Birraria La Corte

J’ai eu beaucoup de chances de réussir à rentrer dans ce restaurant sans devoir attendre. Ce resto est tellement bon et las cher qu’on peut se retrouver à attendre un moment avant de trouver une table (surtout si vous y allez en groupe).
Mais si vous arrivez tôt vous pourrez déguster des pizzas vraiment excellentes et unique en leur genre.
Un repas vous coûtera une quinzaine d’euros !

For some reason, on one of our nights in Venice, we decided we wanted pizza. I found a place that looked good online, but when we arrived it was incredibly small and playing very loud live music. So we had to find a backup plan, and luckily Birraria La Corte was right around the corner.
It’s a big place (so that was nice), and there was plenty of seating available for us. We decided to have a bottle of Amarone and share a starter of meats and split two pizzas. One pizza was a four cheese pizza and the other had pork and mushrooms. The food was pretty fantastic. The meats to start were some of the best we had in Italy. The pizzas were also really delicious.
The service left a bit to be desired though. It was tough finding someone to come to the table. And the bottle of wine we ordered was corked, and the server insisted we wait five minutes just in case. And it was still corked. So we had them open up a second bottle and it was much better. He did apologize for it, but it probably shouldn’t have happened.
But don’t let that discourage you from coming. The food is definitely worth a trip here.

One of my all-​time favorites! On a nice night, a patio table, a pizza, a street musician. I’ve died and went to heaven. Great service and great food. A great casual place to fall in love w Venice.

Came here both due to geographical convenience to our hotel and some stellar reviews. While it wasn’t a bad place, it definitely was a bit of a letdown.
Our dinner wasn’t especially bad; the problem is, it wasn’t especially good. I had the meat lasagna — it was actually pretty tasty. Meaty, flavorful, it was a good entrée. Nothing to write home about, but nothing about which to complain, either. My wife got the spinach ravioli — it definitely sounded better than it tasted. What it came down to was that it was just bland. The ravioli was largely tasteless. So while it didn’t offend the taste buds, it didn’t really impress them, either.
Service was friendly but clumsy. After a fairly long wait, the waiter took our order. Maybe 15 minutes later, when we were starting to wonder why we hadn’t at least gotten our drinks yet, he came back to ask again what we had ordered, because he’d lost the paper. What? I can certainly handle a longer wait because it’s a busy night, but waiting 15 minutes to tell us not only have you not entered our order, you don’t know what it was? That’s really not ok. Also, in the time after we placed our order, we saw another table seated, had their order taken, and their food arrive — all before our waiter even returned to tell us he didn’t know what we’d ordered. Sure, he cracked some jokes here and there and was definitely acceptable on the personality front, at least, but service wasn’t great.
Maybe we should have gotten the pizza, as other reviews recommended. Maybe we should have come another time and experienced a different kind of service. Ultimately, we weren’t impressed with our experienced here, and wouldn’t really recommend it, unless you’re next door and don’t have better options.

We stopped in for a light lunch. The service was very good, incredibly friendly. Our highlights of the meal were the red onion and sausage pizza. It was very tasty. And surprisingly, the carrot and rocket salad. I didn’t know the two combined would be as delicious and refreshing as they were! It was worth the walk from San Marco area to Campo San Polo.

Very good pizza, pasta, Wine list, my hubby had a shrimp and pasta dish he liked a lot, too.

I wish I had more time in Venice, but one of my best meals was here.
The pizza was delicious, and the portion generous. A portion of ravioli was tasty. A tartuffo dessert was different than what I have had in NJ, but fine. There was a good selection of beer, as the name would imply, and a fairly good selection of wine by the glass or bottle.
The staff were friendly and attentive, with a good command of english. The price was reasonable.
The only problem I had, which is not their fault, is that eating outside was less enjoyable than it might have been because the locals were using the square as a dog run and a playground. So, there were lots of barking dogs and some kids screaming at the top of their lungs. That may have been because I was there early. Coming later might have helped, as would eating indoors.

This place is wonderful! If you don’t visit this spot while in Venice you failed. Venice is a really tough city when it comes to dinning. So many awful tourist traps and restaurant employees hassling visitors to dine with them. La Corte has good service (we loved our server David) and delicious pasta, pizza and salads! We ended up eating there twice and would have gone a third time but we forced ourselves to try something new. The wine is great and the prices are low. Great atmosphere as well. Loved the people watching. Last but not least, the Bigolli pasta is deeeelicious!

Davioli pizza, patate fritte, lasagna, baked potatoes, all tasted ok. If you want to do «take away» just order at the bar (the restaurant is split in two, table seating on left side and bar on the right), but they won’t have any utensils or plates for you. The people were pretty nice.

Excellent pizza. Perfectly situated on Campo San Polo. Easy to find at one end of the square. We always come here when we’re in Venice. Nice to sit outside when it’s warm, and there’s plenty of space inside when it’s cold.
Heartily recommended.

