Michelin-starred restaurants in Tuscany: 2018
A trip throughout the five senses: that’s what we want to give you with our gastronomic suggestions of the day. Take anything away from the traditional cuisine, we propose you a short Michelin-starred restaurants guide of the Tuscany, for a sensory experience.
Tuscany ranks fourth in the Italian Michelin Guide, represented by its 35 starred restaurants! We collected them for you and sorted by province and stars awarded.
Bon appétit!
Florence area
3 Stars
Enoteca Pinchiorri
Placed in the heart of Florence, Enoteca Pinchiorri continues to be the only three-starred restaurants of Tuscany. Research and tradition, these are the core ideas of this restaurant led by Annie Fèolde and Giorgio Pinchiorri. The Menu proposal varies from poached egg glazed in chicken mayonnaise to the most “classic” spaghetti alla chitarra with seafood, bread crumbs, and grey mullet botargo and ending with lemon, coconut, and mango flavoured with basil. You can also find an elegant atmosphere thanks to its contemporary design and its nineteenth-century art. Enoteca Pinchiorri is a role model for the Florentine and Italian cuisine
website: Enoteca Pinchiorri
2 Stars
Borgo San Jacopo
Placed within one of the most impressive hotels in Florence, along with the banks of the river Arno, there is Borgo San Jacopo restaurant. With a very unique selection of raw materials and ingredients Peter Brunel, the Chef of Borgo San Jacopo creates impressive purposes able to delight sight and taste, with the choice from more than 900 wine labels.
website: Borgo San Jacopo
1 Star
La Bottega del Buon Caffè
“From earth to plate”, this is the philosophy of La Bottega del Buon Caffè. It means that most of the products used in the kitchen come from the restaurant’s own vegetable garden. From season to season La Bottega del Buon Caffè proposes different menus that respect the gastronomic heritage of Tuscany. Based in Florence, here you will find a unique balance between tradition and creativity.
website: La Bottega del Buon Caffè
Leggenda dei Frati
Leggenda dei Frati is located in Villa Bardini’s garden, in Florence, and it is a successful project by Filippo and Ombretta. They moved from the famous base in Castellina in Chianti where they were already appreciated by public and critics. Chef Saporito and his team will delight you with dining options that suit everyone – vegans included -, in a cozy and fine environment.
website: Leggenda dei Frati
Il Palagio
In one of the most sumptuous buildings in Florence, Palazzo Della Gherardesca, you will find the one starred restaurant “Il Palagio”. It fully reflects the refined style of the ancient palace, in its interiors as well as in its outdoor spaces. Il Palagio reinterprets the Italian tradition working on local products for an elaborate menu.
website: Il Palagio
Ora d’Aria
The name suggests what the team mission of this magnificent restaurant in the centre of Florence is: to give a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Quality and transparency are the two keywords of the chef, which are found in the kitchen as well as in the rooms of the Ora d’Aria, elegant and essential. The proposal of tapas for lunch is interesting.
website: Ora d’Aria
La Torre
“If you want quality you need to follow the nature”: words of the Executive Chef Di Pirro, who personally selects the products of the garden to be brought to the table of his guests. La Torre restaurant hosts its guests in the beautiful Castello del Nero hotel, just outside Florence, and offers them an elegant and tasteful cuisine at the same time.
website: La Torre
Osteria di Passignano
We are still in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. This tiny village hosts two restaurants of the Red Guide: La Torre and Osteria di Passignano. This restaurant is located next to Badia di Passignano and offers a nouvelle cuisine still linked to the traditions. Within the offer there’s the excellent Chinti Classico riserva, produced in the sourrounding vineyards by Antinori family itself, founder of the Osteria, together with Marcello Crini.
website: Osteria di Passignano
Winter Garden by Caino
The Winter Garden by Caino in Florence is the result of the synergy between a woman of extraordinary strength, Valeria Piccini, and a fine man, with a passion for continuous research, Michele Griglio. The dishes of the countryside, the workhorse of Piccini, are balanced with an excellent choice of fish, all accompanied by the impeccable service of a team of experts in the restaurant.
website: Winter Garden by Caino
Siena area
2 Stars
Arnolfo
From Florence to Siena to discover another two Michelin-starred restaurants in Tuscany. We are in Arnolfo at Colle Val d’Elsa, and also in this case, two brothers have brought to the splendour this familiar but refined restaurant in the province. In an ancient four floor palace built during 17th century, in Arnolfo one can savour a sophisticated kitchen in front of the Tuscan hills that peek out from the panoramic terrace during the summer.
