Osteria Ruga di Jaffa — Restaurant in Venice

This restaurant is worth going out of your way for a great dinner at a reasonable price, especially considering the typical high costs of Venitian restaurants.

When we visted, they had a €25 special that includes 1/4 bottle of house wine (red or white, I got the red), a selection of Spaghetti as a first course, a selection of meat or fish as a second course, and the service charge. The house wine was quite good, the spaghetti (I had the spaghetti ragu) was flavourful, and the fish was incredibly tasty and well seasoned.

Our waitress was very kind and welcoming, spoke excellent English, and was always smiling. It was one of our favourite dinners on our 2 week trip in Italy. If you're looking for a quality, non-tourist restaurant at a good price, definitely give Osteria Ruga ji...

Had our first Venetian meal in Venice here and this Osteria certainly didn't disappoint. I enjoyed the Spritz, which was really nice, and the best thing is, it only costs 3 euro! The two seafood pasta dishes we had was nothing but amazing. The spaghetti was al dente and the clams and mussels were cooked well and fresh. We finished them in no time and couldn't get enough of them. The place was really busy in the evening with people having to wait for seats if they come late. Service was really friendly and the atmosphere was pleasant, and not too noisy. We were really happy to have found this place by luck when we first...

A must for any visit to Venice. Close to the highlight of the trip for my girlfriend and I. The staff (including the owner) were amazing. We later learned that our waitress was the owners girlfriend and she was probably one of the most impressive workers I have ever seen. We had the mussels as a starter. Amazing. Jaw droppingly good. We were speechless. Then proceeded to devour the seafood spaghetti which again was amazing. The wine recomdations were perfect and the entire evening was simply lovely. Planning on returning the following day to try their venician tappas which are only available...