Stumbled across Ostario Al Vecio Pozzo as we arrived past dinner time in Venice. We were warmly welcomed when most establishments were closing for the day. What a delightful place. A bistro vibe filled with locals. We had the local Venetian Sarde in Saor, Bigoli in Salsa & Stuffed Zucchini. For drinks we had to have an Aperol Spritz. All delicious and a wonderful introduction to Venetian cuisine. Highly recommend this place! read more

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This place is a hidden gem! Best food I had in Venice. Great service, quiet and away from the tourists traps. Don't let this one pass you by!!! read more

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Service was amazing. They were really accommodating. We got the fried zucchini flower, while tenderloin, bottle of wine, and post drinks. The tenderloin was a lovely experience with them bringing it out and cutting it at the table then allowing you to seat it on your personal grill. read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Fried zucchini flowers - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

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Our hotel staff recommended this place because I have a seafood allergy. They serve mainly meats and also some seafood. My partner really liked the friend cauliflower with anchovies. The carbonara was not bad, a little too salty at the end for me but still very creamy. The duck pasta was very light and yummy. Grilled veggies were also well cooked. Spare ribs were ok and the grilled polenta was not bad either-- a little rubbery for me. We had no issues communicating with them and our waiters were very nice and caring. We each drank the house red wine which was a merlot. read more

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Italy is hard for keto, but this place was awesome! Got the mixed grill carne platter and it was loaded with pork, sausage, chicken, spareribs, polenta (not keto) and it was all delicious, though we ordered way too much having only protein for breakfast and skipping lunch today, super hard to do considering all the amazing temptation in this fine city and country. There is amazing dolce/sweets every ten feet, and glorious pizza and pasta too. We started out meal with the fried stuffed olives and the porchetta with pickled veggies. My dining partner loved the carne and she isn't the carnivore/ketovore I am. She ordered a delicious pizza pie and only ate a couple slices of that heaven. It can be busy and we had to wait a bit for a table, but it was well worth it. All that deliciousness came to €73 and we will return next time we visit this amazing place,Venezia. You can find evil carbs everywhere, but this place has three meat and at a great value. Mangiare. and happy travels. read more

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Ohhhhh so good! As much as I love the beautiful city of Venice, I love the food even more. Our hotel recommended this little restaurant and it didn't disappoint. One bite into my crispy slice of pizza: truffle cream, ham, Parmesan & rocket (arugula), and I was in heaven. There are a few negative reviews about the service at this restaurant, but we received outstanding service. We've spent quite a bit of time traveling Europe and there is a slower pace in dining than in the US. read more

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Had a terrible the bacon and mushrooms pasta which was below average for the place. I asked for food recommendations but they dinette provide. Quite disappointed. Pizza was ok read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Wonderful local favorite. This is a very nice restaurant favored by locals. It does focus on meats. I had the octopus salad, pasta with duck ragu and sautéed greens. Everything was freshly made, delicious and reasonably priced. Everyone that came while I was there was a local and seemed to be more like "regulars". I really enjoyed this place. Service was attentive but not overbearing. read more

WORST restaurant/food I've ever had in my entire life. The carbonara was basically scrambled eggs and HAM and the lasagna was tasteless/dry and had no sauce. We asked to start with bread and he said "no, it comes with dinner." When the bread came it was like 2 pieces of Wonderbread. 0/10 would not recommend. Please save your money and go somewhere else. read more

