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The 15 most popular lunch experiences in Venice. What each one includes, what it costs and who runs it, so you can spend the day out on the water instead of stuck in a queue.
Skip the line for a set-menu lunch or dinner at Hard Rock Cafe Venice near St Mark’s gondolas, plus a chance to shop at Rialto.
Most Popular“The staff were welcoming & efficient. We had a seat with a view of the gondolas. Service good, ambience good, food good! Really enjoyable. Highly recommended.”
Skip the line at Hard Rock Cafe Venice for a 2- or 3-course set meal near San Marco, rock memorabilia, and canal views.
“Great atmosphere, very friendly staff, quick service. The size of the meals were massive. The chocolate brownie was amazing. Thank you for a great experience.”
Rialto Market tour plus a hands-on Venice cooking class. Shop with a chef, cook pasta and tiramisù, and enjoy lunch with wine.
“Such a fun cooking class. Really enjoyed seeing the market and learning more about how to cook. Our guide was so knowledgeable as well as patient as my friend and I are not as experienced in cooking. The teacher was very good about getting everyone involved to make the meal and we had a blast…”
Small-group Venice to Prosecco Hills tour: two wineries with tastings, family osteria lunch, and a scenic train ride included.
“Excellent! From Carlo, tours, lunch, prosecco tasting and transportation- everything exceeded expectations. Carlo and Yellowboot delivered great! Carlo is the best 😊 Deserve more than 5 stars! Highly, highly recommended ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️”
Private Prosecco day trip from Venice: tastings at two DOCG-area wineries plus a local 2-course lunch, with door-to-door transfers.
“Wonderful experience! The prosecco-tasting was fun, but spending a quiet day in the beauty of the Dolomites was a fabulous treat. Very personal and romantic. One of our favorite memories from our time in Venice.”
A 3-hour Venice food walk at Rialto: fish-market lessons, bacari wine bars, about 15 cicchetti tastings, and lunch for $90.
“Excellent tour and guide! Lot’s of great insights about food and restaurant opportunities in Venice. Nice range of food and drink with nice options for our 14 year old son. Also, a nice pace to allow for good conversations. Had a great time and highly recommend the tour.”
Venice Lagoon lunch cruise on a spacious catamaran with chill-out music, light caprese and couscous lunch, free drink, and views of San Marco Bay.
“Repas comme boissons insuffisants. En guise de repas un tout petit bol de taboulé avec une demi glace en dessert.”
Relax on a Venice catamaran lagoon cruise with chill-out music, light summer lunch, and one drink included at noon.
“The light snacks and drinks were very tasty! We were the only ones on the tour which was nice. This is not a guided tour but we asked questions about what we were seeing, the crew happily obliged answering questions. The views are awesome especially if you trying to get your social media pics! Would…”
One-hour light lunch in Venice’s Royal Gardens behind St. Mark’s, with cicchetti, main, dessert, water, and a phone audioguide.
“Lo que más nos gustó fue en sí el aperitivo platos abundantes y buenos. El postre eran dos biscotti que nos tomamos con un café que no está incluido pero lo pagamos aparte, pero tardaron muchísimo en traerlas. lo peor el lugar porque comes en una habitación con vistas a un cánal trasversal enfrente de…”
Half-day boat tour from Venice to Murano, Burano, and Torcello with a seafood lunch at Al Raspo de Ua and time to shop for lace.
“Not worth the money. There was nobody there to direct you to the correct boat like the description said, so you had 80 people asking each other if this was the right place. There was nothing said about lunch. We had to ask our tour guide who gave us the directions to the restaurant. Food…”
Private Venice walking tour to Rialto & St Mark’s, plus Murano 3-course lunch and Colleoni glass demos. Boat transfers included.
“We were very disappointed with this tour. According to the information given we expected approximately 7 hours on this tour. We had a total of fours hours with our guide. Due to minor flooding the activities of the day were reversed...the Murano tour was our first stop and was great. Very informative and well planned.…”
Enjoy a light St. Mark’s lunch with cicchetti and views over the San Marco Basin and Royal Gardens, plus a mobile app for Venice.
“Lunch was heerlijk maar verschillende gerechten waren op. Als je er koffie bijneemt kost dat opeens € 16 meer. De desserts zijn erg lekker. Personeel is niet heel aardig op zo’n drukke locatie.”
Prosecco DOCG day trip from Venice with an expert English guide, vineyard tastings, lunch, drinks, and a WWI history stop in the hills.
“We did two tours with Mario - Prosecco hills and also valpolicella/amarone. We’ve been. home now for a week and haven’t stopped talking about how incredible both were. Each day we went to family-owned wineries (where they were clearly thrilled to see Mario), tasted delicious wines, and had an amazing lunch. We could not have…”
Amarone wine day from Venice with expert guide Mario, small Valpolicella tastings, and lunch at Trattoria Alla Porchetta.
“What a fabulous day!! Our tours were amazing! Mario did an amazing job! His knowledge of wine and the area was vast! He made the day fun. We visited some great small wineries that were just the best. We had lunch that was so delicious! I can’t rave enough about Mario and his tour. I…”
Private Venice walk, Doge’s Palace, private gondola, and a Murano boat trip with seafood lunch and a glass master demo.
“The first half of the tour with the Venice walking tour and Gondola ride was terrific. The second half was not. The Venetian lunch took up most of the time on the island. We can book our own 2 hour meal outside of a very expensive private tour. We had different guides for each part…”
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