Veggie platter was delicious. I'm not vegetarian but the reviews kept suggesting it and they weren't wrong. My husband had the chicken plate. It was ok. He agreed my dish was better. Great service. You need a reservation. We got lucky a couple didn't show up. Another asked for tomorrow and they sd they were full. read more

A less touristy, but delicious option definitely worth checking out when you're in Venice. Just make sure to get a reservation ahead of time - we had to book two days in advance. There are lots of vegetarian options, as others have noted. My girlfriend got one of them (a pasta dish) and it was very good. However, I'm generally more of a carnivore, and so I ordered a prosciutto-based salad as an appetizer and then a roast duck main. They were both fantastic. For dessert, we finished up with a tasty panna cotta. Oh, and we got a bottle of white wine, too. The waiter was friendly and helpful. The price also was quite good. We paid a little above 65 euros for all of the above. Overall a great experience. read more

Service was a tad rushed but the good was fantastic. Reserve ahead. We got a shared table as a walk-in, and this was for lunch on a sleepy January weekday. We had the lasagna and the pasta with broccoli and pesto. Both were excellent. Cappuccino was good. Limoncello mousse was also good for me but my wife found it too strong in lemon. Recommended. read more

The food is fresh and inventive. You can find a pasta and/or meat dish, if that's what you're after, and I'm sure they're delicious, but you'll be missing out if you don't enjoy some of the fanciful vegetable dishes. The atmosphere and the service is warm and inviting and the food is excellent. The place is small, though, so pick a time and make a reservation to guarantee yourself a spot at a table, especially if there are more than two dining. read more

This place was amazing. Best dining experience we had in Venice. Vegetarian friendly, great hospitality. My husband wanted to practice his Italian, and the staff responded in Italian without batting an eye. You should definitely make a dinner reservation several days ahead of time if you want to eat here during tourist season. We failed on that account but suppose we looked desperate enough that the told us to come back at 9:30 for dinner. The panna cotta was the best dessert I have ever had in my adult life. Would definitely love to come back if we are ever in Venice again. read more

No reservations, but with a little perseverance, were able to snag an outside table when they had an early departure. Service was great and the food incredible. Standouts were the pumpkin flan and artichoke mousse. Also notable were the lamb chops with roasted fennel bulbs. Do your self a favor and eat here! read more

This place is always pretty crowded so I suggest a reservation. But it's well worth the wait. Never ever have I decided on a vegetarian lasagna and left satisfied but it was honestly the best dish I had while visiting Venice. read more

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A wonderful small restaurant with perfectly cooked unique vegetable dishes and friendly staff.

I thought the food was ok - nothing special. My husband liked the veggie lasagna a lot an would get it again. The restaurant was nice and we had a nice window seat. read more

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Made reservations weeks before my trip. Food was great. Ingredients were fresh, the vegetable dishes were tasty, ordered the lasagna and pumpkin flan and those were a hit as well. Fav pasta place in my book is still Colline Emiliane in Rome though. The gelato was amazing at La Zucca, best gelato I have had so far and one of my fav dessert dishes. One less star for our not so friendly waitress. She seemed annoyed at non Italian speaking customers. Wish they would take email reservations as well and do not ask for wifi. read more

A must for any visitor or resident. Different menu options and everything we tried was delicious. The lasagna was our favorite. For the ambience and quality of food, the prices are very reasonable so I'm not surprised a reservation days in advance is needed. We went for our one year anniversary dinner and were very pleased. Dessert was OK but that's what Gelaterias are for! read more

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The restaurant is always busy. Luckily, we got in for lunch without a reservation. The menu is in Italian, so we had difficulty ordering. The waitress was friendly. We got an app with pumpkin, which was amazing. I also ordered the lasagna, which was very cheesy. Unfortunately it was too similar to our appetizer. I would've appreciated the waitresses input when we asked for recommendations. My boyfriend got the lamb stew, which was very tender and delicious. Got the pumpkin flan because if all the rave reviews we read. It also tasted somewhat like the appetizer. Too savory to be considered a dessert. My boyfriend was convinced they forgot to put sugar in it. Overall the meals were good, but a little too rich and savory for my liking. read more

