Locanda Zanella In Cavallino-treporti

03/07/2024: 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.

01/05/2024: 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.