Venice Restaurant recommendations

Osteria Anice Stellato in
Cannaregio
also Vini da Gigio and
da Alberto

If you have Netflix, you might watch Somebody Feed Phil. It is a travel/food show and he does a good episode on Venice.

I can only tell you where not to go. Of all the restaurants in Venice we only had one bad experience and that was the Hard Rock Cafe, the worst food I have ever been served. Maybe we hit it on a off night but it was terrible.

Thank you, Donald, for saving me a trip to the HRC in Venice.

I learned years ago (1976 or so) that diners get a poor imitation of "American" fare at HRCs which are in other countries. Nachos? Egg rolls? Onion Rings? Chicken wings?

When in Italy, eat Italian is my best advice. Of course, in Paris you can get the Royale with cheese at the local McDonald's. That may be the exception to the locavore rule.

We love Antico Calice https://anticocalice.it/chi-siamo.html. Terrific polpo. Also had a spectacular meal at Ai Artisti http://www.enotecaartisti.com/en/welcome.

If you like seafood: Osteria alle Testerie is highly regarded and my sister and her husband (fairly serious “foodies” loved it. We could not get in although I tried for reservations 2 weeks ahead.

http://www.osterialletestiere.it/

hey hey ptrantow
everyone has so many different opinions. i went to ristorante da nino right on the grand canal across the train station. a great view of the canal and people watching. sat outside under umbrellas, watching the world go by. loved their tiramisu and my local growers of champagne. a local couple with their family from padova sat next to me and just talked about everything. they owned a vineyard and mom and dad from united states visiting grandkids was a great day
schezzin.it
hopefully he's still doing tours, email him
a bar tour learning about history, wine and cicchetti tours
destination360.com/ cicchetti tours
streaty.com
food and market tours in venice
tripsavvy.com/ a travelers guide to chioggia, a tour a train/bus ride away to "little venice", an old fishing village in venice lagoon
withlocals.com/ treviso charms: history tiramisu and prosecco. a train ride from venezia santa lucia
eatwith.com/ venice
have a meal in a residents home, or market tour, cooking class
cocaeta crepes at fondamonta bridge 549 near tre archi bridge
known for his crepes, one man operation so it's slow travel and patience
monicacesarato.com
a native of venice that does some tours around the island that may interest you.
gave you more than asked for, some other options for you. been 3 times and absolutely love the place, we did a private tour few years back to the prosecco hills with lunch and was fabulous. enjoy your time roaming the alleys and getting lost
aloha

Thanks, princess. I'm checking some of these sites out.

Vineria all'Amarone wine bar - ate there on our last night when my mom came with us in 2015 - when we went back in 2019, we ate there two more times, and when we ever get back to Venice, I'll return!