For a Sienese meal, choose a trattoria around the Campo for pici or head towards the Duomo for a longer dinner. Leave room for panforte or ricciarelli from a pasticceria.
Where should you eat in Siena? The Campo side is convenient for a short visit; the lanes towards the Duomo suit a slower dinner. Choose by the day's menu rather than a photo of a dish: pici are the local pasta, and Siena's official food guide explains the city's traditional sweets. Check each restaurant's current hours and menu directly, especially outside the summer season, and reserve a table for dinner.
Sienese cooking means pici - thick, hand-rolled pasta, often with the garlicky aglione sauce - ribollita (bread and bean soup), peposo (peppery slow-cooked beef) and pork from the local cinta senese breed. For sweets, panforte and ricciarelli, the almond biscuits, are Siena's own inventions.
A Siena institution in a vaulted room off the Campo, serving Tuscan classics with a carefully chosen wine list.
A friendly osteria devoted to Sienese and Tuscan cooking, strong on local produce and honest prices.
A popular pizzeria-restaurant in the centre, great for a relaxed dinner of pizza, pasta and local wine.
A beloved tavern in a vaulted medieval cellar, famous for its warm welcome, Tuscan plates and an extensive wine cellar.