Lamenting together the fact that Italian restaurants in Venice are not as good as Italian restaurants in other parts of Italy, the hotel staff member with whom I was having this conversation agreed, then gave me the names of a couple nearby places that he'd recommend. This is how I wound up at Muro Venezia - Frari my first evening in Venice. Arriving to what looked like a full restaurant, I was happy to be seated al fresco along with everyone else who'd heeded the message to come here. Service, food, and ambiance were all quite good. Over beer, wine, a shared starter of assorted meatballs, and a shared pizza I found nothing to dislike. In fact, by the end of my 5 night stay I was almost ready to return here rather than risk having a mediocre meal elsewhere. You'll walk by a million restaurants in Venice, most looking almost identical to one another. Muro Venezia - Frari looks similar but it has a different, better energy. It's busy for a good reason. Stop, and see if there's a table for you. read more

We took our air bnb host's advice, for great local eats: Best meal I have ever eaten in Venice. I was nervous looking at the large menu, but we ordered the chefs choice checceti and it was amazing. We also had two different pastas with cuttlefish and one with octopus sauce. Looking around many in the restaurant were ordering a beef dinner split for 2. Looked amazing as well! To finish off we also ordered dessert which completed the meal nicely. If you are in the area, well worth it! read more

This was our first meal in Venice when we arrived ans it did not disappoint! Though we did not have a reservation (recommended) we were able to snag a table outside for my family of four. Our host was super nice and explained a few things on the menu and made a few suggestions. They were just as attentive to the patrons sitting outside even with a packed inside. Food was hot, delicious and came out in minutes. I'd definitely recommend this place to anyone visiting Venice. read more

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Great job guys! Food was good! Service was good and a great spot! Well worth it! We got two pizzas, house wine and bread. All was great!

We are here twice while in Venice. They have a lovely atmosphere with the option to sit indoors our outdoors. I highly recommend the pizzas which are large enough to split between two or three people depending if you have a first course. Check the dessert menu! read more

They really need to get new Servers. The main service staff that was attending to the tables outside were all rude. They were giving my daughters (children) dirty looks during the meal for dropping breadsticks. We felt like they couldn't wait for us to leave. The food was sub par on top of that!! Would not recommend. There are so many more nice places to eat in Venice with nice service staff. read more

Exquisite pizza and valpolicello in a tight but cozy space!!! Quick in quick out!! Check it out

Food here is absolutely the best we have had here in Venice. We have tried almost all the dishes except pizza. Have not been disappointed yet. Not on the main strip but worth the walk out the way. read more

A really cute spot to grab lunch. The calzone was huge (airy) but so great. It was a bit loaded on the ham but other than that texture and taste of the mushroom with everything was good. read more

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Cozy little restaurant in Venice with great food and quick service. They have a nice outdoor seating area if you want to be outside. Pizza selection is great and their salads are very refreshing read more

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Very good. Enjoyed the fritto misto, carbonara pizza, and fried vegetable appetizer, service was thoughtful but slightly understaffed. Really enjoyed it and will be back. Servings are healthy and prices are reasonable. read more

We enjoyed this restaurant for two nights in a row while in Venice. The wine was lovely, the service was outstanding, the food was delicious. read more

When in Venice, EAT HERE! I had the best pesto I had ever had here, and no other pesto dish in other cities in Italy compared. It comes with potatoes and green beans and tasted very fresh. We also had a buffalo mozzarella pizza which was very good. The staff is very nice and the restaurant itself is quite classy. The bathrooms are even nice which is rare in Venice! read more

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Muro Venezia Frari is one of three restaurants owned by Al Muro in Venice. It's a bit off the beaten path, though it's only a few blocks from the Campo San Polo. I've visited here twice so far, and both times the food was simply phenomenal! Over and above that, the service is terrific, and the atmosphere is excellent :-) You simply can't go wrong with most of the items on their menu, but I suggest you avoid the Polenta with Prawns; everything else I tried was amazing! I particularly recommend the Fried Ravioli, and any of their beef dishes. Their version of Bellini is quite legit as well. For us, the perfect end to a wonderful meal was one of their incredible chocolate desserts and a sgroppino; I look forward to returning! read more

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Absolutely amazing food and service! We had a three course dinner including eggplant with meat inside, beef tartare, beef sirloin with gorgonzola, nougat ice cream, limonzella sorbet. At first we took Muro Aperitivos; Prosecco with fruit. From the beginning everything was great. The beef tartare was truly amazing. The butler did the spicing on our table and the dish was delicious. The service was super friendly and expertise. On our give day visit, this was the best restaurant experience we had! The location is perfect, away from the grouds. read more

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This restaurant was right by our hotel so we decided to try it. Delicious food and great service.

