Originally Posted by
lwildernorva
You're correct that the OP was months ago; however, I think anyone looking for Florence restaurant recommendations might find this thread useful (FT differs from TripAdvisor forums in this regard--here threads can remain open forever; at TA, threads can be permanently closed after a certain period of inactivity). So, although the thread might not be of use to the OP anymore, it may be of use to others eventually. Your upcoming experience, as well as mine in a couple of weeks, probably will be useful data points.
Agreed, but what I'm asking is whether this information is needed
now, or can wait for me to update with additional experience. I can certainly recommend a handful of places that will very likely be good at the moment, but if folks are planning for after December, I can be a little bit more current in my opinions.
One thing I noticed that's curious on Tripadvisor recently - I get the same restaurant rankings when using the English (US) and Italian versions of the site, despite showing me a different set of reviews based on language. I thought it used to be that TA weighed local/local language ratings and gave a different list depending on location.