Vini da Gigio In Venezia

A truly special moment in this sublime restaurant. A superb setting, homemade local recipes, and a quality wine selection. Thank you to the Vini Da Gigio team for the warm welcome, and a special mention to the waiter who spoke French! Thank you again, and we hope to see you very soon.

Excellent experience for the quality of the food and raw materials, traditional cuisine with attention to detail, very comfortable space, excellent service, family atmosphere. Nicolò, the owner, is a very helpful person who loves his job.

I came here because I was looking to have an experience with the fegato alla veneziana AKA venetian style liver and onions and found them highly recommended through my Google research. Honestly, it was a life changing meal - I never knew liver and onions could taste this good. The liver was so soft and flavorful. With that said, I usually do enjoy liver, and my fiance who hates liver tried it and noticed it was good but he still didn't like the texture/ taste of the organ meat as he kept chewing it. My fiance had a pasta dish - perfectly cooked. The table bread was better than it looked, but it doesn't come with any butter or oil, so I used the bread with my delicious dish to soak up all the flavor and enjoy it more fully. I'm not a big dessert person, but the tiramisu was very good also. The service was excellent! We were very lucky to get there last open table without reservations as we rushed to get there right when they opened, but probably would recommend having a reservation ahead of time as we watched them turn away several unreserved customers while we were eating.

Best wine list I’ve ever seen outside a Michelin star joint and even then it beats most. Food was creative and high quality. Attentive service with helpful recommendations.

A warm, elegant restaurant perfect for a special dinner — we celebrated our anniversary here. The staff were incredibly kind, especially our waiter, who turned out to be married to a Turkish flight attendant and chatted with us warmly. Everything we tried was delicious: oysters, grilled octopus with pumpkin, baby calamari, and crab pasta. Two glasses of white wine, tiramisu, and prosecco to finish — the meal cost €132, and it was worth every cent. Refined yet unpretentious — one of the best dining experiences we had in Venice.

Had an awesome experience in this typic venetian restaurant. Ambiance was great and service really amicable. Food was really good and wine selection is exhaustive. Perfect restaurant away from the crowds and perfect if you’re looking for an authentic experience.

Delicious dishes, succulent wines, and quality breads. The service was certainly courteous, but with one major drawback: they didn't indicate certain unavailable options (ingredients out of stock or out of season) and only informed us when we wanted to order them, resulting in unpleasant surprises (twice, in fact: first courses AND desserts!) and unnecessary back-and-forths. So we did without. Yet this is the basics of service, respected even in restaurants that claim to be less "refined." It's all the more regrettable given the €4 service charge per person. As for the pace, everyone has their own pace, but for us, it was more of a lack of attention, especially towards the end of the meal. We dared to pay at the counter while walking through the barely half-filled room, with three servers chatting among themselves, after a 10-minute wait. Maybe we got a bad time slot, who knows...

Authentic restaurant with excellent food and very friendly staff. Super!

I always go to Vino da Gigio when I'm in Venice for dinner. For me, it's a guarantee for sophisticated dishes based on classic Venetian cuisine, and the wine list leaves nothing to be desired. Always happy to go back 😋

Returning here after more than 30 years, we were delighted that Vini da Gigio is still run by the same family and the food is still wonderful. Everything is done well: sardines in saor, tagliatelle with truffles, the fritti Misti is a triumph - not showy just sparkling fresh and fabulous. Order sole al brachio and they take it off the bone for you in the traditional way. Lovely bread, fairly priced wine and above all the great atmosphere of a well run restaurant that continues to care about food, customers and Venice. One of the best!