Locanda Ca' del Brocchi

One of the Worst Hotel Stays We’ve Ever Had — Trust Me, Don’t Stay Here!||We travel often and have stayed all over the world—from resorts to simple family-run inns—and we know not to expect five-star treatment unless we’re paying for it. But this hotel barely delivered a one-star experience, despite what was advertised.||Let’s start with the air conditioning, or complete lack of it. Their website clearly stated the rooms had A/C, but when we arrived on a very warm May 29th, we were told it couldn’t be turned on due to a government regulation. Odd, since our friends were staying in another nearby hotel with the A/C running just fine. Not once was this “regulation” mentioned on the website or in our booking info. What we got instead? One sad little fan with no front cover that they hesitated to even hand over. Useless.||The hotel itself was old and tired, and not in a charming way. Rooms were stuffy, poorly ventilated, and definitely not soundproof as claimed. With no staff on-site after noon—yes, you read that right—there was no one to help, answer questions, or provide even the most basic service. The only bright spot was the kind and cheerful morning housekeeper.||As for sleeping with the windows open to stay cool? Sure, if you’re OK with mosquito bites and street noise keeping you up all night.||We understand that some European hotels limit A/C usage seasonally, and we’ve stayed in plenty of places that handle that gracefully—with fans, better ventilation, helpful staff, or at the very least transparency. This hotel offered none of that.||If you’re considering this place—don’t. Venice is magical, but this hotel will absolutely drag your experience down.

This bed and breakfast is in a quiet residential area in Dorsoduro, so while there are crowds every place in Venice there were fewer in this neighborhood than elsewhere. (This was early April, so things could be different in high tourist season.) It’s about equidistant from three vaporetto stops: Accademia and Salute on the Grand Canal, and Zattere on the Guidacca Canal. Finding it from Accademia was a bit tricky: the host's instructions were fine, but as this was our first time in Venice we didn’t realize how narrow streets/alleys could be and so when told to take the “second street on the left” we didn’t even notice the first street. This required some backtracking. A benefit of using the Zattere stop is that you can get to the hotel without crossing any bridges, so rolling a suitcase is easier. (There are 2-3 bridges from the other stops, and they have 5-6 steps on each end.)||The room is charming. It was a bit stuffy at night, but you can open the windows when mosquitoes aren’t a problem. The hosts are friendly and helpful, although the fact that they live a few houses away means that you can’t count on them being there at all times. They speak somewhat limited English, but are very eager to please and language was never a problem. Breakfast is basic fare. Recommended.

First and most importantly the website states that they have air conditioning. Well that isn’t exactly true. It may have it but it barely works. It’s May and we were hot and sweating the whole time. We complained but nothing was done. We opened the window but were attacked by lots and lots of mosquitoes. I had to shut the window and run around killing them for a hour. They have free breakfast BUT ONLY if you made the reservation yourself on their website. Not through a third party. WOW what does a stupid little croissant and piece of cheese cost, $2 seriously! 1% of the room fee. What a cheapskate! The beds are very firm and uncomfortable. The shower pours out onto the floor so you use 2 towels to keep it from flooding the place. Staff is rarely there only when someone is checking in otherwise you’re out of luck with any help for anything. I tried to find other accommodations for the rest of our stay but everything was booked. Thank goodness it was only a few nights. I absolutely DO NOT recommend this place especially in warm weather or you’ll be miserable.

It’s NOT a hotel it’s a B&B no staff is around most of the time. The AC absolutely sucks! I had it full blast for 2 day it barely cooled it down. I complained but never heard back. So I opened the window and was attacked by swarms of mosquitoes! I had to spend a hour running around swatting then to get any sleep. There are nail head sticking out of the trim around doors waiting to snag clothes and skin. I didn’t bother to complain after no response about AC function. Btw the hallways are nice and cool maybe we should have slept out there. They have free breakfast BUT only if you booked direct on THEIR website not thru a third party. Really what’s a stupid croissant and a piece of cheese cost $2. What cheapskates! There are very places open at breakfast in the area. I tried to find another place find another place but everything was booked. Find someplace else.

First off beautiful room. NO AC as advertised. It was extremely hot for end of May. We opened our window and 100’s of mosquitoes came inside. I got buzzed all night around my head couldn’t sleep and so many mosquitoe bites all over. We told the cleaning lady out AC wasn’t working but nothing was done about it. Very disappointing for our stay for our 40th Anniversary vacation.

This place is very beautiful however the AC wasn’t working. We only saw the front desk person when we checked in. Told the cleaning lady she said she would tell the manager. We opened the window the first night because it was so hot and got ate up by mosquitoes. The AC never got fixed nor any explanation. I do not recommend this place. We would have left but only had one night left.

Very friendly & helpful staff. Great location. Very clean. The room unfortunately had no jug in which to make tea or coffee & no where on the premises to do so. Not a glass or plate provided. Heated towel rail not working.

We rarely write reviews of places we have stayed but Locanda Ca' del Brocchi is so good we simply had to let others know about it. We were so blessed to have chosen it for our stay in Venice. Everything about it is great. We thoroughly enjoyed our time here and would return in a heart beat, If you are coming to Venice we absolutely recommend that you book to stay here,|Stephen and Yvonne from Auckland New Zealand