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This place is a must go and I had my favorite meal here out of Rome, Capri and Venice. They only serve vegetarian or meat dishes but they prepare it all so well. We went at night when it was less busy but the place is small so we got seated next to a couple where we shared a table but ended up having a nice conversation with them as they were tourists too. We started with the beef carpaccio which is a must try and the meat melted right in your mouth. We ordered the duck ragu and veal tongue with radicchio which were both seasoned perfectly and the noodles were or course al dente. I believe this restaurant has a seasonal rotating menu and they know what they're doing. We ended the night with Panna cotta which everyone must try! The cream was so rich and texture so light that it paired well with the nuts that were sprinkled on top. read more

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Tiny restaurant, BIG on quality and service. Don't remember how I came across it but put it on my list of "musts" while in Venezia. I am a bit late with my review (it has been a year since I visited), so I don't remember exactly what I ate but I am definitely going to be back, both in Venezia and La Zucca. read more

Food is OK, but the service is terrible. First of all, there is no English menu. Their explanation is that their menu is always changing. It's not fun to look up the dictionary for every word on the menu. But what makes me pissed is that when I saw a waiter had finished getting the order from the neighboring table, I politely signaled to him that we were also ready to order. Surprisingly, he replied to me in a very rude tone "I'm not ready" as if I'm causing trouble to him. If he couldn't take orders from two tables at a time, he could totally have said "give me a minute". Reading other reviews, it seems to me that I'm not the only person complaining about the service. I believe we are talking about the same arrogant and rude server who has problem with his manner. read more

When in Venice - eat pumpking flan! The menu is not the typical Italian fare and was a nice change from our usual pizza and pasta. Everything we ordered was served to perfection. Panne cotta for dessert was amazing. Attentive staff. Secure reservations first. read more

Every thing I ordered was AMAZING. I ordered 3 different pasta dishes, the pear and Gorgonzola, the lamb Ragu with artichoke hearts and the lasagna. We also got the crudo and pumpkin flan (GET THIS) and the panacotta. The waitress was so nice and helpful as well. This is definitely a local spot so be polite. read more

Amazing restaurant with great service. I was walking around for a few hours and eventually got hungry. I went around sniffing for food and this restaurant was emitting smells of heaven! I sat down and fell in love with the dishes. Everything was so good. I had the pumpkin, zuchinni and squash lasagna while my boyfriend had the duck meat pasta...it was simply delicious and at a very reasonable price! read more

La Zucca - Pumpkin, squash and zuchinni lasagna! MMMMM - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

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BEST MEAL I've ever had! My husband said the same thing. We sat outside right by the canal. The carrot soup was out of this world! My husband got the veal and the sauce on it was the tastiest thing ever!! This was our favorite food in Italy. You should make a reservation ahead of time. We got there right at 7 when they open and got lucky and got a table. read more

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great food and nice ambiance. I came here based on their yelp review and it was worth it.

Fabulous food! We are foodies and were disappointed with the food in Venice, especially after dining at some great places in Rome and Florence. La Zucca was incredible...so incredible that we booked for the following night while we were still there. We started with the flan di zucca (savory pumpkin flan with smoked ricotta). Think of it as a savory pumpkin pie with cheese and pumpkin seeds. Proceeded to share the asparagus with Parmesan and the eggplant with feta and blistered tomatoes, followed by the beef stew and grilled polenta. Shared a liter of the House white wine. Incredible food, great service, and fairly priced (63€ for all mentioned). read more

A lovely little restaurant serving good quality inventive Venitian food. We were lucky, we were squeezed in one sunny Thursday in February - they turned people away afterwards and I understand they were fully booked for the next 2 nights! We only had a simple lunch and dessert but it was enough to convince me that they really knew about flavours and cooking. The pasta was great smooth but with enough bite, the flavours were clear and delicious and the service was calm, helpful and friendly. They major on vegetables but they also do good meat based dishes - I had a duck ragu tagliatelle - but I think their use of veg is really good my partner had a vegetable lasagne and said it was fantastic - she'd never eaten anything like it in any other restaurant. The desserts were lovely - I forget what it was called but think chocolate cream sponge and mousse and you'll get the drift - brilliant! I will definitely be returning when I next go to Venice! read more

