Restaurant in Anghiari, Italy
Genuine local cooking, not tourist-facing.
Da Alighiero is the right call for an unhurried, affordable Tuscan lunch in one of the region's most atmospheric medieval hill towns. Chef Silvia's kitchen turns out local classics — bringoli with ragu, tripe in spicy red sauce, pan-fried liver — with conviction. At a single euro-sign price point and a 4.1 Google rating from 433 reviews, it delivers exactly what it promises: honest regional cooking in a room that has earned its warmth.
If you are travelling through the Valtiberina and want a meal that feels genuinely local rather than curated for tourists, Da Alighiero in Anghiari is the right call. It works leading for a long, unhurried lunch with a partner or a small group celebrating something low-key: a birthday, an anniversary, or simply the fact that you made it to one of Tuscany's most atmospheric medieval hill towns. At a single euro-sign price point, it is one of the most affordable ways to eat well in the region, and for visitors who have spent serious money at places like Enoteca Pinchiorri in Florence or Osteria Francescana in Modena, Da Alighiero offers a genuinely different register: honest Tuscan cooking at honest prices, served in a room that earns its warmth rather than performing it.
The entrance is easy to walk past — a wooden door with glass panes and curtains on Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, 8. Inside, a brick-vaulted ceiling, old cupboards, bottles lining the walls, and art placed without obvious curation create the kind of atmosphere that takes decades to accumulate. Host Gianni works the room with the confidence of someone who knows the wine list as well as the cellar, and his recommendations are part of the experience. For a special occasion in a small group, this feels like eating in a private home rather than a restaurant, which is a meaningful distinction at this price tier.
On the food side, chef Silvia's kitchen is grounded in the classics of the Arezzo province. The menu reads as a brief for Tuscan culinary tradition rather than a showcase for individual creativity, and that is precisely the point. Bringoli, an elongated local egg pasta with real textural presence, comes with a slow-cooked meat ragu or, in season, with mushrooms. Tripe in a spicy red sauce and pan-fried liver with sage and white wine are the kind of dishes that disappear from restaurant menus as chefs chase modernity , here they are treated as the natural centre of the meal, not as retro curiosities. If you are visiting Anghiari with someone who wants to understand what Tuscan food actually tasted like before it was repackaged for export, this menu delivers that clearly.
Da Alighiero does not publish a formal private dining programme, and seat count data is not available in our records. That said, the room's character , intimate, enclosed, warm , makes it a reasonable candidate for small group celebrations of four to eight people who want a table to themselves rather than a dedicated private room. The booking method is not listed in our data, so the practical advice is to contact the restaurant directly by phone or in person if you are planning around a specific date or a group larger than four. Walk-ins may be possible given the venue's relaxed character, but for a special occasion do not rely on that. Google reviews stand at 4.1 from 433 ratings, a score that reflects consistent satisfaction rather than polarising brilliance , which is about right for this style of place.
For groups who want a private room with a formal structure, confirmed menus, and the kind of service choreography you get at Dal Pescatore in Runate or Le Calandre in Rubano, Da Alighiero is not the answer. It suits groups who want the feeling of having found something rather than having booked something , a distinction that matters on certain kinds of occasions.
The restaurant sits in the historic centre of Anghiari, a town that requires arriving on foot once you have parked outside the medieval walls. Hours are not confirmed in our data, so check ahead before making the trip, particularly if you are visiting outside the main summer season. Price range is a single euro sign, which in this context means a full meal with wine is unlikely to strain any reasonable budget. Chef Ciro Verdi is credited in the database record, though the awards data also references chef Silvia in the kitchen , the most useful framing is that the cooking is consistent with Tuscan trattoria tradition rather than dependent on a single personality. For more on what to do around a meal here, see our full Anghiari restaurants guide, our Anghiari hotels guide, and our Anghiari wineries guide.
If Tuscan food at a more ambitious register is on the agenda during a broader Tuscany trip, Caino in Montemerano and L'Asinello in Castelnuovo Berardenga are the regional comparisons worth considering. Both operate at higher price points and with greater formality, but they offer a different kind of occasion. Da Alighiero occupies its own space: the place you go when you want Tuscany to feel real rather than impressive.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Da Alighiero | € | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | €€€€ | — |
| Dal Pescatore | €€€€ | — |
| Osteria Francescana | €€€€ | — |
| Quattro Passi | €€€€ | — |
| Reale | €€€€ | — |
How Da Alighiero stacks up against the competition.
Book at least a few days ahead if you are visiting on a weekend or in peak summer months — Anghiari is a small town and Da Alighiero is the kind of place locals fill without fanfare. Walk-ins may work on a quiet weekday, but the restaurant has no published booking system or phone number in our records, so arriving early and asking in person is your fallback. At a single euro-sign price point, this is one of the lower-stakes bookings in Tuscany.
Order the bringoli — an elongated local egg pasta served with meat ragù or seasonal mushrooms — if it is on the menu; it is a regional speciality you will not find at most Tuscan restaurants outside the Valtiberina. The tripe in spicy red sauce and pan-fried liver with sage and white wine are the kitchen's signature meat dishes and worth ordering if offal is your format. Host Gianni is reportedly on hand to steer wine choices, so ask him rather than defaulting to the list.
No dietary restriction policy is documented for Da Alighiero, and the menu as described is built around meat-forward Tuscan traditions: pasta with ragù, tripe, liver. Vegetarians will find it harder going here than at a broader Tuscan trattoria. If dietary flexibility matters, call ahead — though no phone number is currently listed in our records, so your best move is to ask on arrival or check with your accommodation in Anghiari.
Anghiari is a small medieval town and Da Alighiero is the most-cited local option for traditional cooking in the historic centre. If you want a step up in formality and are willing to travel within the region, the wider Valtiberina and Arezzo province offer more options, but nothing in the same price bracket with the same regional specificity. Da Alighiero is the practical choice if you are already in Anghiari and want food that reflects the town rather than a tourist circuit.
For a low-key, personal celebration it works well — the brick-vaulted room, bottles covering the walls, and attentive host Gianni give it genuine character rather than event-venue formality. At a single euro-sign price point, do not expect white-tablecloth ceremony. If your occasion calls for a destination-level dinner, Osteria Francescana in Modena or Dal Pescatore in Canneto sull'Oglio are different propositions entirely, but Da Alighiero suits a celebration that is about place and food rather than occasion staging.
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