Trattoria Corte Sconta

Rated one of the best seafood restaurants in the world. Could very well be. € 70/​person including coperto, appetizers (get the sampler — it takes over 30 min and three changes of plates just to eat that, but none of it is huge or overfilling), Prosecco, wine, primi piatti shared three ways, three secondi piatti, two veggie dishes, one dolce and one espresso. We skipped the cheese course, but that looked magnify ine as well. Our 14 yo loved the food as well. Grazie per il personale e di gestione per una serata così straordinario.

Move over Le Bernardin, Trattoria Corte Sconta is by far the best fish restaurant in the world. This was our third time there, the first time in January 1999 and the second December 2004. The fabulous experiences we had at Trattoria Corte Sconta were so embedded in our minds that we decided to make a special five and a half hour train trip after our vacation in Naples to Venice to have dinner at Trattoria Corte Sconta. We were not disappointed. It was even better than ever. The owner, Lucia, oversees the entire operation and makes sure everything is absolutely perfect. She greets each individual and makes them feel like a guest. She gets a sense of what they like and even though you are presented with a menu she gives suggestions as to what you should have. Our dinner stared with their fabulous bread, a bottle of wonderful local wine and a plate of thinly sliced tuna, swordfish and fresh anchovies presented in a fan pattern with frizzie greens as the base. Lucia told us the order in which to eat this dish. We skipped the pasta dish. We were then shown a beautiful bass (one fish for the two of us) for approval and before we knew it we devoured this amazingly soft delicious and perfectly cooked fish. With all this wonderfulness the place is casual, comfortable and homey. I definitely hope we will have the opportunity to return and have another amazing experience. It is worth traveling from any part in the world to eat at Trattoria Corte Sconta.

Pretty much the perfect fish restaurant in my opinion. Always fresh and always changing the menu, yet keeping the best dishes as standard!
The service is polite and attentive. The wine list small, selective and well priced. The bread varied and very tasty. The décor simple and comfortable.
The seafood linguine was insane, mussels, calamari, prawns. The tomatoes perfectly tart. The seafood gnocchi with seabass and swordfish sublime. A local sole main and fritti misti main were so well cooked it really ruins you for other places.
It’s a little pricey for this part of Venice but you get what you pay for. Couldn’t recommend more.

This restaurant was close to our hotel. Saw its good reviews and decided to give it a try. When we arrived, there were 2 couples that were walking in ahead of us. The funny part. All of us were English speakers using our phones to find the restaurant which was located (no hidden) on one of Venice’s many inner streets. Calle del Pestrin, Venezia
I got a little worried when I heard the couples ahead of us had reservations. We didn’t. To my surprise, the restaurant was able to seat us. Menu’s, we ordered some pelligrino… Ready to go. A waiter (very nice) came to our table, greeted us and told us about that evenings specials.
We explained we were short on time and heading to a concert. He asked about appetizers and other drinks. My wife ordered a glass of wine. The server indicated this was not offered. He spoke with a woman, I presume the owner who said she could order a glass of wine. The pour was a little on the light side. I doubt even 3oz. We ordered two entrees. We would have liked to try an appetizer, but sadly did not have the time.
Her’s was mushroom filled ravioli with a crab sauce. Mine was tuna Venetian style with sauteed onions and polenta. Her meal was pretty good, I tasted the ravioli. I think she got 6 of them. Mine was 4 large strips of polenta with the fish and onion in the center. I quickly discovered there was more polenta and onions than there was tuna. Was it flavorful, mostly yes. Did I get enough food. Just barely.
The dishes came with no sides. We were asked to order vegetables earlier, but declined. For 25 euros per plate, I usually expect something green along with the food. Bread was provided, but olive oil & vinegar or butter was not. Can live without these items too.
Funny thing about all restaurants in Venice. They charge a fee called «coperti». It’s usually. 3 – 4 euros per person (a sitting fee) and you will pay this regardless of how long you stay or what you buy. Think of it like renting the table. Buy a beer, pay coperti. Spend $ 125 euros and you will still pay this fee for each guest in your party. Not bad, just different than what most Americans are accustomed to. Would I go back. Maybe. While the service was adequate, the food, which is at least 50% of the reason for your visit was not memorable or extraordinary.

