Taverna Dei Barbi In Montalcino

01/09/2024: Excellent location, Piazza Mercato, a few steps from Piazza de Il Campo. We had dinner 2 times in a row, being 3 people, enjoying different dishes. An excellent review for the Fiorentina cooked to PUNTINO accompanied with grilled vegetables, without taking anything away from the other well-executed and presented dishes. Highly recommended also for the absolutely right price in terms of quality/price.

28/08/2024: La Finestra is serving great, traditional Tuscan cuisine in a slightly off-the-beaten track location that you can't help but feel works against them, albeit without them going to great lengths to create atmosphere in spite of their headwinds. We arrived to find we were one of only three occupied tables. Not surprising as we were eating relatively early (for Italy), 7.15pm. But what was immediately evident was the lack of music... it's like kryptonite for making a restaurant feel absent of ambience. We ordered and were given a bread basket that contained pre-packaged bread sticks. Not an ideal start, but luckily all was saved when the first course arrived. The caprese salad was fresh and delicious, and the wild boar charcuterie an excellent way of building appetite for the main. To follow, the cacio e pepe was a solid dish and the steak and salad fantastically cooked. The food ultimately was better than the atmosphere, and as we walked home past several buzzing restaurants we couldn't help but feel that La Finestra is a bit of an unsung hero in search of an audience.