Trattoria Do Forni — Restaurant in Venice

Please... make yourself a favor and do not go to this restaurant. I cannot even explain how bad this place is. We happen to go there because our concierge got us reservations there on pur first night in Venice. We read hood and bad reviews but we still decided to give it a chance... big mistake. Service is awful and food is honestly not good. We spent around 300 euros because the prices are relatively high... but we knew what we were ordering as everything has a price next to it, however it is overpriced in the sense that you are paying 42 euros for a dish that is just disgusting. My boyfriend ordered the fried fish as it was recommended by our server and it liteally had 2 pieces of calamari and everything else was just a bunch of sardines. I wish i would hava taken a picture to share with everyone... it looked like leftovers. Not even a nice presentation. Their prices are high so you are really expecting something else... its not worthy at all. I rarely write reviews like this, but i was really upset. I later found out that some concierges get paid a fixed amount by sending their guests to this restaurant... i do not know if its true, but it kinda makes sense because it is the only way soneone could refer you to them... in exchange of money only! Anyway... this is my honest review... i wasnt treated bad, nothing against the restaurant at all, but do yourself a favor and do not come to this place. There are many other AMAZING restaurants like Al Covo, Riviera, Linea d’Ombra... etc! But you need reservations ahead of time. So make sure to visit their websites or call them ahead of time if your planning a trip to Venice. Hope this review helps!!! I wish i would have listen to thos reviews that said not to go there because they...

Trattoria Do Forni

That your hubby, your wife, partner, beastie, best or worst daughter or son, anniversary birthday special occasion, date night or treat yourself and by all means leave those kids at home. I empathize no children for this experience.

Birthday dinner for Hubby at Trattoria Do Forni. He checked menus online to find what he wanted to eat. We spent so much time hopping from restaurant to restaurant it was tiring.

This is fancy like no other restaurant we have been to. Attentive!! We had 5 waiters waiting on us, white and black coat. I am here for it!!

This restaurant is an experience, for real.

Come with your chips and dip (coins and money). They are a little pricey but OMG!! the food is scrumptious.

I ordered the lamb chops, hubby got the lasagna. I did not get pictures sorry, by the time I remembered I was half way through and my plate was a mess. Trust and believe I don’t lie about my food.

I am not recommending I am telling you to go! 5 stars across the board.

Per person per entry 30 to 40 Euro. We had dessert. Coffee. I got a complimentary dessert. Strawberries and whip cream. Fresh🌺🌺🌺.

Got a few pictures of food around me.

Before I return home I want to say. You can spend Euros or American money. You can exchange or use your card. Most places take both but you came say Euro conversion which is better for you. I have a some Euro left from our other destination so I used the rest here for local shop. I don’t think you need to exchange unless you want to. Or use your card....

In fairness, we had already visited Florence and had the best meal in our lives at the Buca Mario. So this review may be a little jaded because they did not even come close to that experience. Wife wanted to eat here, apparently from reviews, so we ate here one evening right as they opened and were seated right away. We sat in the area right across from the cooking station and the fresh seafood station. Not the best location, noisy with the liters and cooks talking on the time, so no romance there. As far as the food goes, is was just a notch better that an excellent Italian restaurant back home. It was clear in the pasta that it was store bought and the amount of lobster was disappoint in the bowl, see photos. The lasagna was decent tasting, too much tomato in my opinion and overcooked. Same deal with the pasta, it tasted store bought. The Beef  with mushroom hunter sauce, too much gravy. The seafood plate had a very small portion of fish and too much sauce. We spent a good amount of money, over $150, for the meal. The service was also a little slow, maybe for us just opening. We do understand that it takes time to cook quality food, but once we were seated we felt no attention was given too us. Again, I think it was where we were seated. We would eat here again, but not before we try another restaurant there first. Thanks...