We had an outstanding dinner of monkfish appetizer, black linguine seafood pasta with calamari/​mussels and scappian fish with eggplant gnocchi pasta. The monkfish appetizer was generous in portion and beautifully presented. Elegant atmosphere and nice romantic dining spot. Service is terrific and attentive. Reservations are needed as the place was full due to reservations. We watched several walk-​ins be turned away. Nice touch that each table had patron’s name written on place card, and we were personally greeted by the owner Lucia.

J’ai organisé un voyage groupé ici. Le menu n’était pas donné (EUR 90) mais il était délicieux — excellents fruits de mer, coeurs d’artichaut succulents, bons vins de la région. Lucia est très gentille et accommodante. J’y retournerai souvent.

WARNING: the location marked on Unilocal’s map may be wrong. If it’s still marked on Sestiere Castello, north of the Arsenale, this is INCORRECT. If you go there, you’ll be treated to one of the only truly depressing spots in Venice. The actual address is Calle Del Pestrin 3886, Castello, 30 122 (you can verify on Google Map), which is just west of the Arsenale (150 meters west of the Lion of Piraeus to be exact). Getting lost in Venice is fun, but not when you’re starving. Anyway, this place is definitely worth finding. The courtyard is lovely and the food was great. Try to make reservations far in advance. They couldn’t fit us in for dinner at all during the week we were there, so we had to settle for lunch. The one negative was that after asking quite clearly for the check, the waiter took an inexplicably long time to get it to us. It was really more weird than anything.

Food and service are superb. Be careful about the directions on the map in Unilocal.The location is incorrect.

Now this is what I’m talking about — super sexy pasta in a super sexy city!
Ok so everything was expensive in Venice and it’s not somewhere I’d recommend taking a 2 year child to for the day (so many ups and downs with the buggy over the bridges…) but what they do well is the quality of the food and drink and with a good recommendation to go here we weren’t disappointed.
The black squid ink pasta with prawns was excellent and so was the fettuccine — really light, well cooked and lovely sauces. Also, if you’re sharing with friend/​partner then in advance they’ll split it half and half (just check out my snaps… awesome!)
Quite expensive at around 50 euros with bread, fizzy water and a little wine but well worth checking out.

The good was beyond delicious and fairly priced. Recommendations by the woman (I think an owner) were perfect!

I was lucky enough to discover this restaurant when it first opened in 1980 and since then I have been back about 15 times. It is still one of the best restaurants in Venice and my last meal a few days ago was just amazing as usual if not even better. Do yourself a favor and book a table here if you happen to be in Venice.

This place is all about the fish and boy do they know what they’re doing. Just go with the mixed appetisers for two (about EUR 27 each) — it’s three plates of amazing seafood, carpaccio of tuna /​swordfish, prawns, roes, clams in ginger and lemon, dressed spider crab — utterly heavenly. Then the mixed Altantic plate of grilled fish and seafood to share. Skilfully filleted at your table, gamberoni, bass, sole, dory, monkfish etcetc. Bizarrely the other big surprise is the quality of the bread basket — really lovingly made of artisanal quality. This is a top notch meal and must be one if the best restaurants in Venice.

Our best meal in Venice. No comparison. Seafood appetizer for two is outrageously good!

In my taxi ride to the hotel, I asked the taxi driver for a good place to eat in Mestre (which I initially thought would be deprived of quality places…).
He pointed me to La Corte, which was some 5 minutes walk from my hotel. And oh boy, was he right !
The setting, with dim lighting, wooden furniture, the mezzainine, and the central fireplace, were fantastic !
The service itself is very nice and attentionate, without being overwhelmingly present.
The food was amazing, too: I had the Gnocchi al ragu d’anatra, which was very tasty, yet not too heavy. My colleague on the other hand had some spaghetti alle vongole, which was really well cooked, very tasty, and still very much al dente !!!
The first courses were so large, that we could barely taste those pizzas we had ordered as mains (remember, this is Italy…:o).
Still, we took them away and had them the next day. They were delicious as well (Cappricciosa and Tris di Funghi…).
I’m looking forward to go back to Mestre, be it only for the food in La Corte !!!
Enjoy !!!

MMMMMMMM!!!
Found this in our travel guide, as a less touristy amazingly tasty fish option. Since Venice is incredibly difficult to find your way around on first visit, the bf and I decided to find this place in the day, so that at night we would be able to find the restaurant easily. Well, that almost worked. We visited about 4 – 5 enotecas before going to dinner here. We couldn’t help it, we wanted to try everything!
After arrival, we ordered a bottle of prosecco, the seafood appetizer sampler (some different choices that we never would have ordered– very good), and two pasta dishes. Everything was so fresh. It was our splurge dinner and well worth it! Would recommend to anyone in Venice!

