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Best Restaurants in Venice (2026)

Eating well in Venice takes a little planning, as the streets around St Mark's are full of tourist menus. The rewards are worth it. Venetian cooking is built on the lagoon and the Adriatic, with dishes such as sarde in saor, baccalà mantecato, seafood risotto and, in season, fried moeche crabs. Antiche Carampane in San Polo and Al Covo in Castello are dependable choices for traditional seafood, and Trattoria Da Romano on Burano is famous for its risotto made with lagoon goby.

At the top end, Glam Enrico Bartolini holds two Michelin stars in Palazzo Venart, while Ristorante Quadri on Piazza San Marco and Local in Castello hold one star each. For good-value eating, look to the bacari, where cicchetti are eaten standing at the counter with a small glass of wine; All'Arco by the Rialto Market is a classic. Trattoria Da'a Marisa in Cannaregio serves a fixed menu of meat or fish to a largely local crowd, and Osteria La Zucca is the best choice for vegetarians. Book ahead for dinner almost everywhere, as Venetian dining rooms are small, and expect a cover charge on the bill. Many restaurants close one or two days a week, so check before you go.

10 places · Updated November 12, 2026

Our top 3 restaurants in Venice

  1. Glam Enrico Bartolini Creative fine dining, Santa CroceTwo-Michelin-star restaurant in Palazzo Venart on the Grand Canal, where chef Donato Ascani cooks lagoon produce and grilled dishes for Enrico Bartolini's group.
  2. Ristorante Quadri Modern Venetian fine dining, San MarcoThe Alajmo family's Michelin-starred restaurant above Gran Caffè Quadri, reinterpreting Venetian classics in historic rooms overlooking Piazza San Marco.
  3. Local Contemporary tasting menus, CastelloA modern Michelin-starred restaurant in Castello with an open kitchen, tasting menus by chef Salvatore Sodano and a cellar of almost a thousand mostly Italian wines.

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2. Ristorante Quadri

Modern Venetian fine dining$$$$San Marco

The Alajmo family's Michelin-starred restaurant above Gran Caffè Quadri, reinterpreting Venetian classics in historic rooms overlooking Piazza San Marco.

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3. Local

Contemporary tasting menus$$$$Castello

A modern Michelin-starred restaurant in Castello with an open kitchen, tasting menus by chef Salvatore Sodano and a cellar of almost a thousand mostly Italian wines.

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5. Al Covo

Venetian seafood restaurant$$$Castello

A family-run Castello restaurant founded in 1987 in an early 20th-century osteria, serving traditional Venetian seafood with vegetables from its own Sant'Erasmo garden.

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8. Osteria La Zucca

Seasonal Venetian and vegetable-led cooking$$Santa Croce

A small Santa Croce osteria with a menu that changes daily, mixing Venetian tradition and fusion ideas, and known for vegetable dishes such as its pumpkin flan.

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10. All’Arco

Cicchetti bacaro$San Polo

A tiny family-run bacaro by the Rialto Market, run by the Pinto family, serving classic and inventive cicchetti and wine by the glass from morning to early afternoon.

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