This is a review of the rooftop restaurant, not the hotel. Absolutely dreadful: a tourist trap if there ever was one. We couldn't wait to leave, and skipped dessert. That said, the view is spectacular. If you want to splurge, go to Quaddri, which has over-the-top Venetian decor and really delicious food (and similar ludicrous prices). read more

This hotel is very beautiful. Everything is very antique with quality material. The breakfast is excellent. I give this hotel a 4.2 star overall. We are with World Venture and our package ended here. Couple things they need to correct. The housekeeper has enter our room twice while we were inside. They knock and didn't wait until reply and enter quickly. One time we were sleeping. Also they staff had manner but some makes me feel they had a attitude feeling especially in the breakfast restaurant. Otherwise this is a very good hotel and it's close to everything you needed. read more

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Ensure you get the remodeld room as Very different experience. No in room coffee or tea available in any rooms. You only receive 2 bottles of water a day. Hidden gem is the glass factory, definitely do that. Beautiful water taxi ride to and from. Breakfast at hotel is excellent and on balcony with amazing views. read more

This was my favorite hotel. Now it's equal to a motel 6. They let their reputation go to their head. Old faded paper flower displays. No ac after September. Staff at front desk are rude to Americans. They loose your luggage and the food is terrible read more

I stayed at this hotel with my family recently and honestly can't tell what the hype about it is. When I was there, it was early August. I knew that it was a very hot season, but didn't think that my hotel wouldn't have air condition. For such expensive prices you would think there would be at least a ceiling fan. After spending half an hour in my room I was sweating. No worker could fix Or accommodate me. Not to mention the over-priced food option. Although the servers were polite and understanding, an ice tea cost 18 euros, and wasn't even good. I rate this hotel three stars because there was a good amount of space, and it was a nice vintage hotel overlooking the river. Not worth 5 stars though. read more

Loved our stay at Hotel Danieli. Beautiful and historic surroundings, just steps away from St. Mark's Square! This hotel was one of our best experiences during our two weeks stay in Italy. Great and safe location. Close to everything including Termini Station. Would recommend this hotel anytime. read more

The room was standard SPG fair. Tons of staff, great room, wonderful bed, mini-bar, robes, turn down service, in hotel restaurant, etc. The experience would have been wonderful but for the staff questioning my partner and I or giving weird looks upon returning. We are a gay couple. I am black and he is Filipino. The most aggregious encounter with security happened when we were followed, questioned if we were guests and then followed to our room. If you're old and white, I suspect you'll have a wonderful time. If you're anything else, stay at your own risk. I'll never pay that rate a night to be treated like a homeless person looking for change. read more

Hotel Danieli s right on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Nothing special from the outside or inside. You wouldn't really know that it was a world-famous place if someone didn't tell you. The rooms are okay, decorated in that old Italian red velvet Venetian style, I suppose. We checked in late at night and the front desk were not that friendly. Overall, for value, I would choose about a hundred OTHER places in Venice. Basically, completely over-priced. read more

Everything about this hotel is awesome. It is visually amazing inside. They upgraded us to a suite overlooking the water with an enormous balcony. The service was top-notch. I accidentally dropped my cell phone in the water taxi on the way to the airport when we departed. I contacted the hotel immediately and they tracked down the taxi driver and shipped my phone back to the states. We will only stay at this hotel when visiting Venice. read more

While the hotel is amazing visually and and historically the customer service has something to be required. We are on our honeymoon and have been in multiple 5 star hotels all over Italy. While at many locations we received a pleasant greetings and kinda individuals this place seems to lack. When ordering room service it was similar to the soup Nazism, "No!" to ever ordered items. Finally the man said he was coming up. And continued this action in person regardless of what was on the menu. Mind you we are speaking 9pm and no to a pizza and different drinks ( not crazy ones but simple mixed drinks). Very rude service. read more

