Emily C.
Yelp
No, no, no, no, no!
My friend and I set out on a two week foodie adventure to Italy and Paris, and we were very excited to kick things off at Coquinarius, which was highly, highly recommended by my friend's friend.
Ohhhhhh, what a shaaaameeee to have wasted a dinner at Coquinarius!
The place itself is charming. It's near the hustle and bustle of town, close to the Duomo and other neighborhood eats. A lot of yelpers have complained about the service here, but we actually had no problems with the service. In fact, our waitress was very pleasant, and made sure that we were enjoying our meal.
UNFORTUNATELY, she was so sweet that we couldn't break it to her that the food was TERRIBLE. I honestly believe that my meal at Coquinarius was one of the worst meals I have ever had to date.
We ordered the charcuterie plate, which had some decent meats, but for the most part, it simply reminded me of cold cuts I could purchase at my local trader joe's.
I didn't want to complain about it, especially so early on in our meal, so I pretended to enjoy the meats until the main dishes arrived.
I ordered the highly recommended pear and ricotta ravioli, and my friend ordered the beef cheeks. Uf. Just thinking about these dishes just makes me gag. The ravioli was sooo rubbery, and it literally tasted like microwaveable pasta that had been under-nuked. And the beef cheeks... gawwwwwd, the beef cheeks! I am not even exaggerating when I say that it tasted like super bad airplane food. The flavor was like baaaad gravy.... And the texture of the meat was... something like... fully thawed meat that is not cooked at all, but left out for a day. I don't even know what that was.
We took bite after bite, trying desperately to like the food. But, after forcing about a quarter of our dishes down our throats, we just gave up on trying to like Coquinarius.
It was such a terrible start to our epic food adventure. Thankfully, there were a number of other restaurants that made up for it, but still... WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!
I cannot recommend this place, and, in fact, this is one place I would go out of my way to tell people to avoid. So, YOU, find some other good eats on Firenze! WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT WASTE A MEAL HERE!