Antica Locanda Montin

Just the perfect setting if you want to take a rest of the busy tourist city. The restaurant is located in a quiet beautiful area of Venice and surrounded of a beautiful garden with some antique ivy that are more an a century dated. The owner usually there to made you feel welcome. The started were a great trio of sea food over a polenta cracker tris di soar, main dish a grab with salad served in the own crab, good wine and a lovely traditional Italian desert to perfect close the experience. Not too cheap, I payed around €60 but the place is a good different experience I recommend!

Phenomenal restaurant. Wonderful service. Beautiful atmosphere. Some of the best food we had in Venice. We were able to walk in around 9 without a reservation and sat outside in the garden.

We stayed there for a night and had dinner at the restaurant. The food was great (a bit expensive), the staff was incredibly nice and spoke different languages. We felt really welcome. The room was a good value for money. 100€ for a night in this quiet neighbourhood of Venice, with a balcony in the room. What more could you aks for? Is not luxuous but it's far enough for a night or two in this histroical city, in a locanda with great charm. I recommend!

We were on holiday in Venice and spontaneously decided to have dinner here because it was on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. Where we were sat, the atmosphere was as lovely as the photos depict. It was spring and the arches sheltering us were verdant. The food was decent, we had the liver, raw fish starter, mixed grill, and eggplant. The liver and eggplant were the standouts. What made the really unfortunate difference was the wait staff we were assigned. He was silent, severe, and seemed utterly unwilling to emote in any way to us, going as far as to communicate with signs. We were terribly envious when we saw and heard the waiter for another table who was affable and made recommendations to the other guests (in English). While we are fully cognisant that we are in Italy, our waiter's unwillingness to even attempt to communicate with us in any smattering of English was inexplicable. We also could not help wondering if it might have been because we were East-Asian. It made the dining experience a very stressful one; we declined dessert and promptly asked for the bill as soon as we were done. I cannot discern what exactly the attitude was but it was definitely not one of good hospitality.

This is the second time we visit this restaurant, and we once again spent a wonderful evening in the beautifully green, bucolic terrace of the Locanda Montin. A little piece of paradise in the heart of Dorsoduro. Our waiters were absolutely lovely (leisurely speaking to us in Italian and when needed ... in English), and of great help in describing the various dishes and specialties. The menu is typically Venetian, with many options unseen in other places. The "tris al saor", a sweer-and-sour seafood and onion-based dish, was a real discovery. We will definitely be back.

We were recommended this restaurant by the owner of the hotel. The food, service and atmosphere were all great! Totally recommend.

A very out of the way restaurant. A small front door leads into a massive back garden area. The personnel are super attentive and friendly. We had starters, prima piatti, secondo piatti and dolci. All were made to perfection like a Michelin restaurant. Would highly recommend this for a respite from the busy tourist area.

We came for dinner and loved it. Service was fabulous and friendly. We thought the food was excellent. Lovely house wine. Highly recommend.

Anthony Bourdain ate here. I kind of wish I didn't. The art displayed inside is a neat detail but I wasn't impressed by the food. Portions are pretty small as well. I'd recommend the anchovy pasta.

The food here was fabulous and the courtyard is a beautiful spot to enjoy lunch or dinner in good weather. We had the gnocchi baked with cheese, asparagus and prawns and the pumpkin tortolloni and both were delicious. Plus, it's out of the way, so a more local experience. Highly recommended!

Delicious, authentic food only made better by lovely customer servic3. Brava Ana y grazie Bella!

Dined at Antica Locanda Montin in mid May. The restaurant has a large, beautiful courtyard out back. It was a lovely quiet oasis we thoroughly enjoyed after a day of sightseeing. Easy to make a reservation through their website...highly recommend. Excellent, professional service. The food was both visually appealing and tasted just as good. We each ordered appetizers; baby octopus and tuna tartare, both delicious. Entrees were spaghetti with clams and sea bass with tomatoes & capers, so good. Finished our meal with gelato with grappa and mascarpone cream with biscotti...yum! Highly recommend Antica Locanda Montin for a quiet, relaxing, delicious dining experience.

