Taverna San Trovaso

Very very delicious and reasonably priced seafood. Interior is cosy and authentic. Would come back again. I recommend getting the seafood tomato spaghetti and sautéed mussels! We had 2 bottles of water, 3 mains and 2 desserts which was about €77 for 2 people.

Food was delicious! Pasta in squid ink was a good portion size with many pieces of squid. Ravioli (6) with prawn tartare - very delicious. Mussels were in a tomato sauce, also very delicious. Recommend making a reservation. We came on a Thursday night (8:30) and it was still busy.

We did the pasta cooking class here and it was a fantastic experience. We made Tagliatelle, Ravioli and Tiramisu, all delicious. There was free flowing white and red wine while we cooked. Marta was a fantastic and knowledgeable instructor and host. Great experience all round.

We wanted to go a couple other places and ended up here. It's ok. Service was not terrible but not great either. Dropped off bread and oil no plates, had to ask another server for plates. Server seemed judgy on our wine pick.. I know wine, did we pick a great one or a bad one? No. Did I ask for his reaction? No. Burrata was very good, ravioli was good but Ossobucco was kinda average... and I'm comparing to USA. We're literally a long bike ride from Lombardy.. You would think it would have been at least top 10 I've had. Wife was a chef, I just eat at nice places a lot for work so it's not a pedestrian opinion at all. Also their table bread needs some work. I've gotten better bread during this trip from street vendors, hell even on the ferry we took. My German dad's homemade bread is 10x better. Polenta was way too thick, supposed to be loose. Was like gelatin in the fridge. Again not a terrible restaurant just disappointing for the price and setting.

We had a cooking class here and it was awesome. It was a whole adventure with my family and we learned to make ravioli, pasta and original Tiramisu!!!!

The tomato sauce goes very well with the Gnocchi ( with bits of shrimp ) and the beef is tender and grilled it to a nice flavour

Absolutely amazing experience and food the best we had in Italy so far !!!

Cannelini octopus was burnt and had no other taste at all, same as some grey mashed potatoes (it was on top of 'menu of the day' so i expected it to be at least decent). I had really similar feeling for gnocchi with pisstachio pesto, couldn't feel anything. I really do not want to be mean but it just was not tasty. Place was almost full with people but we haven't been waiting more than 15-20min, service was also great so no complains here. Overall, wouldn't recommend, I believe you can find better places to eat :)

Intro: We had a few hours remaining in Venice and we were looking for a dinner spot. As we were walking, we stumbled upon Taverna San Trovaso. The restaurant looked nice from the outside and the reviews were solid so we made our way inside. Service (4/5): Service in Europe can be a hit and a miss but it was better than average here. Our waiter was friendly (though a bit salesy) and pretty attentive by Italian standards. Ambiance (4.5/5): Unlike most restaurants in Italy, no al fresco dining here. Which is not a loss because it has a beautiful interior. You feel like you're in an underground cave. Unique and comfortable. Drinks (4.5/5): We went with some house prosecco (one liter). I love how house wine is the norm in Italy. Solid wine for a solid price. What more can you want? They also have 4 Euro beer and spritz to-go. I went with the beer which made for a nice companion on my walk to the train station from the restaurant. Food (4/5): We went with the cotoletta (veal breaded cutlet) with fries and the tagliatelle pasta with duck ragu. The cutlet was bone-in which was a bit unusual but flavorful and fried just right. With a generous portion of fries. The pasta was also impressive as you don't usually see duck on the menu in Italy. Fresh parmesan was served with the dish. Both dishes were good. Not amazing but good. Overall: The ambiance is great and the food is solid. Taverna San Trovaso makes for a lovely dinner selection.

We did the cooking class learning to make pasta and tiramisu and it was fantastic. The young lady teaching did an absolutely amazing job, her English was great and we all left very happy. We also received the instructions and recipe before leaving. It's a very nice little spot right on the water. The group size was also very small which was very nice. Worth every penny!

Great location right across the street from our hotel. Our friend lives this place. Haven't had the chance to eat here yet, but when we walked by today, they had a sign advertising Aperol as prizes to go for just €4, so we came in. The place was packed, and took awhile to get service, but finally got the spritzes. Brought them back to enjoy on the courtyard of out hotel, and they were lovely.

