Osteria Contemporanea In Venezia

12/04/2025: Really super elegant and delicious dishes!!!!!!

08/04/2025: Myself and my wife stayed at the hotel for a weekend and had the pleasure to dine at what I believe to be the best restaurant on the island. We started our evening with 2 cocktails which were twist on the classics, orchid daquiri and ginger sour. And second set of cocktails were recommended by the staff to try their aperol spritz and negeoni spritz with another twist which was just brilliant. Again, from the entire island the best cocktails handsdown. However expect to pay €25 per cocktail. The dinner started off with red prawn tartar with sweet flavours from the prawn and apples. Another starter was slow cooked port belly with sweet leek sauce and artichoke mash. We skipped the pasta dish as we tried this plenty of times on the island. Instead opted for pumpkin risotto, pumpkin chunks with demi glaze sauce and grilled quail. And turbot stuffed with its fatty belly meat and served with roasted sweet potatoes. The desserts just didn't stop. First we were sent a red dessert wine on the house, which again we didn't expect but highly appreciated. First round of desserts started with a soft cookie topped with fresh cream, custard and berries, no bigger than half the size of your index finger. Second came another small plate of chocolate, peach jelly and one another I cannot remember. And finally they brought out our desserts that we ordered, which was a bread and butter pudding accompanied by vanilla gelato and rum cream. And plate that resembles mushrooms in a field, the base of the mushroom was meringue with a soft cookie like cake filled with white chocolate and the red on top was a tangy berry flavour. The green on the plate was matcha cake crumbles with a few berries and raspberry jam. This is an experience well above other restaurants such as impronta which felt like a complete waste of money. I believe this restaurant doesn't get quite the attention as it's attached to the hotel, from 25-30 tables that were present only 3 were filled that night but this will change I'm sure. The bill will be close to €500 and unlike many other reviews here, the service and the food here do match that.