We came here at the recommendation of our airbnb host and boy were we glad that we did. It was situated in a piazza but appeared to be more locals, that some of the crazy tourist areas. There were kids playing soccer , and people meeting and hanging out. The food was outstanding. I ordered the seafood pasta and my husband ordered the sea bass stuffed ravioli with scallop and pistachio sauce. My pasta was good, but the ravioli was AMAZING! We actually ordered a second order because I couldn't stop stealing bites. Service was friendly, we ate outside and enjoyed the sights and sounds and the whole vibe of the area. True confession: we actually came back on our last night because the ravioli was so good and we needed to have it one last time! If that isn't a recommendation, I don't know what is! read more

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Nice quiet outdoor seating. Service was promp. We ordered seafood pasta, sea bass ravioli. Both dishes were delicious. For dessert I ordered crème something and it ended up as cream brûlée which was a nice surprise. Cappuccino & Café lattes was also perfect. Will definitely be back before flying back home and definitely would recommend friends , families or anyone that read the reviews to give this place a try read more

Thoroughly enjoyed our visit here. Service was attentive. The food delicious and moderately priced. Being located in a small square away from the hustle and bustle of the more touristy areas, it offered a taste of Venice and Venetian food in a quieter setting. read more

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Great wine,and Fantastic food, good service!! Over 70 years restaurants experience fresh local fish!! read more

La Patatina - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

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Hotel recommended this spot at almost the last minute as a storm blew through Venice and caused us to cancel reservations on Burano. The ambiance was excellent, service was attentive and friendly. We ordered a mixed cold cut and cheese plate as a starter and then I ordered a daily special - branzino ravioli with a delicious sauce that had clams, lobster, and scallops in it. My wife ordered spaghetti with scallops, my oldest son ordered a steak and the youngest ordered lasagna. All the food was excellent - presentation was beautiful and the food was delicious. Topped it all off with a couple desserts to share and we were happy campers. Would not hesitate to go back again. read more

One of the best spots we found in Venice. Attentive service, friendly, multi lingual, and of course fabulous food. House wine both red and white are outstanding and a great deal. read more

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It was a short walk from the Palazzo Giovanelli. The food was delicious. I would go there again and again and again.

This quaint restaurant just around the corner from our hotel Palazetto Madonna was amazing! Suggested by the hotel staff. Sergio and the rest of the staff were very friendly, attentive and went above and beyond to make the experience within the establishment wonderful. The food is cooked to order which may take longer from kitchen to table though worth the wait. And my after dinner drink was taken to a new level when I requested Zacapa XO. The waiter indicated he had something special and he did. I will never drink it another way back home. He took a glass filled it with boiling water, place rum into a sniffer glass then placed it on top to warm the rum. He included chards of dark chocolate to eat while sipping it. It was the highlight of my evening. I went back the next afternoon to have another. Thank you to Sergio for the warm hospitality. And thank you to the rest of the staff! When we visit Venezia we will be sure to drop back in. And Sergio look is up if you visit Chicago. read more

La Patatina - Sergio and us.. - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

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Excellent dinner tonight and warm friendly staff. I had the sea bass that was fabulous, Located on quaint neighborhood square. Highly recommend. Also had vegan pasta without dairy! Great choice. read more

Excellent service, excellent food and the tiramisu was to die for! You must try this little hidden gem in Venice.

Visiting from California. Excellent service and awesome food! Some in our family have food allergies (gluten, dairy) and they were extremely accomadating. Had the Gnocchi with Crab. Amazing! Blue Lobster Linguini was equally great! Complimentary limoncello. Can't recommend enough. read more

La Patatina - Blue Lobster Linguini - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

To be honest, I was disappointed with the food at this place. It was recommended to me by a local, so I got my hopes up. The staff were all very friendly, but the taste of the food was just to fishy and seafoody for me. I love seafood, but the pastas that we ordered (lobster and clam) tasted like rotted ocean water. The caprese salad was nothing special and it was also missing basil. The sign says it opens at 6, but the earliest reservation they'll take is 6:45pm. read more

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This was a strange dining experience. Lovely interior and clearly the establishment aspires to be great. But they miss the mark. The server insisted on dinner his way even though we made several pleas to simply go with our requests. For example we ordered a simple spaghetti dish for the well-behaved eight year old in our party. Even with the request to prepare it quickly it came with the adults' final course. The pasta dishes were excellent. The veal had to be returned. When asked for replacement silver or water glasses the staff didn't ever get it correctly. For the prices on the menu they should do better. read more

La Patatina - Caprese salad - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

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Food was very good and the setting was really nice. A good-sized piazza, and we were treated to a volleyball match 15 meters away while we dined. Wait staff was friendly, spoke excellent English and was attentive. However, the wait staff definitely try to upsell side dishes while you're ordering. Since so many of our meals didn't include sides, I agreed, only to find the exact same grilled vegetables came with my meal. So if you go and they push a side, ask what comes with your meal before agreeing. They finished our dinner with a smallish bottle of Limoncello, at no charge. Appeared to be a standard practice for them. We also received a small appetizer dish that looked a bit like grits, only much lighter. Exceptionally delicious and also no charge. The bill included the 12% service fee, standard for Venice. read more

Avoid! Bad Food & Rip-off The food was not good at all (completely dry tuna and "tuna" that looked completely black). When I outlined that to the waiter, he didn't really care or offer any solution. When the bill arrived an mandatory tip of 20% was already added, what I unheard of in Italy. (When I inquired about it the waiter became tense.) From the outside and setting the restaurant looks nice; however, it is not recomended read more

