Antico Caffe’ Martini

Well — Let me be the first to clue you in. There are certainly people that will love this upscale dining experience (you can find them on trip advisor maybe). My husband and I also enjoy fine dining — but this — as I have rated — is how I feel. We were visiting for our honeymoon — and had a wonderful visit — saw and ate so much off the tourist path — it was truly wonderful — a great start to our trip. We rented an apt. steps from this restaurant and as it had gotten pretty chilly at night — this was a perfect pick for our final dinner. Or so we thought. We did get in without a reservation — around 9pmish — wonderful. The atmosphere is very lovely. Unfortunately — The waiter from the start was quick with us — we ordered wine (and he seemed annoyed we didn’t magically know what we wanted — tho we had no wine list) — water — salads and split an $ 85. steak. Soooooo. .. I would love to be treated like guests in your country — in your establishment. We would also have ordered dessert but the service — tho very efficient — was rude. Now maybe this is just me — but when you are planning to spend a good amount of money — you expect to be treated cordially. It was weird — Perhaps there was a cultural barrier — but I do know enough Italian to get by and politely ask for almost anything — so I don’t think it was something I did. We did not encounter this anywhere else. And the food was good — it was well displayed and should have been a $ 100. meal — then I would not feel so cheated of a wonderful evening. We stayed for coffee — which the waiter gave me a. .. well — hurry up an order something — look and shrug. There are many many much better food/​experiences in Venice — we had better luck just stumbling into a place. Much better luck. Spend your tons of money elsewhere :) But do go to La Fenice — they have amazing lovely talent — one is a close childhood friend :) This is an example of money well spent.