Best service From a friendly waiter named Donald. Food is excellent and prices are lower compared to most restaurants inside Venice. read more

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A little pricier than another place on the other side of the hotel. We stopped by for some drinks before dinner. They offer a 10% discount on drinks if you tell them you are staying at the hotel next door. I believe if it's between 17:00-19:00. We had to order drinks at the register, and pay for it before they brought it to the table. They also offered complimentary chips, and peanuts. The draft beer tasted weird though. read more

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This restaurant/ bar was conveniently located across from the train station that we use to return to our hotel, so we decided to try it one night after returning from Venezia island. My kids had been teasing me that I had not yet ordered pasta since I got to Italy, so I ordered Reginette ragu, Unfortunately it was too game-y and dry for me. Husband ordered the classic Venetian dish Risi e Bisi (rice & peas) and Filetto di Branzino (grilled fish fillet). Took them a very long time, and we had to ask where was the fish we ordered -- the table next to us that ordered after, already got their food. When the fish came it was good, but also on the dry side. There was Coperto Dinner fee per person but no extra charge for bread & breadsticks (that a different Italian restaurant did). read more

Soul Kitchen Café - Reginette con ragù bianco di cortile (farmyard meat, I think they said duck & bunny) - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

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Cappuccinos were excellent & pastries were delicious. I was disappointed because I thought their website said they served breakfast. My mistake. To me breakfast is more than pastries & coffee. read more

I like the bar area in Soul Kitchen Cafe better than their dining area. They have the dining area from the entrance to the middle of the restaurant. The bar area is inside at the end. I feel more private and better enjoyed in the bar with friends. Soul Kitchen Cafe is attached to the lobby of Hotel Plaza. We were here so many times for drinks and dinners. The prices are pretty reasonable for both the food and beverages. The quality of their Italian dishes is not bad. Nothing stands out, but all the pasta dishes we ordered taste okay! The prices of drinks are very reasonable. We have enjoyed our evening here almost every night when visiting Venice. The services were good most of the time except one time it took a very long time for our drinks because the waitress started her break after taking our orders. We talked to another waitress and got our drinks in a few minutes. The other waitress came back 20 minutes later with the drinks we ordered and found out we got our drinks already. She gets upset! I don't know if this is the Italian way or not. But it is not acceptable in the United States. read more

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Hands down this was the best food I've had in Venice! The steak was marinated and seasoned perfectly. The staff were really nice. The house wine was $4.50 which was pricier than others but still pretty good. Also the location to the train was fantastic! read more

Soul Kitchen Café - Steak strips with yummy sauce and veggies - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

Ok even though Yelp isn't always right with Bad posts I have to say this is not good. America should not have better Italian food!! I've never seen a microwave being used in a high quality restaurant I mean what needs to be heated up if it's Fresh? Go across the street if you are stuck in the area. Just so you know, spent $23 Euros and ended up needing a McDonalds cheeseburger to make my taste buds get right. That's BAD! I mean think about it; Soul Kitchen? The name alone should tell you to run. But go ahead Ciao!! read more

Soul Kitchen Café - Well I always say TRUST Yelp and although I realize that sometimes it's not right on, but A microwave in the kitchen is not FRESH FOOD! - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

ordered grilled vege, black truffle bacon carbonara pasta, bonet, house red. about 31 euro. grilled vege was salty but acceptable , assorted vege was onion, zucchini, egglant, carrot, italian red cabbage. my very first carbonara pasta stick together so bad, that i cut it out by knife, not bother to detangle the pasta. average truffle (not with the superb aroma, but you get what you pay). bonet was good chocolate mouse + cake base + sweet biscuit crust on top. (i personally like chocolate) average good. average american sweetness. ** generally, it feel like eating american meal using Italian ingredients. read more

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Amazing! Food was great! Best meal in Venice! Would highly recommend! Good service too!

