🕐 Hours
Mo-Fr 12:00-14:30,19:30-22:00
About this spot
Il Guscio is one of the best spots in San Lorenzo, Florence. Skip the places with photos on the sidewalk — this is where locals actually eat.
💡 Tips before you go
- Coperto (cover charge) of 1-3€ is normal, not a scam
- You don't have to order all courses — a primo (pasta) alone is perfectly fine
- Dinner doesn't start until 20:00. Restaurants open earlier are usually tourist traps.
- Don't order cappuccino after 11am — espresso or macchiato instead
Menu33 items
Appetizers
Asparagus flan with crispy basket and scamorza cheese
Asparagus flan
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Fried artichokes and burrata cheese
Fried artichokes
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Grilled vegetables with pecorino cream, crispy quinoa and pasta roll with robiola
Grilled Vegetables
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Liver pâté with anchovies, butter and crunchy bread
Leaver Patè
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Mixed cured meats board with pecorino cheese
Tagliere di Salumi misti e pecorino
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Pulled pork, white beans and marinated onions
Pulled Pork
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Tuna tartar with avocado and yogurt
Tuna tartar
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Mains
Beef fillet mignon with Vin Santo and liver pâté
Beef Fillet Mignon with Vin Santo and leaver patè
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Calamarata in cacio e pepe with seafood
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Deep fried squid and shrimp
Deep Fried Squid and Shrimps
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Duck breast in orange sauce with spring onion
Duck breast in orange sauce and spring onion
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Eggplant Parmigiana
Melanzane alla parmigiana
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Fettuccine with black truffle
Fettuccine with Black truffle
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Grilled beef fillet
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Grilled octopus with white bean velouté and potatoes
Grilled Octopus with white beans and potatoes velvet
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Maltagliati with zucchini flowers, shrimp and prawn
Maltagliati with zucchini flowers, shrimps and prawn
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Paccheri with sausage, cherry tomatoes and burrata cheese
Paccheri n’duja, cherry tomatoes and burrata cheese
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Pappardelle with rabbit ragù and black olives
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Roasted suckling lamb with red currant sauce
Roasted suckling Lamb with red currant sauce
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Salt cod with scarola and olives
Salt Cod with Scarola and olives
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Shrimp salad with orange and avocado
Shrimps salad with orange and avocado
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Sliced beef with rosemary and green pepper
Sliced beef with rosmary and green pepper
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Spaghetti with fish ragù
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Tagliatelle with anchovies and egg
Tagliatelle with arichokes and egg fish
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Tuna tataki with sweet Tropea onions and pistachio
Tuna Tataki with sweet Tropea onions and pistache
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Veal cheek in red wine sauce with mashed potatoes
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White bean velouté with Porcini mushrooms and toasted bread
White beans Velvet
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Desserts
Biscuits and Vin Santo
Biscotti e Vin Santo
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Cheese cake basket with chantilly cream and berries
Cestino con crema chantilly e frutti di bosco
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Chocolate mousse with cream and blackberries
Tenerezza al cioccolato con panna e more
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Cream gelato with hot chocolate
Gelato di crema con cioccolato caldo
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Peach cheesecake
Cheesecake alle pesche
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Tiramisu
Tiramisù
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