Pasticceria Castaldini - Firenze

Am often in Castaldini on my visits to Florence as it is almost across the street from the place where I conduct workshops. Am usually here annually. I was there a few days ago getting a coffee and pastry in the late afternoon and the woman behind the pastry counter said to my companion, Isn 't he the doctor who comes to teach at the Center across the street? This was amazing. Castaldini is definitely a fine neighbourhood pasticceria where they know your name (and the coffee and pastries are excellent, of course), but I didn 't expect to be treated as one of the neighbours! I am already looking forward to my next visit.

Simple and good lunch fresh tomato and basil salad and pasta from a small handwritten menu. Great pastry and coffees (cafe latte and cappuccino) that we drank at the bar in true local style. Helpful staff if you don't speak a lot of Italian.

Have visited all the coffee bars and pasticcerias within two blocks of this place and they are all great. This one stands out on the quality of their pastry and their willingness to prepare a beautiful fruit juice lunch on my fasting day! I was there at breakfast time for a big glass of fresh orange juice. At lunch we were back and the cook designed a custom juice with a range of fruits and vegetables. When I was 3/4 done with it she asked if I wanted more because there was some left in the blender and so they added that! It was delicious. My friends had some light pasta dishes and there were an array of other choice including more substantial second. The service was very friendly and accommodating and, of course, the price was small.

Ottimo pasticcino, pane delizioso. Recentemente, tuttavia, gli orari di apertura, un po 'il personale lento...è sufficiente per non essere in fretta!

Veramente provare questa pasticceria che oltre ad offrire dessert eccellenti è gestito da personale cordiale. Sarà il mio punto di riferimento per la florence.