Though Al Covo is hidden in an alley behind the riva degli Schiavoni, it's very much on the international gourmet map. Its reputation is based on a dedication to serving the...

The out-of-the-way location of this authentic Venetian trat helps to limit the tourist hordes: best advice is to get off the boat at Sant'Elena and ask for directions. Once...

This soberly elegant restaurant, housed in a former fontego (a Venetian merchants' warehouse), is spacious and welcoming. The seafood menu insists on fish and fresh veg or herb...

This osteria-bacaro offers good, cheap food and friendly service. All day, the long wooden counter has a cornucopia of cicheti that range from the obvious (meatballs and...

A success since its recent opening, Al Mercà is a great place for a light meal of fresh seafood. Charming hosts serve excellent mixed seafood antipasti, fishy pasta dishes and...

There's plenty of attitude in this lively spot. If you want to hang out over a tasty pizza margherita in a shady garden courtyard with Venice's bright young things, this is the...

With its wooden decor, this rustic osteria smacks of the mountain chalet. Alongside a big barrel of wine, the bar is loaded down with a selection of cicheti, from meatballs and...

This busy spot has morphed from bar to full-on restaurant, now with a vast waterside terrace. The menu ranges from seafood, meat, salad and cheese antipasti, through pasta...

This traditional osteria, just five minutes from the station, has recently completed its move from wine-and-snack bacaro to bona fide, evening-only restaurant. 'The Fountain'...

Under new management, La Frasca shows all signs of remaining a pleasant trattoria with a good seafood menu: the zuppa di pesce (fish soup) and spaghetti with lobster are...

Right opposite the jetty on the island of Mazzorbo is this lunch-only trattoria, which serves filling lagoon cuisine. During the hunting season, there's no better place for...

A sort of high-class canteen, this big, bustling fish trattoria with its friendly (though brisk) service and fair-ish prices has been piling in locals and clued-up tourists for...

One of the cheapest meals-with-a-view in Venice is on offer at this humble bar-trattoria on the Giudecca quay. It's a lunch-only place: the rest of the day it operates as a...

One of Venice's first 'alternative' trattorias and still one of the best - not to mention one of the best-value. By a pretty bridge, the vegetarian-friendly, (mainly)...