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My daughter and I chanced upon this cafe off the beaten track. It looked cosy and funky, however we were very disappointed by the meal which was very overpriced and small. The old lady who served us was very rude and pointed at the menu saying that I should have read the prices. We were charged E 24 for a small dish of melted cheese and a small piece of Rice omlette plus 2 orange juices - no salad or veg to go with the food. We left hungry and unhappy feeling "ripped off".

we came to this place after receiving reports praising the cakes we decided to have lunch here.
to make a long story short, the menu is dubious, the food is BAD, is in small portions.
However, non of this compares to the minute you are ready to pay the bill.
Turns out for EVERY dish, including beverages that are ordered, an additional 1 Euro is added.
This is in addition to a cover charge and to overpriced dishes!!!
Do not walk in here, or, if you do, make sure you only stop to ask direction to the nearest place worthy of your money and appetite.
You deserve better then this.

I was very disappointed with this place. We came in and looked at the menu. After being persuaded to sit down, we placed an order. I ordered 2 Quiche (10 Euro), 1 glass of water (2 Euro), 1 small order of bread (1.50 Euro) and a cup of tea (? Euro). The food was fine. The bill came to 27.50! After my initial confusion and recounting the meal, I was confused. Here I thought we were finally sitting down for a light and inexpensive snack in this expensive town and it was wildly expensive. I was told of the 5 Euro fee that was tacked on. To which I responded, "you invited us to sit and made no mention of that". After all is said and done, the tea cost me 10 Euro ($15 American! for a cup of tea!). She explained to me that is was special tea and organic. In reality she lied and ripped me off. She seemed nice at first, but I felt scammed in the end. I actually have a hard time putting someone down, especially a hard working person, but she took advantage of someone who came a long way and supported her establishment in a town where vegetarianism is pretty non-existent. Plus, the portion was quite small. I would understand if it was an entire pie of quiche. Oh well.

The worst restaurant I've been to yet, vegetarian or otherwise. My error was in not realizing that Happy Cow ratings start at a minimum of two stars.The food was worse than bland - the only seasoning used in our 'quiches' was salt, and there was far too much of it (and I love salty food...). They were covered with an icing that had no flavor or taste whatsoever - not even salty or sweet. Despite the small portion size, if we hadn't been starving my wife and I would not have been able to finish them. My cafe fredo (ice coffee) was watery, room-temperature, small, and turned out to cost FIVE euro (about $7.50), about double the going rate. Overall, our bill was about double what it would have been at any other cafe, all for a meal that I would probably have paid to avoid having to eat.

The woman who made and served the food was slow, unfriendly, and weird. I agree completely with the other reviewers who concluded that this place is out to rip-off tourists (presumably the locals have learned to avoid it by now) and should be avoided.

Summary: very bad food, bad atmosphere, criminal prices. Do not eat here!

Worst food I've ever eaten in my life. The owner also added 1 Euro to each dish served at the table. We found many standard Italian resturants in Florence which were far superior for both vegetarian and vegan food. Avoid unless you want to be ripped off.

Its quite hard to have a bad food experience in Italy, but if you're up for the challenge try and find this place. It is comedy bad, I don't know why we actually didn't leave straight away.

Its a small, cramped little place that was totally empty (a sign I think).

The old woman that runs the café is mental. When I tried to ask more about the "Rice+cheese+eggs" she started howling about don't I know what rice is? She was so rude.

When the "Rice+cheese+eggs" turned up it was a tiny slice of a quiche type thing that was cold - straight from the fridge, served with nothing else.. not even a bit of salad. It was very dry, I'm guessing she must have made it 2 or 3 days previous. This delight was on the menu for 5 Euros a slice.

I also had a piece of "Crostini" which was basically just a small piece of stale bread.

Awful doesn't quite seem to capture the experience of this place, it was by far the worst food we have been served anywhere. Avoid at all costs.

2 is the lowest score you can give on here!