Zio Gigi In Firenze

Excellent cuisine, abundant dishes

An authentic Italian spot with delicious food and wine. It has the cozy vibe of home cooking and a close family atmosphere. It’s fascinating to watch the locals come in and chat as if everyone here were relatives. The people are open, welcoming, and genuinely friendly.

Wonderful restaurant! Very pleasant service, delicious food! The owner greets guests with a song!

Had dinner, was reasonable and tasty for the price point, lots of locals coming in, loved the server, no nonsense!

Down to earth family run restaurant with friendly waitstaff and owner. If you’re lucky he’ll sing a bit!

Very much a family feel, this restaurant is much homier than something you would find on the touristy streets. The server is more straight to the point and not as warm though. We got the carbonara which was alright, you cant taste the bite of the noodles as much with a thinner spaghetti The pasta with tomato sauce and nonnas meatballs was my fav!!! The noodles were thick like udon and had so much texture. The sauce was perfectly balanced too Last pasta we had was the mushroom one, it was alright, very light with minimal specialness to it. Not much texture to the mushrooms We also got the “brick chicken” which was juicy but had a tinge too much char to it

Great family run restaurant. Simple fresh food. Small but good wine selection and they made a great recommendation. Warm, kind and helpful staff. We brought our little dog and the owner brought out water — we all felt very welcome. Biggest bonus: the owner is a fun and talented opera singer and sings some menu items it it strikes his fancy. Next to our favorite yarn shop. Recommend!

If you don't want to go to Koreanized restaurants like Firenze Nutti or D'Orte, go here. It seems like a lot of Florentine locals come here for lunch and dinner. They chat a lot with the servers, which is nice to see. The food is okay. It's not amazing, but it's worth the price. The atmosphere is a bit noisy, but the prices are very reasonable. The servers are busy and don't pay much attention, but if you wait patiently, they'll take care of everything. We're Korean, but we're in Europe, right? Let's wait. As other reviews say, the bearded guy serving in the restaurant hums songs from time to time. I came alone and had the T-bone steak lunch special for around €20. When I asked him how it tasted, he gave me a thumbs-up, and I gave him a double thumbs-up. If you're going, be aware that the servers don't speak English very well.

Don't come here if you want a tourist experience. This is a place where the locals visit and there is character, not a sanitized dining experience. This cooking makes you feel like you're in an Italian home. We tried the spaghetti alle carbonara, Pici alle polpettine della Nonna (spaghetti and meat pieces), and the tagliatelle funghi porcini (porcini mushroom pasta), pollo al matone (brick chicken). You should definitely try pici polpettine and the brick chicken here! The brick chicken had such a smoky flavour. I'm sure there are other great menu items and some that aren't up to your taste, but that's the whole point of trying. I didn't hear Gigi sing but I guess I'll have to come back again 😆

Abbiamo mangiato due volte nel ristorante di Zio Gigi, la prima perché ci è stato consigliato, la seconda perché era peccato non tornarci.Il proprietario è una persona molto calorosa e ci si sente subito a proprio agio, la cucina ottima, soprattutto il filetto al pepe verde ed il servizio veloce e curato.A volte nel bel mezzo della cena lo zio Gigi si mette anche a cantare !