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This is the place to go if you're looking for a change from the exquisite but omnipresent seafood in Venice. While it offers a few seafood dishes, it specializes in meats and pizza. The food and wine are good and the atmosphere is convivial and local. [As an update to my experiences below, I accepted the owner/manager's (?) offer to have dinner at the restaurant last night. Everyone was gracious, my dinner was comped and I enjoyed my meal. I really appreciate the gesure.] While I wasn't hungry enough to take advantage of a meat dish or the pizza, I did have three fried zucchini flowers--the appetizer portions are generous!--that were perfectly crisp and very tasty, with a filling of mozzarella and anchovy. I followed that with a bright and fresh octopus salad, with small, crisp pieces of celery and carrot, bits of arugula, beautiful cherry tomatoes and tender octopus. I also had a cabernet by the glass that was quite nice, and the restaurant graced me with a house-made limoncello at the end of the meal that I loved. Unlike many limoncellos, it wasn't cloyingly sweet. I definitely recommend the restaurant; just be sure to call ahead to make sure your Covid credentials will be accepted. Grazie tante, Alessandro e Michele! ----------------------------------------------------------- This restaurant was highly recommended by my hotel as a local favorite with excellent food. I was looking forward to eating there. The restaurant is taking a very conscientious position in regards to Covid and Italy's "Green Pass" requirements, requiring that patrons' vaccination credentials are verified before they are seated. I find this admirable. However, there was misinformation regarding Italy's regulations regarding vaccination credentials of U.S. citizens. Rather than scanning a QR code (which is required of Italians), they should have accepted my CDC vaccination card. When I emailed the restaurant the following day, I received an apology and offer of dinner, which speaks very highly of the restaurant. read more

First off, you come to this place for the pizza. Lol. The down part is....the service was incredibly slow!! Not sure if they forgot about us. Because it seemed like we did, till one of us flagged them down. Smh. But other than that! The pizza was pretty damn good. Others in our group ordered pasta. It was good, but the pizza is better. Drinks came out pretty good too. Also slow service on that. This place packs up fast. Reservations are recommended. Especially if you want to sit outside. Other than the delay, we would consider eating here again, but with all the other restaurants to try....probably not. Lol read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Pepperoni pizzs - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

This restaurant was recommend numerous times. We went here around 7pm on our first night in Venice. We were early and beat the dinner crowds and easily snagged a table outside. We started off with a caprese salad which was great. I ordered the spaghetti vongole (clams) while my bf ordered the tagliatelle with mushrooms. Both dishes were AMAZING. So flavorful and just the right amount. We finished everything. For dessert we had tiramisu. Everything was wonderful and we have talked about the dinner numerous times now. I highly recommend! For those who do not know the language: Waitors know/speak English. read more

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This restaurant is located just a few minutes away from the train station, far away from St. Mark's Square. We arrived for an early dinner at around 6pm and there were maybe 5 other couples there. Over the next hour however, the restaurant continued to steadily seat guests, first filling up the front dining room and then continuing to seats lots of people in the side dining room. This place is much larger than it looks upon first entering. The vast majority of guests seemed to be English speaking tourists. The menu is in multiple languages. They have a honest-to-goodness salad bar, which seems to be an extreme rarity in Italy. Do a lot of tourists come here? Yes, definitely. Would I call it a "tourist trap"? No, not at all! A "tourist trap" is somewhere where they provide inferior food and service at an inflated price for unsuspecting tourists. Although this place had a lot of tourist diners, the prices were very fair and the food looked and tasted authentic to me. Several other diners eyed my plate of spareribs enviously. (No, I didn't offer to share!) We really enjoyed our meal and appreciated the vast selection of entrees, seafood items and non-seafood items. I'd eat here again without hesitation. read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo: Spareribs (served with polenta). Enjoyed them! - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Delicious food off the tourist path. Not great service but the food made up for it. Four pages of pizza. Definitely large enough to share but personal sized for a hungry human! The iced coffee (with gelato) dessert was the perfect finish! read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Delicious Lasagna. - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

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Horrible horrible horrible customer service. We came I to place an order for pizza to go as recommended by our hotel and they basically shooed us away after placing an order. I would not recommend going here at all. Just horrible service all the way around! read more

