Best Michelin-Starred Restaurants in Florence
This list covers seven Michelin-starred restaurants in Florence. Our guide counts 10 Michelin stars in total. Enoteca Pinchiorri, Santa Elisabetta, Atto di Vito Mollica, and Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura are in San Niccolo. Il Palagio is in Le Cure, Saporium Firenze is in Ricorboli, and Luca's by Paulo Airaudo is in Santo Spirito. Each holds a Michelin star for 2026.
Enoteca Pinchiorri holds three Michelin stars and the Wine Spectator Grand Award, with contemporary Italian cooking that also draws on French traditions. Santa Elisabetta holds two Michelin stars for a seafood menu with Campanian roots. Atto di Vito Mollica holds a Michelin star and 5,400 bottles with particular depth in Burgundy, Champagne, and Piedmont. Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura cooks with Emilian technique, Tuscan produce, Japanese precision, and Mexican influences. Saporium Firenze cooks from its own organic farm and gardens.
How this list is chosen: Restaurants holding Michelin stars, listed alphabetically. Updated October 8, 2026.
Atto di Vito Mollica
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A Michelin-starred dinner in a frescoed Renaissance palazzo behind the Duomo, Atto di Vito Mollica positions itself at the serious end of Florence's contemporary Italian scene. The kitchen, led by chefs Rosario Bernardo and Paolo Acunto, draws on high-quality Tuscan and Umbrian ingredients with a marked lean toward seafood and unexpected flavour combinations. Wine director Clizia Zuin oversees a cellar of 5,400 bottles with particular depth in Burgundy, Champagne, and Piedmont.
Enoteca Pinchiorri
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Grand Award · Deep wine list
One of Italy's eleven three-Michelin-star restaurants, Enoteca Pinchiorri has occupied its 17th-century palazzo on Via Ghibellina since 1972, building one of Europe's most celebrated wine cellars alongside a kitchen that draws from both Italian and French traditions. Rated 94 points on La Liste 2026 and ranked in the Opinionated About Dining Classical Europe list, it operates dinner service Tuesday through Saturday at the upper tier of Florentine fine dining.
Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
On Piazza della Signoria, where Florence's political history plays out in stone and bronze, Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura holds a Michelin star for cooking that moves between Emilian technique, Tuscan produce, and Japanese precision. Tortellini in Parmesan cream is among the signatures. The wine list runs to nearly 700 selections, weighted toward Tuscany, Burgundy, and Champagne, with 4,310 bottles in inventory.
Il Palagio
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence · Deep wine list
Il Palagio Florence brings Michelin-starred sophistication to Palazzo della Gherardesca, where Chef Paolo Lavezzini's Italian-Brazilian menu progression creates unexpected magic within neo-Classical elegance. Surrounded by historic gardens, this evening sanctuary reinterprets Tuscan traditions through the chef's distinctive South American perspective.
Luca's by Paulo Airaudo
1 Michelin star
Set on the first floor of La Gemma hotel on Via dei Cavalieri, Luca's by Paulo Airaudo holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025 and operates at the €€€€ tier. Chefs Cappelletti and Querini run a concise, product-driven menu where goat tagliolini with anchovies and wagyu beef sit alongside more classical references. Oval tables with kitchen views make it a considered choice for a formal dinner in central Florence.
Santa Elisabetta
2 Michelin stars · Deep wine list
Santa Elisabetta occupies the upper tier of Florence's fine dining scene, housed inside the Byzantine Torre della Pagliazza, the city's oldest circular tower, with just six tables on the first floor of the Brunelleschi Hotel. Chef Rocco De Santis holds two Michelin stars and a La Liste score of 80 points (2026), building an elaborately constructed Mediterranean menu around fish and seafood with clear Campanian roots.
Saporium Firenze
1 Michelin star · Deep wine list
Saporium Firenze holds a Michelin star and sits on Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, where a Florentine chef presents creative tasting menus alongside à la carte options. The wine list reaches back to rare 1980s and 90s labels, while the kitchen's sustainability-led approach and a signature reimagining of the classical zuccotto give regulars two reasons to return before they've finished their first visit.
Planning Michelin-starred restaurants in Florence
- How many Michelin-starred restaurants are on this list?
- This list has 7 Michelin-starred restaurants, the full citywide count in our guide, holding 10 Michelin stars in total. The restaurants are Enoteca Pinchiorri, Santa Elisabetta, Atto di Vito Mollica, and Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura in San Niccolo, Il Palagio in Le Cure, Saporium Firenze in Ricorboli, and Luca's by Paulo Airaudo in Santo Spirito.
- Which restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards?
- Four restaurants on this list hold Wine Spectator awards. Enoteca Pinchiorri in San Niccolo holds the Grand Award. Il Palagio in Le Cure, Atto di Vito Mollica in San Niccolo, and Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura in San Niccolo hold Best of Award of Excellence. Atto di Vito Mollica's list runs to 5,400 bottles with particular depth in Burgundy, Champagne, and Piedmont.
- Which neighborhoods are the starred restaurants in?
- Four of the 7 restaurants are in San Niccolo: Enoteca Pinchiorri, Santa Elisabetta, Atto di Vito Mollica, and Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura. Il Palagio is in Le Cure. Saporium Firenze is in Ricorboli. Luca's by Paulo Airaudo is in Santo Spirito.
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