Venezia Italian Restaurant

4.3
(1,471 Reviews)
$$Italian
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Ratings of Venezia Italian Restaurant

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4.3
(1,471 Reviews)
yelp
Yelp
3.5
(460 Reviews)

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Location & Hours

Bright cafe offering classic Italian dishes, including pasta, pizza & entrees, plus sidewalk tables.

373 St Armands Cir
Sarasota, FL 34236
Monday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 9:00 PM

Recent Reviews

google
Feb 2024
Best Pizza in Sarasota!
google
Feb 2024
Fantastic service. Our waiter was Kevin and he was great, but really every team member we interacted with was so kind. Good food, great drinks, and they got the kids’ food out to us so quickly. This is a great choice for families!
google
Feb 2024
Me and my partner decided to eat here as the reviews were pretty good and we fancied a simple pasta dish each. The server was polite to start. We decided to order the Chicken arrabbiata and the mushroom tagliatelle along with the garlic flatbread and the house salad. The mushroom dish had uncooked pasta, dirty mushrooms mixed within the pasta and sat in a pool of dirty water suspended in oil. It looked horrific and was heavily under seasoned. The chicken dish was made with obvious pre cooked and sliced processed packeted chicken pieces which were cold with just a plain tomato sauce base which was piping hot. To eat it felt like you were starting to come down with an upset stomach. Salad was fresh however the flatbread was burnt on the underside. The beers were flat and cold. Like the pipes from the draft hadn’t been cleaned. The server politely asked if we would like any coffee or deserts and we declined and asked for the bill. He refrained from asking how our food was as it would have been obvious from our faces and our plates our disgust. Bill came and gave us no suggestion of adding an 18% tip only 22/25/28%!!!! We pre-calculated an 18% tip as the server was polite and wasn’t their fault on the food. But didn’t go above and beyond. I believe once they had seen the tip amount, wasn’t happy and became rather blunt with us on the exit, providing us with receipt's shouting my name at me that the specific receipt was mine. An absolutely awful experience and the worst meal we have ever had. Please avoid at all costs!!!!!!!!! Pasta should be simple and made with some heart and it’s obvious the heart isn’t here at the Venezia Italian restaurant.
google
Feb 2024
Where do I begin??? A lazy Hispanic waiter took our order, and within 4 min he arrived with both orders!!! How do you freshly cook Chicken Parm and Angel Hair pasta with fresh tomatoes and mozzarella balls, basil, evoo, etc in 4 min??? That was food that was sitting somewhere in the back for hours! It was cold dry chicken and overcooked thick pasta with sour sauce!! My husband go sick within 20 min of leaving!!! The Angel Hair pasta was served Cold with a few smashed up tomatoes, no basil, no EVOO, and no mozarella balls...instead I got a lump of over cooked angel hair pasta, one Large mozzarella ball with the skin attached!!! No basil, and definitely there are not using Extra Virgin Olive Oil....it tasted like a cheap mix of oils, rancid! We never saw our lazy waiter until he dropped off the bill....I wanted to speak to a manager, but no one there speaks English...or so they pretend????? Either way I cannot recommend this place as the food is lousy!!!! The restaurant (we sat indoors) is Dirty, including the tables and chairs.....it looks like one is sitting in a dirty dump run by immigrants!!!! If you want to avoid getting ill, I would suggest any other restaurant in St Armands Circle...this particular one should be somewhere closer to Mexico than the US...This is NOT an authentic Italian Restaurant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
google
Feb 2024
Great food, unpleasant service
google
Feb 2024
The staff was amazing.
google
Feb 2024
Food average. Very noisy. Service good.
google
Feb 2024
Lots of option for lunch, glad we stop by Venezia, food is excellent, service top notch, will definitely come back
google
Feb 2024
Quick yet elegant dining with a nice sized menu.


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(941) 388-1400

373 St Armands Cir, Sarasota, FL 34236