The food here is amazing! Everything tastes fresh and the menu changes on a daily basis. We got off to a rocky start at first when 3 tables of 2 and one table of 6 were seated before us when we had a reservation and arrived early. We had tried to eat there 2 days prior, arriving right when it opened and was completely empty but were told that there was no way we could be seated. So it was a little frustrating when we made a reservation and then still had to wait a while for a table. As long as you make a reservation and don't mind waiting to sit, I highly recommend this place. I had the vegetable lasagna and lamb meatballs, my bf had the pumpkin flan and pork dish. The menu was in Italian but the waiter explained each dish in English for us. Oh and we did get a complementary glass of prosecco while waiting for our table. Really fresh, amazing food that is different from what's around. read more

La Zucca - Pork with cabbage and lamb meatballs with spinach - yum! - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Best meal so far in Venice! It is a typical unassuming restaurant in Venice. The staff spoke perfect English (very helpful for deciphering the menu). House wine was delish. We got the pumpkin flan, artichoke zucchini pumpkin, vegetable platter and avacado tofu tartar. read more

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The waiter lied to us in the face that it's fully booked and that there's no space. The truth? He just didn't like that we have our suitcases with us. read more

Ate here last month while in Venice, group of friends. Owner was fakely nice at beginning of meal, then kind of ignored by staff for the underwhelming meal. Pass this place. One bite was decent. read more

I am very surprised by the positive reviews! Our server was rude and the food was average. We knew to make reservations and I was originally told they were booked for the day I wanted. When I proposed a new date I was then told I could book the original date. On the night of my reservation I watched the server decline party after party even though they were not booked (as he originally did with me). We went here based on other reviews saying they are accommodating to vegans -- there was not a lot to choose from and the food was very average (we got pasta, a veggie platter, and dessert). They also messed up our order and put ricotta on our vegan pasta. Dessert came with a dirty spoon. The meal was finished with the server bringing the check and letting us know that "tips are welcome." (Which btw tipping is not standard in Italy -- only for exceptional service.) Skip this place! I'd rather have had pizza. read more

First, they lost our reservation. We had made it the day before for a late dinner because that is all that was available. They begrudgingly sat us... with at least half of the tables empty. They were generally pretentious and made us feel unwelcome. The food was good but they brought all courses out at the same time I assume because they were ready to wrap it up. Oh well, plenty of decent places around to try instead of this one. read more

Best Italian in venice! So small and special and authentic. Perfect ambiance and flavor!

Excellent food and really good service. Not a tourist restaurant. The food is perfect and the menu changes regularly.

Came here as my wife loves pumpkin and have been given this place as a recommendation. When we arrived here the resturant was only half full at 7:15pm. The rude man, assuming owner said he can't fit us in for tonight. After a while he said he maybe be able to fit us in for tomorrow at 9:30pm and said it's bad weather tomorrow. Told my wife let's get out of here, he doesn't want us here. Weather forecast was perfect for the next day. If I could give 0 stars I would. read more

The waiter very kindly translated the entire menu for us, speaking excellent English. The pumpkin flan is amazing, as were our other dishes. Go every day if you can (make reservations!), it doesn't get better than this! read more

A shadow of its former self. The vegetarian staples like the Pumpkin Flan continue to shine but the kitchen has no idea of how to prepare the meat dishes that have come to dominate the menu. Dry and terribly overcooked. Service hovers between inept and condescending. read more

The best meal in Venice by far. We shared stuffed mushrooms, pumpkin soup and vegetarian lasagna-- all superb! The house red wine is excellent. read more