This was a very enjoyable meal in Venice. The atmosphere is charming, and the service was good. There is a great number of pizzas to select from, as well as various other main meals. We ordered the caprese salad, a mixed green salad, and a salami pizza. Their pizza was quite delicious, as were both salads. Overall we had a great meal and would recommend dining here to anyone in Venice searching for a a great meal without gimmicks.

Like others have posted, this place was a good find! We were traveling with our three kids and looking for a place to get great food that was kid-​friendly. Everything we ordered was tasty and cooked to perfection, and they actually had a decent selection of regional beers on hand. The bruschetta was especially good. Prices were in the mid-​range, € 85 for the 6 of us but compared to other restaurants in the area — reasonable. Recommend highly.

This is one of those restaurants that you stumble upon in a square in Venice and think, is it a tourist trap or is it good simply because it’s packed and the food looks good from walking by the tables. It was pure goodness and simple Italian dishes with fresh ingredients. We all shared the bruschetta, a pizza (see photo0 and buscatini pasta. Truly – it was all good and there was nothing left on our plates. The waiters dish up the food and that’s it – they are busy but efficient and pleasant. A great lunch spot after a lot of walking!

The restaurant is located in the Campo San Polo square. If you are coming from the main street with all the shopping, you’ll find this pizzeria place located on the other side of the courtyard. If you are looking for some cheap eats, this is the place to go. Over 20 different pizzas to choose from ranging from € 6.50 to € 13.
Before you sit, you have to know there is a 2.50 cover charge per person. A cover charge isn’t uncommon in Venice, but 2.50 does seem to be a bit more than usual. The cheap prices and portions of the pizza definitely make up for the cover charge.
One thing I learned about eating in Venice is that complimentary water doesn’t exist, you have to buy it by the bottle.
I ordered the Lavraneri pizza, which contains tomato, mozzarella, gorgonzola buffalo cheese, and speck. I personally feel the mozzarella cheese and gorgonzola buffalo cheese didn’t mix well together, but that might be because I don’t really like blue cheese. The speck tastes like prosciutto. Overall the pizza was enormous and definitely worth the € 8.50 I spent. I just wish the crust was a little softer.
White chocolate, nuts, chocolate sauce, chocolate powder all combined into a ice cream like texture, the semifreddo is delicious! I would highly recommend ordering it.
Total bill was € 25, not bad for a meal in Venice.

Some of the best Italian food I had in all of Italy.
Antica Birraria la Corte was a hidden gem found in the heart of the courtyard of Campo San Polo. The place is a little tricky to get to, but the trip getting there is just as great. Walking through the streets of Venice is something out of a storybook. It really is a beautiful city and it doesn’t have the noise or pollution that most major cities deal with nowadays. When you finally get to the courtyard, you’ll notice a small cathedral and what appears to be a large empty area (we went at night, so it was pretty dark and empty). The only lit part was the the corner where this little restaurant is found.
We were seated outside and were treated to wonderful service by the waiters. They brought out bread and water while we took a look over their menu. The menu isn’t big at all. (Maybe 2 pages?) But it’s the quality of the food that really counted. I ordered the Lasagne Bolognese and my friend ordered the Ravioli with Spinach, Ricotta, melted butter, and sage. They had other items on the menu I wanted to try (they had a Coq au Vino — Rooster in Wine sauce, which isn’t listed on the online menu). While we chose to sit outside in the beautiful cool night weather, inside was pretty packed and lively. You can’t go wrong either way.
When the food came out, we couldn’t help but notice how good it looked. The Lasagne Bolognese was a large portion that was prepared with a thin layer of ricotta cheese and ground angus beef. The garnish was quickly tossed aside as I tore into it. The lasagne was cooked beautifully and is still the best lasagne dish I’ve had in my life (main reason for 5 stars). The ravioli looked just as good, but I can’t recall too many of the details as I didn’t get to try it myself. I didn’t complain though… that lasagne was heavenly.
We had such a rough day to start out our trip in Venice. This place definitely made all those problems go away as we sat there, enjoyed our meal, and laughed about the bad stuff that happened. It was a great night and definitely worth coming to again if (or when) I make my way back to Venice.

Je n’ai même pas pu y manger, je me suis fait jeter du restaurant par le patron parce que j’avais déplacé deux chaises sans sa permission (pour pouvoir m’asseoir à la même table que ma famille) Je n’ai vraiment pas compris. J’y avais mangé il y a quelques années, c’était pas mauvais (pas extra non plus) mais un peu cher. En ce qui me concerne, je n’y mettrais plus jamais les pieds.

My favourite restaurant in Venice. Slightly off the beaten track. It has a pizzeria and a normal restaurant. Not over priced which is unusual for Venice. The waiting staff all speak English and are very helpful. Food is really good. Gets very busy with locals at tghe weekend so arrive early or bok a table. Can sit outside in the huge S. Polo square in the summer.