ristorazione — Pontassieve · Toscana
In Pontassieve, in the hills behind Florence, a fresh fish restaurant quietly defies geography. The sea is not as far as it seems: it arrives every day, chosen with care, and takes its place on tables set with flowers and candles.
In the hills of the Valdisieve, where inland Tuscany keeps its own pace, Dennis and Melissa have opened a door onto the sea. Cantuccio del Buongustaio is a family-run restaurant where hospitality is not a formula but a deliberate choice: every guest is awaited, not merely received.
The dining room is small and carefully kept: candles, flowers on the tables, soft light that turns dinner into a pause. The wine list, built with attention by the owner, accompanies every course without overpowering it — a selection that reveals the same care given to the fish.
Every morning the fish arrives fresh, and the kitchen decides the day's menu. From the mixed seafood antipasti — raw, cold and warm — to the lobster pasta that guests mention first, to fusilli with coconut and prawns: pairings that surprise without losing the thread of the sea.
A dish, a story of the sea in the Tuscan hinterland. Explore the menu and book your table at Cantuccio del Buongustaio.