We had reservations at 7 p.m. (1900) our first night in Venice. We were tired and jet-lagged and walked there, which proved quite a hike, but we still arrived about 20 minutes early, having been warned they will not hold a reservation if you are late. We were not aware that 7 p.m. was also their opening time. When we walked in, a tall thin young man with glasses spoke to a young woman I took to be the boss; he then told us we were early and we'd have to "go away and come back later". (Apparently the young man spoke English, the "boss" did not.) Somewhat shocked at being told to "go away" after our long walk, and the place being empty, my wife asked if she could use their restroom. The young man said yes (hence the single star), so my wife headed off to the restroom. After she left, the young man spoke to the "boss" again and then told me he could seat us, and showed me to a table in the rear dining room. Shortly thereafter my wife came out of the restroom and went to the front of the restaurant to rejoin me, having been told we'd have to "go away and come back later", expecting to find me waiting for her. But of course I wasn't there - I had been seated in the back. Wondering where I had gone, she waited. And waited. And ... waited. While she paced nervously, wondering what had happened to me, the "boss", young man, and staff glared at her as if she were a trespasser. Other guests began arriving and were seated. Meanwhile, I began to wonder what had happened to my wife - when the young man came back to my table and asked me if I wanted to "get started" I told him my wife had not come out of the restroom: "Have you seen her?" He said no. I finally went to the ladies' room myself and knocked, called her name and hearing no answer, opened the door - it was empty! Now alarmed, I looked in the front of the restaurant - and outside. It was as if she had disappeared. I felt like I was in a Twilight Zone episode. By then it was nearly half an hour past our reservation time. Exasperated and intimated by the staff's hostile stares, and frightened by my apparent absence, my wife had left, in the rain, thinking they had run me off also. I asked the young man, the "boss", and the staff if they saw my wife come out of the restroom and they acted like they had never seen her before - even though we came in together and they had shown her where the bathroom was. At my insistence, since my wife's cell phone wouldn't work in Italy, the young man called my hotel for me to see if she had returned there, all the while claiming that he had never seen her. Panicked, I left the restaurant and returned to our hotel as fast as I could. My wife spent what for her was a terrifying 2- 1/2 hours, pretty much lost in Venice with darkness falling, getting back to our hotel, and I spent that time terrified waiting for her. I was five minutes away from calling the polizia when she arrived. Thank God no tragedy was played out that night. The first step in running a restaurant is customer service. This restaurant failed - miserably. All they had to do was ask the woman pacing anxiously back and forth in their restaurant if there was a problem or if she needed any help. That they didn't direct her to my table when she came out of the restroom and went to the front of the restaurant, or offer to help her is inconceivable, outrageous and unacceptable. That a restaurant this small managed to separate, and lose track of, two of its customers, and failed to reunite them, and deny they'd ever even seen one of them, speaks volumes about how little they esteem the very customers on whom they depend. The food may be great - I'll never know. The reviews here rave about it. But there is more to running a restaurant than cooking. It was reminiscent of a certain episode of the 1990s television series 'Seinfeld' - ("No soup for you!"). Arrive a little early and they throw you out in the rain, arrive a little late and they've given your table away. If you get separated, you're on your own. They are desperately in need of a visit from Chef Robert Irvine, but I don't think he speaks Italian. All I can say is, proceed at your own risk. read more

Delicious!! We loved this place, it was our favorite in Venice. The service is friendly and warm. The highlight was the rib eye steak and perfectly prepared rare tuna crusted with sesame seeds. We will definitely be back. read more

One of the BEST meals I had during my stay in Italy. I went to some michelin starred restaurants that do not compete with this. The menu had soooo many tasty options that it was hard to limit it to 2 appetizers and two entrees. The mushroom gratin was so good. The pumpkin potato cake was good, not the star of the meal. The pasta with the pear and gorgonzola and pine nuts was sooo delicious. And lastly the lemon with capers and rice was to die for so so so good. I would try to get a reservation if you are in Venice. We lucked out walking in on a weekday and got a table for 6 people because we showed up as they opened for lunch.Menu is all in Italian but the waiter will translate for you! read more

Fantastic and imaginative. Best meal in Venice, which was recommended to us by our Venetian host. Order the burratina if available!!

Delicious lunch here. Stopped by right when it opened and we were able to be seated even without a reservation (we shared a table with another couple). But get a reservation because we were told we got lucky. The staff speaks excellent English (et aussi Francais) and explained the menu in detail to us. Hubby has a gluten allergy and they were easily able to explain which dishes were safe and made accommodations for him. Had the pumpkin flan to start, delicious. Hubby had tongue which was great and I had beef, also delicious. Hubby was happy with a new to him gluten-free beer. We shared a dessert but can't remember which one (though it was rich and delicious). read more

Fantastic. Local farm to table. Absolutely delicious pumpkin flan and artichoke flan and a potato tarte. Lots of local meats as well a real find. Highly highly recommend. read more