What makes this spot amazing is the people. We experienced such a warm, friendly vibe, not just from the owner and staff, but also from the other diners. It started with the waitress (maybe the owner's daughter?) stepping outside to welcome us with a friendly "pronto!" when she noticed us looking at the outdoor menu. Once we were seated, the owner came over and greeted us warmly, especially our 11-year-old daughter. The chef really gave her a special treat with the pizza she ordered: the "hawaiian" arrived looking like a cat, with the pizza dough shaped to form two ears and dried pasta for whiskers, etc. We felt so cared for! The other diners that night were a mix of visitors (foreign and Italian) and local Venetians. There was friendly banter (in Italian) between the tables, including ours, which felt very chummy. The food was good--meaning, it's totally what it should be. Fancy-food lovers might not be dazzled (I wouldn't call this food gourmet, or artisanal) but anyone looking for yummy, straightforward pizzas and pastas will be very content, as we were. This place felt like Venice's answer to Cheers (that bar in Boston) except that anyone walking by can get treated like Norm. read more

La Patatina - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Beautiful piazza, very friendly service. My friend had a steak which was awesome. I had the beef tartar, which was too oily for my taste (a lot of olive oil that I would not have added). Perhaps just a different culture... I would definitely go back, but have the steak this time... read more

This place is incredible, not sure what the former reviewer's problem was but here is what I had: Beef tartare - excellent, mixed at the table and beautiful Squid ink pasta - best in my life. Seriously, very good. Filet with pepper sauce - cooked perfectly, delicious beyond belief. Scampi and langusteins- probably could have been better but still delicious. Had two bottles of wine, the prices are totally reasonable for the quality of wine you are drinking (for example, as I type this my valpolicella superiore is becoming even more superior) This place deserves more reviewes, it is not on the tourist radar and you can easily eat here whenever. By the way, this is my first review so obviously I felt inclined to say something for the first time on Yelp over 4 years of having the app. read more

This was a recommended restaurant and we went with a large group. We had seafood. Normally I believe you can't go wrong with fish, but this time was the exception. We started with calamari. It tasted fine but it was rubbery and took forever to chew it. I only had 3 little calamari on my plate so I finished it, reluctantly. The next course was octopus I've had it before and the little suckers gross me out. But I gave it a try. It was rubbery. I chewed and chewed and just couldn't get it ready to swallow. I actually had to spit it out! Then comes the main course, sea bass. Normally it's one of my faves, and this tasted okay but the texture was, again, rubbery. For the first time in my life I left 3/4 of my sea bass on the plate. Tiramisu for dessert was very good. We were with a tour group, and dinner was included. I suspect the tour groups get yesterdays catch. Included meals are sometimes not too great. Other times it's been fabulous! read more

Absolutely LOVED this place. The environment is warm and welcoming. The staff is amazing and you can tell they really care about making sure you have a good experience. We ordered the house merlot and cheese plate to start...absolutely delicious. The food was also delicious and they had amazing gluten free and vegan options. The sea bass was fresh and delicious as well. I highly recommend this place!! read more

La Patatina - House wine - merlot - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

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This restaurant had the worst service I've experienced in Italy. It was 45 minutes from ordering that we received our starter which was a cheese plate that took next to no preparation. Wait staff barely acknowledged their tables. The pasta course we had was mundane for the cost and expectations for Italian cuisine. My pasta came with rabbit that I was really excited about; what was served was ground beef reminiscent of Hamburger Helper. Would not recommend to anyone ever. read more

Location is fantastic and service is was so friendly. That was to start. The food... the spaghetti vongole was the best I have ever had. It was the best restaurant we went to in Venice and we went to a lot of great restaurants. We went twice and will definitely come back again on another trip. read more

Tried their scallop pasta. It was good, nothing to be crazy over. I didn't like how we were served, the waiter didn't seem outgoing. The only reason why I picked this spot was because everything else was pretty much closed and it looked like a nice place to eat at. read more

We are so glad that we walked into La Patatina on a cold December night! The service was outstanding, the food was delicious, and the atmosphere was charming. Don't miss dessert! The chocolate lava cake was not only delicious, but the presentation was impressive. read more

Terrific find near our AirBNB. The food and wine selection was terrific along with the seasoned wait staff. We sat in a peaceful garden in the back of the restaurant. read more

One of the better local restaurants. The servers are friendly but not pushy, we ordered lobster pasta and they recommended another pasta dish. Both were amazing, the dish they recommended was a Bacon Pasta and my personal favorite. We has a flaky white chocolate dessert that was so delicious my travel buddy (9 year old daughter) wanted to eat here every time. read more

If you are a foodie, skip this place and stay away. Average carbonara. Pasta was cooked less than al dente. Scallops were tiny scraps. The music is dreadful. If you like terrible covers of Enya and Celine Dion, go by all means. Avoid this place. read more

The food was delicious! I had the linguini with scallops. My husband had the lobster with pasta. I will come back.

Nice atmosphere. Fun and professional service. Great food as a bonus! My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this neighborhood favorite. read more

Excellent food!!! and very friendly staff. Order the zuppa di pesce, we shared and it was excellent to start with. The octopus and the swordfish were AMAZING. Finish with a 903 Grappa as a digestive. Definitely a visit again in the future. read more

Rude waiters. Didn't even stay long enough to try the food. The ladies eating next to us said they undercooked the pasta. Do not eat here.

Delightful place-service was excellent-attentive but not overbearing. Antipasto plate with different meats and olives, yummy bread with olive oil and balsamic. The 4 of us shared a gnocchi dish and two pizzas. The margarita pizza was a little sparse but the prosciutto and mushroom pizza was delicious. Really tasty spritz drinks! read more