I studied abroad in Florence and lived right around the corner from Piazza Santo Spirito. As a student, you are always looking for the best deal and La Casalinga was awesome. The food is homemade as this is a family run restaurant. The vibe is busy but not annoying. I highly recommend this trattoria, it was a great value with great food, oh yea and cheap wine! Buon Appetito!

every year when i return to florence this is one of the best restaurants in the santo spirito area. best to make reservations because it gets crowded after 7:30pm. the food,service,etc.is great.

We've been eating at Casalinga since student days in the 1970's - it is the first & most authentic place I take visitors to Florence. The Tuscan meals are absolutley authentic (Casalinga means home-style in Italian!), the service is typical of a neighborhood restaurant (which this is!), and the ambience is just down-home Florence. The ...

Casalinga was, by far, the best restaurant value we found in our 10 days in Italy.Authentic Italian home cooking in a neighborhood ambiance. The guest were mostly locals.(no English spoken here but we got by)My wife said the pesto was the best she ever tasted..............This place opens at 7:30 and is filled, with a waiting line ,by 8:00

Make a reservation!

You can taste real italian food in a very genuine italian trattoria.

the ambient is favolous and the price is great.

I can´t wait to go back

no tourists but hard to find and like most authentic Italian restaurants, they don't open until 7:30 or so. Everything was unbelievable. The tuscan bread, the white beans, the pesto, the tomato sauce, on and on.

My brother and I stumbled upon this place several years ago, and when I went back to live in Florence it was a on the top of my list of restaraunts. The food is fantastically cheap for a city like florence, and the fare is truly Florentine. It does not have a romantinc atmosphere, nor a lavishly decorated ambiance, but what you it lacks in pomp ...