Bar Alla Toletta — Restaurant in Venice

If I could give zero stars, I would. My wife and I recently stopped by this place in Venice, and it was, without a doubt, the worst experience we had during our trip.

The moment we walked in, it was chaos. The space is cramped, with people crowding the counter, yet there are also tables to sit at. It’s completely unclear how things are supposed to work. Are you supposed to order at the counter and then sit? Wait to be seated? We had no idea. After standing around, ignored by staff for a couple of minutes, I had to push through the crowd to ask if we could sit. Eventually, someone led us to a table at the back.

Things didn’t improve. We sat there waiting for menus, only to realize (on our own) that we had to grab them off a shelf. When we finally ordered, the sandwiches were mediocre at best, and the coffee was forgettable. The service was slow, inattentive, and disorganized from start to finish.

To top it all off, later that day, I got sick. Without going into graphic details, let’s just say my sandwich made an unwelcome reappearance.

If you’re in Venice, steer clear of Bar Alla Toletta. Confusing, unpleasant, and potentially hazardous to your health....

Sooo….when you walk in the waiter quickly gets you to sit down at a table. Ok…. You order 2 little sandwiches or so per person, get a few drinks….of course you need water. When the bill comes you see that they added 0.50 to 1€ per sandwich. The bottom of the menu says +0.5 to 1 but doesn’t say what’s that for. So bites that are indicated as 2.50€ show up on bill as 3 or 3.50. Water bottle 4.50€ most expensive we’ve had in our 2 week trip in Italy. 8 bite sized sandwiches, 2 spritz and a plastic bottle of water (same one you can get at any Conad grocery store for 0.30€ was 39€

If you want to go don’t sit down take them outside and eat them at the stand up tables. FYI the sandwiches are loaded in mayo, if you don’t love mayo you definitely want to skip this place. A little u happy that restaurants keep trying to rip off clients. ...

We all visit Venice for the history and tradition. This is a place, bar and Bacaro, that preserves the culture of the tramezzino. an institution. A guarantee, cheap, it serves a very large number of customers who on nice sunny days can consume the take-away food in a square along a nearby canal.

From the station is a 15 minute walk.

I would suggest getting your sandwiches/trammezzini before lunch time so as not to encounter the huge crowd of customers that crowd this Bacaro, to book if you want a seat, to be patient and kind with the owners who are very kind with the large amount of people they have...