This place is great. You are basically staying in a royal castle(the interior decor was more fancy than the stuff I saw in the regular Venice museums). The food was also very good, the rooftop restaurant was very good, but if you are in a rush the food at the bar is very good too since the food gets made in the restaraunt(the $60 burger at the bar is worth every penny). Unfortunately the hotel was in "the Tourist" movie, so the lobby area has a ton of traffic. The only negative thing I can think of is that the gym was very under-equipped, just a bunch of weights(20 pounds max), a few treadmills, and exercise bikes. On the plus side, noone seems to use it, since I haven't seen a soul there during my entire stay. read more

One of the most beautiful hotels in the world. The architecture is unbelievable. The lobby decor was left to be desired, furniture so shabby, old and dated. The rooms are very nice, and the sheets, to die for. If you can splurge stay here, spend your $$ here and not at the Murano glass factories. See my post about that. read more

The hotel Danieli captures the old world charm of Venice; beautiful century old world décor. You only live once and the extra special extras is so worth it. First Class service, dining with breathtaking views of Venice, evening turn down service and a hotel in the center of all of the action. Steps away from San Marco Cathedral , Café Lavena and of course a romantic gondola ride. read more

We had drinks on the roof. If was a very "posh" crowd and the wait staff was not friendly. And the birds fly right on the table. Most expensive glass of prosecco and it wasn't very good . The view is nice that is about it. read more

We only came to the bar at night - we didn't stay at the hotel. And our bar bill was probably more than our hotel bill down the street! Still, the old world elegance cannot be beat and the piano bar makes even ugly American tourists seem classy. I am going to save up our Starwood points and go back to stay in the hotel. Lovely staff. read more

One great piano bar - Good drinks Not a great selection of wines Just a great setting read more

The Daniele provides old world charm that is in much need of a new world update. The check in was less than welcoming and the room was worn out and tired. I really wanted to love this hotel but found the Bauer a better place over all. One upside is that their private water taxi to the Murano glass factory was over the top beautiful. And we did get preferential treatment because of staying at the Daniele. read more

We didn't stay at the hotel but we decided to treat ourselves to a meal at the restaurant on our second night in Venice. What a place! Gothic, romantic, dated, extravagant, over the top are all words that spring to mind. The restaurant itself is at the top of the hotel, so the views are sumptuous. I think for many people, this would be their dream place to eat, and whilst the food was incredible, it was also extremely rich and ridiculously expensive. We paid £350 for a meal for 2. We did have 3 courses and a bottle of wine but even if they'd served everything in gold and diamond encrusted plates it would still not have justified the price. Food is food at the end of the day. I ordered lobster linguine (the second best I've ever had), lamb for main, which included fois gras which I didn't really like, and tiramisu (which was the best i've ever had). It jst wasn't worth £350! read more

This hotel is stunning. The lobby and all public areas are beautiful, the employees who work in the lobby are all super attentive and kind. Obviously the location is great and I would generally recommend this hotel as a great spot in Venice. The reason for four stars and not 5 are somewhat minor, but I can't really give this hotel five stars. One thing is the door key to the room is extremely difficult to use. I know that sounds crazy, but every time we would try and get in our room we would see other people outside fiddling with the locks as well, we all kind of laughed about it, but it is absurd to not be able to get into your room easily. At one point a maid had to help someone across the hall open their door and she joked "oh it happens all the time". Eh. The other thing was the service at the restaurant was kind of subpar, even for Italy. I realize Americans have higher standards of service generally in restaurants, but in a place like this where you are paying top dollar, you kind of expect people to be friendly, move quickly etc. Again reception, concierge, even housekeeping, where all at that level, but the restaurant staff just is not quite there (we ate there twice and had drinks once so certainly got a feel for it). read more

