Da Carla

Five stars seafood pasta. Fast and friendly service…read more Casual dining. Will recommend to friends.

Amazing local fresh never soourced seafood will and more details when not travel... great operation…read morebut make a reservation

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Cicchetti di Baccalá

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Seafood grill

Ristorante Pizzeria Da Michele

4.5(42 reviews)

0.6 km

Oh my God !!! The…read morebest pizza I had on my trip to Italy was right here. The Pizza Estate !!! Tomato, fior di latte mozzarella, DOP buffalo mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, basil, DOP Parma ham, basil....DELICIOUS !!! And topped off with a gelato to go from their stand on the way out.

I walked from Anda Hostel because of the excellent reviews left on Yelp…read more The menu is presented on a tablet with photos and a list of ingredients. Allergies are also listed. This is definitely a restaurant designed for tourists. Three slices of bread were tossed on the table in a paper bag, along with two packages of Parmesan cheese. Olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and salt and pepper grinders on the table for self-service. I ordered the ravioli with a porcini mushroom cream sauce. The ravioli is filled with spinach and cheese. There's small pieces of crisp ham on top. The flavor is rather bland. Portions are large. The restaurant is large and well lit. Service was quick. The wait help is into quick turnover. I was prodded along because.I was eating slowly. The food is highly overrated on Yelp, especially if you are a foodie.

Fried fish entrée

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Osteria Da Mirco

4.4(7 reviews)

0.3 km

What a hidden gem! This mom and pop shop has great food and customer service. It is kid-friendly…read moreand has a cute talking bird and dogs. The seafood was fresh and cooked to the right temperature. We didn't enjoy the polenta but I didn't go for polenta so that's okay

Osteria da Mirco is a cozy mom-and-pop restaurant serving a menu of seafood dishes in a homey…read moredining room decorated with antiques, paintings, and an old piano. The service here was super friendly and welcoming and made us feel like we were dining at a local's home! After starting with a basket of bread, we had the Spaghetti Frutti di Mare, made of spaghetti in tomato sauce, topped with mussels, clams, squid, fish, and prawns. While tasty, the tomato sauce was overwhelming in flavor and the pasta slightly overcooked. I was a much bigger fan of the Antipasto di Pesce, a plate that came with an assortment of seafood appetizers including octopus salad, two white fish spreads, a sardine topped with onions, two head-on shrimps, two mantis shrimps (canoce), a mussel and scallop baked with Parmesan and bread crumbs, and polenta topped with schie (little shrimps). We also had the Grigliata Mista di Pesce, a plate of mixed grilled seafood including a shrimp, a squid, and three different types of fish. All the seafood was fresh and delicious, though I was especially partial to the head-on shrimps and the white fish spreads!

Spaghetti Frutti di Mare

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Marco Polo

5.0(3 reviews)

0.7 km

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We yelped our first night in Italy and found this lovely restaurant with good reviews. The food and…read moreservice was great; the pasta with clams was delicious. After losing track of time while we tried to get a taxi but were unable to get one at 11pm. Chef Roberto was kind enough to take us back to our hotel. Now that is service!

Fried shrimp, calamari & polenta

Shrimp appetizer

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Curry shrimp and rice

Fratelli La Bufala

3.7(12 reviews)

0.9 km

Large menu with so many choices... it could be overwhelming... but our amazing tour guide helped us…read morewith some great recommendations. We did some sharing, a few delicious pizzas . Margarita and a prosciutto to start. So good. We also enjoyed a plethora of cold beverages.Service was really good, fast and knowledgeable.

Love this place, the food was great. Lots of dishes focus on mozzarella and are fantastic. I had…read morethe Bufala Tomato salad, the eggplant dish and the stuffed zucchini flowers and enjoyed all of them. Then came dessert which is not to be missed and a limoncello on the house. Great evening, with everyone enjoying their meal.