Trattoria Corte Sconta
Venedig. Arsenale
Castello 3886, Calle del Pestrin
Tel. 041 5 227 024
email corte. sconta @
Ruhetag Sonntag und Montag. Menü ca. EUR 46.00 Wie in meinem Bericht über das Gritti Palace bereits geschildert, flüchteten wir aus dem Restaurant des Hotels, liefen über den Markusplatz Richtung Arsenale und wurden magisch von den engen Gassen angezogen. Hier finden Sie das wahre venezianische Leben kaum Touristen.
Fasziniert bestaunten wir den kleinen, schummrigen Laden eines Maskenmachers. An den Wänden die fantasievollen, handgearbeiteten Masken der Commedia del arte, wir waren begeistert und erstanden sogleich einige der kleinen Kunstwerke.
Mit dem freundlichen, alten Maskenmacher, der mich an die Hauptfigur des Ballets Coppelia erinnerte, kamen wir ins Gespräch und natürlich fragte ich ihn unter anderem nach einem typisch venezianischen Ristorante ohne Touristen er erklärte uns den kurzen Weg zum Corte Sconta, was wörtlich übersetzt so viel heißt wie Gerichts Rabatte. Damit konnten wir zwar nichts anfangen, aber unsere Neugier war geweckt, zumal hier die Ausläufer des Jüdischen Ghettos Cannareggio zu finden sind.
1562 gebrauchte Papst Pius IV. das Wort in einer Bulle erstmals für ein abgeschlossenes jüdisches Stadtviertel (Ghetto), das Erste überhaupt.
Ich erwähne dies nur, weil von hier aus die berühmten Süssigkeiten und Gebäck weltbekannt wurden.
Geradezu beseelt wurden wir durch die Töné der Vier Jahreszeiten von Vivaldi dem großen Sohn dieser Stadt welcher uns durch die schummrigen Gassen begleitete. Wir waren bereits dreimal am Scorte Sconta vorbeigeirrt bis ich es schließlich durch einen Blick nach oben fand. Über unserem Kopf hing schmiedeeisern das Logo des Ristorante, ein Teufel und eine Meerjungfrau, als CS Vignette. Nichts deutete ansonsten daraufhin, daß hier ein Restaurant, bzw. Trattoria (Taverne) ist. Eine wahre Entdeckung, wie sich dann herausstellte. Wir öffneten die schmale Tür und sogleich umfing uns eine wohltuende Mischung aus warmem Licht, heiterem Lachen, anregendem Stimmengewirr und neugierig freundlichen Gesichtern entgegen.
Das Entrée war gleichzeitig Bar. Wie in Italien üblich in guten Restaurants eine Riesenauswahl an Antipasti, sott’olios und separiert, große, geflochtene Korbschalen mit Gebäckspezialitäten. Und hinter Allem ein italienischer Koch, wie man ihn sich nicht italienischer pardon venezianischer vorstellen kann. Wohlgerundet, offensichtlich ein Genießer, ein ebenso rundes, freundliches Gesicht mit einem Bart, der Dali hätte erblassen lassen, dunkle, blitzende Augen kurz, eine Seele von Mensch.
Sofort wußte ich, hier sind wir richtig.
Wir wurden in den anschließenden Gastraum zur Linken geführt, zahlreiche große und kleine, dunkle Holztische und bestaunenswerte Stühle nämlich jeder für sich ein anderes Unikat. Von der Decke moderne Glasschirmlampen über jedem Tisch. Wenn man so will sehr puristisch, aber gemütlich.
Die Speisen– und Weinkarte sehr übersichtlich und klein. Das meiste wird am Tisch von der Patronin italienisch lautmalerisch erzählt.
Das Corte Sconta ist spezialisiert auf Fischgerichte Sie sollten entweder eine Variaton der Antipasti wählen oder eines der Menus. Wir wählten die Variation und als getränke natürlich den typischen venezianischen Vino Frizzante, was Prosecco meint, einPerlwein auf der Basis der Rebsorten Glera, Trebbiano, Pinot Bianco; strohgelb mit grünlichen Reflexen, ein weiniger, fruchtiger Duft; trockener, runder Geschmack. Den gibt es eben frizzante und still. Die Flaschen werden am Tisch geöffnet und in einen Glaskrug gegossen.
Die richtigen Getränke für das Feuerwerk an kleinen Tellern und Platten welches nun folgte. Da war gebratene Lachs Polenta mit Rucola und einem Stückchen pochiertem Lachs in köstlicher Vinaigrette. Meerspinne in Limettenmarinade, köstliche Schwertmuscheln, Muscheln und Scampi mit Ingwer in Vinaigrette. Sepiapasta mit grünem Spargel. Meeresfrüchte mit knackigen Gemüsen, es nahm kein Ende. Alles wohltuende, zahlreiche, kleine Portionen, eine delikater als die zuvorige.
Wir fühlten uns ringsum wohl das ist Gastronomie, wie man sie sich wünscht, kein Schikimicki mit geschnitzten Kartoffeln und Karotten, sondern echte und kreative Kochkunst. Salute! Bravissimo!
Die Zeit verflog im nu.
Dann folgten die Dessertvariatonen, ein Feuerwerk für sich. Und hier fanden wir heraus, warum die Desserts und das Gebäck aus dem jüdischen Ghetto so berühmt waren. Eigentlich alles relativ einfach aussehende Spezialitäten, welche es aber in sich hatten. Reischiffchen aus Blätterteig, karamelisiert. Höhrnchen mit duftigem Citronenschaum, Winzige Tartlettes mit Früchten, dazu Espresso doppio, ein Espresso Veneziano mit einem Schuß Amaretto und wie bei einem Machiato etwas Milchschaum obenauf. Dazu eine Auswahl an Grappa die Flaschen wurden mit Gläsern zur Selbstbedienung auf den Tisch gestellt.
Insgesamt ein Hochgenuß. Die Überraschung kam zum Schluß in Form der Rechnung, das Ganze für zwei

