VENICE
The Venice shortlist.
The 15 most popular dining experiences in Venice. The ones worth your time in a city with plenty to choose from, each with prices, running times and the operator behind it.
Hard Rock Cafe Venice set-menu lunch or dinner near St. Mark’s, with priority seating, big flavor, and gondola-station views.
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Skip-the-line Hard Rock set lunch or dinner in Venice by Piazza San Marco, with classic American food, rock memorabilia, and canal views.
“Excellent meal, good quantity, staff were amazing. Brilliant experience. Waiter Fabio made it an even better experience.”
Enjoy a 5-course Italian dinner with wine and the Cabaret Grand Show at a Baroque theatre close to Venice old town.
“I have to stay I was a bit skeptic about this show, but God I was soooo wrong. It is an amazing show made by extremely professional people, dancers and singers. The venue itself it’s spectacular, the personnel it’s very prompt and polite. At the entrance we’ve got a glass of Prosecco and had the…”
Enjoy live jazz at Laguna Libre in Venice with dinner or aperitif, canal views, and organic Italian bites in an 18th-century palace.
Rialto Fish Market meets Prosecco cicchetti tastings on a small-group Venice tour, capped with a gondolino ride and dessert.
“Giulia was an amazing tour guide as we saw Venice and experienced the food and culture through her native eyes. The parts of Venice she was able to show us were the best because they were truly authentic, as she lives the culture every day. Seeing Venice through her eyes was a unique experience to…”
Sample cicchetti and spritz in Cannaregio, then enjoy wine-bar tastings, a sit-down Venetian dinner, and artisanal gelato.
“We truly enjoyed our tour with Olympia. Her English was great and she really had a good knowledge of the neighborhood. We loved the places she chose- it gave us a true taste of the city of Venice. Highly recommend!”
Venetian home dining with a cooking demo, a 3-course meal, regional wines, and real family recipes in a warm local setting.
“Mauro made our trip to Venice spectacular! He was an amazing host, very accommodating and very skilled. The menu was exquisitely simple and he provides all of his recipes. He also gave us a wonderful “local” experience we could not have gotten elsewhere. Would ask for Mauro by name!”
Cannaregio Venice food tour: 8 cicchetti tastings, 4 drinks, sit-down dinner, and artisan gelato, led in English.
“Excellent tour. Irene, our guide, was very knowledgeable and fun. The food was delicious and very filling 😋 along with accompanying drinks. would recommend to all”
A 90-minute Venetian dinner near St Mark’s: choose 2 courses, enjoy included wine and coffee, and watch gondolas pass the canal.
Venice’s mainland cabaret dinner show with a welcome drink, multi-course gala dinner, and 2.5 hours of magic, music, and acrobatics.
“Amazing family friendly food it’s great and perfect preference recommended must go and see!”
Four-course Veneto food and wine pairing dinner near St. Mark’s Square. Aperitif, four glasses, sommelier guidance, 2.5 hours.
“The Venice wine pairing dinner was wonderful. Wine was fabulous and dessert was excellent.”
4-hour Venice Jewish Ghetto & Cannaregio dinner food walk with rabbi’s house, historic synagogues, Venetian bites, dessert, and wine.
“A thorough history of the Ghetto, and the food was great. My wife needed to miss the tour due to a health issue; Vanessa went above and beyond in helping, by including unscheduled pharmacy stops and by providing for samples I could bring back to my wife. Her care and support were/are much appreciated.”
Private gondola on Venice’s Grand Canal and a gala dinner in a historic palace. Romantic, elegant, and made for anniversaries.
A four-course Venice dinner with four wine pairings in an elegant restaurant near St Mark’s, plus a short sights-and-corners stroll.
A small-group show-cooking dinner in a Venetian home with a local Cesarina, a 3-course meal, and wine, plus tips on what makes recipes Venetian.
“We had a nice time. A little different than what we expected but a good and person experience none the same.”
The historic centre, the lagoon islands and the art the city was built around.