Terrible unprofessional server. Geno. Rolled his eyes when we warned him up front for two checks. The food was priced well, but tasted very average. My least favorite restaurant in Italy so far. We have still yet to get checked in on a second time, after waiting about 45 minutes. After watching our waiter Geno walk off and leave work for the day, we found out that we had a new server. Much better waiter. read more

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Found this place on Yelp and then it live up to its expectations! Best lasagna and pizza I have had. The wait staff was super kind and helpful. It was so good we went back another time. I highly recommend this place! read more

Walked by and stopped here to eat while we were walking the streets and actually on our way to another restaurant lol! Food was delicious and the wine was very tasty! Presentation on the beef with green sauce was mediocre but it was still delicious. Service was not bad and the other dishes on the table were flavorful as well. Not a bad local spot to get away from the touristy crowds! I'd recommend to eat here and enjoy! read more

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Must return here! Must return here! Must return here! In case you were wondering if I will be returning here the answer is YES!!! My experience here was part of something bigger and everything was wonderful. Service, food, drink, atmosphere - EVERYTHING HERE IS RIGHT!!!! If you like the tourist resto's then you will not like this place. This is not for the tourists. I know I risk losing the intimacy and privacy by saying that but this is one of many gems that were revealed to me during my stay in Venezia and I can't help but rave about it. The drinks were solid and flowing freely for us. The staff was more than accomodating and efficient. We had aperitivo, starters and the best pizza's I've ever fantasized about. Fresh everything here. The inside space is pretty good but in summer you will want to be outside right next to the water. I adore this place! read more

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Food and service has greatly improved since my last visit. House specialty Beef Tartare was excellent, pasta with seafood solid, as were the salads. Pizza also excellent. read more

Picture a family. A tired, haggard, hungry family that's just driven 6 hours and been stuck in traffic jams and has been lugging bags and such around in 35 degree heat. This family wants to eat, but where? Venice is wind-y and confuse-y. The family staggers into a quiet backwater. There's a classy lookin' restaurant just sitting there all by itself. There are outside tables. That family plops itself down, to hangry to go any further and hoping the food is as good as the promise of Italy would suggest it is. Out come Aperol Spritzes, delightfully al dente orecchiete laden with Italian sausage and broccoli, a show-stopping squid ink tagliatelle with monk fish and field mushrooms, a crisp and classy house white, and a giant-killing pizza topped with so much buffalo mozzarella that I'm guessing an entire herd of the beasts was wiped put to produce. Now picture the family loosening their belts and wishing they had elastic pants. read more

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Genuinely one of my favorite places I've ever been, especially in Venice. The restaurant wasn't in a super foot traffic heavy area but was slam packed on a Monday at 9 pm so that's always a good sign especially in tourist areas. This place has a little of everything - the starters were great, there's an incredible wine selection available for amazing prices, and phenomenal food all around. Our server Lani (Leni- I dk how the spelling works!) was extremely open and honest with us about our best options and what to order and she was spot on. If I can recommend one thing, the lasagna. We ended up ordering 4 for a table of 7 with other entrees because it was THAT good. I'm still thinking about it. read more

Stayed locally nearby and this restaurant was recommended to us by some locals, so if the Italians say it's good it's worth a try. The recommendation was right! Fantastic food great friendly staff the clearly could cope with the English. read more

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Umm maybe I got the wrong dishes but my experience was definitely not a 5 star. We got dishes based on the waitress' recommendations. I got crab gnocchi and shared some other noodle. Not impressed but not horrible. Crab gnocchi was a bit too mushy and had a funny taste. And the other dish was bland. Sorry that's not helpful! read more

Our dining experience at Muro Venezia Frari was wonderful. We went in as soon as they opened for dinner time and one hour later, this place was packed. You have to try their pizza!! It was so delicious....I wish I could go back right now :( Their pizza menu is 4 pages long and I could just not decide so I asked our waitress for a recommendation and it was right on! The service was very good as well....they were very attentive and on top of everything. The best part was it was very affordable. A pizza, pasta and big bottled water...30 euro. I will definitely go back again :) read more