Yelp, why do you keep asking, "is there street parking nearby" after one checks-in a restaurant in Venice, Italy- Lol. There are no cars in Venice, only boats and gondolas. C'mon yelp, get it right. Ok, now for the review. All food in Venice is good to great. Just get lost and find a place that draws you in. I had pasta/pizza at several places and all outstanding with different variations. This is not about "recommending" a better place, but rather recommending to find your place in Venice through your adventures in this small and majestic city. read more

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It looks like a nice restaurant. The menu is quite attractive. But won't recommend if you don't know how to speak Italian. People came after us have been served while we were kept on waiting, despite frequent requests and our intention to order something simple. Only try if you know Italian and had a reservation. read more

Yummmiest food in Venice.... a must try. Everything from pizza to steak was amazing... so spoiled to in live in LA..... best food we had at Venice by far.. read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Came upon this delightful restorante during a recent trip to Venice, we are so glad that we did! It was by far the best meal that we had. I had the pasta anatra (duck) and my companions had the lasagna and a melt in your mouth steak in a cream sauce. It was exactly what we had been hoping to find, local flavour not your typical restaurant catering to tourists. The patrons seemed to be regulars and the staff were extremely friendly and accomadating. When in Venice do yourself a favour and pay this place a visit. A great port in a storm ;) read more

This is probably the worst place I've been to. My mother and I went there for dinner and the service was horrible. All waiters were rude and busy showing off. Concerning the food it was barely eatable. We went there because we were told that it was one of the best restaurants in the area but I really regret not looking for something else. Huge disappointment ! read more

Overall, service isn't too friendly at the door. Once seated, the food was great. Sardines with onions and raisins, pasta with clams, & lasagna were great. The litre of red was young and not amazing, but helped. Definitely, make a reservation and enjoy. They had a great selection of pizza too. Our total tab was only €56. read more

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I am still enjoying fabulous left-overs this next morning as I write this review. Four traveling friends plus one lovely sister and two new friends from Australia had an exquisite dinner here last night. T-bone special was carved and served at table in spectacular fashion where diners could finish cooking slices to their individual tastes. Great place for steaks of all kinds plus the wines (good selection of local Veneto wines), sides, desserts and coffees were all outstanding. The best indications of success--laughter and joy all evening and then surprise that we had spent over 4 hours completely relaxed in the excellent restaurant. Also tried Rosemary steak, House Steak with blue cheese and bacon, scampi (this was not as tasty as everything else, but very well presented), chef salad, risotto, gnoche (melted in mouth!), grilled vegetables, roasted potatoes, fried olives, fried vegetables, and house special sliced pork. We had lovely Amarone wines and a nice dry Prosecco. Our desserts were generous, beautiful and delicious: espresso sundae, chocolate fondue, chocolate cake (not too rich--just right). A perfect combination of setting, service, food and company--it will be up to you to bring the company, but this restaurant will bring you everything else! read more

Great service, great food and a decent atmosphere. The lighting is a bit too bright for our tastes. Started with the Carbonara that we shared then he had the steak filler and I had the grilled meats tray. The steak was perfect, so was all the meat on the mixed meat tray, but too much food, and I am a Midwesterner! read more

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I very rarely post but I am so very impressed that I had to review. Outstanding meal! My friends and came on our last night in Venice because it was raining and close to our hotel. We found many locals in a quaint but quite large restaurant. The waiter seemed brisk and distracted but so what! We had the meat plate and the saor antipasto was excellent. Our table ordered the mixed grill (it had 2 sausage items that were melt in your mouth, absolute magic), pasta with onions and anchovies (which was good and a must try because it is a Venetian culinary classic), and the ravioli with smoked mozzarella! The ravioli was perfectly cooked. Savory and succulent. The amazing part was how affordable it was! The wine list is extensive and so cheap! We had a vigna petrussa cabernet franc that was outstanding for 20 euros. read more