website: Arnolfo
1 Star
Osteria Perillà
At the center of an ancient medieval village, the Osteria Perillà is a new entry of the Michelin Guide 2018. The restaurant of Rocca d’Orcia makes use of the excellent products at “Km Qui” of the Podere Forte, and you can watch the way the process food thanks to the large windows that make the kitchen partially visible. In addition to the works of art of the chef, you can enjoy those that embellish the walls and the environment, for an even more stimulating culinary experience.
website: Osteria Perillà
Cum Quibus
Another welcome in the Michelin Guide 2018 is to Cum Quibus from San Gimignano, in the Siena area. The culinary proposal is a mix of Tuscan tradition and French influences. The young staff of this new gem of catering will make you experience a sensory journey.
website: Cum Quibus
I Salotti del Patriarca
The owned farm is the highlight of this restaurant: Katia Maccari transforms into culinary masterpieces along with her young brigade. The environment is intimate and refined, suitable for a special evening.
website: I Salotti del Patriarca
Castello di Fighine
We are inside an XI century castle, in an enchanting atmosphere on the Sienese hills. The chef Antonio Strammiello offers his customers the opportunity to taste a traditional cuisine or to experiment new flavours with original and very creative purposes, all accompanied by a wide selection of Italian and non-Italian wine labels.
website: Castello di Fighine
La Bottega del 30
This beautiful restaurant near Siena is born in 1987 thanks to Franco and his wife Hélène, a Parisian woman in love with Chianti. The secret of La Bottega del 30 is a simple and authentic cuisine, from the Tuscan signature with French influences, and the major appreciation is surely the loyalty of its customers.
website: La Bottega del 30
Lucca area
2 Stars
Il Piccolo Principe
Il Piccolo Principe of Viareggio dominates the sea and the coast and the breathtaking view is definitely the icing on the cake of this magnificent restaurant. Italian and foreign wines accompany creative cuisine, all of this on the enchanting terrace of the Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte. Chef Mancino realizes his dishes with refinement, good technique and beautiful presentations.
website: Il Piccolo Principe
1 Star
Lux Lucis
Light and minimal design made Lux Lucis a modern and elegant refined restaurant, completely surrounded by large windows. The menu ensures creativity and constant research into techniques and ingredients.
website: Lux Lucis
L’Imbuto
L’Imbuto is the emblem of experimentation, not only in the kitchen: the restaurant, in fact, is located within the Lucca Center of Contemporary Art, and is a place that embodies art in all its expressions. There is no menu, but only the possibility to choose between three types of formulas: € 50 for five savory tastings, € 70 for seven savory tastings, € 90 for nine savory tastings. What you will find in the dishes will be the result of inspiration and instinct of the chef Tolomei.
website: L’Imbuto
Lorenzo
The menu offers both sea and land specialties, but certainly the fish rules, especially when accompanied by the famous mayonnaise prepared on the spot by Lorenzo himself. The attention to detail is maximum, both in the kitchen and in the rooms, furnished with elegance and designed to give a unique experience to its customers.
website: Lorenzo
Romano
A stone’s throw from the Ligurian Sea, Romano is a restaurant that despite the great successes achieved, has preserved a welcoming and familiar spirit. The menu is a riot of fish, a perfect balance between innovation and tradition, because of the synergy between a very young brigade and Franca – Romano’s wife – that preserves the secrets of a deep-rooted cuisine.
website: Romano
La Magnolia
We are in front of the sea of Versilia. The Byron hotel – a few meters from the beach of Forte dei Marmi – houses a restaurant that thanks to its chef Cristoforo Trapani, a Neapolitan DOC of Piano di Sorrento, offers a “Tuscan-fusion” cuisine. The result of this mix is a creative and original menu, with the guarantee of local products that are always fresh and genuine.
website: La Magnolia
Bistrot
Since 1971 the Vaiani family carry forward this ambitious catering project with love and dedication that has reached remarkable success.