Muro Venezia - Frari - Awesome pizza!! - Venetian Near Me - Venezia, VE

My wife and I had our first meal in Italy here as it was recommended by our AirBnb host. Needless to say, our meal was not disappointing by any means. The location of the restaurant is great. It is along a nice street where there is a lot of privacy around dinner. Our waiters were very kind and attentive to our needs. The fried meatballs were moist and cooked well. The pizza was great and the pasta with potatoes, green beans, and pesto blew my mind! I never would have thought that potatoes and green beans would go well with pasta, but boy was I pleasantly surprised. We enjoyed our meal with some of the house vino rosso which I cannot complain about. Overall, a great place to go for dinner if you want to escape the crowds closer to the city center. read more

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Would not recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for either a solid Italian dinner or a break from Italian food (multiple non-Italian menu options). Calamari over polenta appetizer was bland and required salt and pepper to make palatable. Pork tenderloin was over cooked and covered in mystery sauce. Hamburger was seasoned such that it tasted more like sausage than a hamburger. Chicken with curry was ok but would not stand up to a decent Indian restaurant. Pizza was also ok but not as good as most of the pizza we had in Rome, Sorrento, and Tuscany. Prices were typical of Venice but too high given the quality of the food. Service was variable with some friendly staff and some on the rude/indifferent side. Would not come back on next trip to Venice. read more

This restaurant was right around the corner from our rental apartment and seeing as it was packed with a nice mixture of local families and visitors we decided to give it a shot. We had to wait about 20 minutes to grab a table but our group ordered pints of beer and the staff brought them out to us to sip canal side while we waited. The staff was friendly and the food was pretty decent for Venice. I got the pasta but wish I had tried the pizza or one of the massive calzones. I would recommend if you're in the neighbourhood. read more

Beautiful restaurant in a cozy part of San Polo. Made reservations online an hour before and had no trouble getting a table. Had a bottle of Prosecco Colfondo which we had never tried. The waitress offered good advice on the menu. We did not have to wait long for the table or the food. The place was dimly lit and very romantic. We were pleased with the food and the ambience and would definitely recommmend it! read more

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Amazing food, Amazing service. The Carpaccio is pretty fresh and delicious. Pizza was tasty and the pasta with salmon the best in the world. Thanks Giacomo! read more

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Fantastic restaurant. Jockomo (sp?) runs a very good place. We had two meals in a row and enjoyed it immensely. Make a reservation thought, it fills up fast. Highly recommend. read more

Like much of Venice, this place was somewhat hard to find. I only found it by seeing the tables outside of the restaurant and realizing it was a restaurant. Inside, the restaurant is very modern and uses dim lighting to set the mood. This was probably one of my favorite meals in Venice. I almost came here two nights in a row. The pizza is very fresh and baked well. The ingredients were very fresh and the smell of the pizza as it arrived to the table was terrific. I noticed a number of locals ordering some sort of steak dish that they finish cooking at your table. It made this terrific sizzling sound as it finished searing the meat and watching the waiter cut the steak at the table was a fun experience. The restaurant itself is pretty classy but it's okay if you're not dressed up. read more

Wonderful place and must go to eatery. We have eaten here for lunch and dinner to dive into the variety of options on the menu. Great staff to complement the experience. Don't fall into the over priced tourist traps in Venice, make your way to this restaurant and you will not regret it. read more

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This is our 7th day in Italy and have amazing food, EXCEPT for this place. My food and now my hands smell like rotten fish. My husband sent his meal back, which he never does, after one bite. They only took $8 off our bill and told us it was our problem we didn't like the food. Manager was extremely rude also. I've never written a bad review before... But I just had to this time. Don't waste your money, to many other wonderful places to eat in Venice. read more

Amazing food! Will not disappoint everything from meat dishes to fresh fish plates to pizza and pasta ... something for everyone...

One of the better meals that we had as a family in Italy. Market fish (sea bass) was excellent as was the mussels with linguine, which my wife had. Highly recommend Muro's which is outside of the hustle and bustle of San Marco. read more

Muro Venezia - Frari - View from outside. Very nice place to have a great meal. - Venetian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Excellent food and service! Great spot to sit outside away from too many tourists! Very kid friendly. Yummy proseco that was dry and not too sweet. read more

I spotted the place on my way home and, judging from design and graphic I immedietly thought it should have been nice. It differentiate itself from the many other " antica trattoria blabla" in venice, food was good and service basic and nice. Price is a little high but not too much...defiantly something you should try in you sightseeing days. if you come here in sommer take some fish dish! I always get carried away by some vegetaria dish and then i regret :( It belongs to the MuroVenezia groups whitch has as place in Rialto and one in santa stae. read more

We stopped here for lunch after shopping and exploring in Venice. Our server was very attentive and the food was very good - we ordered salad and pizza and there was more than enough for the price. Two lunches with water, appetizers, salad, and pizza was around 50 euros. read more

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