€ 25 – 45 per person

Address: Località Lama di Caprese
tel: 0575 793968

Open: Lunch and Dinner daily. Closed Wednesday.

Credit cards accepted.

Specialties: Homemade pasta, truffle dishes, wild game, eye fillet steak with porcini mushrooms, Florentine steaks, extensive wine selection

Wedding Receptions for 20 – 150 guests, from € 35 per person

Il Rifugio is in the tiny town of Lama just below Caprese and offers excellent Tuscan fare in an elegant ambience. The range of homemade pasta dishes are fantastic but Il Rifugio is perhaps even more famous for their main dishes that also feature local truffles in many instances. Their eye fillet steak with porcini mushrooms is the very best I have ever tasted as are the deep fried porcini. The restaurant is elegant with an extensive range of wines and they offer a special menu [euro 25/pp excluding wine] that includes tastes of almost all of their special truffle and porcini dishes.

A menu featuring fresh fish dishes is available on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. It is almost essential to reserve a table as Il Rifugio is patronized by many locals in addition to foreign guests staying in the area that invariably return more than once!

€ 20 – 40 per person

Address: Località Fragaiolo 203
tel: 0575 792090 / Mobile: 333 1841131

Open: June – Oct 7 days, lunch and dinner, Nov – May, weekends only

No credit cards

Specialties: Homemade fresh pasta, truffle and mushroom dishes, grilled and other second plates, homemade desserts

Mariuccia is nestled amongst the Chestnut woods approx 5 km from Caprese. At a higher altitude lunch outside is pleasant even in the hottest summer months. Dishes are traditional with a number of specialties that change daily. The homemade gnocchi with a delicate truffle sauce are just divine and Mariuccia is a good all rounder. It is certainly off the beaten track and thus ideal for kids with lots of safe space to run outside around plus slides, swings and seesaw.

Sunday lunches are a grand affair with endless platters of Antipasti followed by several pasta dishes and then mixed grilled meats and other seconds with side dishes. Desserts are homemade and delicious. It is impossible not to sample everything and thus a siesta is usually essential! House wine, mineral water, coffee and liqueurs are also included so at euro 24 p/p it provides excellent value. They also offer a discounted price for kids.

Reservations are not essential but appreciated weekdays and it is wise to book on weekends as many locals also dine there.

Credit cards not accepted so make sure you have cash as 4 km to the nearest money machine!

€ 15 – 30 per person

Address: Localita Fosso da Bagno, 39
tel: 0575 791098

Open: Lunch and Dinner Wednesday – Sunday, lunch only Monday, closed Tuesdays

No credit cards.

Specialties: Home made fresh pasta with wild boar, hare, porcini or duck sauce, Wood fired oven pizzas in the evenings, home made desserts

This little restaurant is ideal for a quick, honest & affordable meal. All dishes are authentic and it is low key with efficient service. The town of Caroni di San Cristofero is rather a non event, in fact if you blink you could drive right through it. Aside from the 2 restaurant/bars, small grocery store and the petrol station there is little else however being on the way to the famous Caprese Michelangelo sort of puts it on the map! Indeed many stop off here for a quick meal and the restaurant is also regularly patronised by a number of locals who enjoy a simple and hearty meal during their 2 hour lunch break.

A generous plate of home made pasta, salad, glass of wine and mineral water followed by a caffè macchiato never comes to more than 15 euro p/p.

The Antipasto of the house platter includes assorted fried vegetables which are very appetizing. Amongst the first dishes, the home made ravioli and gnocchi are particularly good and the Wild Boar or Lamb stews make great choices for the second course.

Also a Pizzeria with a range of tasty pizzas, evenings only

Wise to reserve a table on weekends and appreciated but not essential weekdays.

€ 25 – 40 per person

Address: Via Capoluogo 51
tel: 0575 793921 or 793941

Open: 7 days lunch & dinner in summer, closed Thursdays in winter

Visa, MC & Amex welcome

Specialties: Homemade pasta, mushroom & truffle dishes, grilled steaks, homemade desserts

Wedding Receptions: 20 – 300 guests
from € 40 per person

Another good all rounder featuring traditional dishes that honour the local specialty ingredients such as truffles, porcini and Chianina beef steaks. Grandma with her neat grey bun oversees and still participates fully in the daily preparation of the homemade pasta and desserts. Located in the heart of historical Caprese Michelangelo, the dining rooms are surprisingly large, in fact able to accommodate up to 300 and they enjoy a delightful panorama.

The restaurant is also a hotel and provides a special and original venue for a Wedding Reception. For around euro 40 per person you may enjoy an authentic 4 course lunch or dinner that includes dishes such as Tagliatelle with a Duck Sauce, Crepes with truffles and sliced, grilled Chianina steaks with juniper berries.

€ 20 – 40 per person

Address: Località Pratolino
tel: 0575 793839 or 0575 793979

Open: 7 days, lunch & dinner in summer, closed Tuesdays in winter

Major credit cards accepted

Specialties: Fresh pasta, mushroom & truffle dishes, roasted and grilled meats, homemade desserts

Wedding Receptions: 30 – 250 guests
from € 35 per person

A large, spacious and relatively modern Restaurant, Reception Rooms and Hotel just out of Caprese. All serving staff are friendly, well trained and extremely efficient and the food is also to a high standard. A wide range of traditional dishes typical of the area with many featuring truffles or porcini mushrooms along with excellent Chianina steaks. The pasta dishes are equally good and the desserts are also strictly homemade.

Sunday lunch is a 3 hour affair with appetising platters offered every few minutes! First the cold starters then all the warm antipasti including house specialties that vary often. A short break and then the first pasta dish, sample the second or another helping of the first that was so good? The third pasta dish is then presented often followed by a fourth. Very drinkable and unlimited house wine along with mineral water is included in the price. A wide range of more sophisticated wines available on request.

The second course includes roast beef or pork along with roast potatoes, assorted grilled meats including spare ribs, lamb and duck, pheasant or pigeon with a side plate of very fresh salad. Desserts follow with a sample of at least 3, all made at the restaurant. Lunch concludes with an espresso and much needed 'digestive' liqueur!

Ideally suited for Wedding Receptions and other Special Events, also Conventions and Seminars.