El Cason In Venezia

20/04/2026: We came here on every trip to Venice, after a local friend recommended it. On previous four occasions, we were always happy with the food. The fiori di zucca and the fish of the day were stand-outs. The amuse bouche to start the meal is also always delicious. This time, unfortunately, both of the pasta dishes were severely over-salted (even my cousin who generally uses too much salt said they were too salty!). We pointed that out, but because we ate more of the one pasta (before we concluded it wasn't worth suffering through all that salt and stopped) and barely touched the second (after we tasted it and it was just as salty as the first and we already had too much salt for one meal), the waiter focused on that second pasta and said it was supposed to be salty (with smoked cheese). I pointed out (all in Italian) that both pastas were too salty, not just that one, and that we had had pastas here before and they were never that salty. At the end, the manager brought the check, said they didn't count one of the two pastas, but that it was "good" and not overly salty at all. That kind of attitude of "we'll make an exception and take it off your check but tourists don't know what pasta should taste like" is why we sadly won't come back. Four guests all thought both of the pastas were overly salty, so it was impolite for the manager to claim they were not. (And some of us have been to Venice 10+ times and are frequent travelers in Italy, so not ignorant tourists.) Sadly, this ruined our previously positive opinion of this restaurant. 5 stars for the fish of the day, amuse bouche and previous experiences, 1 star for the over-salted pastas and service. Rating it 3 overall.

10/04/2026: Far too expensive, very poor value for money, most dishes are €28/30, a glass of wine is €10 and the service is more than cold, in short….