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Best Restaurants for Team-Dinner in Florence (2026)
Team dinner · Florence · 6 tables ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published August 25, 2025 · Updated June 17, 2026
A team dinner in Florence wants three things: a table that seats the whole group, a kitchen that can fire a bistecca alla fiorentina for ten at once, and a room loud enough that nobody has to whisper. The city's old trattorie are built for exactly this, with long communal tables and brick cellars under the palazzi, where the steak comes out by the kilo and the house red keeps coming. The six rooms below take big bookings without flinching, from a market-side institution with shared benches to a Renaissance wine cellar under the Antinori palace. Book the steak ahead, and bring an appetite.
1.Il Latini
The market-side institution with communal tables under hanging prosciutto; book the bistecca ahead for a loud, classic group night.
Il Latini sits on Via dei Palchetti near Santa Maria Novella, a family-run institution where you eat at long communal tables under a ceiling of hanging prosciutto. The kitchen is strictly classic Tuscan, the bistecca alla fiorentina the headline at around €60 to €69 a kilo, with crostini neri, ribollita and pappa al pomodoro before it. The shared seating and the by-the-kilo steak make it one of the easiest rooms in the city for a big group, since the format is built for a crowd. It is the loud, communal Florence team table. Book ahead for the bistecca, tell them the headcount, and let the antipasti and the house red carry the table.
Reserve ahead; bistecca for the table.
2.Buca Lapi
A Renaissance wine cellar under the Antinori palace; book the long table for a group steak dinner in a private-feeling vault.
Buca Lapi hides in the cellars of Palazzo Antinori on Via del Trebbio, one of Florence's oldest restaurants, run by owner-chef Luciano Ghinassi in a vaulted, poster-lined room underground. The kitchen is Tuscan to the core, the bistecca alla fiorentina the signature at roughly €55 a kilo, with the underground vault giving a big table a private, sealed-off feel. The brick cellar and the long format suit a group that wants a sense of occasion without a private-room surcharge. It is the cellar steak room for a team night. Book the long table, order the bistecca by weight for the group, and pour from the Antinori list overhead.
Reserve ahead; long table, bistecca.
3.Trattoria Sostanza
The 1869 trattoria of butter chicken and shared tables; book early for a tight, classic group dinner with no frills.
Trattoria Sostanza has run on Via del Porcellana since 1869, a tiny, no-frills room of marble-topped tables where strangers share benches and the kitchen does a handful of dishes perfectly. The signature is the petto di pollo al burro, the butter chicken, alongside the bistecca, with mains around €20 to €45. The format is communal and the turnover brisk, so a group that books early and eats decisively fits well. It is the cult Florence trattoria for a tight team table. Reserve as far ahead as you can, warn them of the headcount, and order the butter chicken and the bistecca for the table.
Reserve far ahead; butter chicken, bistecca.
4.Trattoria Za Za
The big San Lorenzo trattoria with indoor and piazza seating; book the terrace for a relaxed, large team dinner near the market.
Trattoria Za Za stands on Piazza del Mercato Centrale by the San Lorenzo market, a large, lively trattoria with spacious indoor rooms and a covered piazza terrace built for volume. The kitchen runs the full Tuscan repertoire, ribollita, bistecca and a well-known tris of soups, with mains around €14 to €38. The scale and the terrace make it one of the simplest rooms in the city to seat a big team, since the space is built for groups. It is the high-capacity market-side trattoria. Book the terrace for a large group, order the soup tris and the bistecca, and use it when the headcount is too big for the smaller trattorie.
Reserve ahead; terrace, soup tris and steak.
5.Acqua al 2
The 1978 room famous for its tasting plates; book the assaggio menus so a group can graze pasta and steak flights together.
Acqua al 2 sits near Santa Croce on Via della Vigna Vecchia, open since 1978 and built around its assaggio format, where the kitchen sends out tasting flights rather than single plates. The signature assaggio di primi runs five pastas and risottos, and a steak sampler comes three ways, with rosemary, balsamic and blueberry, with menus around €30 to €45 a head. The flight format is ideal for a group, since everyone tastes everything and the table eats as one. It is the team table for grazing rather than one big steak. Book the assaggio menus for the group, and let the pasta and steak flights do the ordering.
