Ciro & Sons Reviews (Florence, Italy)

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Versailles, Île-de-France, France

August 23, 2010

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Les produits sont frais, la pizza excellente et le vino rosso du patron excellent. Plateau de fromage remarquable. Mais surtout : risotto aux cèpes ++++Très bon rapport qualité prix.(Superb ! Ask risotto ! Drink red wine: fine.)Grange Picon family ...Read more

Great Food and Great Service

by shelley jones

shropshire, United Kingdom

March 9, 2009

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what a great find ,lovely restaurant and great food,and the sexest waiters. As our friend has a glueton free diet this was good for him as they made thier own pasta ,piza without glueton which was a first iv ever seen.It was so good we went back ...Read more

Ciro & Sons - Keeping it in the Family...

by Liam Hetherington

Manchester, United Kingdom

August 11, 2008

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Best of IgoUgo Ciro & Sons is located not far from the San Lorenzo and the Cappelle Medicee, and so is ideally placed for a lunch-stop. As long as you do not miss the opening of the Capelle as a result, as I did. Inside it is very plush – brilliant white table ...Read more Ciro & Sons is located not far from the San Lorenzo and the Cappelle Medicee, and so is ideally placed for a lunch-stop. As long as you do not miss the opening of the Capelle as a result, as I did. Inside it is very plush – brilliant white table cloths, gleaming cutlery and glasses. According to their website (www.ciroandsons.com) the patches of fresco on the walls are not merely for show – this restauarant is located in what was once the palace of the papal Aldobrandini family. So far, so swanky. And as the name (‘Ciro and Sons’, not ‘Ciro e Figli’) show, they are used to catering to tourists.

However, as the name also suggests, this is very much a family concern. The flat-screen LCD on the wall introduces ‘the next generation’, actually the fifth generation from this culinary family – babies sat in stew-pots, kids sampling the wine etc. The slide show also shows Ciro himself, in chef’s whites trawling the fresh fruit markets, plucking live lobsters from tanks, and weighing up cheeses the size of a car tyre. And then of course there were images of the dishes themselves. Absolute food porn. Meanwhile the mellow soundtrack was sax-intensive early ‘90s smooth jazz covers of tunes such as Michael Jackson’s ‘Rock With You’, or Gladys Knight’s ‘Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye)’.

They have bistecca here, per 100g, and resonably priced. I hummed and hawed, but frankly that is just too much for a lunch. However, they advertised themselves as an ‘antica pizzeria’, so I went for a pizza. Mine had white Alfredo sauce, cherry tomatoes, slices of Tuscan ham, black truffle, and arugaula (which I had heard of before, but never had. Or so I thought – it turned out to be rocket). The pizza was actually jolly nice, a wide thin crispy Neapolitan concoction. Sizewise it was good value for money. However, my view is that the addition of truffle probably added a couple of Euro to the price, but added nothing to the taste. The little black flakes did not really taste of anything at all. This cost be €14.00. I also went for dessert, a sliver of apple pie with vanilla gelato. Again, very nice, but I felt that at €7.00 it was a tad overpriced for the size of portion I got.

Touristy it might be, but Ciro & Sons is a nice place with very high standards. And I wish them well in training up the fifth generation of the family. Just keep them out of the stew-pots!
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Best Meal of Our Life

by kraphtyone

Waukee, Iowa

December 25, 2007

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Excellent food, excellent service! We enjoyed the best Florentine T-bone steak and the pasta with truffle was amazing! If there is a reason to come back to Florence it is for Ciro and Sons!

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by PeriwinkleFoolery

Saint Louis, Missouri

May 25, 2007

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A time-honored test of a great restaurant is whether the locals eat there. When I last had lunch at Ciro and Sons, a wonderful establishment within a stone's throw of the Medici Chapel, the dining room and the al fresco seating were full, including ...Read more A time-honored test of a great restaurant is whether the locals eat there. When I last had lunch at Ciro and Sons, a wonderful establishment within a stone's throw of the Medici Chapel, the dining room and the al fresco seating were full, including the dean of students from a highly respected university and the president of one of Italy's leading banks. The locals like it just fine.

What's not to like? Delicious food and intelligently paired wines served in lovely, frescoed surroundings by an energetic, gregarious, and multi-lingual staff at perfectly affordable prices. I could have eaten at Ciro and Sons every day of the week I spent in Florence (actually, I came very close to doing just that!) and would have been perfectly content. It's that good.

Traditional Napolitan-style pizzas are crafted on a wide granite counter and baked in a wood-fired oven with a glistening copper hood. The oven itself is a work of art as are the pizzas that come out of it. The margarita pizza and the vegetable pizza are particularly memorable.

But pizza is only the beginning of the menu. The homemade pastas are equally wonderful, especially anything with black truffle. The spagetti pomodoro, pasta bolognaise, and spagetti carbonara were all delicious, but I can just about guarantee that the lasagna is the best you'll ever have, unless there's an Italian grandmother in your immediate family.

And then there is dessert, which merits a beautiful glass showcase all its own, with a black truffle on a jeweled pedestal revolving in the center. The creme brulée is divine, the chocolate soufflé is perfect, the tiramisu is legendary (my daughter spent a semester in Florence and came home raving about it) and even the fresh fruit is sweeter and more delectable. But neither will you go wrong if you take the cannoli. The shell is crisp, the filling is sweet but not cloying, and the presentation is yummy with loops of chocolate and tufts of whipped creme topped with strawberries.

And if you enjoy a digestif, try a glass of Ciro and Sons' homemade limoncello.

Ciro and Sons is closed all day on Sunday and reopens Monday for dinner. Lunch and dinner are served on all other days.

In Florence, as with any destination, know and respect the local dining customs. Don't expect wait staff in Italy to introduce themselves to you or draw pictures with markers on your paper tablecloth. In fact, don't expect to see a paper table cloth. Expect to ask for the check; to bring it to you otherwise would be seen as rushing you. Expect service charges, sometimes seen as a linen charge, a bread charge, or a service charge. You will not necessarily receive an itemized bill, and there are no doggy bags in Italy.

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Ciro & Sons

by traveller2007b

london, United Kingdom

January 24, 2007

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Traditional Italian restaurant and pizzeria in central Florence, near San Lorenzo. Pleasant interior. Apparently impeccable but in fact is overpriced, poor service, hidden charges--one to avoid.

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by alyssa511

Valley Cottage, New York

September 29, 2006

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On a side street close to the Medici Chapels. Pizza is delicious and not too expensive. They "invented" their own type of pizza with pesto, buffalo mozzarella, tomato, and maybe some type of meat. They also have gluten-free pizza.

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Ciro & Sons

by daniela_italia

Warrington, Pennsylvania

August 4, 2006

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Dessert, dessert, dessert, that's all I have to say. Unique and sweet! It's the perfect place for a proposal, and in fact, I witnessed one there. Candlelit and romantic! For the young crowd, anyone who remembers Real World in Paris, this is the home ...Read more

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