Our second visit. The food is excellent with emphasis on fish, but also has some vegetarian choices. The service is attentive and helpful. Definitely a popular neighborhood place for locals, but the menu is also in English. Lovely garden area in summer.

This place was a gem in Venice. It’s located just behind the main canal — far enough that it had a lot of locals in it. The food was quite nice and fresh.

Wenn man in Venedig ist und wenn man gerne gut isst– dann sollte man sich die Zeit nehmen und hier die Fischvorspeise essen. Sollte man alleine sein so wie ich es war — dann sollte man sehr nett bitten, da die nur für due personi gereicht wird. Wenn man dann sehr nett ist zu dem fantastischen tollen netten Kellner — dann bekommt man das leckerste Fischzeugs, was ich je gegessen habe (auf den Bildern das war bis auf die Gnocchi alles die Vorspeise). Vielleicht werde ich meinen Beitrag noch einmal erweitern, um das, was man da vor machen kann und soll und das, was man danach machen kann und soll. Zumindest das eine sei gesagt– direkt um die Ecke ist das Arsenale und dort ist die Modern Art Biennale. Wenn die gerade stattfindet, wenn ihr da seid — dann geht da hin! Das ist wirklich toll
Nachtrag: Ich habe gerade gelesen bei Michelin, daß das Corte Sconta das Lieblingsrestaurant von Hugo Pratt gewesen sei.

Mouais…
Au vu des louanges formulées sur ce restaurant dans tous les guides, nous en avions fait notre restaurant de fin de séjour ! Quelle déception ! Nous avons été méprisés littéralement par le serveur dès l’instant où nous n’avons pas pris l’entrée à 26 euros. C’est dommage, la cuisine reste bonne malgré l’accueil épouvantable !

Branchouille…
Le tout Venezia a élu ce lieu au mobilier en bois ciré comme cantie de prédilection. Résultat, le client moyen est un peu snobé, mais la cuisine est bonne (prendre des gnochis faits maison). Vous pourrez améliorer votre soirée si vous pouvez dîner dans la cour.

Bof !
Même si cette adresse est souvent citée dans les guides, nous n’avons pas du tout aimé, pour 2 raisons: l’accueil, né vous avisez surtout pas de choisir autre chose que les plats les plus chers, autrement le service sera dédaigneux; le rapport qualité/​prix: il né faut pas avoir faim, car les plats sont si chiches qu’on n’a pas le temps de savoir si on les trouve bons ! A éviter, donc.