| Dining in Venice
offers a wonderful experience for your palate, combined with the beautiful
waterway scenery. There is normally a 10% value added tax included in the
restaurant pricing, and a 15% service charge is usually added to your bill.
It is also customary to leave a tip no more than 10%, providing you enjoyed
your meal and the service.
A little insight into the dining
experience may be needed. Here is an explanation of restaurants
in Venice. Osteria’s are normally family run restaurants
that offer regional dishes that are homemade. Ethnic Cuisine restaurants
offer cuisine of other countries, besides Italian. Restaurants are merely
established restaurants which offer food and wines.
The Bacco located near the
Jewish Ghetto offers simple and traditional fish dishes. The Osteria Antico
Dolo dates back to the 14th century and serves traditional Venetian
cuisine, such as gnocchi with pumpkin and grilled bass with scampi.
One of the most popular Osteria’s in Venice is the Osteria al Mascaron.
You will normally need to book a reservation here well in advance. Their
main dishes include spaghetti with mussels. The Osteria Do Mori is a wine
lovers dream. This is one of the most ancient restaurants
in all of Venice, and serves wonderful sandwiches
along with the finest wines.
For Ethnic tastes, the Sahara
offers Sirian cuisine, and is very inexpensive. The Iguana is a Mexican
restaurant that serves authentic Mexican specialties. For Indian food,
the Shri Ganesh is a high quality restaurant.
For authentic and traditional
tastes, the Fiaschetteria Toscana Restaurant has been considered the best
restaurant in Venice for fish and dessert. The da Carletto Restaurant offers
international favorites, including fish and vegetarian dishes. For a classy
and elegant meal, the agli Alboretti Restaurant offers traditional Venetian
cuisine in a refine ambience. And the Alla Madonna Restaurant is one of
the most popular eateries in Venice, due to its expansive menu and
its reasonable prices.
Last, but certainly not least
is the Trattoria Dai Tosi. Because it is to hard to find a good pizza in
Venice, the Trattoria Dai Tosi is a highly popular restaurant. The
specialty of the house is the Gregory Speck, which is a pizza topped with
Austrian ham. They also offer desserts, such as the sgroppino, a vodka
and lemon sorbet.
There are, of course, many
other places to dine in Venice. Your problem may be
determining which one you like best. Venetian food is filled with flavor
and authentically prepared Venetian cuisine is quite a treat.
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