Altanella In Venezia

A question on the Venice forum made me realise I hadn’t reviewed this so I added this review from our trip in May 2022. If you like seafood and are looking for a restaurant with a canal view this is worth the trip to Giudecca. The marinati of the day was three small portions. Aquadelle are local, small white fish like whitebait. A pleasant surprise was they had moeche - soft shelled crab only in season for a very short time depending on the sea temperature. Something my husband has in Venice when available. I had grilled sea bass - tasty, well cooked and filleted. We asked for a wine recommendation which we enjoyed. The moeche upped the price as you’d expect - 2 starters, a shared pasta, 2 mains, a salad, bottle of wine, bottle of water and a grappa cost us €152. If you want to sit on the terrace book. If you want a table at the front of the terrace book one specifically. The terrace isn’t very big and we heard people ask to move to a front table and be told they were booked. Understandable as there are only 4-6 tables from memory.

Very Venetian restaurant on Giudecca, full of Venetians lunching with lovely wine and traditional Venetian food (mostly seafood). Small menu but really liked the location, on the balcony over a canal.