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We'll be in Siena for 5 nights in September. Looking for dining suggestions. Not seeing anything posted on the forum in the last 6 months and want to make sure we're looking at current locations.
We'll be staying near Il Campo and using taxis or walking to get around. Thanks!
It's been a couple of years since I was last there, but over the last 10 years or so, I've spent about 3 months in Siena.
La Taverna di San Giuseppe is consistently excellent - although prices reflect this.
I tend to eat in the Istrice contrada - and in particular in any of several restaurants along Via Camollia: Il Vinaio di Bobbe e Davide, Osteria Titti or Osteria Di Kamollia.
The food has always been excellent and reasonably priced.
We failed to write down any of the places we enjoyed eating at in Siena last year, but I did some walking around on Google Street View and looking through our photos and I tracked a few down.
San Giuseppe was indeed good although we tend to prefer more homey places. It was so funny that they provide people with miniature chairs for their bags and purses.
L'Oro di Siena --- A bit of a walk down the hill. The food was really good and interesting, but we had to suppress our giggles at the little performance the server put on to serve us our wine. Modern style not our favorite either, but, yeah, the food was memorable, especially some kind of bruschetta topping made from CELERY.
L'Osteria dei Rossi --- Simple, basic, traditional good food. If you look at the food photos on Trip Advisor you can see that this place does not pretty up the food in any way.
Osteria La Sosta di Violante --- My husband remembers really liking the more modern but not fancy food here and our photos of the food look very yummy indeed.
Osteria Enoteca Sotto Le Fonti on the Via Esterna di Fontebranda --- It's a little trek but we thought it was worth it, twice. Small family-run place. You go through a city gate (the one between the Duomo and the Saint Catherine cathedral) and down the hill past the Parking S. Caterina. The "escalator to the Duomo" helped us get back up the hill --- this escalator shows up on Google Maps and it's inside a building.
Osteria Nonna Gina --- We ate there 7 years ago but it still looked good when we walked by it last year.
See if any of these places appeal to you.
Thanks for the great suggestions. Any great markets for meats, produce, cheeses? Any place in Siena for wine tasting or recommended wine shops?
There is a huge weekly market around the Fortezza on a Wednesday morning (apologies if day is wrong) - this is a typical Italian market selling clothes, household goods and all sorts of foods.
I seem to remember wine tasting in the Fortezza itself , but I believe Entoteca has since closed, so I cannot help you with that.
I had one of the best meals of my life at Antica Osteria da Divo several years ago, just around the corner from the Siena Duomo, at via Franciosa 25. Absolutely fabulous, amazing, creative food, served by thoughtful and attentive servers, in the setting of old Etruscan caverns. Truly wonderful. Make a reservation.
If you’re in the mood for a great pizza, make sure you head over to ‘Consorzio Agrario’ (on Via Pianigiani, 5). A great gourmet market with a bakery, a butcher shop and a deli. They also sell a variety of wines and cheeses.
Enjoy your time in beautiful Siena!