SPRING 2009 - BACK ON THE ROAD (OR WATER) AGAIN So it's off to Venice for the first time. It proved to be a pretty, unique and grossly-over priced ripoff. I won't be going back, but I don't regret having gone there. Apart from anything else, I know that there were houses marked 'Marco Polo lived here', 'Giacomo Casanova did something here' etc. and I wanted to see if there was one that said 'a certain Qyper from Duisburg got laid here'. If you are feeling flush, you can start wasting money by getting a speedboat from Marco Polo airport to the island.Photo link: http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/Textklick/Qype%20pix/0f89a6c6.jpgIt's very blokish; stern down, prow up and blast across the sea with the sun blasting and the wind severely remodelling your carefully-coiffed cranial foliage. After about 40 minutes of the 'capitano' endlessly warbling on his 'telefonino', the boat eventually went straight up a side canal to access the regal step up onto the red carpet of the Hotel Danieli, where you can mix and mingle with the great, the good and the foolishly extravagant (in its early days, the Hotel Danieli attracted tourists, nobles, businessmen, artists and intellectuals such as Goethe, Wagner, Dickens, and George Sand during their Venetian stop on the "grand tour" of Italy). In more recent times the guest list has included such as Leonard Bernstein, Harrison Ford, and Steven Spielberg.Photo link: http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/Textklick/Qype%20pix/e0a7f0b6.jpgThe Danieli speaks of romance and mystery. It is actually three connected buildings that contain in total 230 rooms. At its heart is the Dandolo Palace, built at the end of 14th century by the Dandolo family, descendents of Venice's first doge, Enrico Dandolo, who conquered Constantinople and brought back to Venice some of its greatest artistic treasures. After the republic's demise in the 1790s, the palace was divided into various spaces. La contessa had got a very special deal through her connections. It's a marvellous hotel, but if you are considering it, go to the website, check the availability and sit down firmly before you look at the tariffs. The hotel is situated very conveniently facing the lagoon on the Riva Degli Schiavoni, just around the corner from St. Mark's Square and next door to the Doge's Palace. The view from the roof terrace across the Bacino di San Marco to the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute is stunning. There is a water bus (vaporetto) stop just a few steps from the front door and it seems to be convenient for all 'bus routes'. Traditional top-class Italian hospitality in general. In fact the G.M. is now Mr Antonello de'Medici, erswhile GM of the Grand Hotel in Florence. Being split into three buildings can be a bit awkward, because access between these is limited. Our block had a bridge/corridor linking it to the main building, which meant you first had to climb a flight of stairs, and meander round a few corridors before even getting to the lift to go up to your floor. So no direct lift access from the lobby not friendly to the handicapped or the idle. To get to the restaurant, you have to reverse that process to get into the elevator in the central building. Spacious and luxuriously-appointed rooms. Apparently they are outfitted with 'Fortuny and Rubelli' fabrics, but while antiques adorn the magnificent Venetian Gothic reception hall, the room ambience is more HollywoodPhoto link: http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/Textklick/Qype%20pix/5cf328f5.jpgmansion than aristocratic palazzo. The design of the rooms is neat. There are false walls, so that the storage cupboards recess. Enormous TV screens grace on the walls; from these you also access the Internet and call up your mates (hej, Erik!).Photo link: http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/Textklick/Qype%20pix/f48ab669.jpgThe bathrooms are in a pleasant shade of Stilton marble and really are delightfully, inspiringly and pleasantly luxurious.Photo link: http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd76/Textklick/Qype%20pix/7f742068.jpgMain gripe. Having decided to lash out on breakfast on morning one (our 'deal' was not 'B&B') we followed the long route to the breakfast room. Having arrived, it was not a question of 'Meet, greet and seat', so we stood there waiting like a couple of wallies. Eventually we decided to seat ourselves, making odd gestures to passing members of staff. These gave grunts of recognition, but failed to attend to our requirements. After about 10 or so minutes, I lost my rag and we departed to have breakfast elsewhere at a more reasonably-priced and attentive establishment. I had booked dinner in this restaurant for that evening (which was a special occasion), as it has magnificent views across the lagoon; romantic and all that stuff. I cancelled the booking. A place like that should do better at those prices. Indeed at that price, I would almost expect a gentleman's personal attendant to lay out my clothes for me. Hence down to three read more

