Acqua e Mais — Restaurant in Venice

AVOID. THE WORST FOOD I HAVE EATEN IN ITALY.

Food was so oily, the oiliest fried food I've ever eaten. The fried cheese was more batter than cheese. The different fried balls of meat were all dry as hell! The woman gave us the food cold even though we asked for it hot apart from the fried fish. She over charged us... After adding up what we had gotten and paid... we realised we had been conned like 20 euros over. The receipt only tells you the total, not what's been paid for. I will add that we did like the lasagna, it was bechamel based rather than mostly tomato sauce and reheated well. It wasn't out of this world, just not dry/full of oil like the rest of their food.

In my opinion, the only reason they get so many customers is because walking past the food in the window is inviting and they are on a main path. I think many tourists who don't know better will make the mistake of ordering from here when there are SO MANY AMAZING options around every corner in Venice. Please don't waste filling up your stomach on this place when there is so much beautiful food around.

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Overhyped due to Netflix. Decided to just try it because we happened to pass by. Food was alright, nothing amazing. But it was the service that was abysmal. Took 20min to finally get our order completed (not even talking about the queue) because the lady taking our order was lackadaisically taking our order - she would stop while we’re verbally giving our order and go to do other things, come back and then leave again, repeatedly. 2 plates and a seafood cone came out to 55€, which I’m sure we overpaid for because she put everything all on one plate, (we had seafood, chicken and potatoes) where potatoes are significantly cheaper than anything else, and she weighed and priced the whole plate all in one go. How could you possibly differentiate with 3-4 different foods all with different prices like that. Would not...

Acqua e Mais ❤️is a delicious street food kiosk located in Venice, in the San Polo district. A Variety of Venetian specialties : Fresh Fish - Packets of fried calamari and prawns, with the option of adding the delicious "prawns" and sardines, white/yellow corn polenta with cod, cuttlefish ink with polenta and Venetian liver with polenta. Fresh Street Food - Fish balls, aubergines and meat balls, grilled cuttlefish, polenta and soy balls, seafood salads and grilled chicken salads. Potato croquettes with spinach, salmon meatballs and rice “arancini”. Acqua e Mais' authentic Venetian street food is served in scartosso (a sheet of paper folded into a cone). You can enjoy a piece of fried fish or vegetables while walking through the streets. Acqua e Mais is a place not to be missed when you visit Venice! ✅ Visited...