Venice Restaurant & Banquet Center

Nice view of Atlantic Avenue from their Sky Bar is a great selling point. The food is solid and the menu has many choices. I had the chicken parm which was good, not the best I’ve had, but good. Drinks are excellent, and the portions are generous. Definitely a good place for date night or family night.

We came in at 9:30 on a Sunday night. The staff openly criticized us for coming in late. Then we were served beer on tap which was beyond flat. Worst of all, there was a large insect in my girlfriend’s chicken Caesar salad. Avoid this place at all costs.

Food is great. The service was great. The décor is outdated as is The 70’s and 80’s slow pop music. Location is good. Would go back.

Prime rib special is always good. Never had a bad meal or experience here. People are nice and professional, prices are in line with what you get and the service and ambiance in all areas of the store are quite good. Not a 5 star experience but reliably 4 stars every time!

Service is very slow… food was good clams casino… delish…calamari…decent…meatball grinder… good…it would have been a 4 star review but the service was so slow!

Went on a Sunday night. First of all our server was a vert pleasant young lady. I started with the Née England Clam Chowder, very good. Then I had Shrimp Scampi. Five large shrimp that where cooked great with lots of flavor. Pasta also had good taste. Only downer, it was a lot of Linguine. Couldn’t eat it all.
Others had the Spring Rolls, Chicken Parmigiana and Ravioli. No complaints on any of those dishes.

Great place for family parties, weddings, or upstairs bar for watching sports and late dinners alone, business guest or a date. Great views from upstairs bar! Friendly staff.
Casual or dressy. Parking great.
Prices a bit higher than average. Food is pretty good. Not my go to place for dinner, but definitely for events. It is probably the best upscale place for dinner near the beaches. Has an elevator from parking level to restaurant and up to bar which is great for older people and handicapped. Wednesday is pasta night special!

We had dinner at the lounge and then the sky bar for drinks after. We started with the oysters which my boyfriend really liked then I got the chicken parm and he ordered the linguine and clams. My entrée was awesome, fresh chicken and great sauce. His clams and pasta he never stopped raving about. The sky bar had good raspberry cosmopolitans and was a sports bar atmosphere. We would absolutely go back!

Oysters on the half shell were fresh and ice cold. Roasted romaine salad was excellent. Chicken piccata was very tasty with nice sized portion.
Much improvement in quality of food.

My fiancé and I had dinner in the sky box for valentines day. We sat at the bar, and the bartender was great. I think her name was Kristy. All the food was delicious. We had scallops wrapped in bacon and a Caesar salad as our appetizers. My fiancé had prime rib and I had the new York strip with a lobster tail. Everything was amazing!

3.5 stars. Nice staff, extensive menu. Excellent veal marsala and prime rib. We would recommend this place. Evidently the Skybox bar upstairs has a nice view in the summer.

This review is for the Skyview Lounge that we visited on a recent Saturday afternoon after checking in to a motel nearby. Our group of eight was the only party except for a lone person at the bar; it’s January in Westerly so this wasn’t a huge surprise. The bartender was friendly and efficient. The lounge had appetizers (bar bites) for great prices. We had an assortment of the apps including meatball sliders (excellent), potato skins (average) and french fries which tasted like fresh cut. Drink prices were reasonable, too. The best part though is the view. From our window seats at the top of the building, we looked out on a salt marsh and beyond that, Atlantic Avenue (Misquamicut) and the Atlantic. We were planning on returning at midnight for a night cap but the place was dark and locked up tight even though we were told they’d be open until 1 a.m. No one was surprised — it is a ghost town in January in Misquamicut. I’d love to return in the summer.

We had our Thanksgiving dinner this year at Venice. The food was delicious, the service acceptable.
We had a large party of 17 people and overall the service handled it well but it wasn’t overly busy due to it being Thanksgiving and 12noon. The only complaint would be the lack in attention to drinks. Both my husband and I needed refills and ended up finally having to ask for them when she brought the check because we didn’t see her for 20 mins before that. Otherwise attentive and friendly staff.
The food was very good, well seasoned turkey, great mashed potatoes and stuffing. The green beans were seasoned and cooked to perfections, still a crisp bite to them. All the food was just really great, no complaints there at all. I am looking forward to another visit to try some of their regular dishes, I bet it will be very good.
Overall very good food and worth a visit.

Went with a party of 14 yesterday for Pasta night. Although busy, they accommodated us all together. Victoria was our waitress and was very patient and helpful. Pasta bar was outstanding! The only negative was I ate too much but left wanting to try more. I will be back

Ate there yesterday. Chicken rosemary and mashed potatoes. Very well cooked. juicy chicken with crispy skin. Accompanied by some green asparagus. Delicious, and for the price, a good deal. Service was good too, and our food came out in acceptable time.

$ 1 Oysters everyday between 4 – 6!!! Great cozy spot. Amazing homemade pasta. GREAT Restaurant with a FIREPLACE. Bar «Sky Bar» on the Top Floor. It looks like a hotel with limited parking but there is a ton of parking in the back! My boyfriend and I don’t really want to share the secret that this is THE BEST spot in westerly, but I couldn’t resist. We had calamari, ravioli, a ton of oysters, and great cocktails.

Good food, good service, great views from Skybox. The fried clams are great. They never disappoint. Highly recommended.