The wine is only €3.50 per glass so we opted for a Cabernet and Refosco. I loved the crostatina which is apples and apricot jam in a crusty pastry for €1.50. I heard mixed reviews on the food from other hotel guests so we decided to just get wine and dessert. I also heard the cheesecake is delicious here. read more

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Delicious Food, Great Service, what more can you ask for? Accomodating? Yes! The waiter was excellent, i asked for gluten free options and I was able to choose from any of the pasta options! I had the homemade white wine sauce with tomato and basil the first night, and it was to die for. The second night I had the Alfredo, which was nothing like American Alfredo. Absolutely Amazing!! Thank you to the staff for making some memorable dishes during my stay! read more

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Being as we were exhausted from all traveling, our tired little bodies couldn't do anything but meander downstairs to the restaurant below our hotel (No judging because the closest thing after that was a 20 min walk or a train ride into Venice). At 7:00pm sharp, we sat down for dinner (again, no judging. We know we were super early for dinner but we were jet-lagged and still trying to adjust). Baccala polenta (codfish was cold and had this mushy-shredded texture, unusual to say the least, and a very tasteless strip of polenta), tagliolini pesto (pesto pasta that was super coated in pesto sauce but was only ok-tasting and def needed salt), calamari (the best dish of the 3 in my opinion, but didn't come out hot, which would have made the calamari taste better), 2 glasses of wine, and Pellegrino left us super stuffed. They didn't have the dessert we wanted, so we opted to just grab a pastry at their coffee bar. Service was ok, nothing great. We had a table right in front of the kitchen, so it kept us amused to see them prepping dish after dish. Honestly, I think we ordered much more than we could handle. Is this authentic Italian? Not really, but it's not terrible, so it does the job. read more

I can't say that going to a place called Soul Kitchen while in Italy was at the top of my list. However when we arrived to the Mestre train station about an hour and a half before our train was scheduled to leave, it was literally across the street and served wine, so we stopped in to have a bottle until our train arrived. So the place is big. But weirdly they forced us to sit at a dirty table instead of some of the nicer tables. And the wine list isn't amazing, but they did have a great Amarone that we kind of fell in love with. Plus they served the wine with a giant bowl of chips/crisps. (I'm totally going to invent a new hybrid word for both Americans and Brits for this: chrisps.) The service was a bit crap, as it was really difficult to get anyone's attention to get our bill at the end, and we were really close to missing our train (irony), but since it was directly across the street, we made it just in time. If I'm ever waiting for a train at Mestre again, this is likely to be a place to come for some wine, as the rest of the area didn't seem like there was a whole lot on offer. read more

Soul Kitchen Café - Giant bowl of crisps with our wine - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

Just passing through Venice and was instructed to head over to Soul Food Cafè. It started off a little rocky bc we weren't sure to seat ourselves or be waited on, but once that was figured out....food arrived shortly thereafter. The spaghetti was delicious....not only bc was I hungry, but bc it was actually good. I wasn't expecting any less. Had I not been delirious from fatigue, more food would've been order. read more

Soul Kitchen Café - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

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In my limited experience in Mestre, one of the few spots with good food & great atmosphere. It's right by the train station so you can grab lunch/coffee while waiting for your train to Venice proper. Not an expansive food menu, but everything they make is delicious. I tried the prosciutto+mozzarella appetizer and really liked it. Their pasta (especially spaghetti al pomodoro+mozzarella) looked delicious. read more

Soul Kitchen Café - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

The location is good, just right in front of the Mestre station. It's very convenient for travelers. But the food and service was poor. I ordered the beef steak, described "tender" in menu but in fact it was very very hard like a stone. And I don't know why I ordered "medium" steak but they gave me like "super well done". So it was terrible. They prepared vintage and olive oil for us but didn't give us a plate to enjoy the bread and dressing together, that was so weird. Coffee was good. If I just wanna take a rest and have some coffee I'll come here again. Here's some of my suggestion: Don't come here if you want to get satisfy. But just have a cup coffee, it'll be fine. 地點就在威尼斯ME車站正對面，非常方便，適合給肚子餓沒太多選擇的旅人。食物大致上都不錯但服務態度不是非常友善。 這次點牛排，菜單上形容牛排是很'軟嫩'的，但事實上非常的硬！完全毀了這塊牛肉。點餐時服務生問我想吃幾分熟，我都還沒回答她自己就說了well done. 接著我說我要medium她確實聽到了，但送上來的牛排大概是我這輩子吃過最well done最硬的牛排吧！唯一可取的是咖啡還不錯，是家只適合來喝咖啡的店。 read more

