Sagra Rooftop Restaurant and Bar — Restaurant in Venice

Some dishes are amazing, others miss the mark completely. Also, service can be completely, totally and utterly PAINFULLY slow. The closer you get to dessert, the longer things take. Which is really too bad, because dessert is one of their strong suits.

Our first night here, we had a party of 15. Everything was served family style and required no one to look at a menu (except for drinks).

The meat and cheese board was huge! Plenty of selections! Our table was particularly smitten with the little squares of fried dough to dip in honey.

I enjoyed the arancini. I found it to be more flavorful than you find at a lot of places. But the caprese Salad is what blew me away! The mozzarella was the softest, creamiest, most delicious I've ever had! I could eat that every day.

For me, both of the pastas were disappointing. Maybe because expectations are particularly high when you're in Italy? One was seafood ravioli - very popular at our table. The other had red sauce, parm crips and pistachios. I absolutely loved their red sauce!! But there was so little of the sauce and so much of the thick noodle. I can say that the noodle was cooked al dente and nicely salted.

Lastly, we all shared a plate of desserts. The hazelnut brownie and tiramisu were definitely my favorites! But everything was really quite impressive. Even the desserts/flavors I wouldn't normally go for were all divine!

The next night was more casual. I went for the caprese Salad again. And for my main, hubby and I shared lamb and gnocchi. Both were underwhelming - not a lot of flavor, not a lot of anything going on.

This time, we ended with gelato. My husbands pistachio was by far the best I've ever had!! And my scoop of chocolate was very, very rich (think 75% dark chocolate).

The prices are high, some dishes are misses and things can be slow. But the staff is very friendly and some of the food is...

Came here for lunch once in the inside part and we both had the burger. It was delicious and the fries were also super good. Service was great and yes overall it was pricey but the convenience of not having to take the shuttle was worth it since the burgers were so good.

We came back later in our stay for dinner after a long day of sightseeing but this time we sat on the outside patio. The service again was fantastic but this time we got a welcome drink which was delicious and an arancini amuse bouche which again was fantastic. The bread provided was just ok since we thought the crust was too hard but the basket came with some amazing focaccia bread.

For the mains we had the pappardelle al ragu and the seafood spaghetti. Both were fantastic! Portions were on the smaller side but with the bread it wasn't an issue. For dessert we tried the tiramisu experience and the lemon tart. The lemon tart filling was good but the shell was way too hard. The tiramisu was definitely the highlight though and was one of the best I've ever had. The fact that it's made tableside was also neat so I would highly...

We were really excited for Sagra and truly were expecting more given its exclusive location and price point. Unfortunately, it wasn’t one of the best meals we had in Venice. We felt that the menu was limited and although I appreciated its creativity, it felt very expensive for what we got. It was the first meal in Venice where we left a bit hungry after paying a pretty penny!

We had the torta as an appetizer and it was just too small. For entrees, I had the pasta with octopus and my partner had bucatini with meatballs. My pasta was delicious and so was my partner’s, but portions were more on the smaller side. Thankfully mine was a bit bigger, but his had more meatballs than pasta. Come on, Sagra, no need to be stingy with the pasta.

Service was really good but the whole experience felt rushed. We were done with dinner in no time. One of our favorite things about Europe is being able to take our time dining and not be rushed, but it felt quite opposite here. Also — it’s ridiculous that they charge per person for the table/to make a reservation. The views are great but at night you...