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Osteria Il Basilico

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👍👍 We had an excellent dinner at the Osteria II Basilico. Nicely decorated, excellent food, and friendly staff. Far enough from the main tourist areas that you don’t get overcharged and you get good service. The steak is excellent along with the lasagna. People often mention friendly, service, good, great, staff, nice, delicious, excellent, dinner, tiramisu,


Address

Via Nazionale, 124/R, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy

Website

www.osteriailbasilico.it

Contact

+39 055 051 5203

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (330 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 11 am to 11 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 10:30 pm
  • Sunday: 11 am to 11 pm
  • Monday: 11 am to 11 pm
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 11 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 11 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 11 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: friendly (13) service (11) good (9) great (9) staff (8) nice (7) delicious (7) excellent (6) dinner (6) tiramisu (6)
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  • 5/5 paterjo 9 months ago on Google • 371 reviews
    We had an excellent dinner at the Osteria II Basilico. Nicely decorated, excellent food, and friendly staff. Far enough from the main tourist areas that you don’t get overcharged and you get good service. The steak is excellent along with the lasagna.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Ronan S. 2 years ago on Google
    A really nice place to eat with a friendly waiter! Fed for lunch for two for about 40 euros including some drinks
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anjali B. 1 year ago on Google
    Absolutely Loved the food and the personable staff. Met Cris who made me feel like home and offered me really great advise on the best local food. I am not keen on desserts but oh man, Cris and team offered me a complimentary tiramisu - which is by far the best I have had. I am going here again, worth a try.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mike G. 1 year ago on Google
    Google needs more than 5 stars for this place. Great service, menu has great variety, food is fresh, substantial and beyond delicious. If I worked at this restaurant, I'd eat here every day and LOVE IT!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nitin M. 2 months ago on Google • 538 reviews New
    Loved this place. The bread was delicious- I'd come back just to have the bread, lol. I ordered the chicken cutlet which wad flavorful and they were nice enough to substitute the fries for spinach since I'm trying to eat healthy. Next time I want to try one of their pizza or perhaps a pasta.

  • 3/5 Jenny P. 8 months ago on Google • 75 reviews
    Located on a busy road in Florence. We had a mixture of main courses and pizza between us. The tagliata, lasagna and risotto were all very good but the pizzas were not great. Although the base was tasty the toppings were way too wet. A 4 cheese pizza was just swimming in liquid cheese which just ran off the base when picked up . Pizzas were abandoned after a couple of slices.

  • 5/5 Alexandr C. 9 months ago on Google • 21 reviews
    Nice atmosphere, friendly staff at all time. I mentioned a little bit about server Stiliano. He can easily support a conversation, attentive and pleasant. For food, I recommend trying a Florentine steak with a bottle of red wine, of course.

  • 5/5 Anton H. 1 year ago on Google • 15 reviews
    This restaurant was a favourite of mine in my visit so much so that I ate here 3 times and brought friends, everything was amazing from start to finish, the wine selection was also amazing, all the team are very knowledgeable and super friendly! The chef was amazing to and also super friendly and very nice to talk to, as I said I ate here several times and was constantly impressed, I will let the pictures speak for them selves!!! Will definitely be back! Thank you all for making my time in Firenze that little bit more special, Anton x

  • 5/5 Samantha H. 2 months ago on Google • 10 reviews New
    We had been looking for risotto since Rome. This place delivered! This was the best meal we have had since arriving in Italy. And the bread that was served before the meal was amazing! We had both risotto dishes (mushroom and shrimp with leek and lemon) and they were fantastic. The server was incredibly nice and the atmosphere was charming. If you’re looking for the best risotto around, go here.

  • 5/5 Kate B. 7 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
    Beautiful food and service! We came two nights in a row as we wanted to try the pasta which was delicious! It was lovely watching the chefs cook the food! We also ordered tiramisu which was amazing! Highly recommend this restaurant out of the peak areas!

