Al Bagolo

I’m guessing something has changed at this restaurant since other Unilocalers visits as our was great. Really polite and friendly service. On top of that, awesome food! We had the grilled veggies (5 euro) that were really great especially with the fresh parsley as an accent. We shared the pasta (15 euro) stuffed with Seabass, wow! It had a light tomato sauce and shrimp and calamari on top. The bread was warm and good. Totally a place I’d recommend others go to. The diners around us also commented on how good their meals were. They have nice indoor and outdoor seating.

Ordered a carbonara and received a spaghetti with sliced prosciutto, not bacon. Complained and received an explanation that made me feel I was treated like an idiot.

This was my first Venetian restaurant upon arrival because it was one of the few places open before 7pm on a Saturday. It looked crowded outside but I think it was mostly people having drinks outside in the cold. The actual restaurant portion is tiny and there weren’t too many people.
We decided to order some appetizers before having dinner somewhere else. We ordered the crispy calamari and the sardines with onions (which I read is a Venetian speciality). Both tasted fine, but for 12 € each, you’re not getting a big portion. We also ordered the 10 € half liter of house wine, which wasn’t great. I also tried the 3.5 € spritz was was so sweet and bitter at the same time. Like most Venetian restaurants, water is not free so you have to pay 3 € for a bottle.
Unless you’re desperate and hungry like we were, I’d try another place. Also, trip advisor is a better resource app than Unilocal in Venice. I love Unilocal but not in Venice.

This place is amazing! We had a cheese plate as an appetizer and the cheese was incredibly delicious! I had the steak with roasted potatoes and my husband had the breaded milanesa. We were both extremely pleased with our meal. The red table wine was also perfect! We loved sitting outside too!

I should have read the reviews before going! We were staying very close to the Square that this restaurant is located) San Giacomo). The square is charming very cute, away from the tourist hotspots. They had a music festival going on the week we stayed here. It was lots of lively music on every evening, so we wanted to eat at the Square and enjoy the atmosphere. We had eaten a couple of meals at Ae Oche next-​door — which wasn’t fancy but the service was super friendly. This is more expensive and looked a little fancier.
We were seated at a very bright table outside. Large drink menu. However, they did not have the first four items we asked for. So I decided to order a cocktail… They said they would not be able to make any cocktails listed on the menu, as the preparation time would be over five minutes (neither the restaurant nor the bar were overly crowded at the time we went)…
So we ordered a limoncello (a pretty basic order in Italy) … None available!
Finally I ordered a rose wine (hot evening and I was looking for something refreshing) they brought me a sparkling wine — of poor quality!
Dinner was nothing special — I ordered veal scaloppine in lemon sauce with a side of roasted potatoes. The food came out within five minutes (so quickly it made me wonder whether it was freshly prepared)…Food at nicer restaurants in Italy usually take at least 15 minutes to come out.
The meat was not too bad when doused in the lemon sauce… The potatoes were awful just awful. Tasted stale like they were reheated in old oil… (Not extra virgin!)… Who ruins potatoes? It’s such a basic standard item. A side of potatoes that cost five euros, should at the very least be freshly roasted and crispy… These were swimming in oil and tasted stale.
Given the location the ambience was not good. Lights were too bright.
Stay away. You can do better! Even Ae Oche next door is better!
Two stars for location and speedy service.

It wasn’t necessarily horrible but the service wasn’t especially great. Just another tourist restaurant trying to up sell you on everything. The outdoor seating is a plus.

One word: avoid. I hesitate to leave a review because the lack of reviews should speak for itself, but I owe a duty to all Unilocalers out there to ensure that no one makes the same mistake I did in coming to eat at this restaurant.
You’ll probably first be drawn to the reasonable prices and cute outside seating area as we were. However, the dining experience went downhill exponentially after being seated. My twin sister and I both ordered the lasagne bolognese. I happen to love lasagna btw. What I received on my plate was not lasagna, not even by lean cuisine standards. It was flavorless, extremely mushy, and contained very little bolognese. I felt really bad about doing this, but I had to send it back. It was, yes, that bad. My twin sister who has never in her life returned food at a restaurant did the same.
**The treatment that followed is something I’ve never experienced in my life.**
The server came back and told us he tried the lasagna we sent back and said it was very good. We were speechless. Just because you think it tastes good doesn’t mean it does or that we will all of a sudden change our minds and agree with you. He argued with us that it was good and demanded to know what was wrong with it. I couldn’t believe what he was doing. Then he said he couldn’t take it off the bill or even provide us with two orders to replace it. He said he could give us one new salad, which we politely declined and then he asked if we wanted more wine… Hm. Getting off the point Mr. Server. I’m not upset about the price or having to pay for the disgusting food we didnt eat. I’m upset about the treatment and lack of adherence to a basic principle (I don’t care what country you live in or come from): the customer is always right. Well, not at this restaurant.
Oh, he even had the gall to ask me how many times I’ve been to Italy when I was leaving… Wow.
Please do yourself a favor and if you happen to stumble upon this pathetic excuse for a restaurant, keep walking.

Four stars for location: on this picturesque Piazza, sitting on the terrace sipping an aperol spritz its all good news. but try to find some place other to eat:
No stars for FOOD
–On one occasion I ordered a salad and got a handful of iceberg lettuce, 4 tomatoes, 6 olives, 5 small balls of Mozzarella without dressing: 9 EURO
Tasteless, incipit, boring and just a rip off.
— Second time (thing is this is the only place open between 2.30pm-5pm in the area) I had oven-​roast chicken and potatoes. The chicken was grey, smelled off, had been microwaved back into shape and the potatoes were soggy (again, microwave) and floury inside.
Service is unfriendly, doesnt care yet thinks they own the place.
Dont eat there, whatever you do.