Just got back from a trip through Europe. My family of 4 stayed at Villa Fiesole during the 3 days we were in Florence. The staff were very helpful, provided restaurant recommendations (for both Fiesole and Florence) and sold us postage stamps and bus tickets. The #7 bus picks up right outside the hotel, and takes you to the heart of Florence in about 20 minutes. It's much easier than having to drive!
The hotel is lovely. A laptop with wireless internet is provided- the only free internet we had during our trip. The rooms were the cleanest of any place we stayed, and the free breakfast buffet every morning was excellent!
If I ever go back to Florence, I would love to stay here again.

We arrived after a long journey and trundled our cases throuigh the stony car park, up some steps and into reception. After checking in it might have been nice to have a drink in the bar whilst our cases were taken to the room - no such luck. We had to roll the cases over more stones and carry them up more steps to our rather poky room. The bar turned out to be the outside restaurant area, and we were told we could only have one drink as dinner was about to be served! We were not even asked if we wanted to eat . That night we realised that the air conditioning unit was a fan under the window; if you opened the windows to let some air in the bugs came too, not to mention the traffic noise. The curtains did nothing to keep out the light, and the shower flooded the bathroom as there was no screen. The 2 night stay cost us more than 600 euros and really wasn't worth it. We didn't even have a very good view. The staff seemed to think they were doing us a favour - they were either rude or ignored us. Don't stay at this place and tell all your friends to avoid it too!

Villa Fiesole is very isolated. There is a bus stop outside that goes to
Fiesole village (a much better place to stay) and down to SMN rail station. That is the
only transport--no taxis. The road is narrow with no sidewalks and steep walls.
You cannot walk anywhere.
The restaurant is very nice, elegant and pricey, but there is one problem. The
owner's family uses the large center table as their family kitchen for every
meal. This includes a screaming two-year-old at dinner time. When I said
"Please!", the owner's wife turned to me, wagged her finger and started shouting
at me, driving us out of the restaurant. They charged us for the meal we didn't
eat. I don't expect this when I am paying over 100 Euro for dinner. Unless you
drive or take a bus, you have no alternative but to eat here.
The view from the rooms is excellent, the buffet breakfast is good and if you
drive and can escape the immediate area it is a good place to stay.

We booked a room for 3, for my wife, 11 year old daughter & myself for 5 days in March. They greeted us with an upgrade to adjoining rooms.
The location is amazing, 20 minutes outside of Florence, with an incredible view. There's a bus into town, so its convenient; its so much quieter than staying right in the city. I'm told its cooler in the summer & they have a pool, but we didn't get to experience that.
We're vegetarians & they accommodated us well & the staff were very helpful, especially Federico at the desk, who helped us with restaurants & ideas for touring in the countryside.
At less than 200 euros/night, the price was very good for excellent rooms.
And then there's Florence!