  • 5/5 Galina S. 6 months ago on Google • 4 reviews
    highest recommendations. very tasty food: the steak is excellent, the salmon is very tasty. tiramisu - high quality. The pizza is excellent from the wood fired oven. Been there twice - the quality of the food is always top notch! highest recommendations.

  • 5/5 Markus S. 1 year ago on Google
    We went for dinner last week in a group of four. It's a nice place and the pizza was very tasty. The service was great, the waiter wasn't just friendly and professional, but very cheerful and really made us enjoy our evening.

  • 5/5 James R. 9 months ago on Google
    The service was great. The waiters had a great personality and are very welcoming. The food was delicious my whole table finished it with a smile. The overall look of this place is fancy but comforting

  • 5/5 Al C. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was delicious and great service.

  • 5/5 Pramuditha M. 1 year ago on Google
    Very reasonably priced and delicious warm authentic Italian food served by the friendly staff. A good choice of menu for everyone. Even for the little fuzzy eaters there are options here. Super friendly staff. We entered there because of the friendly way they greeted us when we were roaming around to find a good spot for dinner. We won't forget this place and wish them good luck.

  • 5/5 Nicole C. 1 year ago on Google
    We had a great dinner here. The minestrone soup was delicious and the bread that came with it was divine—soft and fluffy with a nice crust. My family enjoyed the gnocchi with pesto. It may be a little salty for some, but you don’t have to take the entirety of the generous pool of pesto in the dish. Overall, a very satisfying dinner, although it was slightly let down by the tiramisu, which was marred by the unnecessary artificial chocolate syrup on top. Despite that, this restaurant still gets my recommendation.

  • 5/5 david m. 1 year ago on Google
    We thought this was a very nice little restaurant near our hotel. Very tasty dishes all round, friendly service and good value. Don’t walk past it.

  • 4/5 lori-Ann c. 1 year ago on Google
    Great Florentine steak, reasonably priced. Service was friendly and helpful ☺️

  • 5/5 Madalyn C. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing food and service!! Definitely worth eating here

  • 5/5 Annika J. 1 year ago on Google
    The staff was extremely helpful and kind. They gave us tips and tricks of Florence and provided excellence service, we enjoyed talking to them and they made the overall experience excellent.

  • 5/5 Campbell H. 1 year ago on Google
    Chris is the best!! Awesome food and service.

  • 5/5 Barbara V. 1 year ago on Google
    What an amazing place, simple menu filled with local cuisine to the brim, friendly staff who definitely go the extra mile/smile. Random venue for my Mum’s birthday celebration, good vibes, large portions, great tastes…what a night!! Highly recommended!!! Grazie mille per tutti!!

  • 5/5 Savannah M. 1 year ago on Google
    Kris was the best waiter ever. He was so accommodating and even cut our pizza for us. The food was incredible. 10/10 recommend!!

  • 4/5 Catarina D. 2 years ago on Google
    Great service and tasty food!

  • 4/5 Henszko 1 year ago on Google
    Really good, authentic pasta. Friendly staff.

  • 3/5 Katy C. 2 years ago on Google
    Seafood Risotto was bad. Pesto pasta was good. We were waiting for food so slow around 1 hour.

  • 5/5 Amy W. 7 months ago on Google • 1 review
    The best dinner I have had on our vacation through Venice and Lake Como and Florence. The gnocchi with sausage and Gorgonzola was unreal! All others in our group said it was there best meal yet that ordered different things. So happy to have found this place near where we were staying and had no idea what a treat we were about to have!

  • 5/5 Maisie C. 7 months ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Deserve way higher than 4.6 on Google! i’ve been to italy many times and this is by far the best place i’ve eaten, the prawn risotto is beautiful and the antipasto is delicious! i’m going to miss it when i’m back home in England! the Staff are really friendly and attentive, we also love that we can see the two chefs cooking 🥰 this place even converted my mum who hates tiramisu into loving their tiramisu when i made her try some of mine, couldn’t rate it high enough 🖤 the most welcoming people!! we will miss you and see you next year!


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Spirits
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Healthy options
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy-hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✗ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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