Our menu
Calabrian food and gourmet pizza
The taste of Calabrian cooking in Florence: home recipes, selected ingredients and bold flavours.
At lunchtime we have a dedicated menu, designed for quick business lunches.
To begin
Starters
From our land…
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Fried caciocavallo on caramelised onion 15 €
Breaded fried caciocavallo cheese with caramelised Tropea red onion.
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Tagliere Commisso (recommended for 2) 22,5 €
Capocollo, sausage, soppressata, pancetta and three semi-aged pecorino cheeses, served with our jams.
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Tagliere Barone (recommended for 2) 22,5 €
Calabrian meatballs, scapece aubergines, wild chicory, sun-dried tomatoes, mixed preserves and Sila wild mushrooms.
…from our sea
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Swordfish rolls with bergamot 18 €
Swordfish filled with raisins and pine nuts, in a bergamot crust.
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Fried anchovies 12 €
Anchovies dusted in flour and fried.
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Red peppered mussels 14 €
Mussels with white wine, tomato, chilli, garlic, black pepper and extra virgin olive oil.
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🌶️ Trio of Calabrian croquettes 15 €
Salt cod croquette with ’nduja sauce, tuna croquette with caramelised onion and icefish croquette.
Meat and fish
First courses
From our land…
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Fileja imperiale 15 €
Tomato, aubergine, smoked ricotta, crispy sausage and basil.
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🌶️ Garganelli with porcini, ’nduja and scamorza 14,5 €
Garganelli with porcini mushrooms, ’nduja, smoked scamorza*, parsley and extra virgin olive oil.
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Linguine with pesto, burrata and sun-dried tomatoes 13,5 €
Linguine with basil pesto on burrata, sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts.
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Calabrian stroncatura with anchovies 14 €
Stroncatura pasta with anchovies, breadcrumbs, olives, chilli and parsley.
…from our sea
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Paccheri with salt cod 15,5 €
Salt cod with white wine, Taggiasca olives, wild fennel, red datterino tomatoes, basil, parsley and extra virgin olive oil.
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Seafood risotto 17 €
Risotto with mussels, clams, prawns, squid, octopus, red datterino tomatoes, parsley, garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
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🌶️ Linguine with mussels and clams 15 €
Linguine with mussels, clams, parsley, garlic, chilli and extra virgin olive oil.
Meat and fish
Main courses
From our land…
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🌶️ Sausage, turnip greens and Sila potatoes 17,5 €
Calabrian sausage, turnip greens, potatoes, garlic, chilli and extra virgin olive oil.
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Aubergine parmigiana 14 €
Aubergine, parmesan, tomato, basil, black pepper, garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
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Our sliced scottona beef steak 23 €
Add: porcini +2 € · rocket and grana +1.5 € · ’nduja cream +2 €
…from our sea
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Grilled octopus 20 €
Octopus, courgette flowers, fresh provola, potatoes, oven-baked black olives, parsley and extra virgin olive oil.
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Calabrian fried salt cod 17 €
Salt cod* with oven-baked black olives and peppers.
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Seafood platter 24 €
Sea bream, tuna, octopus, grilled vegetables, Tropea onion, parsley and extra virgin olive oil.
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Fried squid 17 €
Tender squid dusted in flour and fried.
On the side
Sides
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Patate mpacchiuse 6,5 €
Sila-style potatoes with Tropea red onion.
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Potato salad 6,5 €
With cherry tomatoes, Tropea onion, Taggiasca olives, basil and extra virgin olive oil.
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Green salad 5 €
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Mixed salad 5 €
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French fries* 5 €
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Seasonal vegetables 5 €
From the wood-fired oven
Pizzas
Mangia Assai pizzas
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🌶️ Mangia Assai 13 €
Fiordilatte, spicy Calabrian sausage, Tropea red onion, premium reserve pork ’nduja cream, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil.
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Nicastrese 14,5 €
Basil pesto, fiordilatte, prosciutto crudo, stracciatella, red datterino tomatoes, crushed pistachios, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil.
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Altilia 13 €
Tomato sauce, Calabrian spianata salami, mild provola, sun-dried tomatoes, ricotta and extra virgin olive oil.
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Decollatura 12 €
Fiordilatte, smoked provola, spicy pancetta, potatoes.
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Acritana 13 €
Fiordilatte, smoked scamorza, turnip greens, sausage and extra virgin olive oil.