Reserve ahead; assaggio flights for all.
6.Alla Vecchia Bettola
The Oltrarno comfort-food room with one big dining hall; book the long benches for a relaxed, local-feeling group dinner.
Alla Vecchia Bettola sits across the river in the Oltrarno on Viale Vasco Pratolini, a comfort-food trattoria running since 1950 with one large dining hall of shared benches and paper-topped tables. The kitchen is classic Tuscan, with the penne alla bettola in its vodka-tomato sauce a signature alongside the bistecca, and mains around €12 to €40. The single big room and the local crowd make it an easy, unfussy fit for a team that wants to eat away from the centre. It is the Oltrarno neighbourhood room for a group. Book the long benches, order the penne alla bettola and a shared bistecca, and treat it as the local-side team night.
Reserve ahead; benches, penne and steak.
Avoid for a team dinner
Too fine for a big table
Enoteca Pinchiorri, the three-Michelin-star room with one of Europe's great cellars, is among Florence's best restaurants, but the tasting-menu pace and the formality fight a loud team dinner. Book it for a small, special occasion, and take the group to one of the trattorie above.
Built for two, not twelve
The tiny tasting rooms and the intimate Oltrarno wine bars are wonderful for a couple, but they cannot seat a large team and the quiet rooms work against a group. For a first date or a quiet dinner book those; for a crowd, book the communal trattorie above, which are built for volume.
Reservation strategy for a Florence team dinner
Florence's group rooms cluster around the centre and across the river. Il Latini and Sostanza sit near Santa Maria Novella, Buca Lapi under the Antinori palace in the centro storico, Za Za by the San Lorenzo market, Acqua al 2 near Santa Croce, and Alla Vecchia Bettola in the Oltrarno. The communal-table rooms, Il Latini, Sostanza and Za Za, are the simplest for a large headcount, while Buca Lapi's cellar gives a group a private-feeling vault without a private-room fee.
Book ahead and give the exact headcount, since the bistecca alla fiorentina is sold by weight and the kitchen needs to plan the steak for a big table. For the easiest large booking, take Za Za's terrace or Il Latini's communal tables; for a sense of occasion, take the Buca Lapi cellar; and for a group that wants to graze, book the assaggio flights at Acqua al 2.
Frequently asked
What is the best restaurant in Florence for a team dinner?
Il Latini near Santa Maria Novella is the classic choice, with long communal tables and a bistecca alla fiorentina sold by the kilo that suits a big group. For a sense of occasion, the Renaissance cellar at Buca Lapi under the Antinori palace seats a long table in a private-feeling vault. Book the steak and the headcount ahead at either.
Which Florence restaurants take large groups?
Il Latini, Trattoria Za Za and Trattoria Sostanza are built around communal tables and high turnover, so they handle large headcounts well. Buca Lapi's cellar and Alla Vecchia Bettola's single big hall both seat long tables, and Acqua al 2 suits a group with its tasting-flight format. Always give the exact number when you book, especially for the bistecca.
How much is a group dinner in Florence?
Plan on roughly €30 to €60 a head before wine at the trattorie, driven by the bistecca alla fiorentina, which runs about €55 to €69 a kilo and is sold by weight for the table. Acqua al 2's assaggio menus run around €30 to €45 a head. The house Tuscan red keeps the wine bill modest, so the steak is the main variable.
Do you need to book ahead for a big group in Florence?
Yes. The best group trattorie, Il Latini, Sostanza and Buca Lapi among them, fill fast and need the headcount in advance so the kitchen can plan the bistecca, which is cooked to weight. Sostanza in particular is small and books out well ahead. Reserve as early as you can and confirm the exact number of diners.
Where can a group eat bistecca alla fiorentina in Florence?
Il Latini, Buca Lapi, Trattoria Sostanza and Trattoria Za Za all grill the bistecca alla fiorentina to order and serve it by weight, which is ideal for sharing across a table. Buca Lapi's cellar under the Antinori palace and Il Latini's communal tables are the two most group-friendly rooms for it. Order it rare and by the kilo for the group.
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