Soul Kitchen Café - The beef steak. - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

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Very disappointed with the entire experience. After being shown to the closest table possible, we were handed menus and given some water which we then had to pay for. The service was extremely poor and all our food was drowning in olive oil. My fish had large bones throughout which made it near impossible to eat. After being asked if we wanted dessert, the waiter disappeared when we declined. He didn't bring the bill nor did he have a friendly manner. After waiting for ten minutes to see him agai we requested the bill which came with an included service charge. I was appalled at this given the service was so poor and our experience not at all enjoyable. I would definitely not recommend this place to anyone!! read more

Soul Kitchen was recommended to us by our hotel staff. We wanted authentic Italy cuisine. Upon arriving we were asked if we had a reservation. We were seated quickly and given menus. The menu had a picture of each item, per page, and an explanation of what it was. That was helpful as an American. The bread basket consisted of rolls and small crunchy breadsticks. They were ok, maybe slightly dry for me. I ended up getting The carbonara. Others in the group got spaghetti type dish with a big mozzarella piece on top and manicotti. No one at our table loved their dish. We ate it because we paid for it but that's about it. For dessert we tried the cheesecake and the chocolate cake. Both were subpar. We sat at the table for a bit without getting a bill so we made our way to the cashier out front where we were ignored by everyone that walked by. Once we flagged down someone to help us they were very rude and even helped some Italians before us. Other than a specific waitress and waiter being polite the experience was a pass for me. I would not return, nor would I recommend to others. read more

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First, I didn't eat here I only grabbed one beer before catching a train out to Trieste. This is more about the atmosphere. I needed to grab some WIFI before heading out to send an email about my arrival. This place it right across from the train station so it's as convenient as it gets without going to the awful store in the actual train station. I grabbed the beer and proceed to sit down at an empty table only to have the waiter tell me I can't sit there. I agree, look around have no idea why, as it is open and in the bar area and then told my the bar tender it's fine just sit there. I go to sit and the waiter says no. He gestures me to go sit in the corner that is packed with like looking fellas, sitting over gadgets trying desperately to find our "happy place". I'm guessing this is the section they put the sour faced commuters, but it was strange to say the least. To lessen the blow they put out this gross white bread with a piece of mystery meat that went right back into the trash from where it originated. The beer tasted fine but a little expensive from what I remember. And the WIFI came on the receipt of the check you got. It had a username and a password and would only work for an hour at a time. So if you are looking for the "buy a cheap coffee and hang for hours around it", this isn't your place. But if you are in and out and need WIFI just for the wait to get out of town this place will to the trick. Overall...impersonal and a bit on the strange side (not in a good way). read more

My husband and I stumbled upon this place on the way to our AirBnB and were not disappointed. The pasta we ordered was delicious. I think I got the pasta carbonara. Then we went back there for breakfast the following two mornings. The croissants and Lavazza coffee were perfect. It was also a nice change to use restrooms that were clean with multiple stalls! read more

Good place for a cappuccino to meet a friend, very nice interior. Friendly staff. In front of the railway station.

Food was good, and the counter service was fast. There was nowhere to charge my laptop so one of the service workers charged it behind the bar. The coffee is pretty good and it is located right outside the train station so it is very convenient for travelers. They have wifi but you have to ask for a password and they are only good for 30-60 minutes. read more

Soul Kitchen Café - Picture of the Soul bar - Italian Near Me - Mestre, VE

Excellent place to grab dinner and a drink. Pasta Carbonara was fantastic. Prices are very reasonable. Get there early, the place fills up quickly. Menu is in multiple languages, which is great for those of us traveling who don't speak Italian. read more

Very good food and great espresso. Right across the street from the train station and a perfect place to hang out after getting to Venice or while waiting for travel times. read more

Very good food, kind personnel. The place is a bit spartan, but very good to have a meal while travelling through Mestre.

