Osteria Alla Staffa — Restaurant in Venice

To call this place a “hidden gem” wouldn’t do it justice. Aside from being the best restaurant in the Castello district, it is probably one of the best restaurants in Venezia. The food is a mix of traditional Venetian plates, and more inventive plates that still stick to using traditional Venetian ingredients. We started off with a plate of Venetian dried meats and cheeses which were all fantastic and favorably portioned. For primi we had what was the highlight of the meal (you’ll see other reviews make mention of it as well) - the black ravioli filled with sea bream. I have eaten at quite a few restaurants of varying Michelin stars, and this plate could easily top any of those menus. We finished off with the Fegato alla Veneziana which was extremely tender and flavorful. For drink we enjoyed a reasonably priced and extremely tasty house red (valpolicella). The service was top and company was great.

Improvements? None, everything was perfect. Recommendations? Get there EARLY. It is a very small restaurant and fills up quick. We look forward to our next trip to Venezia to...

Thanks to the many positive reviews, we chose this restaurant for our Saturday night dinner. Unfortunately, the service ruined everything; let me explain. When we arrived, we got a warm welcome and had to wait 10min for a table, which is totally normal with the number of tourists in town. After these 10 minutes, we were assigned the worst table in the restaurant: in the entrance, right next to where the next customers were waiting. The goal of the waiters was clearly to take away our plates as soon as possible. We ordered a bottle of prosecco, a dessert after our dishes, but we were too uncomfortable to finish it. The situation became oppressive, about ten people were behind us waiting for a table and the waiters came every 5min to ask if we were done. It was a real shame for a restaurant that offers good food, but unfortunately not very copious. This experience will not tarnish our stay but we found it a pity for a restaurant called "local" in the...

This was our last night to eat dinner in Venice. Superb dinner! Venice has some of the top notch seafood you can get so if you love seafood, this is definitely a place for you. I highly recommend you order some of their staple dishes to the city.

For our appetizer: Grigliata musta dell’ Adriatco “ mix grilled Adriatic fish, crustaceans in molluscs and fish”

First course: Bigoli in salsa di acciughe all’s veneziana “Bigoli in anchovies, an onion sauce in the nation style”

Second course: Raviolini Neri artigianali ripieni al branzino, ricotta conditi con crema allo zafferano “Handmade, black ravioli, stuffed with sea bass, ricotta cheese in saffron sauce”

I recommend going around they open up, we arrived around 5:30pm as we sat down the restaurant quickly became full. If you want to be seated quickly. I would recommend doing at least one or two days reservation for most...