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...

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

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,...

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...

This tiny restaurant is today one of the hottest culinary tickets in Venice. There are so few seats that they do two sittings each evening; booking for the...

On the long canalside promenade just north of the Ghetto, Bea Vita attracts locals with its ample portions and decent prices. After a single antipasto...

The cuisine in this restaurant with pleasantly modern decor is excellent, with a focus on fresh fish - such as tuna tartare or cozze pepate (peppery...

In summer, tables spill out into a pretty square opposite the church of San Pietro Martire. The service is deft and professional. The cuisine is reliable,...

This trailblazing seafood restaurant is such a firm favourite on the well-informed tourist circuit that it is a good idea to book well in advance. The main...

This bacaro with trad decor, not far from campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, has a well-stocked bar counter. The wide-ranging, sit-down menu is rigidly Venetian,...

Michelin-starred Da Fiore is considered by many to be Venice's best restaurant. Host Maurizio Martin treats his guests with egalitarian courtesy, while his...

The big attraction of this tranquil, no-frills, neighbourhood restaurant is its pretty, pergola-shaded courtyard. The cooking is safe, traditional Venetian:...

Taken over recently by former cooks at Ca' D'Oro, this pared-back local has a long wooden counter groaning with excellent cicheti, a good selection of wines...

With a lovely vine-shaded pergola for summer dining, this is an old-fashioned and reassuring sort of place that does textbook Venetian seafood classics like...