I had high expectations for Antica Locanda Montin, and honestly it didn't quite live up to it. After a busy morning fighting tourists at St. Mark's Square, I knew exactly what we were going to need for lunch, so I planed this ahead of time. We hopped on a boat and headed over to the much quieter and peaceful alleyways near the Accademia Gallery and found what we were looking for. The beautiful courtyard of Antica Locanda Montin and an aperol spritz to cool down. The first 20 minutes were perfect. A couple of nice appetizers of refreshing Tuna Tartare and Caprese Buffalo Mozzarella. Then all of sudden you would have thought a tour bus pulled up. It must have been a cruise ship tour. As maybe 100 people showed up and I suddenly realized that half of the patio was set up in banquet tables. At that point service for us got pretty dicey, and the patio got loud. A second round of drinks was never offered. We were lucky to get our order in before the mass of people came in, but as soon as they were sat down, their salads starting coming out. It felt like our main courses were forgotten about and it took 35 minutes between our appetizers and our main courses. I know service in Italy is more relaxed, but we had ordered about an hour before we saw our mains. Anyway it was kind of a shame because the serenity of their beautiful courtyard was lost as the place became a tourist attraction. Tuna Tartare - this was simple and the best dish I had here. 4.5 stars Caprese Buffalo Mozzarella - not near as good as what I had in Roscioli in Rome, not all cheese is created equal you know. But still enjoyable. 4 stars Baked tagliatelle with zucchini, fish, in a cream sauce - this was pretty tasty. The fish was perhaps a branzino? A flakey white fish for sure. The zucchini blossom cream sauce paired nicely with the fish. That said the tagliatelle pasta got a little overcooked since it baked for so long. Maybe it was fresh pasta, which doesn't work as well when baked. 4 stars Lasagna alla bolognese - not good. I don't know why my wife ordered it. This was completely mushy pasta. I've solved this with my own lasagna using dry pasta sheets and baking them uncooked. I don't want to tell an Italian how to make their own dish, but.... Also the bolognese was pretty flavorless. 1.5 stars Tortelloni stuffed with truffled mushrooms and robiola cheese. These were nice and rich and fresh pasta of course. The sauce was a simple butter and poppy seeds, which is all you need. 4.5 stars While our courtyard had been invaded by loud tourists, I did manage to get away for a few peaceful moments while waiting for our food and take in some of the art in the dining room. I had learned about this place (as I do many that I visit) from the late Anthony Bourdain RIP. The story goes that the owner used to sometimes accept art as credit from local artists who needed to pay their bar and food tab. Fun. And it's definitely worth taking a look at their collection, so don't just walk right past it all on your way out to the courtyard.

Highly recommend! Beautiful setting. Excellent service. Delicious food. Very authentic. Apparently visited by celebrities but not pretentious. My husband and I came here with our two kids and were seated right away. I loved the sea bass with tomatoes and olives. The kids had the pasta bolognese which I tasted and thought was excellent. We also enjoyed a selection of cheeses. I will definitely return here when I come back to Venice.

pomodoro was amazing and the garden at night was lovely. one of our favorite meals of the trip

Had lunch here on recommendation from our tour guide in Venice. We were taken through the small, nondescript indoor dining area into the beautiful arbored patio. Our waiter spoke excellent English and made good recommendations. We had the squid ink pasta and the monk fish both of which were excellent. Desserts and prosecco also good. Seemed to be a favorite with the locals. A must for any trip to Venice. Beware, the map is not correct. Ask for directions.

Superb. Gorgeous setting eating out back in the garden with gardenias and grape arbor. The tuna (tonno al ferri con salsa di basilico) was the most flavorful I've encountered. The scaloppine al limone was exquisite as was the spaghetti alle seppie. Everything was perfectly prepared and just delightful. Don't miss.

What a surprising spot in the Dorsoduro area! Tiny storefront right on the canal, but the back patio is humongous! It could probably seat 200. The patio is completely covered by arching foliage, and the place seems magically calm after the hustle and bustle that is Venice. This place would be heavenly on a hot summer day. We were given an Italian menu, and I didn't ask for an English one so not sure if they have it. The waitress spoke very good English, so it was no trouble finding out what the more unusual items on the menu were. We went for an all-seafood meal, which consisted of sour sardines and mixed seafood platter as appetizers, and grilled scampi and filleted seabass as mains. We tried to order pannacotta and affogato as desserts, which turned out to be a bit of a hassle. First we were told the pannacotta was not available. Then we were told that they will try making it for us but it won't be firm. Then it was brought to the table in a cup full of pannacotta soup, at which point we had to decide whether to keep it or not. In theory I appreciated the efforts to find a pannacotta for me when none was available, but all the backwards and forwards and then being under pressure either rejecting or accepting the food with two waiters staring at me, one having just gone out of his way to procure pannacotta out of thin air, made me feel a bit uncomfortable. We weren't even too keen on the damn pudding. I would've been perfectly happy with a simply 'sorry, it's not available right now'. We visited during a very quiet time (Monday lunch), so we had not one, but two waiters all to ourselves and we were well looked after. The lunch ended up on the pricier side totaling at EUR108 for two people, which I found a bit steep. All in all, nice restaurant if you are in the Dorsoduro district.

