Il Santo Bevitore
A long room in the Oltrarno with wooden tables and a wine list built by people who care about it, still serious about the food twenty years in.
- Area
- Santo Spirito
- Address
- Via di Santo Spirito 64/66r
- Style
- Modern take on the trattoria, bistro room
- Booking
- Recommended
- Checked
- August 2026
- Price
- €€
- Go for
- Tuscan cooking treated seriously, in a room that looks like a bistro rather than a trattoria, with a wine list to match.
- Skip if
- You want the cheap neighbourhood version. This is the considered one, and it is priced accordingly.
What everybody agrees on
Read across public reviews on Google and TripAdvisor plus Italian restaurant guides in September 2026, including a Michelin listing.
- Most
It is consistently placed among the better tables in Florence by Italian guides rather than only by visitors.
- Most
The cooking reads the tradition rather than repeating it, which is why it sits apart from the trattorias around it.
- Often
The wine list is the other half of the argument, and the staff use it properly.
- Often
It fills, and it is not a place to arrive without a booking on a weekend.
- Some
Prices are higher than the Oltrarno average, which is the trade for the kitchen.
What to order
Ask what is on that week rather than ordering from memory. The menu moves with the season and the best plate is usually the newest one.
Before you go
- Getting there
- Five minutes west of Ponte Vecchio along Via di Santo Spirito.
- Booking
- Do it, especially at weekends.
- Nearby
- Two minutes from Piazza Santo Spirito for a drink afterwards.
The name comes from a Joseph Roth novella and the tone matches: unfussy room, candlelight, no decoration doing any work. Cooking is Tuscan with a lighter hand than a trattoria, and the wine list runs deep in Tuscany without stopping there. Book, because it fills, and its smaller wine bar sits a few doors down the same street.