After we booked our trip to Venice, the first thing I did was start researching where to eat, which was harder than originally thought. With any touristy city, you can easily fall into the trap of overpriced Italian food that isn't as authentic as you'd like, so I thought I'd share everywhere we ate that we'd recommend...
On our first night, we headed to De Pisis restaurant terrace which is part of the Bauer hotel. It's an upscale restaurant with a wine list and view to die for. We happily munched away on our three course meal while watching all of the gondolas go past us heading towards the Grand Canal. It's pretty expensive, but worth it for a special occasion, or if you'd just like to treat yourself on holiday! After dinner, definitely head up to the hotels rooftop bar - it's a hidden gem we didn't find on any of the blogs or travel sites and has amazing views of Venice's key sights. We only found out about it from a guest in the hotel and it was relatively quiet, so head up here to watch the sunset with a Bellini!
Another more boujie meal we had was at the Gritti Terrace, this one is instagram famous and we can see why...the views are spectacular and everything in the restaurant was just so lovely. The food was good and I have absolutely no complaints but you are mostly paying for the view with this one, the food wasn't as creative or varied as the De Pisis restaurant and the view was pretty similar.
The next night we found ourselves craving pizza, which is surprisingly hard to find in Venice. The city isn't known for its pizza, as it banned wood fired ovens due to fire concerns, however the pizza we had at Rossopomodoro was great. The restaurant is cheap and cheerful, but in a great spot for people watching just behind St Marks Square. It's also located just across a glass making shop where they had a man doing live glass making while you eat, so definitely sit outside if you can! He made us a tiny glass animal of our choice after dinner for just 10 Euros - such a special souvenir!
On our last night we went somewhere near our hotel as we were quite exhausted from all the walking and hadn't booked anywhere and it turned out to be an excellent meal. We ate at Ristorante Al Colimbo de l'Opera and as it was our last meal, treated ourselves to a bellini, an excellent starter and I had the carbonara which came complete with parmesan crisp. It's tucked in a quiet side street so perfect for a chilled out evening meal.
If you're on the hunt for a sweet treat while wandering, definitely stop off at SuSo Gelato. They have so many flavours - the passionfruit yoghurt was particularly good. There's also a pretty bridge right next to the gelato shop, perfect for taking a snap!
Drop any other reccomendations in the comments! x
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