Venice · LUNCH EXPERIENCES
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The best lunch experiences can fill early in Venice. These 15 options show the differences clearly before the calendar tightens.
Hard Rock Cafe Venice set-menu lunch or dinner with priority seating by St Mark’s gondola station. Choose Gold or Diamond for $36.
“Great location. We had a fantastic meal. The staff were friendly and very accommodating. Wonderful experience. Enjoyed it very very much. Returned again for Prossecco. A great experience.”
Hard Rock Cafe Venice set lunch or dinner with skip-the-line priority seating, American classics, and rock memorabilia by Piazza San Marco.
“Table ready straight away served immediately food courses came out quick after each course very efficient”
Rialto Market shopping, a hands-on Venice cooking class, and a homemade 3-course lunch with unlimited wine, recipes, and small groups.
“Rosanna is really knowledgeable, down to earth, friendly and engaging. She is a great chef and we learnt alot during our market tour and cooking class! We will definitely try out the recipes back home and thank you so much!”
Prosecco Hills wineries tour from Venice with train, two winery tastings, aperitivo, and a family Osteria lunch in small groups.
“Carlo was spectacular! My husband and I had the best time on this tour. Definitely one of our trip highlights.”
Private Prosecco day trip from Venice to Valdobbiadene with winery tastings, a Veneto lunch, and door-to-door minivan transport.
“Tour guide was attentive and shared hidden 'local' small town restaurant for the included traditional lunch. Both prosecco tasting experiences were great and offered different settings: beautiful country hillsides and a small town event location. We were rushed out of the 2nd due to an event going on. We even stopped at a wonderful local cheese shop/factory for cheese tastes, though we were told later that we needed to pay 3euro for this special stop. Rating would be 5 stars and tip higher if cheese stop was an added/covered touch.”
Rialto Fish Market and cicchetti crawl with wine and lunch in Venice, guided by Anna. Learn to spot fresh fish and smart bacari.
“The title of the tour is very misleading. It should not be called a local fish market tour as virtually no time at all was spent in the fish market, which was disappointing. We had been looking forward to learning about the different types of seafood brought to the market from the lagoon and stopping to see the displays, but our guide led us quickly through the market without pause and we didn’t even have time to take photos. In terms of the foods offered, there was very little seafood, which was also disappointing. This is essentially a wine tasting tour with some cicchetti. It was also a very large…”
Escape Venice crowds on a 1.5-hour catamaran lagoon cruise with a light lunch, free drink, chill-out music, and views of San Marco Bay.
“Repas comme boissons insuffisants. En guise de repas un tout petit bol de taboulé avec une demi glace en dessert.”
Venice lagoon on a catamaran at 12:00, with chill music, a light lunch and one drink, plus spacious comfort and easy views.
“Loads of fun! We enjoyed our boat ride and the crew was very nice and welcoming and great! The food and drinks were good as well. Overall, A+”
A 1-hour, $29 light lunch at illy Caffè in Venice’s Royal Gardens near St. Mark’s, paired with cicchetti and an audio app.
“Ambiente piacevole, non si è potuto scegliere il dolce indicato nell'offerta. Per il resto personale cortese e gentile ed ingresso direttamente sui giardini reali”
Boat tour through Murano, Burano, and Torcello with a 4-course fish lunch, glass-blowing demo, and lagoon views.
“The 2 hour stop at Burano and the excellent fish pasta/ grilled fish lunch was great . Ferry needs to update bathrooms.”
Private Venice walking tour plus Murano lunch and Colleoni glass factory. Small group, Rialto and San Marco, boats, and artisans.
“Miss Ketty was an amazing guide and taylored the experience to our interests. We went shopping, we stopped to eat, did some sightseeing and learned a lot of Venician history; it was a blast. We then met her colleague John Carlo; he took us to lunch - where they accommodated my food allergy (glutten) and then to one of Murano's glass factories. He then escorted us back to the train station. Well worth the cost.”
1-hour panoramic lunch in St. Mark’s Royal Gardens area with a light 3-course meal and a mobile app for Venice sights and bacari.
“Lunch was heerlijk maar verschillende gerechten waren op. Als je er koffie bijneemt kost dat opeens € 16 meer. De desserts zijn erg lekker. Personeel is niet heel aardig op zo’n drukke locatie.”
Amarone Wine Tour from Venice with expert guide, lunch at Trattoria Alla Porchetta, small-producer tastings, and all-inclusive comfort.
“Mario was an outstanding tour guide. He was professional and customized the tour to our exact interests. We did a day in Valpolicella, an excellent walking tour of Padua with Rachel and a day in Prosecco. We learned so much about the making of Amarone wines. After that lovely day, we did a walking tour in Padua with Rachel. What a special gem this tour was. We saw the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes of Giotto that evening. Many we met later in Venice shared their love of those frescoes. I recommend this tour. Finally we spent a day in Prosecco Hills on a private tour. My husband and I are wine…”
Prosecco DOCG full-day wine tour from Venice with Mario, lunch, tastings, and a WWI bridge stop, limited to 11 in English.
“Venice is gorgeous, but it is a lot! Rachel (a now-native from Ohio) and her husband Mario enhanced our experience and made our (family of five with young adult/teens) three-day, post-cruise visit to this beautiful but crowded city SOO much easier. From our transfer from Trieste (during the G7 Summit - the city was all screwed up), then meeting up for great pictures spots, a gondola ride, then off to bars and restaurants. Our first day in Venice was filled with great sites and amazing food.”
Private Venice walk, gondola, and private boat to Murano for seafood lunch and a glass master demo, ending on the island.
“The tour was great. It went at our own pace and we saw what we wanted. Would definitely do it again.”
