Dalla Mora

This place has all the trappings, looks and feels of a tourist trap, and by most standards it probably is one, but we had a blast here anyway. Seated just off the canal in the spring sunshine, we enjoyed two of the best pizza’s we’ve ever had, one of whom was a great pizza bianca with a pumpkin (‘Zucca’) sauce. Topped up with a decent house Valpolicella, and we got good pizza’s, wine, sunshine and Murano atmosphere for only 38 €. Definitely value-​for-​money.

Good gluten free option for Murano.
We stayed on Murano, a quieter alternative to staying in overcrowded Venice and came across Ristorante Dalla Mora one evening. Walking distance from most Vaporetto stops on the island (not sure but maybe Museo or Venier are probably the closest), Dalla Mora offers indoor and outdoor seating on a canal. Having celiac, I was thrilled to see that they were familiar with ‘senze glutine’ and had gluten free pasta, which I ordered. The pasta was so good my wife wasn’t sure it was gluten free! We confirmed with Tanjil, our waiter, who promised us it was. My wife got grilled salmon, which she really enjoyed. Food is good, not excellent. Prices are reasonable — expect to pay at least 15 euros per person or more, depending on the number of dishes and type of drinks you order. The setting is very nice, and we were very pleased with the service we got. Thank you Tanjil for taking such good care of us and ensuring that my meal was gluten free!

Unfortunately the food here was definitely sub-​par compared to the other meals we’ve had during our stay in Venice. The waiting times were pretty awful, it took 25 minutes just to ask us what we wanted for drinks. The portions were on the smaller side and the mains came with no vegetables or sides whatsoever despite the high-​ish prices (we had grilled salmon and beef).
There was a € 3 service charge per person and a 12% gratuity fee, for our order this meant 30% of the cost had nothing to do with food or drinks, which seems shocking.
The food quality was average at best, we heard tables around us complaining they’d received the wrong orders (although this didn’t happen to us).
Would not come here or recommend, there are plenty of less expensive and better meals to be had in Murano.

La nourriture correcte mais pas incroyable. La taille des pizzas est conséquente mais les lasagnes étaient minuscules, et froides au milieu (du réchauffé je suppose).
Alors qu’au départ nous voulions prendre des desserts, nous avons abandonné l’idée après 30min d’attente pour qu’on vienne nous desservir. Après avoir demandé la note (encore 20min d’attente) Nous avons dû payer 12% de service et 2 € par personne pour des couverts… Soit plus de 6 € de frais sur notre note.
Le personnel a qui nous avons eu affaire n’était de plus pas aimable…

I have to admit, this place gave us the best meal in Venice. Granted, we didn’t look very hard for really good food while we were there so it might not be hard to find better, but what we did get there was quite delicious and that if you are on the Murano Island in Venice, you really should go and order it — this would be their seafood spaghetti. For 30 EUR for two people, it’s not cheap, but they don’t cheap out on the seafood (shrimps, crayfish, squid, mussels, clams, and RAZOR CLAM). I’m not sure if it’s the pan that’s deceiving or the food is that good, but when the pan came, we thought that there was no way we could finish it, except not only did we finish it, we cleaned every bit up and wiped it clean with bread, offering the last bite to each other but both secretly hoping the other person would say no.
They do charge a cover fee of 2 EUR per person on top of a 12% automatic gratuity, so if you sit down, don’t ask for water, just order the seafood dish, you would walk away with a 34+4.08 (38.08) EUR bill. If you are like us, who said no to water but got 3 glasses of wine (in addition our neighbour table kindly offered the extra wine in their bottle or else that wouldn’t have been enough), you’d end up with a 51.52 EUR bill.
Expensive? Yes. Worth it? My boyfriend thinks the pasta was better than any paella he had in Barcelona. Myself? I wouldn’t make that comparison. But if you are okay with forking out the cash on a sunny afternoon and sit next to a canal, I would totally go for it.

Pizza was ok. The previous reviews are accurate in explaining that the service is slooooooooooow. Unless you have hours to wait and wait and wait. Avoid this place.

Best all-​around meal we’ve had in Venice so far. The menu is very extensive, which was welcome after several days of the same old fare. The restaurant is patroned by locals and tourists alike, so they’re doing something right.
We ate outside, which is always nice, and had a seafood-​centric feast: mantis shrimp (ok), three-​fish carpaccio (fantastic!), sea bass baked in Salt (very moist and filleted tableside), and a pasta sampler with pumpkin ravioli, seafood gnocchi and seafood lasagna (would have been good if it were warmer), as well as the bottle of house wine.
All of that, with cover, for a little over 70 Euros!
Our server was pleasant and attentive, and brought us a complimentary granita (iced lemon drink) as an apéritif.
If we lived in Murano, or even in Venice, we would go here on a weekly basis.

We were here for lunch. Food was fine, not amazing. Prices were high, PLUS a 2 Euro fee per person, PLUS a 12% gratuity … and then we were mostly ignored, lied to about how much wine we were getting, and it took over 30 minutes to get our check. Another 10 minutes to get my change.