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Tropeana 12 €
Sardanelli tuna fillet, Tropea red onion, fiordilatte, fresh basil, wild Calabrian oregano and extra virgin olive oil.
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Scilla 14 €
Yellow datterino tomato purée, yellow and red cherry tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella DOP, Leccino olives. After baking: Cetara anchovies, wild oregano, basil and extra virgin olive oil.
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🌶️ Curinghese 13 €
Fiordilatte, friggitelli peppers, premium reserve pork ’nduja, stracciatella, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil.
Special pizzas
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🌶️ ’Ndujella 12 €
Tomato sauce, premium reserve pork ’nduja, rocket, stracciatella, sun-dried tomatoes and extra virgin olive oil.
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Romana 13 €
Courgette flowers, fiordilatte, stracciatella and anchovies.
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Tronchetto 12 €
Rolled pizza with fiordilatte and mild provola, topped with rocket, red cherry tomatoes, prosciutto crudo, grana shavings and extra virgin olive oil.
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Assai Napoli 12,5 €
Tomato sauce topped with Campania buffalo mozzarella DOP, anchovies, Taggiasca olives, fresh basil, wild Calabrian oregano and extra virgin olive oil.
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Fiorita 12 €
Basil pesto, fiordilatte, courgette flowers, sun-dried tomatoes, ricotta and extra virgin olive oil.
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Vegecalabra 11 €
Tomato sauce, fiordilatte, fried aubergine, potatoes and roasted peppers.
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Parmigiana 12 €
Tomato sauce, fiordilatte, fried aubergine, parmesan and fresh basil.
Classic pizzas
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4 cheeses 12 €
Fiordilatte, gorgonzola, mild provola, parmesan, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil.
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🌶️ Diavola 11 €
Tomato sauce, fiordilatte, Calabrian spianata salami, fresh basil and Taggiasca olives.
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Margherita DOP 9,5 €
Tomato sauce, Campania buffalo mozzarella DOP, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil.
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Capriccio calabro 13 €
Fiordilatte, cooked ham, porcini mushrooms, Taggiasca olives, wild artichokes and extra virgin olive oil.
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Classic calzone 10 €
Fiordilatte, cooked ham.
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Calzone Mangia Assai 13 €
Fiordilatte, spicy Calabrian sausage, premium reserve pork ’nduja, Tropea red onion, grana shavings and extra virgin olive oil.
Add to any pizza: wholemeal dough +2 € · premium reserve ’nduja +2 € · black pork sausage +2 €
For those who want to taste a bit of everything
Our tasting menus
Calabrian tasting
of tradition
Tagliere Commisso
capocollo, sausage, soppressata, pancetta and three semi-aged pecorino cheeses with our jams
Trio of pasta dishes
Fileja imperiale · Garganelli with porcini and ’nduja · Calabrian stroncatura
Dessert of the house
depending on availability, handmade by us in the Calabrian tradition
35 € per person
Drinks and cover charge excluded · minimum 2 people
Pizza tasting
a land between two seas
Swordfish rolls with bergamot
filled with raisins and pine nuts, in a bergamot crust
Pizza poker
half ’Ndujella and half Mangia Assai · half Tropeana and half Scilla
Dessert of the house
depending on availability, handmade by us in the Calabrian tradition
35 € per person
Drinks and cover charge excluded · minimum 2 people
Made in house
Homemade desserts
Desserts
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Dessert of the house 7 €
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Tiramisù 7 €
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Cheesecake 7 €
Pistachio, berries, chocolate, strawberry, caramel.
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Lemon sorbet 5 €
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Seasonal fruit 6 €
Ice cream
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Tartufo di Pizzo, pistachio* 7 €
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Tartufo di Pizzo, fig and walnut* 7 €
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Tartufo di Pizzo, bergamot with pomegranate heart* 7 €
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Tartufo di Pizzo, classic* 6 €
Gluten free.
Drinks and beers
Soft drinks
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Acqua Panna 3 €
Still, 75 cl (glass).
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Acqua S.Pellegrino 3 €
Sparkling, 75 cl (glass).
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Coca Cola 7 €
1 l (glass).
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Coca Cola, Coca Cola Zero 3 €
33 cl (glass).
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Fanta 3 €
33 cl (glass).
