Venice · LUNCH EXPERIENCES
The 15 best lunch experiences you can book right now, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is first for a reason; start there.
Hard Rock Cafe Venice set-menu lunch or dinner near St Mark’s gondolas. Priority seating, Gold or Diamond menus, plus optional Rock Shop stop.
“We went for 50th birthday meal and Fay was an amazing host”
Skip the line at Hard Rock Cafe Venice with a set lunch or dinner, drinks included, plus rock memorabilia and canal views.
“Very efficient check-in - Food was delicious, albeit a little slow. Great location to watch the gondoliers in action too.”
Private Prosecco day trip from Venice to Valdobbiadene with winery tastings, a local 2-course lunch, and door-to-door transport for up to 8.
“Private tour. Personal attention. I highly recommend. Our guide was very sweet and tailored the tour to our tastes. Highly recommend. Don't really need to talk about how good the Prosecco was, do i?”
A 3-hour Venice food walk around Rialto, ending in cicchetti, wine bar stops, and lunch with about 15 tastings for about $90.
“Excellent tour and guide! Lot’s of great insights about food and restaurant opportunities in Venice. Nice range of food and drink with nice options for our 14 year old son. Also, a nice pace to allow for good conversations. Had a great time and highly recommend the tour.”
Cruise the Venetian Lagoon on a spacious catamaran for 90 minutes, with a light lunch, free drink, chill music, and lagoon views.
“Repas comme boissons insuffisants. En guise de repas un tout petit bol de taboulé avec une demi glace en dessert.”
Noon catamaran lagoon cruise in Venice with light lunch, one drink included, and panoramic views of Giudecca and Lido, plus calm chill music.
“The light snacks and drinks were very tasty! We were the only ones on the tour which was nice. This is not a guided tour but we asked questions about what we were seeing, the crew happily obliged answering questions. The views are awesome especially if you trying to get your social media pics! Would totally do this again the next time I’m around.”
Skip-the-line light lunch in Venice’s Royal Gardens behind St. Mark’s Square, with cicchetti, main, dessert, water, plus an audio app.
“Ambiente piacevole, non si è potuto scegliere il dolce indicato nell'offerta. Per il resto personale cortese e gentile ed ingresso direttamente sui giardini reali”
Private Ferrari and Lamborghini day tour from Venice with museum visits, Fiorano track views, and a traditional lunch.
“Our driver was very safe, courteous and attentive. The museums were great and the lunch was good. This was a bucket list thing for me and it did not disappoint.”
Half-day Venice lagoon boat tour to Murano, Burano, and Torcello with a fish lunch, glass blowing views, plus time to shop lace.
“The boat ride was delightful, the glass blowing demonstration was great. The shopping afterwards was excellent. Our lunch was delicious too. Both quaint islands to visit for an enjoyable day. Totally enjoyed it.”
Private Venice walk to Rialto and San Marco, then Murano lunch plus a Colleoni glass factory visit with artisan demonstrations.
“Fantastic guide, so knowledgeable, couldn’t have been a more enjoyable experience. Thank you for the wonderful tour!”
Guided boat day to Murano, Burano, and Torcello with a glass-blowing stop and fish lunch, plus guided time in the Venice lagoon.
“Transport war sicher und gut zu den jeweiligen Inseln. Auf dem Schiff gab es auf fünf verschiedenen Sprachen kurze Informationen zu den Inseln. Deutsch leider mäßig, auf Englisch war alles gut zu verstehen. Auf Murano war die Vorführung sehr beeindruckend. Das Essen auf Burano ist wirklich zu empfehlen, jedoch bleibt durch das Essen wenig Zeit für die Besichtigung der Insel. Gern mindestens 20 Minuten mehr.”
Light Venetian lunch in St. Mark’s district at Illy Caffè Giardini Reali, with San Marco Basin views plus a Venice mobile app.
“We arrived at the shop where the wine tasting was to take place and the owner had no record of our reservation and was quite rude when we showed him our confirmation. We were two couples and he also said that, even if he had our reservaRead more”
Prosecco DOCG day trip from Venice with expert guide, included lunch, and vineyard tastings in the hills of Valdobbiadene.
“Venice is gorgeous, but it is a lot! Rachel (a now-native from Ohio) and her husband Mario enhanced our experience and made our (family of five with young adult/teens) three-day, post-cruise visit to this beautiful but crowded city SOO much easier. From our transfer from Trieste (during the G7 Summit - the city was all screwed up), then meeting up for great pictures spots, a gondola ride, then off to bars and restaurants. Our first day in Venice was filled with great sites and amazing food.”
Amarone Wine Tour from Venice with lunch, an expert wine guide, and tastings at small Valpolicella wineries, all in 8 hours.
“Mario was an outstanding tour guide. He was professional and customized the tour to our exact interests. We did a day in Valpolicella, an excellent walking tour of Padua with Rachel and a day in Prosecco. We learned so much about the making of Amarone wines. After that lovely day, we did a walking tour in Padua with Rachel. What a special gem this tour was. We saw the Scrovegni Chapel frescoes of Giotto that evening. Many we met later in Venice shared their love of those frescoes. I recommend this tour. Finally we spent a day in Prosecco Hills on a private tour. My husband and I are wine…”
Private Venice walk, gondola, and Murano boat trip with Venetian seafood lunch, plus a Colleoni glass master demo and shop discount.
“The first half of the tour with the Venice walking tour and Gondola ride was terrific. The second half was not. The Venetian lunch took up most of the time on the island. We can book our own 2 hour meal outside of a very expensive private tour. We had different guides for each part of the tour which meant we were being handed off to someone else.”
Every kind of day on the lagoon, and the best of each.
