Carpaccio

This was recommended by our concierge as well and seems to be a family owned little venture with darling linens and glass blown items. We were starving and needed a place that was still open. I was a bit nervous to go somewhere right on the water but the food and service was excellent. We ordered the pasta with clam sauce and it was homey, very good. The salad was a bit blah — iceberg lettuce and not-​red tomatoes but I think it might be partly a cultural difference. Desert was good. A little pricey overall considering that the BEST places we’ve gone are dirt cheap and INCREDIBLE so I think as charming as Carpaccio was, part of their rating is for sincere effort.
The owner was a bit hokey, singing, and being very «italian» but he was nice enough and very welcoming.

Wir hatten uns am ersten Abend in Venedig auf unseren Portier im
Hotel verlassen, leider hat das uns nicht davor bewahrt, in eine touristenfalle am Canal di san Marco zu tappen. Das einzig wirklich positive was bleibt, ist die Lage am
Kanal, was bei schönen Sommerwetter natürlich wunderbar ist. Die Vorspeise crespelle war zwar sehr reichhaltig, aber auch die Fülle konnte nicht den etwas Faden Geschmack und die laue Temperatur (waren wohl nicht frisch sondern vorgefertigt und dann nicht richtig warmgemacht) ausgleichen.
Statt dem bestellten 2005 er Wein kam einer von 2012, immerhin wurde der richtige Preis abgerechnet .
Zu der Hauptspeise hatten wir gegrilltes Gemüse bestellt, für sagenhafte 14,50 kamen dann je fünf Scheiben leicht gegrillte zuchinni und Auberginen sowie eine tomatenscheibe, leider alles trocken und pappig.
Der Rest der Hauptspeise, gegrillter Fisch und Filet in rotweinsosse waren ok, wenn auch preislich im obersten Segment nicht gerade in einem passenden Preis-​/​Leistungsverhältnis.
Um 21:30 haben die Kellner mal angefangen, die leeren Tische abzuräumen und abzudecken, damit wir begreifen, das es Zeit ist zu gehen!
Insgesamt haben wir über 175,00 Euro (inkl. Zweimal Copperti a’ 4,00) dortgelassen, zuviel Geld für die schlechte Qualität, auch wenn der Service zumindest freundlich und schnell war.
Unser tip für Venedig: nicht in der ersten Reihe am Kanal essen, in den kleinen Gassen des Bezirks Castello finden sich viele kleine osterias mit schönen Speisekarten und sicherlich einem besseren Preis-​/​Leistungsverhältnis.

This was our first restaurant in our first stop in our lengthy trip to Italy. While the food was pretty good (when comparing it to dishes we had throughout our duration in the country), we paid a large amount for the bill. With all the pre-​travel tips I read about making sure to get an itemized bill and being conscious at restaurants, this is the one location I did not and we paid dearly. The 5 of us in my party spent approximately 250 Euro for 1 glass of wine each and a dish (1 person had a cheese platter, another calamari, 2 shared one dish and I had pasta). Again, all of the dishes were delicious. However, the final bill, especially when compared to the remainder of the restaurants we visited, did not compute. I can say that while we paid dearly, the staff was very courteous and accommodating. While I would recommend this restaurant, I would be very conscious of your bill.

Our first night in Venice we stumbled on this gem & it was the best meal by far that we had during our 4-​days in the city. My wife had the pasta & lobster and I had the prosciutto & melon as my main course. Great meal, friendly service & right on the canal— but tucked off the side of a small canal so very private.