Ristorante Fonte Alla Vena

Fonte alla Vena didn’t quite live up to expectations. The food was just okay — the tartare was bland, and the pork ribs were so charred they tasted grainy. One of our sides never arrived, and the bread was stale. Service was fine, but overall the experience felt underwhelming. There are definitely better options nearby.

Best steak I’ve had in Tuscany—better than the one at Trattoria ZaZa in Florence. The pasta wasn’t particularly memorable, but I’d definitely recommend this place for their Fiorentina steak.

Ristorante Fonte Alla Vena is located on the outskirts of San Quirico d'Orcia and is a must stop for anyone visiting the Tuscan countryside (especially for those already staying in San Quirico d'Orcia!). They offer very traditional and delicious Tuscan dishes that are super affordable for Tuscany being such a touristy region. It has received the Michelin Bib Gormand for many consecutive years since 2019! Items tried: Pappa al pomodoro (traditional Tuscan dish that's made by simmering bread with a tomato-based sauce until the bread is completely soft and custardy!) Duck breast, small pear and fermented cabbage (Petto di anatra, pera picciola e verza fermentata) Baked pears with saffron and citrus cream (Pere cotte caramellate allo zafferano con panna di agrumi ) Make reservations ahead of time as the restaurant is super popular to no surprise! They also had the coolest glass wine decanter to pour exactly one glass of wine! They sell it if you're interested in purchasing on your way out!

I had higher expectations for Fonte Alla Vena, especially for their Pasta because the one i had wasn’t “great”, but well perhaps shouldn’t have orders the truffle classic but their specialty ones. Their other dishes were supremely good, especially their carpaccio WOW!! Sadly we were full to try desserts. I can also say they helped us not to only choose great wines, but they sent us to one smaller winery close by that was remarkable.

Great service and atmosphere. Food was above average for sure. Rissoto was good, beef tartare was really good, and pork ribs with honey sauce was good. Overall we would recommend this place realizing it is two blocks outside the far end of the city center.

Great everything. The carbonara pasta was amazing. The T-bone Fiorentina really nice, the only 'mistake' is too bring the whole piece on a hot stone that cooks too much the meat.. so my recommendation is to move apart the meet from the hot stone and go piece by piece cooking. Service was tremendously warming and nice. Good wine and desert as well. I will definitely come back every time.

We went to have lunch in this cozy restaurant after reading many good reviews and we were stunned! The lady who served us was extremely nice and helpful and the food was amaaaazing. We tried two of the dishes of the day and two main courses and we loved every bite.

Fantastic food! All the food was great, but I want to highlight the tartare de manzo with truffle that was superb and the risotto was a really interesting surprise.

This place was a 10/10 across the board. We came back twice because the food was so good and staff were amazing. They've had Michelin stars in the past but not this year but it was still amazing quality food. The first night I had the duck and I wanted more of it along with the pears and slaw. Tagliatelle also delicious and we came back to try the Florentine steak. Couldn't really order a different temp bc that's how they eat it so I just went with it. Some pieces cook more bc of the hot skillet. Carbonara wasn't on the menu but we decided to ask the Chef and he made it for us. Also absolutely perfect and well made. The inside was very nice and classic Italian decor, romantic and perfect for a date night.

Good food. Good view. Service remarkable quick. Menu changed daily with various specials. Overall a nice lunch stop. Had 2 types of pasta - good food as passing by.

Fantastic lunch found on Yelp. Every course better than the last and super Orcia wine. Definitely go!

We found this lovely restaurant for lunch while we were driving around Tuscany for winery tours. We ordered 2 specials that they had that day (Tuscan Bean Soup, and pork cheek pasta), pasta with meat sauce, steak (not Florentine steak) medium rare, a side of spinach, 1/2 liter of house wine, and expresso. Steak was cooked perfectly and they even gave you different types of salt (red wine, hot pepper, and basil) for seasoning, but we didn't need to put any on because the steak was perfectly cooked, and everything was delicious! The service was just as amazing! Our waitress was very nice, friendly, attentive, and spoke English very well. We tried to speak Italian as much as we could however her English was way better than our Italian so we ended up communicating in English.