Al Piron D’oro

Came in and had pesto pasta and spaghetti bolognese. and almost just left. With staff that were kind but the owner who seemed to be the father of the family. screamed at me and a friend. He was cursing at us and acted as if his ego was attached to the quality of his food. which was disgusting and truly a total regret. Please for the love of God save yourself from this place.
Save yourself, owner is a psycho! Food is also the most disgusting thing I’ve ever had.

***Be warned about the cover charge and 10% service on top! ***
We went on a Monday evening and the restaurant was nearly empty. The décor and lighting was awkward and unusually dim. Not like romantic dim but just dim and dismal.
We saw the cover charge for 3,5 euro inside the menu and felt it was much higher than other places. We didn’t think there would be an additional service charge.
The food itself was fine. It was good not great. Easily forgettable. We ordered several things; two pastas, the steak with salad and tiramisu. My tagliatelle came out pretty much broken but at least the flavor wasn’t so bad. The steak with arugula salad was pretty good.
Oh and considering the hefty charges for service and cover (whatever that is) you would think there would be more… well service. There was minimal sadly. These charges added up to something like a 31% tip for almost no reason. We actually witnessed two parties be seated and immediately left a few minutes after presumably for the same reason.
Overall I would say: you’re in Venice! Eat elsewhere and save yourself and uncomfortable time.

Disclaimer: I didn’t actually get to eat at Al Piron D’Oro. This review is for their service, the atmosphere, and overall everything that led up to not eating there.
After a long day travelling from Rome, my family and I were excited to find a restaurant whose menu catered to our whole party (a vegetarian, someone with gluten allergies, and two meat and pasta lovers). We arrived to an open door, but noone at the front desk. I walked in further and called out to see if anyone was there – one man who was working in the back saw me, then ignored me. Figuring the hostess was busy elsewhere (though it was an hour past opening time and noone else was in the restaurant), I went outside and we looked at the menu.
A few minutes later, I went back in and found a hostess. When I asked if they were open for dinner she said «yes», then turned around and walked away. She came back a few minutes later, and I asked her if we could be seated. She brought us to a table, gave us the menus, which were sticky and quite old (though in English, which was nice), then left. Immediately after sitting down, the silence in the restaurant was noticeable. The restaurant aims to be refined – the plates were beautiful – but due to the run-​down nature, the silence, the disgruntled man working in the counter, and the absence of any other customers or servers in the restaurant, it came off creepy instead.
After around 10 minutes sitting at our table without our waitress returning, we left. We were disappointed, because we were looking forward to trying out all of the different kinds of food that they offered. But between the service and the atmosphere, it felt like we weren’t welcome at the restaurant, so we decided to find dinner elsewhere.

Food was very good. Got the seafood marinara and it was the best plate of the group. Don’t get the steak; stick with Italian classics. The staff didnt speak English but were very graceful in trying to overcome our lack of Italian.