Mattacéna In Firenze

Found this restaurant on the Fork, but couldn’t book for one. Found their website and booked there, but got no confirmation so decided to turn up regardless: really wanted to try this place as they have Lampredotto ( If you don’t eat tripe. don’t ask). Got there early and they found my request - however they were very friendly and efficient and eould have found a way to accomodate me regardless. The staff is all young, efficient and friendly. I started with anexcellent fresh orange-fennel- radicchio salad just to get my vitamins in. ( actually wuite a few vegetarian/vegan dishes available). Folliwed that with a ramekin of cannellini beans dressed in olive oil and pepper ( next time I’ll sk them to add some chppped garlic) a half portion of lampredotto and another half portion of peposo- a melt in your mouth beef stew with lots of pepper in it. Perfect! The half portions were really plentiful. meanwhile people ayound me were ordering Tbone steaks left right and centre…zi need to come bacl in company: a galfway decent Bistecca Fiorentina needs to be at least 500-700g possibly more… Tried the house wines: one glass of Chianti, one of Sangiovese and one of Bolgheri. All 3 good- I preferred the Bolgheri, but that’s very subjective. Finishing off with in-house baked Cantucci with vinsanto and a coffee.

Nice discovery in the center of Florence. Top Tuscan food, welcoming and air-conditioned environment, they have an excellent choice of dishes and you can create your own cutting board. The very good Florentine steak served in hot cast iron (I really appreciated it). Super friendly service. I will come back to taste the first courses because the pasta is homemade. I recommend Mattacena

Truly extraordinary place that we discovered through TheFork. The quality of the food is excellent, everything is delicious as if you were at home. Very kind, friendly and non-intrusive staff. Really excellent value for money. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Recommended dishes: sliced ​​rosemary and roasted potatoes, cockerel with almonds and roasted potatoes and Mugello tortelli with Tuscan ragù.

Quality, price and service of 10, delicious food and excellent treatment, many thanks to the girl from Albania who served us and the kitchen!😍

Everything was good food amazing and Alvina were super nice love her attention

The best meat I've ever tasted. It really can't be described, it's ecstasy! The staff is really competent and courteous. Little vegetarian alternative but amen, we'll get over it. Where there is meat there is hope.

Very nice and welcoming place. Fantastic food and very friendly service. I recommend the decomposed fillet with caramelized onions. Highly recommended

Exquisite dinner, local products served in non-trivial and non-tourist versions. Abundant dishes and fair prices. Criticisms: the prawn tartare on the tagliatelle and the anchovies on the spaghetti were a bit few and only placed on top, better if they had been mixed in with the rest of the sauce

Wonderful place, very high quality food and service at the highest levels. We discovered it by chance thanks to the fork's 50% discount and we fell in love with it. We haven't changed anymore. Now a fixed stop for the other times we come to Florence. Accursio from Palermo (Sicily)

Locale piacevole in centro a Firenze dove si possono gustare piatti tipici toscani. Ambiente carino e servizio buono.