La Giostra in Firenze, Florence, Italy | Italian Cuisine

Welcome to La Giostra, Firenze.

One expectes a typical cuisine, instead new savors are discovered, hundred years old. The flavours of a forgotten Tuscany, when the restaurant rooms, surmounted by Sixteen century arches in red brick hosted the merry-go-round in Salvemini square, from which the princes got the name of their restaurant. Where shiny horses rested once upon a time, today there are only just sixteen tables, where couples, beautiful women, famous guests and also entire theatre troupes sit now and then… All of them united by the love of good cuisine and by the pleasure of a refined hospitality: In the “homely”, warm and cozy environment of La Giostra, Firenze. It is a merit of the historic chef Ubaldo Tonarelli, who cooperates with the talented Japanese, Aruki Igari, but most of all it is the merit of Liliana, who prepares all different kinds of fresh, handmade pasta every morning. A joyful party of people who know how to give happiness…

 Food is necessary and choosing it is a privilege, but cooking it is an art.

La Giostra, Firenze host the best labels of Tuscan, Piedmontes and Italian wines in general. All selected with competent care, it's here they rest for at least six months before being put on the menu: cunning rule of real connoisseurs.