuna tartare still had pieces of skin on it and had nearly gone off (potentially already had). The pasta dishes were fine but subpar to average. For mains we ordered a bistecca Florentine and a selection of seafood… the steak was salt and peppered with oil at the table by the server, a first for all of us, was cut against the grain so it was incredibly tough to eat. The seafood platter was a selection of raw seafood which had partially gone off and we ended up eating none of it. Unfortunately we had to make excuses for why we couldn’t eat it and left immediately after the secondi. The only positive for the dinner was they had a lovely selection of local wines. Our best guess is that there may have been an ownership change or the Monday chef crew is a waiter trying to help out, if the latter is the case, they should make a condensed menu of easy to execute options that aren’t adventurous in the slightest. We unfortunately wasted one of our dinners of our trip on this. I hope others do not have a similar experience.
Anthony T. • 9 reviews
May 7, 2022
10/10
The entire meal from start to finish was exceptional. Started with octopus appetizer, moved on to tortellini, gnocchi, pici, then secondi of sea bass, tuna, and then finished with an amazing desert. Highly recommend.
Roberta P. • 27 reviews
March 11, 2022
10/10
Fantastic food and service! Will definitely come back
Manuel Maria S. • 24 reviews
October 24, 2021
8/10
The food is always excellent! This time it took us ages to be served, maybe because of the full house on Sunday lunch time. One had to be really patient…
Manuel Maria S. • 24 reviews
September 24, 2021
9/10
We really liked having lunch at Botteganova. The staff is very gentle, the chef Antonio also showed up at the end to greet us. Food is really nice, we had fresh porcini mushrooms delivered to the restaurant the same morning. The tartare trio was also real nice. The menu has many options that made us willing to go back soon!!