The Bistrot purpose is to satisfy all the most demanding palates, and its extensive menu offers numerous proposals to savour fish in all its forms.There is also a meat choice.
website: Bistrot
Meo Modo
The strength of this restaurant is a close-knit and long-standing team that, with great synergy, knows how to turn the products of its land into gourmet dishes. In a boundless 13-hectare garden, the Meo Modo is housed in a 13th-century villa that offers the chance to savor Chef Mattei’s proposals on the splendid terrace overlooking the Valle Serena.
website: Meo Modo
Butterfly
The name is a tribute to the work of the same name by Puccini, of which Mariella and Fabrizio – the owners of the restaurant – are great admirers. Attention to the small niches of local products is a fundamental point of the philosophy of Butterfly. The desserts are one of the restaurant’s flagships, both for the flavors and the presentations, and they are entirely produced by Mariella and her staff.
website: Butterfly
Maremma
2 Stars
Bracali
Hidden in a small hamlet of Grosseto, Bracali is a treasure of Tuscan cuisine. Its success is due to two brothers who with constancy and passion have made their project a merit of the Maremma area. One in the kitchen, the other in the dining room, the Bracali brothers offer an eccentric menu – sometimes far from tradition – in an elegant restaurant.
website: Bracali
Caino
We are back in Maremma, in a delightful medieval village, where we find an old acquaintance that carries on another starry project: Valeria Piccini is the driving force of the restaurant that presented the Maremma cuisine to the world. Caino in Montemerano is a sober and elegant place where every single ingredient is the result of chef Piccinini’s garden, and quality is therefore synonymous with seasonality.
website: Da Caino a Montemerano
1 Star
Il Pellicano
The freshness of the ingredients is the fundamental requirement for the chef Michelino Gioia, who receives his products not only from Tuscany but also from neighboring regions, lands of as much wealth of raw materials and gastronomic traditions. The chef’s menu always offers his favorite products, such as pigeon, oysters, mullet, lobster and scampi.
website: Il Pellicano
La Trattoria Enrico Bartolini
At La Trattoria Enrico Bartolini everything seems to recall the Tuscan tradition: the windows on the vineyards, the presentations in terracotta and clay pans, the wood-burning oven and of course to the menu, Tuscany is in every detail of this restaurant. Authenticity, seasonality and simplicity are the principles of the chef Enrico Bartolini.
website: La Trattoria Enrico Bartolini
Il Silene
If you want to taste the authentic and decided flavors of the Tuscan tradition revisited in a modern and refined way, Silene is the right choice for you. In fact, the undisputed protagonists of this restaurant are the key elements of popular cuisine: we are talking about the beaten copper pots – that the chef Roberto commissioned to a local craftsman – and EVO oil, the pride of Il Silene, because of its production. The key to its success lies in the continuous search for a balance between avant-garde and tradition.
website: Il Silene
Arezzo
1 Star
Il Falconiere
Cortona, Relais Il Falconiere. It is within this magnificent hotel with a spa that is the only starred restaurant in Arezzo. Led by a young chef, Silvia Baracchi, Il Falconiere presents itself as a restaurant able to stimulate the most demanding palates and satisfy, at the same time, the connoisseurs of simplicity.
website: Il Falconiere
Chianti
1 Star
Il Pievano
It is located in a 10th-century monastery and it is the starry jewel of the Castello di Spaltenna hotel. Vincenzo Guarino leads Il Pievano’s kitchen and proposes a particular combination of Tuscan and Campania cuisine strictly following the seasonality of the products.
website: Il Pievano
Poggio Rosso
A new face of the Red Guide is Fabrizio Borraccino with his Poggio Rosso, in the splendid setting of Chianti. The restaurant, located in Borgo San Felice, is characterized by a cuisine that enhances the tradition of the land that hosts it – the Chianti area – enhanced by the chef in contemporary and creative versions.
website: Poggio Rosso
Pistoia
1 Star
Atman
The location is suggestive, to say the least: Villa Rospigliosi is a majestic example of a seventeenth-century building that houses the starry Atman inside. The gastronomic proposal ranges in a balanced way between meat and fish, experimenting with sophisticated and innovative techniques that open roads to new declinations of taste.
website: Atman
Livorno
1 Star
La Pineta
Born as a bathing establishment in 1964, La Pineta stands on the beach of Marina di Bibbona, protected and framed by a vast pine forest. The cuisine of this restaurant is oriented to simplicity and to the care for the raw ingredients – mainly fish – in full respect of the Tuscan tradition.
website: La Pineta
