Florence Osteria & Piano Bar

Excellent food, drinks, ambiance, and service! This was my second visit to FLORENCE OSTERIA for dinner and I've been raving about to everyone. The menu is can't miss, with delicious cocktails and wines expertly curated by the amazing Liz, perfectly attentive service by Lorenzo, and warm hospitality from the owner Francesco. My favorites: wagyu meatballs, eggplant parm, the branzino, and the bread pudding. But I can't wait to return and sample more of the menu! Also, it's a comfortable, beautifully designed space that invites you to linger.

Always passed by here and finally very excited to try this.Valet from the backside but the welcoming smile made me very happy at the first time, however......Once I got in receptionist guarded us to their to very much "elegant " manager for us to see some kinda English queen, walking down all the way across the restaurant from the back to the front to ask where we could sit to arrogant grumpy manager and gave us tiny ass table!!! Politely asked bigger table and gave me the same size of the table, if this happened other restaurant I would step out right away!!! But the food looked so interesting I couldn't do that, even the servers are all rude , but like this case always their runners are way polite and helpful, this restaurant too lol.But later Max came Italian boy!!! He was amazing very kind and knowledgeable for their food thanks to him!We started with Rucola salad! Perfect portion perfect crunchiness little sweet to my mouth, but for others would be fine. Couldn't trust first trying restaurant with steak, so ordered lamb steak and aglio e olio...Cocktails were very decent my lady enjoyed 2 glasses in a row!The first complimentary bite came before the salad ,little piece of bread over garnished. Started very decadent, but actually took forever to have my salad- short staffed over all- but still the food was amazing!!!And another forever to have lamb steak and pasta. However in the mean time waiting the live piano little jazzy piano tune saved the waiting we were just happy to have their dishes.The perfection of their lamb steak and the seasoning was very authentic and pure taste, the pasta, hmm al dente , portion, fragrance and seasoning were perfect. Forgot the dessert name but texture and everything was amazing delish toothsome.In this case couldn't resist their coffee.I've asked cappuccino, lovely tender foam over aromatic cappuccino came obviously! This restaurant has authentic Italian taste and flavor so far number 1 in LA with authenticity!The service were so bad except the server Max and bus crews, but their food would kill all these!!!I'm coming back for Valentines, show me how you change after my review!

Florence Osteria is a great new edition to the Beverly Hills neighborhood. Formally Nick's on Beverly, this new incarnation of the space is awesome and was a great place to try during DineLA week.The DineLa menu gave us to try an array of some of their new items. Kicking off the meal they gave us a complimentary anarcini and bread service (olive oil and anchovies).The portions were generous with highlights being the waygu meatballs and branzino.We got sat on the back patio and it was a great spot and could imagine how lovely it would be for a nice boozy brunch. A lot of the tables, like ours, were for large parties which is perfect...since most of the regular food items we saw float by looked like large portions and perfect for sharing.For being open just about a month the restaurant was buzzing and tables full with great food and conversation. The staff was super attentive and their beverage director Liz was so welcoming and we had such a great convo about some of the plans they're thinking about for brunch and we can't wait to check it out!

So happy to have discovered Florence Osteria. We came by on a Friday evening and the place was packed. We were seated in their beautiful outdoor patio right next to the enchanting tree. We could hear the piano player once in a while, but the restaurant itself was very loud. No complaints though. Lorenzo was our server who helped us figure out what to order. We started with the Bruschetta flatbread, which was very unique and tasty. If you come here, you need to order the artichoke side dish. It was amazing as was the Porchetta main dish. My daughter really enjoyed her steak, but unfortunately, the pasta was a little too al dente. Overall, Florence Osteria was a great find!

Who would not want to go to a restaurant with Florence in it? Ambiance was great (as it was the Old Nic's space), service incredibly attentive and warm and cozy on the patio. We had the Gamberi prawns which were perfectly cooked and seasoned, the Fettucine Al Tartufo that was light and delicious and the Maccherone Ragu which was balanced well. We finished with the Chocolate Bombe. Not a chocolate person but it was very good. Cannot wait to go back and try more. And also told Brunch has been added so will for sure be back!

That's how a restaurant should operate. Excellent food, impeccable service and the place is beautiful.I highly recommend it.

Such a great experience for dinner here. Food was high quality and very tasty. Drinks were good, service was also very great. Live music and piano was an amazing touch. Love the trees inside the restaurant

Every dish was delicious and the atmosphere beautiful both during lunch. & dinner. Loved the carbonara at lunch .The service is first rate. And both the pistachio desert and chocolate bomba were to die for.

I've been eyeing Florence since their opening, especially since Florence was our favorite city during our recent Italy trip. And live piano? Say less we're there.We ordered a bottle of the Azelia Nebbiolo, the meatballs, prosciutto e burrata for the table. My friend decided to go big or go home and ordered their special espresso martini as well. Amongst our party, we had the ragu, risotto and truffle fettuccine, all were delicious! The chef offered complimentary arancino as a starter and the chocolate bombe and cannoli crostata for dolci. But of course, we had to add on a limoncello tiramisu - this had just a hint of tartness and simply amazing! (probably the best tiramisu I've had outside of Italy)Had a splendid experience celebrating my friend's birthday (which doubled as a reunion since this the attendees was our Italy group)! We came around 6pm on a Sat. There were a few tables, and it got busier as the night went on. The restaurant was more than 3/4 full by the time we left around 8pm.

I went here for my birthday dinner and it was an amazing experience! I haven't written a positive review in a long long time. Very impressed with the staff, food, ambience, PIANIST, everything! Highly recommend.