This long-established osteria is a firm Venetian favourite. Local drinkers moor their boats beneath the outside terrace to pop in for a drink.

A much-loved spot not only for scrumptious panini and nibbles, but also for the tranquillity of sitting outside along the Giudecca Canal with a sweeping...

This beautiful bacaro-style bar was once the place where fruit and veg were weighed for the local market. These days, crowds of students cram inside or hang...

This music bar has been putting on jazz, blues, soul and rock gigs for years and is very active on the local scene. Popular Jazz Buffet nights take place in...

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...

Owned by siblings Andrea and Giorgia, Angiò is the finest stopping point along one of Venice's most tourist-trafficked spots - the lagoon-front riva degli...

Ardidos's owner Beatrice used to be an interior designer, based in Milan - and it shows: this recently opened café-bar with its glass, brick, ceramic and...

The evening management of this classic cafÈ right by the campanile in St Mark's square is trying to bring Venetians of all ages back to their piazza by...

Venice's most central late-night watering hole, Bacaro Jazz is a place to mingle with fellow tourists or foreign students rather than meet the locals. It...

Secure a table outside and watch the locals saunter through the campo as you enjoy a coffee or spritz. Inside, you have your choice of standing at the...

Warm and intimate Café Noir is a winter favourite among the university and twentysomething crowd, who while away their days over panini and hot chocolate....

A cosy bar with an even cosier mezzanine, which is often packed with students and lawyers. The walls feature art nouveau interpretations of 18th-century...

Florian sweeps you back to 18th-century Venice with its mirrored, stuccoed and frescoed interior. Founded in 1720 as 'Venezia Trionfante', its present...

Take a page from the locals and squeeze into this popular, standing-room-only bar for a delicious cup of coffee, mid-afternoon snack or one of the best...