Cheesecake blu

Schiaffoni con mazzancolle e stracciata di bufala

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Mousse di ricotta con fragole

Hostaria Dante

4.7(3 reviews)

0.4 km

Bar none, the best service and best food we've had thus far in Italy. I didn't think it was…read morepossible...but this local restaurant takes the five stars and wears them proudly like Super Bowl champion. The ambiance and the service exceeded our expectations. Blues and jazz play softly in the background while our waiter goes over the menu (which by the way is loaded with delicious options) she's very sweet and speaks English very well, which made our order a bit easier, as my Italian is non così buono (not so good) We ordered the octopus carpaccio, baked clams, and the gnocchi with smoked duck breast as starters to share. We also ordered the beef bone steak with vegetables. Every single dish left us excited for the next. Not one item was over cooked, or under spiced. Perfectly cooked is all I experienced. I would recommend this place over and over again!!! The service was excellent, friendly and were patient with our lack of Italian ;) Seating: both outside and indoor Ambiance: casual to date night classy ( we were backpacking Europe, even had our backpacks on and were welcomed in as if we were can't Cleanliness: very clean Reservations: not required Bring your appetite and be ready to try some delicious Italian dishes. Bye for now...Ciao! Buona mangiata!

Brilliant neighborhood place with fantastic food. Why people shell out twice as much in Venice? I…read moredon't know

Correva l'anno 1912 ...

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L' entrata del locale

L'Alchimista

4.5(4 reviews)

2.9 km

This place had a huge menu which included a seemingly endless list of really good pizza varieties…read moreand the house wine was actually pretty good for a casual house wine. I had the mushroom and prosciutto pizza. It was very good and better than what I had in Venice. The service was super friendly and the atmosphere was modern and clean. Additionally, I walked there from my hotel (which is located in a business/industrial park only a quarter mile away). It was dusk when I walked there; but fully dark when I was done eating. The street lights along the path back to the hotel don't work, and the area is desolate at night. A creepy guy in a van followed me and started catcalling me; so I ran back to the restaurant and tried to get an Uber since I was by myself. There were no Uber's in the area so I asked the owners of the restaurant to call me a cab. The male owner did not speak English, but his wife did. They insisted on driving me back to my hotel! They felt sorry for me and were so nice. I am very grateful for their hospitality....they went way beyond the call of duty!

We ate here a couple of days ago and the food was good. They didn't speak a lot of English but lets…read moreface it, a lot of people in Italy do not speak great english but they try. These folks have huge calzones and the restaurant is really nice, and it's close to the Quid Best Western Hotel.

Mushroom, artichoke, ham pizza, mm,mm

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Insinde

Trattoria Pontini

4.4(251 reviews)

8.0 km

This was only a couple minute walk from my hotel and it was wonderful. We got there a little early…read moreso we were able to get seated right away. There was definitely a line for tables when we left. We wanted a light dinner so we only got lasagna and a glass of wine, but the service was wonderful and it was the best lasagna of my life. The interior of this restaurant was small, but really cute all the food at all the tables looked amazing. I would definitely want to eat here again and try more things. This was a wonderful dinner.

Good things and a wonderful and authentic meal come to those who wait in line for about 25 minutes…read more Benvenuti alla trattoria Pontini! Absolutely spectacular seafood, pasta with that sauce that made us finish that third basket of bread wiping the dishes clean, lasagna that tasted like Nonna was in the kitchen; warm and loving staff that made us feel like 20 Million Euros, a fantastic accordion player who played all the great Italian classics, reasonable prices, a lovely and inviting interior, seating outside with views of the canal in this the Cannaregio district & melt in the mouth Tiramisu that made us request to leave that big rectangular baking dish, serving spoon( and bib) on the trolley by our tables. After this extravaganza please do walk that 1.7 km or 1.1 miles to the romantic gondola hubs in St Mark's to continue loving and enjoying Venezia.

Seafood pasta and aperol spritz

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Marco D.

10 years ago

Personale molto gentile e accogliente, piatti di ottima qualità a un prezzo onesto. Consigliatissimo.

Dallas H.

4 years ago

Seriously the best food we had on our 12 day trip! Definitely stop by if you're in Venice!

Parker B.

4 years ago

Great food. Great drinks. Great limoncello! Thank you. I would definitely recommend!!

Maya D.

4 years ago

great service and great food!! Definitely recommend

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