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!

Excellent quality food and service. The sardine appetizer was great. Make sure to order a silver of…read moreMormon next to it. Pizza and pasta to notch. Don't forget the salad. Enjoy

Great spot with even better food and service. The ambiance in the evenning is hard to match.read more

Excellent food! Excellent service! We looked up restaurants to try and this was in the top 5, could…read moreeasily be number 1. The pasta dishes were absolutely delicious ious and my husband said some of the best carbonara he had while we were here in Venice. They have multiple outdoor seating areas along with the inside area, which does have ac. We really enjoyed it all.

Unfortunately, this was one of the worst dining experiences we had in Italy. We only chose this…read moreplace because our preteen daughter really wanted to eat there, so we stayed -- but we regretted it. The waiter was overly pushy from the start, constantly upselling and pushing bottled water (which, of course, they charge for). The food was highly mediocre and felt like typical tourist trap fare. Our two teenage daughters ordered pesto pasta, and it was overwhelmingly salty. My wife's pomodoro pasta had no flavor at all. I had a pasta dish with red sauce, mushrooms, and shrimp -- the shrimp were tiny, rubbery, and clearly frozen. This place is all about location and catching tourists, not about serving quality food. I'd avoid it and look for somewhere with a bit more authenticity.

the risotto was excellent. great flavor and texture the…read moremixed grilled fish is skippable. just grilled fish. i like the squid though.

Michelin recommended restaurant and recommended to us by a local in Murano (island nearby). My…read morefamily and I got seated with no reservations! We enjoyed the vongole misto, spaghetti alle vongole (my favorite), and other dishes I forgot but they were all delicious. We were seated right by the water with the beautiful and colorful buildings. The only thing I would like them to improve on is the cleanliness of the bathroom floor as it got a little wet and muddy.

4.5 and rounded up. Interesting the range of reviews here. Came here in April and found the food…read morestellar and prices spectacular for the quality of food relative to NYC. Initial impressions--the outdoor patio seating along the canal looked lovely though was completely packed at lunchtime around 1pm. Waiting at the front of the restaurant, service looked to be quite busy, I walked inside and saw what appeared to be a manager or waitstaff having a conversation with the bartender. Not wanting to interrupt, I waited for about 5-7 minutes for them to be done, it was a bit strange because neither of them seemed to acknowledge my presence until I finally interrupted and asked if there were any tables available. Not sure if Italians expect you to make yourself known in this type of situation? In any case, we were directed to a different waitstaff and seated pretty promptly after that. Once seated, service was actually pretty great overall, though it did feel with the lunchtime rush each of the table staff had many tables to handle simultaneously. The overall ambience was warm with partial stone walls, and a bit formal, with white tablecloths and fabric-covered high-back seats. The waitstaff were polished and in uniform. The outside patio seated around 20 and interior dining rooms probably another 50 inside. We were seated in a smaller side room with tables for about dozen people which ended up being kinda nice to have some privacy. Menus come in Italian and English which was very helpful. Food and drink: Glass of chianti €5: lovely. I'm not a big chianti drinker so not quite qualified to make any judgements here, it was an enjoyable glass of red! Gingerino €3.50: this is not ginger ale, (which I knew ;) so anticipated and ordered this non-alcoholic aperitivo soda with curiosity. It's native to Venice and flavored with bitter citrus and herbs, similar to a root beer/sasparilla with citrus notes. Really enjoyed this! You can also find this in supermarkets in Venice. 30-month Parma ham with carasau bread and pears in red wine €14: ugh....that ham ((drool)). The complex sweet/tart flavors from the red wine poached pears went really well with the ham. Glad they have us a separate bread basket as it was helpful in pairing with this appetizer! Pappardelle with beef cheek stew fried leek and currants €15: delicious. Pasta was maybe a little over but beef cheek meat was tender, sauce was good and fried leeks added a bit of a crisp on top. Linguini alla Scoglio - linguini with mussels, clams, prawns, squid €19: superb. Would def recommend this. The picture doesn't do it justice, the sauce was great, not really spicy at all, the dish was chock full of seafood, quite a decent portion size (the plate was quite large), and all was cooked perfectly. Yummy! Desserts: we were too full but our German and British neighbors at the table next to us ordered a couple items and by the amount of "ooo's and aahh's" coming from the table were clearly delighted. Looking at their plates, both plating and desserts were creative and gorgeous. If I go back I'd surely order dessert here too.

