VENICE
The best of Venice, in order.
The 15 most popular dinner experiences in Venice. The ones worth your hours in a city you cross on foot and by water, with prices, run times and who to book each with.
Skip the line at Hard Rock Cafe Venice near St Mark’s gondolas for a set lunch or dinner with priority seating and a rock-shop stop.
Most Popular“The staff were welcoming & efficient. We had a seat with a view of the gondolas. Service good, ambience good, food good! Really enjoyable. Highly recommended.”
Skip the line at Hard Rock Cafe Venice for a 2–3 course set meal near Piazza San Marco, with rock memorabilia and canal views.
“Wonderful staff great food amazing location. Had a wonderful time. Birthday dessert from Hard Rock staff”
Venice cabaret dinner show on the mainland near old town: a Baroque theater, international acts, and a 5-course gala meal with wine.
“A very beautiful evening. Beautiful people who worked hard and managed to put on an excellent show! Everything was wonderful!”
Eat organic Venetian cicchetti, sip wine, and listen to world-class live jazz at Laguna Libre on the Cannaregio canal.
“Nel prezzo è compreso aperitivo e cena con una bottiglia di vino. qualità buona eccetto le cozze nel mio cous cous che non erano fresche. Musicisti molto bravi. Unica ma importante nota dolente c'era una festa in una sala accanto di ragazzi di 20 anni che per accedere passavano dal ristorante con un vai e…”
Venice evening cicchetti and wine walking tour with 12 tastings, a sit-down dinner, and gelato, led by a small-group guide.
“Daria was an excellent guide. As a native Venetian, she was able to provide color to the tour and included personal anecdotes as well.”
A 2.5-hour private home dinner in Venice with a cooking demo, family-style recipes, and regional wines, coffee, and water.
“Giulia was the perfect hostess and the food was fantastico!”
3-hour Cannaregio Venice food tour with 8 tastings, spritz and wines, sit-down meal, and gelato, ending near Rialto.
“We loved being able to try so many foods, especially dishes we wouldn't have chosen on our own (fried cheese and anchovy, squid-ink pasta, Select spritz). Juice or soda was given to our kids and they discovered they love anchovies! Our guide was extremely knowledgeable of the city and the food. It is a LOT…”
1.5-hour Venetian dinner near St. Mark’s with gondola views, a choice of 2 courses, and drinks included. Small group, $85.
“Dishes were delicious. The atmosphere, service and the cutlery were excellent. Strongly recommended!”
A 4-hour cabaret dinner show on Venice’s mainland with a gala meal, welcome Prosecco, live music, and Grand Show Magic.
“Caberet style was very entertaining, some great performers. Expensive to get taxi there, but they have a shuttle to drop you back to the station, very much appreciated as it finishes after midnight and I dread to think of the taxi cost at that time! Very helpful and attentive team looking after you.”
A 2.5-hour four-course Veneto dinner in Venice with an aperitif, four wine pairings, and sommelier-led wine chat near St Mark’s.
“Top rate service and a wonderful experience in Venice!”
4-hour Venice food walk through Cannaregio and the Jewish Ghetto with dinner, kosher wine, and dessert as the city lights up.
“We enjoyed a wonderful and personal evening and learned quite a bit about the Canneregio area. It was a very good tour and tasting.”
Private gondola on Venice’s Grand Canal plus aperitivo and a gala dinner in a famed palace-hotel setting, 2.5 hours total.
“A ride back to our hotel would have been nice to end the night”
Four-course Venice dinner with a sommelier-chosen wine pairing, apéritif on arrival, and elegant setting near St Mark’s Square.
Cesarine’s Venice show cooking at a local home: small-group Venetian pasta lesson and 3-course meal with wine near Rialto.
“This was the most exciting part of our stay in Venice. Having dinner with locals on their private roof top bar in their house from the 12th century. Patrizia and Adriano are - with the help of Lyn - wonderful hosts. Food was very local. We liked it very much.”
Private 30-minute gondola plus a 7:30 dinner at VinoVino Wine Bar with wine, dessert, coffee, and water in Venice.
“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 basilica, the islands, the canals and the table, and every way to see them.
