Il Latini
$$$ • Italian Restaurant
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Amazing experience here! Went with a large group of friends who all wanted to do the family style menu, which is for the whole table. I explained I am Celiac and asked about possible accommodations, and as I was explaining I understood if they couldn't the owner, who was helping us, stopped me saying "It's no problem, of course you can". He explained what everything I could have and the substitutions he'd make for me, and I was served fresh baked gluten free bread and still got to try so many different dishes. We were all incredibly full afterwards, and it was so wonderful to be included and felt safe eating everything. No issues afterwards, except a very full tummy! As others have said, the owner's wife is Celiac and they both take pride in their food there - absolutely worth it!
Amazing! Really nice restaurant with a lot of options to choose from. There is not a separate gluten-free menu but they came to explain everything to me at the table. The owners wife has celiac disease so they know what they are doing! The Focaccia bread was absolutely great, never had such good gluten-free bread before! I really recommend booking a table in advance, because there can be a serious line outside.
Perfect special occasion restaurant! The manager of the restaurant has celiacs herself and came up to our table to take me through all of the things I could eat here. They even provided gluten free bread table bread for me. Love this spot.
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I wasn’t able to find a dedicated menu and it was a little confusing, but I did get plain gf pasta & marinara and it was good. It was a little nerve wracking without a dedicated menu. My server was good but we must have just arrived at a strange time- 2:30 right before they closed so he wasn’t the most helpful. I’m not sure I’d recommend this as the best option for a celiac person to go, although I felt fine after eating. Other restaurants in Florence have more options & are more accommodating.
Great staff, awesome, like a large family kitchen - food options are very good!!
RELAX // A reservation simply means you'll get a seat at a table, after standing in a cue that forms 30-45 min prior to seating.
The cue outside is self forming, and confusing. (RELAX)
Everyone cues up while seeing this little tiny restaurant through the main glass door.
As the cue gets larger folks begin to think others are simply cuing for a 1st come 1st serve seating.
The latter arrivals (also with reservations) push past the early arrivals (also with reservations) as the late arrivals think everyone else does not have a reservation but them, while those who arrived early think all late arrivals do not have reservations as the restaurant appears to hold 1/4 the crowd that has formed.
About the time the crowd tension begins to peak - the door opens with one of the staff stepping out to face "the mob".
The mob then surges forward as if to score on 4th and goal while the lone staff member calmly gets the reservation name and head count - each reservation attempts to collect their crew from the scrum in front of the small door and enter.
Once inside you see the extra rooms, spacious seating options and begin to relax and realize that the entire mob behind you will in fact get seated.
You then hope the person(s) that pushed in front of you rudely is not seated next to you.
The table staff engages, food flows, you open the bottle of wine on your table and settle in to a conversation with the strangers [now friends] that bonded in the "Crazy Italian Seating process" you just survived.
Dinner with a show -- but you and the crowd are the show at the beginning -- the dinner is in fact worth the wait / effort
Definitely get a reservation. They have two seatings, one at 7.30 through to 9.30, and then they start fitting in the next crowd as the first leaves. We had a reservation for five, and joined the crowd of people who also had reservations, all anxious to get in. Tell your server you are gluten free, and he'll let you know what you can eat.
Pperhaps the most confusing meal of your life, but just go with it. You'll be seated with people from all over the world and the food just starts coming. Just let the server know you're gluten-free and they'll take good care of you
