🕐 Hours
We-Su 19:00-22:00
About this spot
Borgo San Jacopo is one of the best spots in Sant'Ambrogio, 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
Menu41 items
starter
Beef tartare with seared oyster, celery, vermouth, horseradish and seaweed “zeppole”
FASSONA
€48
Beef tartare with seared oyster, celery, vermouth, horseradish and seaweed “zeppole”
€48
Cannelloni pasta with guinea fowl genovese, mushrooms, 24-month Parmigiano, and black truffle
€48
Cooked and raw vegetables, herbal coulis, fig molasses, and orange-ginger sorbet
VERDURE
€35
Lumachine pasta with sea urchins, anchovy colatura, aged tuna belly, and yellow tomato coulis
LUMACHINE
€55
Mixed Pasta with mushrooms, chickpeas, black garlic, and black truffle
PASTA MISTA
€48
Ravioli with stracchino from Mugello, beef sausage, black cabbage, and Royal Traditional caviar
€45
Risotto with lemon, mozzarella and capers
RISOTTO
€43
Risotto with pecorino from Pienza, chicory, saffron and Chianina meatballs
€43
Vegetable timbale in short crust pastry, and pepper compote
TIMBALLO DI ORTAGGI
€35
Appetizers
Beef tartare with seared oyster, celery, vermouth, horseradish and seaweed "zeppole"
€48
Blue lobster with potatoes and smoked provola cheese
€70
Cooked and raw vegetables, herbal coulis, fig molasses, and orange-ginger sorbet
€35
Slow-cooked egg with hazelnut potatoes, cuttlefish tagliatelle, and anchovy sauce
€32
Mains
Cannelloni pasta with guinefowl genovese, mushrooms, 24-month Parmigiano, and black truffle
€48
Lamb loin in crépinette with carrots, spinach, and cacciatora sauce
€58
Lamb loin in crépinette with carrots, spinach, and cacciatora sauce
AGNELLO
€58
Lumachine pasta with sea urchins, anchovy colatura, aged tuna belly, and yellow tomato coulis
€55
Muscovy duck, parsnip, Belgian endive and passion fruit
€54
Quail with tubers and roots, with foie gras sauce
€56
Ravioli pasta with peas, pappa al pomodoro, scampi and its consommé
€50
Red mullet with agretti, beetroots, and anchovies
€56
Risotto with pecorino from Pienza, chicory, saffron and Chianina meatballs
€45
Tuna belly with pumpkin, hazelnuts, coffee, and orange sauce
€63
Turbot with puntarelle, almonds, and prosciutto di Parma
ROMBO CHIODATO
€60
Turbot with puntarelle, almonds, and prosciutto di Parma
€60
Sides
Selection of Italian cheeses accompanied by our fruit mustards and brioche bread
€35
Set Meals
Sea soup with fish meatballs, sea snails, winter vegetables and mantis shrimp consommé
MINESTRA MARITATA DI MARE
€180
Welcome by the Chef
€190
Desserts
Chocolate soufflé, served with banana gelato and an aged rum sauce
€26
Coffee cream and biscuit, licorice caramel and toasted almond ice cream
€23
Dark chocolate mousse, cocoa biscuit infused with rum and orange, pear and ginger sorbet
€25
Lemon semifreddo, hazelnut cremino and rosemary-juniper sauce
ESSENZA DI LIMONE
€26
Mandarin namelaka, lime sablè and caramel ice cream
€25
Saint Honoré with hazelnut namelaka, coffee cream, and orange sorbet
€26
Strawberry sphere, pistachio cream, and yogurt gelato
€23
Vanilla Chantilly cream, mango cream and compote with exotic sorbet
€25
Vanilla mousse, Calvados apple tartare, cinnamon biscuit, and raspberry sorbet
€25
Drinks
Premium Wine Pairing
€155
Wine Pairing
€95
Wine Pairing Special Coravin
€275