Obnoxiously racist front desk manager who stopped us from going into the lobby to take a look saying that we cannot go in if we are not guests! Meanwhile a large group of noisy badly dressed Europeans marched through with no problem. We had politely asked if we can quietly take a look so we will book a stay next time. At the time we were staying in a gorgeous private apartment in a 16th century palazzo right on the grand canal...not exactly shabby. I will not even consider or recommend staying at the Danieli after being treated so disrespectfully by a so called manager. read more

This is my choice when staying in Venice. Steps from Piazza San Marco, what the sun set from the roof top restaurant. It's expensive, but it's always worth it. read more

Loved our family's stay at Hotel Danieli. We were in beautiful and historic surroundings, just steps away from St. Mark's Square. Our every need was taken care of, making our time in Venice special and memorable. Our dinner at Ristorante Terrazza Danieli with its gorgeous views and excellent food was the highlight of our time at the Danieli. Grazie! read more

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We booked an eight night stay at the Danieli at the beginning of September. Upon arriving early in the day, the front desk acknowledged our anniversary and asked us if we would be willing to wait to check so that they could upgrade us to a suite. That was an offer we couldn't refuse! They took our phone number and said they would call us as soon as it was ready. The prior guests had requested a late checkout, so they warned us it might be 5pm before it was ready. We headed out for something to eat, had some wonderful pizza at a little place down the way, wandered around the shops for a bit and at about 12:30 the hotel called to say the room was ready. We strolled back to the hotel and were escorted to a beautiful suite overlooking a side canal. Our luggage was already in the room, along with a bottle of wine and a container of biscotti. Since we had come Colorado, we were exhausted. We took showers and pretty much called it a night. The rest of our stay was just as nice. They were so surprised that we were spending so long in Venice and we were treated royally. Every couple days a gift would show up in our room. Another bottle of wine and some appetizers, a figure of the hotel--perfect for our Christmas tree, some bottled water and large fruit bowl and, of course, the gift we found on checkin. The hotel is perfectly located for sightseeing and we were right by a vaparetto stop. We would return in the evening and have a drink in the lobby bar while listening to the pianist. We made reservations for dinner in the terrace restaurant and it was amazing! We had a tasting menu and wine and every dish was a treat for the eyes and the tastebuds. We especially enjoyed the pasta shells filled with scampi! Breakfast was included with our room and it was phenomenal! Every morning we enjoyed eggs, pancakes, waffles, fruit, yoghurt, cheese, meats, pastries, juices and prosecco. There was something for everyone. If you couldn't find something you liked, you weren't trying very hard! This hotel is 600 years old and it's just amazing. Our trip to Venice was absolutely magical and that was due, in large part, to the staff and the service at the Hotel Danieli. We would definitely stay here again! read more

Hotel Danieli is an amazing deluxe hotel, beautiful interior, a wining combination of style and comfort, split into three buildings and makes you fell like a king in his palace.spacious rooms, magnificent decor, an atmosphere of class and warmth, top-class Italian hospitality in general.If you are in Venice, i highly recommend this hotel. read more

Fantastic Their service is excellent and its location is very convenient. Terrace restaurant during the day in the summer time is awesome. I recommend to stay in the original building. read more

This hotel location and the entrance is beautiful; however, the rooms are small, carpets are dirty, the air conditioner leaked and water everywhere, our room was next to a disco tech and loud music kept us awake, finally stopped at 1 am and the trash pick up started at 3 am, our room was never cleaned before 4 pm and we had to ask to be cleaned, breakfast was served till 11:00 am according to our tour agenda and we arrive at 10:33 and were told we couldn't be served, we showed them the paperwork from our tour and we were rudely told no and to go to our room and order room service. We departed 6:45 am and we were suppose to get a box breakfast because restaurant doesn't open till 7 am, and they didn't have them. We spent 17 days traveling Italy and had the luxury in staying in 5 star hotels throughout Italy, all other hotel experiences were fabulous but this hotel was just awful for the charge of $1300 euros nightly. Management didn't care and entire staff especially at restaurant very rude. read more

