Al Parlamento

Great spot for cocktails outside the tourist traps near San Marco and Rialto. Across the canal from our hotel, this place offers a great selection of cocktails with appetizers, salads, sandwiches and pizza with a rotating dinner menu. Very friendly service and great atmosphere offers an awesome alternative to the over hyped places near the city center. Definitely come out here for a few meals /​drinks.

This was my favourite night in Venice. A really cool cocktail bar on the quieter end of town. Cocktails were only 5 euros until 9pm and even after that they weren’t expensive.
I loved the interior– it was nautical themed without being cheesy. Venice is full of tacky touristy places so it was refreshing to step into somewhere a bit smarter.
The cocktails were excellent. We tried several. There were classics, lots of twists on the classic spritz and some I hadn’t heard of. The champagne cocktail went down very well.
As well as drinks there is food available. They had a menu of toasties, bruschetta, pizza, salads and a menu of the day with pasta and so on. We chose a few items and shared them while drinking, which was a relaxed way of going about it. The caprese salad came with lovely buffalo mozzarella, the tomato and anchovy bruschetta was salty and delicious– the tomatoes stood out on this one. We also had grilled vegetables and chicken skewers which were a little over cooked but very nice.
If you’re bored of very traditional or very touristy food in Venice, come here, have some cocktails and share some food. You will be happy!

Wonderful salads, large portions. Had the pizza and it really had the wow factor. This place mainly caters to the locals, barely any tourist, which attest to their authenticity. Nice outdoor seating by the canal. Very friendly English speaking staff. Overall pricing was really affordable for that premium quality. They also distinctively played 80’s US/​UK pop music which was interesting. Though they had a mixed crowd of young and old, the overall vibe is young, relaxed and fun.

Stumbled upon this for breakfast, early. Deliciously made café latte and ham & cheese sandwiches. Super friendly service. Seating inside and out on the canal. Nice breeze.

Luckily come across this lively and friendly bar by accident, and spent a good few hours knocking back spritz and chatting. Small, but we mainly stayed outside with everyone else, none of us being affected by the cool January evening.
There was music, but I do not recall what it was