Omg. My son found by googling. Great food atmosphere price etc. our server Mauricio was fantastic friendly. Good advice on food choices. Have us complimentary appitizers. Etc. We had crazing cream buttered dpinich but the pizza fantastic

We came here on the recommendation of our hotel. We arrived a little late for dinner so we had a short wait for a table. The service was pretty good except our waiter wasn't very friendly. But it was fine he wasn't rude or anything. I had the Spaghetti alla Vongoli and my husband ordered what the waiter said was a typical Venetian pasta with anchovies. He told my husband that the dish is a little salty but he ordered it anyway because he wanted to try anchovies. I've had anchovies on a pizza and also with a Ceasar salad. I'm not a big fan. A little goes a long way. Well as I expected, my husband wasn't loving his choice. He tried adding some olive oil and eating some bread with it but didn't help much. He compensated by having two large beers! I had the house red. The wine was fine but the pour was pretty low. Good thing I'm not a big drinker.

This is a good place to stop in a pinch. We had a good experience, but I wouldn't hunt for it. We got the main course of fried calamari, shrimp and clams to start and that was a good choice! The chef recommended tagliatelle with mushroom...for being in the "top choice" list I thought it was okay, not great. More bland than flavorful. We also ordered the fried pork chop and fries - very good. Toilet was okay - not "normal" for US women standard - and very cold!!!

We loved our dinner. We had scallops, spaghetti with clams, and the salad mista. We also had a 1/4 liter of house red. The food was delicious, the service perfect, and the prices reasonable. I highly recommend.

One of the less touristy spots, popular among locals, with an impressive selection of reasonably priced authentic Venetian dishes. Simple, traditional, homey, albeit mediocre, food. Cozy ambiance and warm service. We ordered a seafood platter, squid ink pasta, and cheese pizza. The squid ink pasta was overwhelmingly one-dimensional. If only it presented more contrast in flavors and texture, it would have been more of an agreeable dish. Cheese pizza was good for what it was and the seafood platter had satisfying variety.

Food was good but service was just ok. Nobody was obnoxiously rude but they definitely didn't seem happy with any customers (at least not tourists). We asked for more bread and they told us we couldn't have any until after the meals were served... um, ok...? The lady who brought us our last two plates of food was obviously very annoyed that we couldn't understand what she was saying (even huffed before repeating what the names of the dishes were). Still giving them 3 stars... the service was fast and food was cooked well and tasty, but the waiter literally dropped off the bill and then stood next to me with the credit card machine, waiting for me to pay... I mentioned something and he said we finished our meals so he was waiting... quite unprofessional, in my opinion. Wish they would have been more pleasant, but after eating out twice daily in almost 3 weeks in Italy, this was only the 2nd time we have had subpar service.

4.5 stars. Pretty darn good! Reservations strongly recommended, but in the low season you may be able to get away with calling ahead like we did. We called ahead before coming to make sure there'd be a table for us, and it was no problem. On a cold Friday night in February, the restaurant was pretty busy but still had a few tables open. Service was good. Here's what we ate: - caprese salad: 5 stars. Excellent fresh mozzarella, tasty tomatoes, arugula, all drizzled with olive oil. - zuppa de pesce (fish/seafood soup): 5 stars. Flavorful, not too fishy tasting, and lots of mussels! Also had shrimp and crawfish. - grilled eel with polenta: 5 stars. The eel was delicious and crispy, had a few little rows of bones but no biggie. The polenta was mildly flavored. - choco-nocciola cake: 5 stars. Really rich and delicious chocolate cake with hazelnut cream. The two of us couldn't finish it because it was so rich, so we took the leftover piece back to the hotel! Couldn't let it be thrown away.

Seafood pasta was wonderful. Our table enjoyed the pizza as well. Especially the chefs special.