WOW! Research really paid off with this restaurant! Service with Roberto was phenomenal and the food was absolutely amazing. My husband and I shared the Mykonos salad and mixed meat tray served tableside. The portions were enormous and so delicious! We know where we're going the next time we are in Venice! read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Delicious! - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Didn't see the server any during dinner. Must have been doing other things inside. Raining on us at our table and no help offered.:/

We ate here one evening and the food was good. Overall not incredible. This is mainly because of the prices. It is on the pricier side so we expected it to either be amazing or large portions. It was neither. About average food and small serving for the pasta. The pizza is average pizza size. So it really depends on how you order. read more

This place was pretty good. Nice food and plating. Tastes good. Only minuses are the service. Terrible. I was sitting outside and it starts raining. Nothing. In fact the waiter leaves the restaurant. He forgot about us! If the food wasn't good the service would have brought this place town all the way. read more

This has to be the best food in the whole of Italy!!! We were in Rome, Florence and then Venice. I ordered the calzone - just filled with meat and cheese and too big for one person so we have leftovers. My husband went with the suggestion of another helper and had the spare ribs - just exquisite. Service was excellent and keep room for dessert! read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Rissoto cake dessert very yummy and fresh! - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Decent food, but the service was so horrible. You could also tell they disliked Americans.

Excellent food, went back again! Lots of locals eating there so that's a good sign. Would recommend booking as gets busy. Reasonable prices, homemade puddings, good wine and drinks, good service, read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Carpaccio - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Great place. One must ask for the seafood plate, that's really, really good. The dessert is also delicious! A wonderful place to be in Venice read more

Ostaria al Vecio Pozzo - Seafood and pasta: a great combination - Italian Near Me - Venezia, VE

Very very good. Had a risotto di scampi with a fantastic "refosco dal pedunculo rosso" excellent wine. A dinner to remember. Will come back tomorrow for another memorable dinner. read more

Excellent place for affordable dinner in Venice. We have eaten there twice during our visit. The staff is friendly, helpful, and many of the servers speak English. The four of us shared a pizza with mushrooms, prosciutto, and egg; pasta with mushrooms, bacon, and red pepper; lasagne, and most wonderful appetizers: prosciutto with sun dried tomatoes and homemade fresh mozzarella and a terrine made of cabbage and squash. House made gelato for dessert (one was made into a banana split that was fabulous. It is kind of hidden but only a 2 minute walk from Ponte Scalzi and the train station. read more

The food was edible but we had a horrible server (he should be in the back of the house). He really ruined our dining experience. The rude server was slow to take our order then was impatient when he finally graced us with his presence. He quickly went over to take the order of a new customer whom was seated long after us... apologizing that the 'other' table was taking too long (who does that?). After that... this guy never came back. He glanced our way as he went to other tables - never to return. He didn't even come back to give our bill. We had to ask another waiter to bring the check. read more

Amazing little place to eat authentic food that is reasonably priced. We didn't have reservations but where seated quickly (10:00 pm). I recommend the steamed mussels and clams in the white wine sauce. Two can share this appetizer and almost eat as main course because they give you so much. This place is off the beaten path where locals frequent. Enjoy! read more

We decided on this restaurant after checking out several other places. The food was solid and reasonably priced. We ordered the Carbonara pizza and it was to die for. We highly recommend it and will be back again, just for the pizza. My daughter was craving meat over pasta as we've been in Italy for quite some time. She ordered spare ribs with polenta. They were very good, large enough for us all to sample and reasonably priced. If you'd like a good meal, cooked with quality ingredients and reasonably priced for Venice standards, this place has it all. read more

Read my tip here, it's fantastic, I'm still sat here now enjoying my wine awaiting my coffee...fantastic and the best thing, totally unrushed read more

Best ribs in Venice. We came here last year and had to come back for the ribs! They are amazing and for 12€ u won't be so sorry! Pizza is so pretty good. U don't need reservations. read more

Steak was delicious and juicy. If from America you may want to order medium well instead of medium but the steak was still delicious. The lasagna was white with no red sauce but still very excellent. read more