On this page we have listed a selection of the best Venice restaurants. It also includes pizza parlours, trattorias, local establishments, bacari (traditional bars) and cicchetterie (tapas style bars) where you can enjoy a quick plate of pasta, a pizza as well as traditional Italian or local Venetian dishes. The culinary delights that Venice restaurants have on offer also include the possibility of a quick snack in one of the many BACARI (traditional bars) in Venice where it is possible to enjoy the classical “cicheti”, small hor d’oevres based on creamed salt cod, sardines in saor (a sweet and sour sauce), fragrant cheeses and locally produced charcuterie, fruits and vegetables in season accompanied by an “ombra di vin” (a glass of wine – so called because it was once enjoyed in the shadow or ‘ombra’ of the bell tower of St. Mark’s).
