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    La Patatina

    4.0 (35 reviews)
    PriceyItalian, Mediterranean

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups

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    The outdoor patio

    Thoroughly enjoyed our visit here. Service was attentive. The food delicious and moderately priced. Being located in a small square away from the hustle and bustle of the more touristy areas, it offered a taste of Venice and Venetian food in a quieter setting.

    Great wine,and Fantastic food, good service!! Over 70 years restaurants experience fresh local fish!!

    Papparedelle
    Robert V.

    One of the best spots we found in Venice. Attentive service, friendly, multi lingual, and of course fabulous food. House wine both red and white are outstanding and a great deal.

    Sergio and us..
    Christie B.

    This quaint restaurant just around the corner from our hotel Palazetto Madonna was amazing! Suggested by the hotel staff. Sergio and the rest of the staff were very friendly, attentive and went above and beyond to make the experience within the establishment wonderful. The food is cooked to order which may take longer from kitchen to table though worth the wait. And my after dinner drink was taken to a new level when I requested Zacapa XO. The waiter indicated he had something special and he did. I will never drink it another way back home. He took a glass filled it with boiling water, place rum into a sniffer glass then placed it on top to warm the rum. He included chards of dark chocolate to eat while sipping it. It was the highlight of my evening. I went back the next afternoon to have another. Thank you to Sergio for the warm hospitality. And thank you to the rest of the staff! When we visit Venezia we will be sure to drop back in. And Sergio look is up if you visit Chicago.

    Caprese salad
    Sophie L.

    To be honest, I was disappointed with the food at this place. It was recommended to me by a local, so I got my hopes up. The staff were all very friendly, but the taste of the food was just to fishy and seafoody for me. I love seafood, but the pastas that we ordered (lobster and clam) tasted like rotted ocean water. The caprese salad was nothing special and it was also missing basil. The sign says it opens at 6, but the earliest reservation they'll take is 6:45pm.

    Blue Lobster Linguini
    Karl M.

    Visiting from California. Excellent service and awesome food! Some in our family have food allergies (gluten, dairy) and they were extremely accomadating. Had the Gnocchi with Crab. Amazing! Blue Lobster Linguini was equally great! Complimentary limoncello. Can't recommend enough.

    Caprese salad
    Lee W.

    This was a strange dining experience. Lovely interior and clearly the establishment aspires to be great. But they miss the mark. The server insisted on dinner his way even though we made several pleas to simply go with our requests. For example we ordered a simple spaghetti dish for the well-behaved eight year old in our party. Even with the request to prepare it quickly it came with the adults' final course. The pasta dishes were excellent. The veal had to be returned. When asked for replacement silver or water glasses the staff didn't ever get it correctly. For the prices on the menu they should do better.

    What makes this spot amazing is the people. We experienced such a warm, friendly vibe, not just from the owner and staff, but also from the other diners. It started with the waitress (maybe the owner's daughter?) stepping outside to welcome us with a friendly "pronto!" when she noticed us looking at the outdoor menu. Once we were seated, the owner came over and greeted us warmly, especially our 11-year-old daughter. The chef really gave her a special treat with the pizza she ordered: the "hawaiian" arrived looking like a cat, with the pizza dough shaped to form two ears and dried pasta for whiskers, etc. We felt so cared for! The other diners that night were a mix of visitors (foreign and Italian) and local Venetians. There was friendly banter (in Italian) between the tables, including ours, which felt very chummy. The food was good--meaning, it's totally what it should be. Fancy-food lovers might not be dazzled (I wouldn't call this food gourmet, or artisanal) but anyone looking for yummy, straightforward pizzas and pastas will be very content, as we were. This place felt like Venice's answer to Cheers (that bar in Boston) except that anyone walking by can get treated like Norm.

    House wine - merlot

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    It was a short walk from the Palazzo Giovanelli. The food was delicious. I would go there again and again and again.

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    Excellent service, excellent food and the tiramisu was to die for! You must try this little hidden gem in Venice.

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    The food was delicious! I had the linguini with scallops. My husband had the lobster with pasta. I will come back.

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    Rude waiters. Didn't even stay long enough to try the food. The ladies eating next to us said they undercooked the pasta. Do not eat here.

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    “I ordered the seafood pasta and my husband ordered the sea bass stuffed ravioli with scallop and pistachio sauce.”

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    Bacarretto - Fried sampler.

    Bacarretto

    4.8(111 reviews)
    0.2 km
    •€€

    This place opens at 6:30 and they don't open early so get your shopping done before hand. It gets…read moreoccupied very fast. The house wine is great and at 5 euros you can't go wrong. American music playing lightly in the background. We both had a pasta plate and were not disappointed. Both had very good but different flavor. Great environment and really good food gives this place a 5 star!