At first when I walked into the hotel, it was beautiful and the decor was lovely, however, when I entered the room it wasn't clean. The service is extremely slow and it was difficult to communicate with the staff. The keys are actual keys which were inconvenient to carry around and we had a HUGE issue with mosquitos. My mom had about 8 bites on her and we can actually see them in the hallway and in our room! We let the front desk know about this but only sent us the plug and we decline the spray because it would stink up the room. The lights wouldn't work, it's just someone needs to upgrade this entire hotel. read more

Beautiful hotel. Service isn't where it needs to be. Spotty wifi.

Yes, the location is to die for:) However, for the hotel of this level, concierge service should be excellent 24 hrs/day. In our case, concierge at the evening time, could not help us on numerous occasions: how to access vaporetto (water bus) schedule, how to get to some place in Venice, which jewelry store they advertise items from, etc, etc Speaking of the roof top restaurant is somewhat disappointing as well. It required restaurant manger involvement for us to be able to have dinner there during our 6 nights stay. Hostess was super unfriendly, very rude, and somewhat snobby explaining that it is almost impossible for them to accommodate us ( on three occasions) despite restaurant being half-empty. Definitely, buzzard that after manager involvement they were able to accommodate us immediately. Still would recommend the hotel due to great location, cleanness, very good bar staff, and check-in/ check-out employees. day time concierges are very helpful and fast to assist guests. read more

This review has nothing to do with the hotel. It has to do with their gondola ride service. We used Servizio Gondole Danieli while in Venice for a gondola ride. I am not sure if all the gondola companies are the same or not, but stay away from this one. They are probably one the largest and located not far from St. Marks square. Since it was around 7pm, we paid (4 of us) 100 euro for a 35 minute ride. We actually received only a 20 minute ride. We asked the gondolier if he would sing for us and he said he would. He never did. As a matter of fact, the gondolieri spent the majority of the time talking with another gondolier on the gondola behind us. He did point out a couple of buildings and answered a couple of questions. When the ride was over, another family heard us taking about the 20 minute ride only and they said they were also disappointed. Try to find another company for this Venice must do item. read more

Lagoon front 5 star palace,stunning setting and of course 5 star prices. Populated mainly by US visitors,but a great place for a special birthday or Anniversary. Restaurant is excellent, if pricey(of course!). The rooms are well appointed and size wise quite big by European standards. The staff are at your beck and call. Close to the Grand Canal and the water taxi stops right in front,very conveneint location read more

Amazing hotel on the lagoon very old fazhioned with impeccable service. Expensive but its worth just going in for a drink in the bar to have the experience read more

My first impression of this hotel was "wow!" The lobby was amazing. When I got to the room I noticed that the housekeepers don't do too great of a job. There was much dusting to be done and I found long black hairs in the shower. Not to mention the heavily stained toilet. The breakfast was absolutely disgusting. The eggs were runny, the "crispy bacon" was floppy fat and the pancakes and waffles were hard and disgusting. The only good part was the fruit. I attempted to order an omelette, so there was no omelette cook, and it was half raw, sitting on a plate filled with raw egg. Oh, the coffee was also terrible. The room keys are actual keys that must be returned and retrieved when you leave and get back to the hotel. They are also electronic, and getting into the room with them was a complete hassle. I even noticed other people who were struggling to simply get into their rooms. The staff was also very snooty and inattentive. During the checkout I also noticed the automatic 1euro donation to UNICEF. I have no problem with donating to charities at all, but the fact that they don't tell you is unacceptable. Instead of asking you if you want to donate, they make you ask to not donate (if you choose not to). I asked about the charge and was treated like trash. Through all of the bad, at least the view from the hotel was beautiful, but then again this is Venice. Everything is beautiful. read more