Trattoria Cammillo
Run by the same family since 1945, a few steps from Ponte Vecchio, where Tuscan cooking sits next to curried prawns invented for English regulars in the fifties.
- Area
- Santo Spirito
- Style
- Traditional dining room, old school service
- Booking
- Necessary
- Checked
- August 2026
- Price
- €€€
- Go for
- A proper Florentine dining room that has been serving the same city for decades, where the waiters have been there longer than most restaurants have existed.
- Skip if
- You are counting euros. This is the expensive end of the trattoria world.
What everybody agrees on
Read across public reviews on Google and TripAdvisor in September 2026.
- Most
The service is what people describe: career waiters, formal without being stiff, and they remember faces.
- Most
It is noticeably more expensive than the neighbourhood trattorias, and reviewers split on whether that is justified.
- Often
The room fills with a mix of Florentines and returning visitors rather than passing trade.
- Often
Booking is required, sometimes days ahead.
What to order
Ask what the kitchen is doing that is not on the printed menu. Regulars order that way and the room is set up for it.
Before you go
- Getting there
- Borgo San Jacopo, three minutes west of Ponte Vecchio on the south bank.
- Booking
- Essential, especially at weekends.
- Expect
- A bill closer to a restaurant than a trattoria.
Three rooms, a hundred covers, tables close together and a noise level to match. The oil and the house wine come from the family farm. Fresh pasta is made in house and the menu moves with the season, but the curiosities stay: tortellini from a Bolognese recipe carried in by the owner’s father, and prawns with curry and mango chutney, on the menu because British customers asked for something familiar seventy years ago. Prices are well above a neighbourhood trattoria and reviews argue about whether that is fair. Closed Tuesday, and Wednesday and Thursday at lunch.