Came back twice because there were things on the menu I really wanted to try from all the reviews! It was good, but I'm actually surprised at all the hype. I was told Venice was THE place for seafood and while the seafood I had did taste fresh, I thought overall my dishes were just ok. I had the squid ink pasta with the cuttlefish, the Bavette alla Busera and the linguini with white clam sauce while the fiance had the pizza (humongous!), truffle ravioli and a chicken dish. All were just fine - not bad, but nothing to write home about. The saving grace (for me) and the main reason for the 4 stars was the TIRAMISU! I LOVED that dessert! We were here twice and had 3! We got really lucky to be able to get in here twice even though we thought it was ok because there were always tons of people waiting to get in. The first time we were super lucky and got in with no reservations and the second time we got in was because we made a reservation during our first visit. It was convenient for us and we were more familiar with the area where it was located so it was an easy choice. I wouldn't not recommend the place, but I don't know if that's saying much.

Remarkably mediocre ! We were very excited when we walked in, looks amazing, locals everywhere. We were taken upstairs to where they put all the tourists. Never seen anything like it. The food - the shrimp and scallop ravioli with mushroom sauce, and the fried seafood platter, were a hard no go. That said, 1L of wine for 10.50 euro was a strong hell yes. Anyway, I'd avoid, if you do go, stay away from the ravioli.

Everything but the clams and spaghetti were good! The clams and spaghetti with garlic was so sandy and gritty. Every time I took a bite it crunch or it hurt.. they definitely need to soak their clams before cooking them because it makes their dish very unpleasant. We ordered bellinis, baked scallops--delicious but expensive, and my fiancée ordered eggplant Parmesan which was fantastic!! The bread was weirdly flavorless and the exterior was like merengue

If I only had one day in Venice I would choose to eat at Osteria Enoteca ai Artisti and Taverna San Trovaso. My wife and I decided to go to Taverna on the last evening of our recent Venice trip and were really glad we saved this place for last. It's a very popular restaurant amongst locals so we got there early and waited in the rain for the doors to open. Totally worth it! As for the food. Five-star all the way. Loved the seafood spaghetti, Venetian cuttlefish with squid ink sauce and wild mushroom ravioli with truffle oil. This is classic Venetian food at its best. The prices were decent by Venice standards too as Taverna is nowhere near being the most expensive place we ate during our stay (those restaurants are generally in San Marco.)

Here are the dishes I recommend here: * Spaghetti alle Seppie Nere con Gamberetto (Cuttlefish Ink Sphaghetti with Shrimp) * Branzino al Cartoccio con Verdure e Bacche di Ginepro (Baked Branzino with Vegetables and Juniper Berries) * Zuppa di Pesce (Seafood Soup) I sure hope you are not allergic to seafood.

Fish soup! That's the last dish of the Venetian specialties that I was determined to find! It's Monday, and the fish markets are closed - so the only restaurants that serves seafood are ones that have their own 'fishermen'! Wow, so lucky to have found this gem - the fish soup was DELIZIOSO!!! Will definitely come back on my next trip to Venice!

This canal side tavern was packed with both locals and tourists the night we came. If you're looking for more of an ambiance, request seating in the downstairs area with the low vaulted brick ceilings than the upstairs which was kinda pedestrian looking with just wooden tables and chairs. We've decided to skip ordering pizza and just focus on seafood EVERYTHING! after all, we're in Venice and naturally, seafood should be top quality and affordable, right? I was correct on both accounts: from the sarde in saor (sardines with onions, raisins, pine nuts in olive oil), gamberoni alla griglia (grilled prawns with polenta) to the classic frutti di mare (seafood pasta) our dishes were absolutely fresh and delicious. It would be a shame to miss out on their spaghetti alle seppie nere (cuttlefish squid ink pasta) while in Venice, and this taverna's version is life changing: cuttlefish that's soft but still has a bite to it, the sauce has a bit of a kick from the chili and the squid ink has this unique flavor profile, sort of like iodine taste and briny. It pairs soooo well with pasta. It's hard to find an Italian restaurant in the U.S. that does it well and taverna's version is off the charts. Just a word of caution, the ink is thick and will coat your teeth for some time during dinner. My remedy? gargle with at least two Campari soda ;-) It's been months since my trip to Venice and I remember it as if it happened yesterday. Mangiare felice!

Enjoyed a very special dinner with friends while vacationing. A friend who had remembered the restaurant from his time there in the late 80's remembered and recommended. For a place to still be around 30 years later really does speak volumes! Enjoyed everything. Dessert was probably the best I had during our entire 2 weeks in Italy!

