Ristopub Da Luca — Restaurant in Venice

Found this place by accident as it was closed to our AirBnB, and it turned out to be our favorite dinner while visiting Venice and the islands. With 4 adults and 4 boys (6/8/11/12) we felt welcomed and comfortable. Menus were available in Italian and English.

The 8 year old ate a fancy hot dog and the 11 and 6 yr olds split a various fried fish and homemade potato chip plate. The staff was happy to substitute more fried fish for the cuttlefish.

The salads were large and tasty, particularly the Caesar. The pasta was homemade and had a delicious homemade sauce, but it was the vegetarian lasagne that was mouth wateringly good. It was fabulously light and flavorful. Coming from someone who makes his own lasagne and is very particular, this was a find of a trip.

The desserts as well were marvelous - the dessert sampler was lovely and tasty all around.

For the 8 of us, with wine and beer for the adults, we paid €160. They brought limoncello at the end at no additional charge.

Presentation all around was top notch. The husband, wife, and daughter who own the restaurant were lovely and spoke English and a...

Place looks lovely and white house wine was very good. My wife and I both ordered spaghetti bolagnaise without parmesan but unfortunately one arrived with. They did rectify it but service is very very slow (although staff are friendly). The spaghetti wasn't like anything we've had before - very very thick and chewy and not much meat so not to our tastes (but I understand that it might be a local way of having it). We wouldn't go back but I'm sure others...

Food is a solid 4.5-5. Service is the worst I have ever had. You know their service is bad when an Italian couple looks upset to order, and gets up after finishing eating to pay the bill at the bar because someone only checks on you every 25 mins. Seated, 25 minutes, order, 20ish minutes, food, 25 minutes. Ask for check... You get the picture. I know Italian culture is different than American, but this was hands down our worst experience in a 12...