Ristorante Buca Mario

We had booked ahead for dinner with my daughter. We were welcomed at the door by the hostess and taken to our table. Wonderful traditional basement, huge portions, extremely polite and entertaining waiter (Mr Alto)! An experience not to be missed in Florence!

The food was very good and fresh . The service was good too !

Wonderful food, Gerardo was delightful as well as very competent. Thank you for the 75th birthday celebration for Angela.

This family knows how to operate a successful restaurant in every respect. Service was excellent, lively atmosphere and cozy, great food, good sized portions and caring in all regards. A wonderful evening! It did get a little warm at one point, but it's summer! Grazie per tutti!!

Front of house made our waiter aware that we were celebrating a birthday. Our waiter wasn’t friendly, never asked us if we needed anything or if we enjoyed the meal. The steak was blue, not rare. A horrible and would not recommend! Za Za was excellent in comparison

Il miglior ristorante di Firenze. Pasta fatta in casa e tagliata tenerissima. Personale gentile e simpatico. Prezzo non per tutte le tasche.

Uncomfortably hot temperature in the restaurant. Food was good not great. Service was excellent.

Exceeded all expectations. In particular, the ossobucco was amazing and not available much outside of Tuscany. Service was attentive and friendly. Expect to spend roughly €100/person.

Food, ambiance and service was fantastic, a truly memorable evening. Thank you x

Lovely restaurant with delicious steak and wine. Thank you! ❤️

The food and service were ok. We felt very rushed the entire meal. Not enjoyable when you just want to have a nice sit down dinner.

The florentine steak was not good quality. It was tough and sinewy. The pastas that we had were much too salty.

Wonderful food and service. Just as I remembered it. The Wild boar Pappardelle was brilliant.

Service was horrible . Food was good. We were very disappointed in the experience.

Troppo scenico e acchiappa turisti, la carne buona ma l'ambiente di contorno, che comunque gentile e sorridente, ha tolto un po' di originalità a ciò che cercavo

Buca Mario never disappoints. Our server, Mando, was terrific. The food was amazing as well. A must experience for anyone traveling to Florence.

Perfect!!! The staff was great!! Loved the food, everithing was great!

We had such a wonderful experience! The staff was incredibly attentive and made us feel very welcome. They went above and beyond to help us celebrate my daughter’s birthday, and everything turned out perfect. Thank you for making it a special and memorable day for our family!

Lugar incrível e acolhedor. Atendimento impecável, assim como a comida de excelência

Es war hervorragend. Der Kellner war wunderbar und das Essen ein Hochgenuss. Wenn wir wieder in der Stadt sind kommen wir gerne wieder.

Crazy que outside in 100 degrees. Would go back later

Buca Mario came highly recommended. It did not disappoint. Amazing night.

The lights went out and we had to leave the restaurant. The food was excellent

It has been 2 years since we last visited Florence and Buca Mario - worth the wait! Absolutely fantastic!

Our server wasn’t overly helpful or friendly. Not a lot of choices for gluten free or the server didn’t understand. Either way we left underwhelmed.

We dined here 10 yrs ago and had a wonderful visit, so we expected the same amazing dinner to end our time in Florence. I made our reservation 6 months prior, to make sure we could secure a table at 7pm for our party of 5. As we lined up to enter, we were told that we weren’t on the reservation list. Fortunately, I had both the original email confirmation from months ago, as well as the same-day confirmation, both clearly showing our 7pm reservation. The restaurant accused me of calling in that day to change the booking time to 9:30pm (clearly NOT the case). They were very rude and insisted that the problem was mine, and that they weren’t able to accommodate me. They used the “reliable” method of table reservations written on little scraps of paper, which as they found my reservation, showed that it was written for 7pm and then someone scratched it out and wrote 9:30pm. Then of cause they blamed me! They ended up finding a table for us about 10 minutes later, next to the bathroom. Lovely! The lasagna was as amazing as I remembered it to be. Seasoned perfectly, with a heavenly bechamel sauce. The fried vegetables were delicious, with the squeeze of lemon and coarse ground salt to enhance. The gnocchi was delicious as well, however the La Bisteca which is the specialty only looks incredible. It lacked all flavor which for the price and presentation, you are expecting an amazing dish. The ossobucco was also underwhelming, with a very acidic tomato sauce smothered over it. The complimentary bread was extremely stale, even when dipped in olive oil and pepper. We had to request balsamic vinegar and salt to make it edible. The server was nice, though. Would I go back? Yes, but only for the lasagna which is INCREDIBLE. Skip the rest.

Il cibo è delizioso e Nando è incredibile, vi consiglierà il vino perfetto e è super attento

Excellent, delicious food. Professional service and friendly front of house and throughout the restaurant. Our favorite meal in Italy!

What an amazing venue. From the food, to the service, to the atmosphere- could not fault it at all. Highly recommend!

Everything was just amazing, Aldo was a perfect host and made sure to keep us pampered, and smiling all the time! Buca Mario never failed to impress us! Only the noise was unbelievable, but not a big deal compared to how great every other thing was.

Combine unreal wine with unreal eats and you find yourself with an unreal time!!

One of the best meals that we had. Outstanding dinner

Ambience OK but the food was like the Italian food I used to eat in London back in the seventies. I had lasagne, the edges of the pasta were chewy and the meat sauce tasted similar to my school meals. My wife had ricotta stuffed ravioli which, for some reason known only to God and the chef, was covered in a bland white sauce. Terrible. Don't know how they can charge such prices - they're obviously living solely on a reputation gained decades ago. The food they serve at the moment is seriously under par.

The most incredible restaurant in Florence! It is a must have!

The food was fantastic; I especially loved the truffle pasta

We enjoyed the excelent food, setting and loved the experience.

A fantastic restaurant! We visit this restaurant every time we come to Florence

Great staff. Incredible food. Just as I remembered from my last visit in 2018. Thank you so much for living up to my memory and expectations. (Aldo was so lovely and welcoming!)

We’ve eaten here before. The food and service were great!

Both service & food was amazing. Would highly recommend this to others

Had the steak and potatoes and my wife had the Lasagna.. both were excellent! Would highly recommend this place! Service is also outstanding and Aldo can really sing!!!

Nando, our waiter, was amazing! What a great experience we had!

As always great welcome and the best food.Excellent service .

Great ambiance and service. While the food was Tuscan focused it was not anything unique or special. It was all well done, but I was a bit underwhelmed. I would certainly recommend everyone should go to enjoy the experience.

Very good as all the other visits we’ve had there. But we had children with us and the restaurant was very rigid about changing a food item.

Our waiter was great. He understood our group and answered our questions and kept us entertained !

Amazing restaurant!! best meal i've had in florence so far, it does not get any better than this!

best meal we had in Florence. Everyone loved their meals!! this is a must!

The service was excellent! So friendly and accommodating with our 2 year old daughter. The food was delicious! Nonna’s lasagna was the best thing I have eaten in a long time!

J’avais sélectionné cet endroit suite au commentaire de Trip Advisor. Nous avons super bien été accueilli. L’endroit était antique et très propre. Nous avons pris un filet de bœuf avec patates et champignons. La cuisson était excellente. À mon avis, il manquait juste un peu de saveur. Le service était très bien. Il y avait un serveur qui chantait et il était très enjoué. En gros, je recommande ce restaurant. En partant, la personne qui nous a fait payer, m’a donné un sac pour faire mes courses