I've been here several times now and always find it to be a reliable place to dine. My first visit was back in 1998 with my husband. This most recent visit (October 2013) was with my husband and two friends. Reservations are a must (which I had my hotel call to make our reservations) and when we arrived at 7:30pm, the place was full and our table had a 'reservations' sign on it. For an appetizer, we shared a large plate of Prosciutto crudo abbinato allo Stracchino e Carasauallo (Parma ham with soft fresh cheese on side and Special Bread). The special bread was just one piece, not enough to really share but the proscuitto was excellent. I ordered one of the dinner specials, Mezzelune ai Porcini ed Olio Tartufato (ravioli with wild mushrooms and truffle oi)l. Oh my!!! Fabulous! Tony had the Ossobuco alla cacciatora (veal shank with mushrooms and polenta). Also excellent. I didn't jot down what our friends ate but they liked their meal. We shared two liters of wine (9 euros each) and later I had a large glass of vin santo, or something similar to that. Dinner for four for one appetizer, four entrees, wine, etc., came to 101 euros. Service by Elton was great! He was quite the flirt too and very friendly. The next time I'm in Venice I'll return here.

Great food. Great service. Would definitely come again and try the scallop and shrimp ravioli with tomato sauce.

Love love love love this place! Come early to avoid a wait. We were actually waiting before the restaurant open and were the first in line! While we were waiting, native passerbys would come up to us and tell us this is well worth the wait. Food here is very good! Must try their seafood! Seafood is so fresh here! Definitely recommend their mussels, fish soup (can pass if you get the seafood pasta), vongole, and the house wine. I was here on vacation and this was the only place that i finished everything I ordered and I ordered a lot. I wish I stayed another night in Venice. I would definitely come back! It's not even touristy as well which is perfect!

in this Taverna the Pizza and the pasta are the most delicious and pleasant place the service is excellent and something very important is the service In dieser Taverne sind die Pizza und die Pasta der köstlichste und angenehmste Ort, der Service ist ausgezeichnet und etwas sehr Wichtiges ist der Service

Food was only okay. Pizza was too crunchy for our taste. Pasta didn't look handmade. Ambience was utilitarian: bright white lights, tacky pop songs playing. Skip this place!

Ambiance: simple, family style, cute Food: straight Italian fair, very fresh and tasty Nice vine list with good wines in low €22-25 range. Prices are reasonable. 4 people. 2 shared appetizers, 4 dishes, 2 bottles €160.

Very fresh, nice service from staff. Nice ambiance. Started with a buffalo mozzarella, olive & tomato salad. Then scampi prawns & pork chops.

I had incredible prosciutto pizza here! We weren't sure about our choice when we were the only people in the restaurant, but it quickly filled in for lunch and we were very pleased with our decision!

Highly recommend this restaurant for dinner. Great food for cheap price. Waiter had a sense of humor. All around 11/10

The wait for a table wasn't long (thanks to covid, jk), the restaurant ambience is tranquil and pleasant. The appetizers I ordered were not bad, I especially liked the scallops cos it was well cooked and the butter was perfectly paired with it. The octopus was great too but I was looking for more different taste than just boiled and placed in olive oil. The sardine dish isn't for me, I didn't really like it but I tried it since it was a traditional venetian dish. Finally, I took the spaghetti with clams and was disappointed at how oily it was. The clams were cooked nicely but the pasta was drowning in olive oil which left the dish tasting just like olives. I tried this dish elsewhere and TBH, I won't recommend eating this here. Aside from that, of course, I took the Aperol Campari which is slightly more bitter than the Aperol Spritz both were refereshing but I prefer the Spritz. About the bill, I found it so weird that they charge for "coperto" translated to cutlery in english, shouldn't the washing etc be already included in the price of a meal? Anyway, it's 3€ per person I think which is a euro less than what another restaurant charged me.

We enjoyed this restaurant so much that we returned for a second of the three dinners we had in Venice. The seafood here is not fancy, but what I imagine is eaten at Sunday dinners. Bountiful, fresh and toothsome. It is not a "pretty", restaurant, nor is there a view, except for the canal next to it if you're seated by the window. If you're a seafood lover, you will be spending all your time gazing at your plate. I also recommend the quintessential Venetian dish of cuttlefish and polenta. You can get your greens in with the spinach side dish. Warning: it's loaded with butter, which may outbid the health fiends, but it was delicious.

