Cafe Venice

We just finished an anniversary celebration take out dinner. The veal and eggplant parm was outstanding and the portions are more than generous. Meatballs and spaghetti, lasagna, chicken wings....all wonderful dinners and a great appetizer. Thank you Mark and crew for working so hard and preparing us a more than delicious dinner. See you next week!

My take away: they have the good blue cheese, crinkle fries with an old bar feel but turn down the lights!Still chasing the south shore bar pizza scene. Cafe Venice was on the list. On street parking. Old bar vibe. One waitress working and I mean she was working! Super pleasant, super nice to our 2 year old. I wish their pizza was better as I loved the vibe here but the pizza isn't really bar pizza. It's priced the same and the same physical size but it's not cooked to perfection and too cheesy to be bar pie really.I want to go back and try the chicken parm.

My son took his gf here for her 21st birthday. They are foodies and go out to eat quite a bit. They are respectful young people and generally my son will eat most anything. He called me after leaving here very upset. He asked me if he knew how he could get a meal taken off a bill. I asked him what happened and he said the food that was brought out was so inedible he wouldn't even touch it. His gf took one bite of her meat and gagged. He respectfully asked if the meals could be taken off and was rudely refused so they let it go and went to eat elsewhere. They are hardworking college kids and are nice to everyone. Especially on her birthday they didn't deserve that treatment. Clearly they didn't eat the food. The management could have offered them something else. They didn't. I sent my son the $60 and told them to go to Mick Morgan's where at least they knew the food was edible. Not fancy for her birthday but not upsetting.I'm disgusted a proprietor would treat customers this way. Their money is as good as anyone else's, but apparently their satisfaction doesn't matter. He didn't want to make a ruckus, but it is behavior that deserves to be addressed. So here's your review, Cafe Venice. See you never.

Very open and seated right away. We r a group of motorcycle riders who go out every Tuesday and try a new different restaurant. Salads we were served we're good. The food was fresh came to the table promptly not as hot as I would have liked it to be but good otherwise. Just take a look at the photos and you'll know that food just melts in your mouth and is good Italian. We'll go back to try it again just to make sure that it's just as good

The food is very good! Well worth eating here. Local place with a great staff. Music on weekends. Just a great neighborhood spot. Love it.

Visited the restaurant again and completely agree with my first review. This place is just awful. The food is gross and they don't care. I will never go back there again, and this time I mean it. Terrible place.

walked in. was ignored for about five minutes then told I could sit where i wanted. Then told twice I couldn't sit where I picked. waited 20 minutes for a drink. others were served ahead of us. salads were weeks old. 2 cherry tomatoes 2 slices of cucumber. all old. and a bunch of browning iceberg lettuce. clearly premade but still took forever to come out. there were five of us. no one got through half of their meal. no one asked to take anything to go. waitstaff seemed unconcerned by this. literally the worst meal I've had in years. will never go back.

Ate here tonight and was shocked by the outrageous and irrational behavior of the owner. I overheard him argue with a customer and refuse to take back an obviously overcooked piece of meat from a customer who had ordered his meat rare - and insulted the patron in front of the whole restaurant. We later overheard the owner complain about the incident to other patrons, which was EXTREMELY disrespectful, inappropriate and unprofessional. I have worked in many restaurants and was taught the customer is always right. Apparently not here.As for my food, it was sub par. Greasy and tasteless eggplant parmesan. The whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. No need to go back.

Great place. Went for lunch and place was full and only one waitress was there and she was calm and very nice even though she was the only one on. I can't understand the mixed reviews but it was delicious! We all were happy with our meals!

Cafe Venice is a good, go to, local place. the bar is fun and the front of the house is very nice. The staff are terrific and very friendly. It's a solid 8 for everyday food and if you like the prime rib etc. I understand it's a solid 9. I say, go and enjoy!