SEPA — Restaurant in Venice

This place was so nice, I went twice! It was on my "to eat at" list because it was near my hotel and had high reviews about the cicchetti.

Here you truly do the Italian way - stand and eat while chatting with friends. I found this place by accident the first night I was meandering around Venice, and since I knew it was on my list, I decided to pop in. I love that they do not use plastic bottles, but rewash and recycle glass ones.

They have a great selection of cicchetti that rotates out, so you know it is fresh, and there are daily specials as well. I have never in my life had such delicious radicchio and caramelized onions!

A few days later, a friend of mine happened to be in town, so I suggested we meet here. I ordered a smattering of vegetarian options, and made sure to order the radicchio as well as the onion rose, and also opted to try the asparagus flan. That asparagus flan....omg. I could not believe how delicious it was - and my friend agreed! We saved the onion roses for last.

I recommend this place if you don't mind standing to eat and you want fresh, delicious...

My boyfriend and I stayed in Venice for four days. Our hotel was pretty close to this spot and I’m glad it was. SEPA is a small wine bar/tapas bar. It is hidden so it took a minute to actually find it. This place was amazing, so amazing that we came here multiple times during our trip. They have several type of wines and they were all good honestly. He allowed us to try a few red wines (what I enjoy) to pick which we wanted. I really liked the Cabernet. Here’s the best part... you can get wine bottles from like $3-$8 (depending on the size). The $3 bottle is actually a great size for having a couple glasses while hopping around bars. The food here was really good as well. There are tons to choose from and they are displayed right in front of you so you can look for yourself. I will say that my boyfriend was obsessed with the octopus from here. You order, pay and there are barrels and some areas around to stand...

We came here for cichetti on a Sunday. It had a great range of gluten free cichetti (the toppings were on polenta or there were skewers). Best cichetti we had in Venice. The queue to get food was not overly long and moved quickly. We came back the very next day to get more - it was that good - but on the Monday there were less polenta options and more fried items. We never got to the bottom of it, but we infer the menu might rotate/alternate day by day? Anyway, a fantastic place for celiacs if the items were like what we had on the Sunday. And if they aren’t, there’s another nearby option with consistent polenta options (Bacarando Corte dell’Orso) you could try if you...