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11 years ago
Delicious food, great and friendly service. Their pasta is especially exquisite.
Piazzetta XX Settembre 497
30015 Chioggia
Italy
041 5500953
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http://www.fontego.it
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This is a small place on the little-known island of Chioggia in the Veneto region. It is known as…read morethe "Little Venice" and there are many small places like this one serving fresh seafood. The only thing I can comment on is the appetizer because that's all I had. I tried the sea scallops along with a local Veneto white wine and it was good. Service was adequate and ambiance was ok. The real ambiance is Chioggia with its Venice-like feel and small bridges spanning canals. I came more for the views than for the food and it was mid-day so I wasn't ready for a full meal. This was the only place I ate so you have to take this review in a vacuum. I could give more perspective if I tried a few other places in the area.
great trattoria in charming chioggia, the little venice with less tourists. mostly locals enjoying…read morecompany and food. a five star tells you all
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Grilled octopus over potato purée with smoked cheese
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This little inconspicuous restaurant hides many secrets and is located at the heart of Chioggia. It…read morereveals an inspirational menu with only fish specialities. The fish comes from the Laguna located next door from the restaurant. We ordered a starter of "polpe con insalata di patate" which translates to octopus and potato salad. The octopus and potatoes were cooked to perfection and were accompanied with a delicious sauce. As our main dishes we ordered a "Frittura Mista" which is fried seafood and "Tagliatelle con Scampi" which was pasta with shrimps. The fried seafood came with a variety of fish and was genuinely tasty. The tagliatelle with scampi came with a delicious tomato sauce and was topped with three giant shrimps still hot from the kitchen, it was truly a flavour explosion. If you get the opportunity to come to Chioggia and visit this remarkable village I strongly advise you to come to this Osteria and try the food for yourself.
A special restaurant where to try the best venetian seafood and traditional recipes!…read moreThe location is amazing: you see the whole lagoon where you are set outside, incredible. Nice wines, the best in italian panorama and only fresh seafood.
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Very tasty and authentic place. The seafood was unbelievable: simple and perfectly good. Great…read moreplace to eat in Chioggia. They also gave us as an appetizer blacksquid on potato puree and it was just delicious.
Skip the Hard Rock Café in Venice. (Why is it mandatory now for every popular tourist spot in the…read moreworld to have a Hard Rock Café?) Go to Sangal instead. This is a trendy, classy, romantic place to have drinks and a great dinner in Venice. We first visited Sangal for nightcaps on the advice of a local and were so impressed we went back for dinner the next night. It's a contemporary-style restaurant and lounge bar with a great rooftop terrace. It's located in a square called Campo San Gallo at the very end of a side alley and over a stone bridge off the Piazza San Marco. I had ravioli stuffed with goat cheese, seafood, and asparagus tips for an entrée, and tiramisu for dessert (homemade, of course). Yum. Yes, it was rather expensive (over €100 for two courses for the two of us plus a bottle of wine), but Venice is an expensive city. It was also less expensive than many of the places directly off St. Mark's Square. And you can't beat the atmosphere.
Great family style restaurant with reasonable prices. Popular with locals which is always a good…read morething.
Our second stop when in Venice. Went for a snack, and a drink while walking around. We had a group…read moreof 5 and sat out front. We had a variety of delicious cicchetti and I think it was my favorite of the weekend. €2.50 each and they had so many options. Everything was fresh and the servers were kind and quick. Our group also got two spritz and were surprised they were served with an olive. That was new!
Awesome authentic Chinese food. The menu had some great authentic dishes, though some adjustments…read morehad to made for availability of ingredients. The staff was friendly. The interior was beautiful, like a traditional Chinese tea house. The owners are from Hong Kong so they try to keep things as authentic as possible. The place has a lot of parking available though you have to drive a little bit to get there. Great food, great service, beautiful venue that can accommodate large parties. I would come back to scratch my Chinese food cravings.
My experience here was Amazing. Luciano was very nice. Nice guy that relates to the guest.. the…read morefood was delicious. I ordered the fish soup! You may not see it on the summer menus so please ask for it; you won't be disappointed. I will definitely return. Oh and the wine was sooooo good!
This place was AMAZING! From the food to the ambiance...it was a hit for me! Went to this…read morerestaurant while on vacation and stopping in Venice. Hands down, Venice has the best pizza in Italy and this place proved it! The food was great! Ordered a whole pizza for the table to try and then also had a pasta dish. The pasta dish was inside of an inflated crust, that was cut open by the server. Filled with pasta and seafood. It was so great! Even better, was our seating outside on the patio, overlooking the canal. Seeing and hearing boats go by was great! Also, the restaurant had a live accordion player, while eating and having conversation on the patio area. True Italian style! The staff and servers were also excellent. Explained the dishes, recommended bottles of wine (which were superb) and were so very friendly! If you are ever in Venice, go to this restaurant!
Our friends who are originally from the Venice area gave us a list of places they frequented and…read moreloved. Wow, their suggestions did not disappoint. The pizza here was some more of the best I've ever had. Perfectly thin crust with the perfect sauce to cheese to crust ratio. Every bite filled out mouths with all of the ingredients blended together in the most magnificent way. Adorable pizza shop. Exactly what you'd expect to find in Venice. Impeccable service.
Unfortunately I cannot recommend this restaurant. I ordered Sea Bass. Not only was it poorly timed,…read morecame out half way through the meal, but it was served has a whole fish. When my husband asked if it could be deboned, the waiter lost it, to say the least. He started yelling at me that he doesn't have time for this, that they were too busy. Then he said something really odd, that I was so sad, in a mocking way- strange as I was certainly not sad just requesting to debone my fish. We were seated in a pretty location but the smell of sewage was apparent. The manager of the restaurant was apologetic and refunded my meal without me even having to explain the situation- he knew. I hope they are able to address the situation. My son said the pizza was good. Let's leave it on a positive note!
We yelped our first night in Italy and found this lovely restaurant with good reviews. The food and…read moreservice was great; the pasta with clams was delicious. After losing track of time while we tried to get a taxi but were unable to get one at 11pm. Chef Roberto was kind enough to take us back to our hotel. Now that is service!