Ristorante Bar La Favorita

Was there with the Toscana bus tour. Great food, absolutely great portion sizes, more or less reasonable prices, working AC. Rare restaurant in Italy checks all these boxes.

Was told if you didn’t order full meal you cannot seat inside the restaurant. Even though, I have alr pre-booked a meal set. To make things worst, the pasta is not even edible. Not even cooked! So hard. And tasteless. Like literally no taste. At all.. how can this be. Pasta in Italy is as such? 🤮🤢

Came here on a tour, our guide suggested it. (red flag) she talked the place up as if it would have good food for the price. 20€ for 3 plates. 1st deli meats but only 2 kinds and not much. Bread with diced tomatoes and some unexplained bread with brown dressing. 2nd meal was a communal "tray" of what we were told would be spaghetti beef or pork at least what I heard. Was neither, the noodles were not cooked and the meat was non existent and I believe they used the same diced tomatoes. 3rd meal was butter pecan and strawberry Gelato. Not hard to mess that up but those 2 flavors they tried. Avoid this place. 20€ is too much for what you get.

Not a bad place to eat, but not my favorite for pizza. I've had better elsewhere. There was too much moisture in the cheese and the crust got limp.

If you like gelato with hair in it, this is the place for you! This was the worst meal we’ve ever had in Italy. We had the fixed menu lunch here as organized by our tour group. It was 20 euro per person, and included water, wine, a starter of cheese, salami and bruschetta, pasta for main, salad for side and gelato for dessert. The bread of the bruschetta was stale. The pasta was tasteless and meager. The absolute pinnacle was when not 1, but 3 ice cream servings had hair in them. The servers were annoyed that we called their attention to it and only replaced one before we all had to leave for our tour. Avoid this place like the plague…far better food even in the supermarket nearby.

So we were walking towards Siena Cathedral when we saw their €5 drink and appertivo offer. Since we had two under 18, first we asked if they could order anything non-alcoholic and get the offer. And it was a yes!! We spent the next hour there with our drinks (mine was pina colada) and eating from a fantastic buffet that had finger sandwiches, pizza, pasta, rice salad, fries, peanuts and what not!! We all had a blast. It was crowdy, sitting areas were also available outside but not in the beautiful tent which was for those having dinner. All items in buffet was good, and was changing rapidly. Best €5 spent.

Not a tourist friendly place. We were four and only one of us wanted to eat something outside. (2 pm) The other friends all had something to drink. Nevertheless we were charged. Four times 2 € copperto. After some discussions the waitress just said that this is how it is. The pasta was not Italian like The toilets are not the cleanest. Well I guess not a place for us to visite again

Lunch in this restaurant for 20€. No bad surprise but not original or especially good either. The food was OK but very basic.

We got the chef calzone which included walnuts, ham, mozzarella, pesto, and pecorino cheese. It was ginormous I took a photo of it with my hand next to it so you can get the idea of the size. We still got the margarita pizza which was a decent size plenty for two people but the inside of the pizza was too watery. The dough on the pizza and the calzone was superb. Service was a bit slow, and the pizza would have been fabulous had it have not been watery?

I've been coming here for years, since Giovanni Carli took this place in his hands. The restaurant/bar/lounge is fantastically managed, with high quality food and drinks, and very efficient staff. You can enjoy a beyond generous aperitivo, the best gelato in the world, or a complete dinner in their 3-seasons gazebo, outside under the stars, or downstairs. Either way, you know you'll have a great meal. Appetizers are delicious, primi piatti very tasty and secondi piatti super inventive. You'll enjoy your meal, here, whether you are a traditionalist or are looking for something more modern. They organize theme evenings, too, so stay tuned for special events. I can't recommend this place more.

GET THE GELATO!!! It is amazing and cheap. Highly recommend the pistachio (the one with a hard layer of Pistachio/white chocolate on top), lemon and the cherry flavours

Simple espresso and wine. Tables were dirty. Had a glass of Pinot Grigio which was pretty good.

The pizza was decent but the service was terrible. We waited for our drinks which half didn't come and some weren't right. Then the food came which was decent. From start to finish the waiters were rude and inattentive. Not worth the cheapness.

La Favorita is a great place to eat in Siena! They have a wide variety of food so it is perfect for anyone. The wait staff is very nice and so friendly! I will definitely be coming back while I am in Siena. The Cacio e Pepe is delicious, as is the salmon.