Our hotel is called Hotel Plaza and Soul Kitchen is the hotel's restaurant. We stayed at this hotel and ate at Soul Kitchen. Soul Kitchen has one of the worst customer services. When we walked in, we saw some empty tables, so we walked towards the tables. Then we heard a guy yelling at us from across the room "excuse me, can I help you?!" Apparently the empty tables were all reserved. The restaurant didn't look fancy and seemed more like a bistro cafe type. But we did end up getting a table. Food was meh, nothing to write home about. At the end when we were paying our check, we saw an extra 5 Euro charge. When we asked someone that seemed like a manager (he was not wearing uniform like everyone else and wore a bow tie)....and this is exactly what he did (seriously!)...he picked up the napkin in front of us and said "for this", and then dropped the napkin on our table. We were confused and looked at each other. "For the service, ok?" Then he walked away. Oh the extra charge was for service and I guess for our napkin. Do we have to pay for the air that we breath in his restaurant too? I know that tipping is not mandatory and not the norm in Europe. Tipping is more for tourist only in Europe. But I would be fine with tipping or any service charge had the customer service actually been great. Do not come to this restaurant for authentic Italian food and do not come here for good customer service. read more

The food is good and prices are reasonable, and they have free wifi. It's directly across from the Venezia-Mestre train station.

After reading reviews I found this place close to mastre train station, on entrance to the restaurant it seemed to have an inviting ambience. Unfortunately this is all that was going for this restaurant. The waiter sat greeted us with a pile of dirty dishes asking us to sit in the remotest corner of the restaurant, upon sitting down a different waiter who was going to be our waiter for the rest of the night proceeded to tell us to move from our location to the table seating only 2 people (the area we were sitting in had hardly anyone around) anyways after consulting with the first waiter he chose not to move us. Once seated a basket of bread was plonked on our table as if we were there at the mercy of this waiter, and he than hands us the menu and walks away attending to other guests. Upon his return he takes our order, chicken & bass fillet fish, only to advise that the wait on chicken is 25minutes. We were happy to wait for this, it didn't take that long for the food to come out however, the fish I ordered was interpreted as veal fillet. The waiter was of Italian background and after some hand gestures he came around to confirm our order again. Anyways the food was nice, a bit small for portion size but well cooked. The terrible customer service offered by this gentleman was appalling, there was no communication through out the night with any waiters and no one came around to ask if we needed anything else. Even when we asked for the bill, it was met with a "resounding wait" and a different waiter served us the bill. If you are going to go to this place, don't expect to get any customer service at all. Do not recommend this place to anyone! read more

We were staying in the hotel Bolonga across the street. Many favorable reviews enticed us to visit for dinner. We arrived shortly after 7:00 to a largely unoccupied restaurant. We were greeted and promptly seated in an area of our choice. Riccardo, our waiter greeted us and served our first drinks promptly. We stated that we had read TA reviews and were impressed. He stated that many reviews were unfavorable because people didn't feel the service was fast enough. We both ordered the eggplant parmagina. This took some time to arrive but it was delicious as all items are freshly prepared. By this time the restaurant was very busy and displaying its popular and vibrant atmosphere. Riccardo took pains to look after everyone but he was over stressed. We anticipated having another round but we just couldn't get his attention. Dinner was good and reasonably priced. This is not a place to come in expecting a quick exit. We would happily return. Visited October 2013 read more

Avoid. Staff was rude. Everything brought to the table was slammed down without a word. One of our meals was forgotten and the wait staff blamed it on us because we didn't say anything when the first two were slammed down. We assumed the third was to follow as some dishes do take more time to prepare. By the time any staff came around to check, the other two in our party were almost finished with their meals. We cancelled the missing order and were offered a discount, however, we were charged for the dish that was forgotten and we never received. After we pointed out that we were charged for the missing meal, they did correct the bill. We refused the discount because we believe in paying for what we owe. Two stars given because the prosciutto and mozzarella starter was amazing. If being treated like you're an imposition is your thing, this is the place for you, just make sure you order the prosciutto and- you've been warned. read more