23 Best Restaurants in Florence

"Zeb is a small, sleek, diner-style restaurant in the San Niccolo district serving delicious traditional food in contemporary surroundings. Two long counters with high stools face each other across a narrow space where mother-and-son team Giuseppina and Alberto prepare, serve, and pour wine. Dishes of the day fill the serving counter, and shelves stacked with wines line the walls. The menu changes daily according to what’s good at the market, but you can expect fresh pasta like fat cappellacci stuffed with ricotta and fresh truffles, or pappardelle with wild boar sauce. Mains might include pork rib with dried apricots and prunes, stuffed roast turkey, or eggplant parmigiana. Then there are the delicious desserts, including cheesecake and a to-die-for chocolate cake." - Nicky Swallow