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Brasilena 2,5 €
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Lemon soda 2,5 €
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Estathè 2,5 €
Lemon or peach, 25 cl (glass).
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Bergotto 3 €
Coffee
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Espresso, decaf, barley coffee and ginseng coffee 2 €
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Cappuccino 3 €
Draught beers
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Krombacher blonde 4,5 € / 6 €
30 cl / 50 cl
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Krombacher Rhenania red 5,5 € / 7 €
30 cl / 50 cl
Mangia Assai beers
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Mangia Assai Blonde 5 €
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Mangia Assai Blonde gluten free 5 €
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Mangia Assai Blanche 5 €
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Mangia Assai Red 6 €
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Mangia Assai British 6 €
Wines
By the glass
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Cirò Tenuta San Francesco 5 €
Red, white or rosé.
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Albamonte Tenuta Spadafora 1915 5 €
Red or white.
Sparkling
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Prosecco Don Fortunato 18 €
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Bluette 18 €
Whites
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Cirò Tenuta San Francesco 14 €
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Madregoccia Tenuta Iuzzolini 20 €
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Magaria Tenuta Spadafora 1915 26 €
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Pandosia Tenuta Spadafora 1915 29 €
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Donna Giovanna Tenuta Iuzzolini 32 €
Reds
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Cirò Tenuta San Francesco 14 €
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Albamonte Tenuta Spadafora 1915 17 €
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Artino Tenuta Iuzzolini 20 €
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Pepe Rosso Tenuta Spadafora 1915 22 €
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Sole Nero Tenuta Spadafora 1915 22 €
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Muranera Tenuta Iuzzolini 32 €
Rosés
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Cirò Tenuta San Francesco 14 €
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Lumare Tenuta Iuzzolini 18 €
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Donna Rosa Tenuta San Francesco 24 €
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Rosa Spina Tenuta Spadafora 1915 26 €
Liqueurs and spirits
Liqueurs and amari
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Bergamot cream liqueur 4 €
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Liquorice cream liqueur 4 €
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Guglielmo coffee liqueur 4 €
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Limoncello Bergaspina 4 €
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Meloncello 4 €
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Amaro del Capo 4 €
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Amaro del Capo, spicy 4 €
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Amaro Capobranco 4 €
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Amaro Cardus 4 €
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Amaro De Luca 4 €
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Kephas digestive amaro 5 €
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Amaro Jefferson 5 €
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Amaro Kaciuto 5 €
Spirits
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Chilli grappa 5 €
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Bergamot grappa 5 €
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White grappa 5 €
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Barrel-aged grappa 6 €
Cover charge 3 € per person. 🌶️ = spicy dish. * Some products may be frozen depending on availability.
Allergen table
Starters · Tagliere Commisso 7 · Tagliere Barone 1-3-7 · Fried caciocavallo 1-3-7 · Trio of croquettes 1-3-4-7 · Swordfish rolls 1-4-8 · Red peppered mussels 12-14 · Fried anchovies 1-3-4-7
First courses · Fileja imperiale 1-7 · Garganelli with porcini 1-7 · Linguine pesto, burrata and tomatoes 1-7-8 · Calabrian stroncatura 1-4 · Paccheri with salt cod 1-4-12 · Seafood risotto 1-2-4-7-9-14 · Mussels and clams 1-2-4-12-14
Main courses · Sausage, turnip greens and potatoes – · Aubergine parmigiana 7 · Scottona steak – · Grilled octopus 14 · Fried salt cod 1-4 · Seafood platter 2-4-14 · Fried squid 1-3-4-7-14
Pizzas · all 1-7, except: Romana 1-4-7 · Assai Napoli 1-4-7 · Fiorita 1-7-8 · Acritana 1-6-7 · Tropeana 1-4-7 · Scilla 1-4-7
Desserts · Pistachio tartufo 7-8 · Fig and walnut tartufo 7-8 · Bergamot and pomegranate tartufo 7 · Classic tartufo 7
Key · 1 cereals containing gluten · 2 crustaceans · 3 eggs · 4 fish · 5 peanuts · 6 soy · 7 milk and lactose · 8 nuts · 9 celery · 10 mustard · 11 sesame seeds · 12 sulphur dioxide and sulphites · 13 lupin · 14 molluscs
Planning an event at Mangia Assai?
Graduation, birthday, anniversary or any other celebration: we will plan the right menu together and, if you need it, reserve a whole room for you.