I fell in love with this place. If you go to Venice, San Trovaso is a must. The food and wine is more than delicious, the prices are more than reasonable and the service is absolutely amazing. We stayed there for a couple of hours and even though we were the last ones in the restaurant after their regular closing time, they were still serving wine being super friendly and attentive. We had a perfect evening there, by far the best of our whole trip.

Wonderful find in Dorsoduro area of Venice. They opened promptly at 7PM and there was already a long line that formed around 6:55 when we arrived. Although it is a larger space than most Venice restaurants, it is recommended to make reservations as there were some that got turned away or were told to come back at a later time. We ordered the seafood mixed grill (chef picks plus two large cubes of polenta) for two - around 31 Euros and the Spaghetti alle seppie nere (cuttlefish with squid ink) - around 12 Euros and a side of their daily vegetable (asparagus)-- 4 Euros as well as various glasses of wine. This was more than enough for two ( we left stuffed and were not able to finish our dishes) But then again, we did have plenty of bread and the cracker sticks that were provided (that is part of the cover charge). Entire meal ran around slightly less than 70 Euro's -- which is a bargain compared to what we would have paid in the states. I thoroughly enjoyed both the mixed seafood grill and the spaghetti and definitely recommend. Saw a lot of patrons order pizza, however. They are English-friendly.

I had a great time here. The food was authentic, delicious, well-priced, and the staff was super friendly. I asked for a very authentic Venetian pasta dish and Anne suggested the spaghetti with the anchovies sauce as being very typical. She warned me it was a bit dry and salty because it is prepared very traditionally; which indeed it was. I appreciate trying things outside my comfort zone, so I enjoyed it! My waitress, Anne, was very genuine and answered all my questions, even when they went to how the restaurants was decorated. The walls are covered with funny caricatures of the staff, celebrating the anniversaries of the restaurant (over 40 years!) She also gave me some personal suggestions of places of incredible beauty in Venice which I really appreciated.

Nice place to have lunch, reasonable prices. I didn't like my meal very much, and it was too salty, but my kid loved lasagna, and my husband had gnocchi and said it was good. Pasta 12 euro, salad 4.

First day in Venice and we found this Gem! This place have the best pasta we've EVER tasted! We had the Spaghetti Vongole is made with a saucey garlic butter sauce that taste like heaven, that is covered/mixed with I believe, a whole pound baby clams! The baby claims itself made up the for price of the dish which is only 11 EUR. We also ordered the Mixed Seafood plate w/Polenta which was perfectly cooked. I hate places that overcook seafood. This place makes everything so perfectly! My husband loves the Red House wine they have on tap. He said it's the best Red he has had in a long time. This place gave us such a great experience, we came back for dinner the very next day. I recommend always calling to make reservation otherwise there will be a line outside before it's opened. Luckily we got in line 15mins before it opened at 7:00pm so we were able to be seated while people who came around 7:00pm had to wait for the first batch of people to finish dining.

We took the spaghetti Vongole here. It was the second best we have ever eaten. If I take into account the price, then it is even the best Vongole ever (only 11 EUR with 2 EUR coperto). The service was excellent and the prices are very competitive. Vongole, Tiramisu, a liter Prosecco and a liter wine costed only 45 EUR for 2. Best value for money in Venice. We will definitely visit this restaurant again the next time. The restaurant had good airco and a strong WiFi-signal, altough it dropped out constantly.

EXCELLENT! We found this restaurant on YELP after our initial restaurant plan fell through. Let`s put it this way...after dinner on Saturday night, we returned for lunch on Sunday afternoon! Hands down the best fish soup I have ever had, and that`s saying something, having lived near the San Francisco Bay Area. Also, the gnocci dish is mouth watering. Don`t miss this place if in Venice. It`s easy to miss and you need to take a short boat ride from St. Mark`s, but worth it...oh so worth it!

Best place we've eaten at in Italy so far. The atmosphere was quite nice and the food was excellent. Prices were also very reasonable. We all had pizza and really enjoyed it. The prosciutto and melon appetizer was excellent. Don't miss the vegetable soup. The broth was quite tasty and full of fresh vegetables.