    Wow! What an incredible experience. We've been traveling through Europe and happened to find this…read moreplace on our last night in Venice, and we're so glad we did. From the moment we arrived, the owner, Marco, made us feel genuinely welcome. He explained that the food is Sicilian and quite different from what you typically find in Venice, which was exactly what we were hoping for after days of similar menus. The menu is short, focused, and built around family recipes. We ordered the pasta of the day, the roast beef, and the smoked salmon dish, and every single item was fantastic. To finish, we had limoncello made by Marco's mother, and it was absolutely delicious. What really made the evening special was Marco and his family. They were warm, kind, and genuinely happy to share their story with us. We loved hearing about his late father and the lasting impact he had on both the family and the restaurant. One of the most memorable parts of the night was joining in the restaurant tradition of coloring pictures and exchanging them with drawings already hanging on the ceiling. We ended up taking home a picture created by a family member, and it will be making the journey back with us to Carlsbad, California. Without a doubt, this was the best dining experience of our entire trip through Europe. Highly recommended!!

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    Bacarretto - Children's artwork

    Children's artwork

    Bacarretto - Pistachios cannoli

    Pistachios cannoli

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    Crab gnocchi

    La Colonna - Spaghetti with ink and cattle fish. Just OK

    La Colonna

    4.3(66 reviews)
    1.0 km
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    Get lost in Venice and found this restaurant. It is right at the corner of a quiet courtyard…read moreneighborhood. The waiter is very friendly and invite us to have lunch, and menu price look reasonable so let's go for it. We ordered clam and mussels. So amazing and yummy, especially the soup! I really want to finish all of it. The scallop spaghetti is also very yummy. I love this place. Good vibe, friendly service, and most important is the food quality. 5 stars for sure. If you like to find restaurant in Venice with lots of local people visit, here is the best one!

    We were in Venezia for vacation recently and tried to dine out of the main San Marco tourist area…read moreas much as possible to try to get the most unique Venice experience and La Colonna was an amazing find! For dinner in peak season, try to make a reservation as the restaurant is very small. We arrived before our reservation time and were seated immediately inside and greeted warmly by the restaurant owner. We ordered a bottle of wine to start (most under 20 Euros for a 75 ML bottle). For appetizers we ordered the cheese with honey for 13 Euros, absolutely amazing! We also combined this with the local olive oil and fresh bread brought to the table to start as well. For our second course we chose two pastas, the Penne Alla Amatriciana (I think it was around 12 Euros), and the Spaghetti Alla Carbonara (I think it was around 12 Euros as well). Both had extremely fresh homemade ingredients and were out of this world and extreme attention to care in the preparation. For our entree we split the breaded pork chop (I think it was around 20 Euros), including a side of potatoes (similar to the steak fries that you would see in the U.S.) The service was absolutely amazing and we loved dining alongside the owner and his family and meeting the cat that also lives at the restaurant and comes by to greet you during the meal as well. It truly was like you were dining at the home of the owner and is a must try if you are in Venice!

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    La Colonna - Penne Al Amatriciana

    Penne Al Amatriciana

    La Colonna - Wine white, not bad

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    Wine white, not bad

    Al Timon

    Al Timon

    4.4(116 reviews)
    0.6 km
    •€€

    Food was amazing and very filling. The portions are large specifically on the steak/protein…read moreoptions. Our table ordered two different steak boards. The tomahawk and flank steak. Both were served with a a mound of fresh cut potatoes, grilled vegetables and two sauces to dip into. We barely used the dips as everything was seasoned to perfection. No steak sauce needed as the steak was well seasoned and served hot. We also have a bottle of white wine and tried the lasagna for our starter. Everyone at the table was happy with this option for dinner. Also this is not fancy dinner but still dining at its fines. If you are a steak lover and in the Venice area Al Timon is a must have for dinner.

    HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! Definitely get the Lombatello steak if you are feeling carnivorous…read more Throngs of lively people sipping wine and snacking on cichetti late into the evening along the canal. The cichetti selection looked very good (variety thinned out throughout the night), but our party of 3 was starving and we opted to sit inside for a late ~8:30pm dinner. We got one order of grilled lamb and the Lombatello steak for 2. The lamb was also good, no gamey taste. The Lombatello steak was simply fantastic, choose this cut specifically!! A heaping pile of medium-rare meat (cannot buy single portions) that was very tender and flavorful. It's cushioned with steak fries and grilled veggies on the side. Paired with two glasses of house wine, this meal was fantastic. Ended up with a to go box of steak and fries. Servers are very busy, bustling around clearing tables, taking orders, etc, but they are vigilant if you need anything. We saw one table of ~10 order a steak platter, and it was a sight to behold - a massive wooden cutting board packed with steak, transported by two waiters.

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    Al Timon - Ambiance interior

    Ambiance interior

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