We checked this place out while visiting Murano. Didn't seem to have that many good food options…read morearound, but this one had some interesting photos on the online reviews. It was a cute ambience, brick walls, arched walkways, colorful glass decorations. Servers were friendly. We got: Pork belly with radicchio and balsamic sauce: one of our appetizers, absolutely the best dish!!! It was a perfect mix of textures with the crispy pork belly with the moisture and crunch of the vegetables, sprinkled with some raisins and nuts adding interest, and the balsamic sauce with the perfect amount of acidity. Worked so well together, refreshing, loved it! Burrata eggplant appetizer: it was ok, cooked tomatoes were amazingly sweet and just wish there was more of it. The burrata itself doesn't have much flavor, but that's the same as what I've experienced elsewhere in Italy. Maybe that's normal? Eggplants were fine. It came with 2 chip-like things which were a nice touch. Beef cheek with purple potato and fried leek: meat seemed roasted, was impressively soft/tender. Purple potato was a fun color and sauce was ok. Fried leeks were a nice crunchy aspect. Overall though, it was a very mild dish and I wasn't blown away. Spaghetti with black garlic and langoustine: a little salty but otherwise pretty good, spaghetti was bouncy and cooked perfectly. Langoustine was slightly raw, I think intentional but not my preference. My partner cracked into the shell and got to some sweet sweet langoustine meat--delicious! Actually the dish reminded me a little of Chinese chow mein... Mousse cake: so beautiful! Loved the presentation. There were a few layers inside the half dome. It was a bit sweet but with the raspberry sauce was perfect. Also got the ginseng coffee which was a bit sweet but pleasant and my partner got the Machiatone which was good. Overall pleased with the experience! Loved the creativity and attention to detail.

My friend and I had an early dinner here- by Italian standards- as it was close to our hotel. Wow!…read moreWhat a great choice! We were seated outside with a lovely view of the grand canal. I could smell the beautiful flowers lining the terrace. We started the meal with Aperol Spritzes as usual and ended with the most potent limoncello ever! We shared a cheese board and I had the mushroom ravioli. We both thoroughly enjoyed all of our food. Truly great food and service in a gorgeous setting!

This restaurant is in the grand canal and has a beautiful big patio, however today was cold so we…read moreate inside. The interior is clean, bright and elegant. The pasta dishes were very good and they had extensive seafood options. The frutti de mare was very delicious. My wife had the filet mignon. It was great as well. The cocktail drinks need a little work. The bartender could not make a vodka martini and it came out like a vodka soda with lots of vermouth in a short glass even though they had all the ingredients and tools to make it. Overall, a great restaurant for seafood and a fantastic patio area along the canal.

What a lovely restaurant with friendly, professional staff, and a delicious menu! I ordered the…read moreBolognese and Mista salad. Both were fresh, plentiful and delicious. My honey ordered the mixed fried fish. He ate every bite and loved it, especially the calamari. The side of bread was soft and perfect with my pasta. All the tables were full and people were waiting to be seated. This is a popular place, understandably. The ambience was calm, friendly, with multiple tables for two and several tables for four to five. The wait staff was attentive and spoke English, which helped us so much. Yelp led us here and we were so glad to have found such a gem in Venice.

Seafood spaghetti was one of my favorite! It tasted very good, the taste was so balanced. The…read moretomato pasta was delicious. The seafood mix for main entree was amazing, except the tuna. The main big fish was grilled both side to perfection. Shrimps were very fresh along with the squid. Overall experience was excellent! Would definitely come back again.

Food and service was excellent ! My wife and I both enjoyed our meals and desserts. Nice venue on…read morethe waterfront with a very relaxed atmosphere. As to previous complaint about paying in Euros or Dollars, they gave me the option.

Patrons Beware!…read more While the food is good, Cacciatori is well aware that most of its customers are tourists. Consequently, when it is time to pay for the meal, the servers assume that those customers automatically want to pay in their home country's currency. On the night we ate there, the server took our credit card and immediately charged our card in U.S. dollars, without even asking if we were from the U.S. This act enabled Cacciatori to make more money off the exchange rate. We would have absolutely preferred to pay in euros. A credible establishment should ask the customers whether they wish to pay in euros. Giving the consumer the option of what currency to use is the standard procedure throughout Europe. It is sad that Cacciatori did not follow this practice with us.