We walked in and surprisingly, the restaurant was pretty packed. It's secretly huge - with two floors. Even though there were a couple tables downstairs, the waiter took us to the much emptier, not as happy ambience second floor. There's a good mix of locals and tourists. Again, like most of the food places in Italy, service was meh. They didn't even give us plates til our food came so my bread was sitting like a loner on the tablecloth. The bread was like airplane meal bread and we asked for olive oil/balsamic vinegar that never came (booo). We ordered the spaghetti scoglio (seafood spaghetti), spaghetti sepplie (squid ink spaghetti), and the 4 stagioni pizza. Food came in within 15-20 min and there was even wifi so time went by even quicker. The spaghetti scoglio was the best dish there. The seafood was generous - lobster, squid, shrimp, clams, and mussels. The ref sauce was fresh and really rich with seafood taste, def better than any pasta I had in America. The sepplie was hmmm a one time experience...it wasn't bad. But it definitely was not the best thing ever. The spaghetti itself was well cooked but the black sauce was ocean-water tasting. The pasta however was covered in squid that was fresh but salty. Also, the black sauce stains...learned it the hard way. The pizza was mediocre - the worse I had in Italy yet. It was really oily and it didn't have that grilled charcoal crispy taste that most Italian pizzas have though. Anyways, it was still better than most pizzas I had in America. After the carb heavy meal, we skipped dessert, a first. It's a good place but skip on pizza and order more seafood dishes.

Best meal we had in Venice. Seafood soup is devine, so does cuttlefish ink pasta. We are impressed! Highly recommended!

In the words of my daughter, "Everything was delicious, absolutely no complaints." We started with the raw seafood appetizer, it was so fresh we could have had 10 of them. The Spaghetti with claims was devine, the Spaghetti with black squid ink and cuttle fish was rich and velvety. So glad we can here, and highly recommend it!

Another great restaurant in Venice. We arrived 20 minutes before it closed, but the service was excellent and they still seated us. My friend chose the lobster spaghetti, which was excellent. I went with the gnocchi gorgonzola, which was also an amazing dish. They also served us extremely quickly, possibly due to the fact that they were closing in about 15 minutes when we ordered. Still, we enjoyed the house white wine and even relaxed for a bit after finishing our dishes. There were still several customers in the restaurant past closing and the servers did not pressure us to leave. A wonderful experience, especially after not knowing where we would be eating at 9pm.

On our last day in Venice we went here, and we highly recommend it! This location has two floors of service, but we recommend going upstairs where they have wallpaper with Italian backgrounds. I tried the ravioli that had bits of saffron on it while my friend tried the mixed seafood with black ink. Both of these were really good and we were surprised at how much we liked the ink, haha. What really sold us was the staff--they're so nice! Our waiter was hilarious and joked with me about my non-existent Italian. They made the night perfect with their attentiveness. :) Oh, and I suggest getting there right when they open, it tends to fill up pretty quickly. Yum Yum Yum!

We ate here twice, first time was perfect. Staff was outstanding, food was great, 5 stars. Second time we ate here, the food was good, but the service was much slower, and they mixed up when to bring the kids their entrees. Over all this is a good place for a family as well as a couple. Both the seafood soup and the vegetable soup were outstanding. The mixed fried seafood was quite good as well.

Try the gnocchi and the fried calamari...you'll like it! Reservations recommended for the main dining room.

Poor Service & low quality food, dont wast your time, I rather pay more & get good food & service.

We ordered a squid pasta and a garlic clam pasta, with a fried seafood platter to share and some house wine, all are very good and the price is just 47.5 euros, very good value for the price

Very nice restaurant would recommend to anyone in the area. You should made a reservation for this place if you're not planning to wait in line before they open at seven in the evening. My wife and I ordered the shrimp gnocchi, fish (seafood) soup, and the said ink pasta. I would rate it as fish soup, Gnocchi, squid pasta in order of how much I liked it. As I have never tasted such a great soup. Gnocchi was better than any US restaurant I've been in. The squid pasta I liked but could not compare to those two. There is a service charge for each entree of two euros. Restroom is pretty good condition and there are two floors. Make sure to come early without reservation and they do accept credit cards.

The atmosphere is great, not fancy, just like for the locals. Lovely grilled calamari, superb tiramisu. The stuff is nice and friendly.