A wonderful place that you wouldn't find unless you were looking for it. My mother-in-law had eaten here 30 years ago at this place as well and she wanted to return. Everything we tried was very good. The Mediterranean style branzino was exceptional. We also got a baked pasta dish that was very good. We chose panna cotta and tiramisu for dessert. Both done perfectly. The service was very good. Liked it so much that we returned the next day and ate on the terrace. Highly recommend.

I love this place! There. I said it! It's so quaint and cute and the food was delicious! I went on a recommendation from a former boss and was not disappointed! We started off with the prosciutto and figs which was delicious. The star really were the golden figs, which are hard for me to find back in the states! Then I had a baked pasta with zucchini and fish and was actually touched a little bit on a soulful note. You could tell the food was made with love and was a recipe from someone's mother. The tiramisu was excellent! The only reason I'm not giving it a 5/5 rating is because the clams in my mom's spaghetti with clams were gritty, like they needed to be soaked an extra minute or two before cooking. All in all, DEFINITELY go to Antica Locanda Montin! It was the perfect way to cap off my trip to Venice!

We visited this location from a recommendation and reviews (were mixed). I was truly DISAPPOINTED. I ordered lasagna and the top half was COLD!! It proved that the plate was the only reason was the bottom half was hot. Now, I did enjoy the presseco!!

had a wonderful lunch at the restaurant. the back patio was shaded and cool during the heat. the lasagna was delicious, the service was great, and the experience was wonderful.

Wow crazy find here. Walking around and looked through the door to a beautiful garden so we went in and decided to stay. Ordered the Caprese salad and it was like an artist put the plate together. Also there was more mozzarella than tomatoes, when has that ever happened? The balsamic was like a syrup that I would have put on gelato it was so good. My wife ordered the lasagna and I ordered the homemade tortelloni. This may have been the best meal we had in Italy. Both dishes were prepared perfectly and we shared because we both wanted more. We really considered going back the next day for more. I highly recommend this place and it is absolutely a hidden gem.

Had the Sea Bass with olives, and it was literally the best fish I've ever had in my life. The restaurant itself has a fantastic ambience, I recommend sitting in the gorgeous open back. Titanium was also fantastic.

Brought five of my grandchildren to dine and get away from the chaos of tourists. I had eaten here to celebrate our 10th anniversary some 40+ years ago and still remember the "pasta al forno" that was unforgettable. Sadly that chef is no longer there but the waiter assured me the pasta is wonderful and so it was. The children: 18,17 and 16 years old ranked it as their favorite meal during our trip. I recommend this restaurant to anyone traveling. It is a bit difficult to find but the food and ambiance are worth the search!

Wow that was one of the best meals I ever had! I would come here again in an instant. Came here unfortunately it was too cold to sit outside. The waiters were attentive, the place was nice and the food was excellent.

Horrible, horrible food. We had, as per the waiter's recommendation, the gnocchi, and this other pasta with pumpkin and zucini flowers as appetizers and the seabass with olives x 2 for the mains since the waiter was raving about it. (came out to €80, no wine) The appetizers, had all the subtlety of flavor as Kraft mac & cheese. It was just baked pasta with a boat load of cheese. The seabass were two soggy pieces of seabass in day old oil, with cherry tomatoes and olives randomly strewn on top of the fish. Look I know a lot of these reviewers must have been intoxicated by the magic of being in venice and taking in the legitimately very lovely dining area, but take it from someone who travels for work and doesn't give a crap about venice, only good food: this place sucks.

Amazing meal. Wish I had gone earlier in my trip as I would have been back. Memorable last dinner, great food, beautiful setting. Fish with olives was perfect.

Thank you Yelp! It's really important to choose carefully for meals in Venice, and this place near S. Barnaba Sq. has a beautiful garden setting, good classic dishes and attentive service for lunch. We had Caprese salad, spaghetti with clams (vongole), and tortalini filled with spinach.