VENICE
The Venice shortlist.
The 15 most popular dinner 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.
“A very beautiful evening. Beautiful people who worked hard and managed to put on an excellent show! Everything was wonderful!”
Enjoy live jazz at Laguna Libre in Venice with dinner or aperitif, canal views, and organic Italian bites in an 18th-century palace.
Sample cicchetti and spritz in Cannaregio, then enjoy wine-bar tastings, a sit-down Venetian dinner, and artisanal gelato.
“Be prepared to eat and drink more than you think. Make sure you get Alice(ah-lee-chay) to lead your group. She was great!”
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.
“We loved our Cannaregio food tour with Cecilia! She made a great food tour exceptional with her warm personality and deep knowledge of Venetian food culture. There were two other couples on our tour for a total of six people, which made it possible to get to know one another. The food, pace and conversation…”
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.
“It’s a great show. It’s Worthing coming to see it. The dinner really good too. We really enjoyed the show.”
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.
“Do not schedule this tour on the Sabbath. One stop for the apertifs would have been sufficient. Tour guide was very good: knowledgeable about "things Venice"”
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.”
Private 30-minute gondola on Venice canals plus a 2-course dinner with wine at VinoVino, near Hotel Gritti.
“still waiting for it to start. no communication. already 30min late with number of people still waiting to get a gondola before we are considered. dont book this ride. its disorganised and waste of precious time during your holiday”
The historic centre, the lagoon islands and the art the city was built around.
