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😍 5/5 - The best Siena dining experience, with above and beyond service!
By 👻 @Candice S, 08/03/2022 3:00 am
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La Taverna di San Giuseppe (Attach pictures) This was the best and most memorable dinner I've ever had anywhere in the world. We were a group of Americans and Australians visiting Siena via train (this is an important detail for later) for the day from Florence with a group of 14 people (12 adults, 1 toddler, and 1 infant) August 1, 2022. We found La Taverna di San Giuseppe via the Michelin Guide and about 6 weeks prior to our arrival, contacted the restaurant to make a reservation. Luckily August 1st was the restaurant's first day back from a July holiday closure. Be aware of this if you are traveling in the summer. Honestly, I would arrange your vacation schedule around this restaurant's availability - it really is that spectacular. After calling the restaurant for a large reservation, the person on the phone recommended emailing the manager. After a quick email exchange in English, Lorella (the most wonderful and accommodating manager you'll ever meet) was able to fit our group at a table of 6 and 8 for a 7:00 pm reservation. Recommendation: Call more than 6 weeks in advance especially if you have a large group and do not want to be split up. Within our email exchange, I mentioned three important details: 1. We were celebrating an engagement, 2. We had to catch the 9:40 train back to Florence, 3. Some members of our group had allergies. If you are new to Italy, dinner may take a while so be sure to inform the staff if you need to leave by a certain time. Lorella said that because of our group's size, we had to select from 1 of two degustation menus. We selected menu #1 which consisted of wine, appetizers, pasta, meat, dessert, and coffee. The afternoon of our dinner, Lorella emailed me to confirm that we were still arriving. At that time we informed her that our list of allergies had to be updated and she was happy to accommodate different people's nut, gluten, dairy allergies. She also created a meal for the toddler that was separate from the degustation menu. Upon our arrival at 7:00, we were greeted by friendly wait staff as well as Lorella. I felt as though I had already known her because we had exchanged almost 20 emails about this dinner. She pulled me aside and asked who the engaged couple was and said there would be a surprise at dessert. I had expected the Olive Garden (American chain restaurant) birthday song equivalent - oh no, that was not at all what we received. She also asked if we were still taking the 9:40 train. I asked if taxis were easily attainable at that time of night and in this vicinity. Since taxis were not typically driving in the area, Lorella said that she would call the taxi company for us and arrange for 3 taxis to pickup and take us to the train station around 10 mins before a 9:00 pickup. Now the food. Every item was excellent. Served by multiple wait staff, our wine glasses were never empty, our courses were perfectly timed. The presentation was photogenic. The taste was impeccable. Every element of the food was better than the previous item. The portion sizes were appropriate and the dessert was a large slice of melt in your mouth chocolate cake. Right before dessert, we tried to buy Siena to Florence train tickets online and discovered no tickets were available. Would we be sleeping in a park for the night? Lorella to the rescue. But first, the engagement celebration. The dining atmosphere was in a style of typical Italian restaurant ambiance, but inside a 3rd century BC Etruscan cave. The restaurant was well air-conditioned, which was a much needed respite from the summer heat wave. Then suddenly, all of the main lights went out, disco lights flashed to the beat of Italian house music, and we were transformed into a modern nightclub. Wait staff came out clapping, the entire restaurant joined in the clapping, and the newly engaged couple was presented with a special candlelit cake. This was above and beyond all expectations of any surprise celebration. Back to the taxi/train issue, we now had to ask Lorella to call the taxi company again and see if they could have 3 taxis drive us back to Florence (60 mins car ride as opposed to the 10 minute local car ride). Having Lorella speaking Italian to the taxi company, as opposed to us trying to explain the situation in English to the taxi company, was a blessing. Lorella arranged for taxis at a flat rate of 150 Euros each, which we gladly took considering the alternative. Side note: train riders, save yourself some money and panic by purchasing your return train ticket in advance! Finally, the dining experience was incredibly affordable at 120 Euros per adult. Even though Italian culture does not expect tipping, we tipped the wait staff and Lorella well to compensate for their exceptional food, ambiance, engagement surprise, taxi concierge service, and service/hospitality. Although we did not want to leave, our taxis had arrived, and before we headed back to Florence Lorella gifted us two bottles of wine. It was like saying goodbye to family after a holiday. We all hope to return to Siena one day and experience La Taverna di San Giuseppe once again. We will be telling all of our friends to make a point to dine at this fabulous restaurant. Thank you to the entire restaurant staff for the incredible lifelong memories!
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