Came to Venice on a recommendation – and I think they must’ve been drunk when dining here because this restaurant is beyond sucky. Place was pretty dead – we should have taken that as a sign. Started with calamari. Unfortunately, it was gross. I ate one ring and was done. It was sitting in water, totally soggy. Breading was falling off. Reminded me of microwaved frozen fish sticks. Ew. My bf ate it, flavor was ok for him (and he was starving.) Then came the meals: homemade ravioli and shrimp scampi. My ravioli were not cooked properly– rubbery edges and mushy centers. Red sauce had no flavor. My boyfriend’s scampi was the crowning disaster: 2 shrimp were not cleaned and tasted, «like feet.» Sauce was flavorless, sans the feet taste. It was so bad, he made himself well… revisit the dish in the restaurant bathroom on our way out to hopefully ward off any food poisoning (still pending on that front, as I’m typing this as we leave.) The single star is for the nice staff but good God fire your chef.
Side note: cell reception is basically nonexistent
Second note: After reading these reviews, looks like it all has gone downhill since a new chef has taken over? (After my rec visited Westerly.) Owners! If you are reading these reviews – take notice! A bad chef can kill a business. Take action!

Have to trim original review, it doesn’t fit!
My wife and I looked forward to our Friday night «date night». I was sick with a cold, but I insisted we go out. We decided on Venice as it usually has pretty good food on busy nights. Also, it is near Misquamicut beach where we were going to take a walk afterwards.
We ate at the bar because that’s just what we usually like to do. She had a wine and I had a club soda. We spent a good deal of time trying to figure out what to have for dinner. I asked the bartender, Katie, if I could get the ravioli (17 dollars) with a side of salmon (no price listed but a side of chicken or 4 meatballs was 4 dollars). She said, «sure, no problem.»
The pasta was a little heavy but overall it was a good meal. The company was excellent of course. We had a good time. Then I got the check. What should have been about a 50 dollar meal had somehow become a 65 dollar check. Not only had I been charged 17 dollars for the ravioli, but I was charged 18 dollars for the salmon.
Now I want you to understand, this was a 4 – 5 ounce piece of salmon. It was cooked nicely but it was definitely not worth 18 dollars with no sides or dressed up presentation. I’d have been okay paying 8 dollars extra on top of the meal price of my ravioli, but definitely not the price of a whole additional meal.
I talked to Katie. She told me the manager wasn’t going to do anything about it. I was shocked. I told her to get him anyway for me.
It took him a solid 5 minutes to come. I used to work in the restaurant business. I know that a manager should make it his priority to talk with upset customers. I did not feel like a priority.
I explained the situation to him. I explained how a side of 4 meatballs, chicken, scallops or shrimp is 4 dollars when added to a pasta meal according to the menu. I showed how there was no written price for adding a piece of salmon to the meal. He explained how it is 4 dollars for 1 scallop or 1 shrimp. I had not realized this at the time and admitted such, but that is truly beside the point as salmon is not listed as a side for a meal. He then showed me another section of the menu that has salmon listed at 18 dollars for a dinner. I then told him that the bartender should have said something along the lines of «Just so you know, the side is going to be 18 dollars», more than the meal itself. The meal altogether cost more than the seafood fra diavolo which has lobster in it!
The manager said his hands were tied and he refused to do anything about it. He told me, «This comes from the top» and «The owner won’t let me do anything about it.» He proceeded to walk away from me as I was talking to him. I paid the bill and left a 10% tip. I always leave a 25% tip, but this just wasn’t right and the bartender should have said something to me. My wife and I left the restaurant. I was ticked, but I was determined not to let it get me down.
On the way home I went to get gas, but my card was declined. I looked up my account and found Venice Restaurant had double charged me. I was pissed. I drove back to the restaurant and asked for the manager. He took his time again but I wasn’t being as polite as before. He saw me glaring at him and decided he better come over.
I explained and showed him with my phone and banking app the double charge. He went behind the bar for a few minutes with the bartender to look over their charges. He came back and told me only one charge had been submitted. He said an extra wine was initially charged, but this simply wasn’t true. When I initially discussed the cost of the meal with the manager the extra wine was not on the bill. I never gave my credit card until AFTER discussing the bill with the manager. There was no extra wine on the bill to be taken off, ever. I believe they double charged me and when I came in they reversed the second charge and made up the whole «extra wine» story.
I again explained my disappointment in the restaurant. The manager told me «I understand» and «I agree». I replied, «No you don’t or you would have done something about it.» I explained to him how he was extremely rude in walking away as I was talking to him. I explained to him how my mother had her wedding their 7 years ago. I explained how I have eaten there many times and never will again. I explained how I was going to blog and review the crap out of this.
The manager just smiled and didn’t offer any recompense whatsoever. I said «Now you just stand there.» He just stared at me, a twinkle in his eye. I continued, «Look at you, you’re getting a kick out of this.» I ended the night with, «You’re a pleasant fellow. Have a nice night.»
I will never eat here again and I don’t recommend you do either. No one should give business to a restaurant that treats its LOYAL customers so poorly. Also, the issue with two charges to my account is something every wary consumer should be cognizant of. There are other (better) Italian restaurants in Westerly and the surrounding area.

The waiter was attentive and refills were quick. He was very polite and attempted to pronunicate each word. He was very descript and knew the menu well.
The restaurant is on the fine side but the entry way appeals to be part of something else like a hotel.
The menu selection was small. The Caesar salad was large based on the price and anticipated appetizer. The shrimp scampi lacked flavor. Other than the shrimp it was bland. The presentation was nice and they did not leave any shell on (just the tails).
The ny strip was well presented and superb. No complaints here.