Cantina Do Mori

Loved this place!!! The vibe was amazing, the selection of small bites was wide and the quality superb. I had an onion and anchovy appetizer that was sensational, but they were all equally delicious… just try a bunch! Tasty wine that didn’t cost a lot coupled with the delicious food made this a perfect stopping point. I only wish the folks I was with would have wanted to stay longer and dig in more because the place they sent us for dinner paled in comparison to this little gem.

Do Mori is decent but on balance I prefer other places based both on price and local ambiance. You can’t go wrong here but it has become less «Local» over the years & I’ve been spending a significant amount of time in Venezia over the past 35 years.

Great spot for some local Cicchetti and wines. Staff super helpful. Love the dim lit warm vibe inside.

One of the oldest bars in Venice, we came here and enjoyed some cicchetti. We were feeling daring and tried the octopus, sardines, cod, and a few others. The meatball and fried carne were delicious. We had four glasses of wine and about 8 cicchetti and spent about 25 euros. The bartender with the piercing was super friendly and helped us picked his favorite choices. He was very kind even though we didn’t speak any Italian. We would definitely come back here again

Great little Venetian wine bar with a lot of history. Came in with my wife on a day when the fog was so bad in Venice it practically shut the city down. To be clear, we came in here as they opened at 8am. We ordered some wine and sat on some bar stools to escape the cold. As their runner ran down the block to the Rialto fish market, their famous cicchetti began to put together and on display behind the bar. Some great choices of snacks with some good selections of wine that won’t drain your wallet. If you are daring, try the fresh whole baby octopus

Walking through the streets of Venice, one often wonders how much of the old city operates as a real one, or if it’s mostly a Disney-​like façade. It’s easy to get that impression if you stick to the typical touristy destinations and base your culinary experience on places with photographic menus. If you take your time and wander down a side alley or two, you’ll enjoy an experience provided by a place like Cantina Do Mori.
Being so close to Ponte di Rialto, and being featured by Anthony Bourdain as the starting point on his night out on the town, I assumed that the cantina would be shoulder to shoulder when we arrived in the early evening. Our party of three quickly noticed that there were only two other patrons at the bar, both of them locals. In fact, throughout our time at the cantina, no tourists entered, and it seemed like those patrons who did knew the staff well.
The bar is well decorated with a rustic venetian theme of dark woods, copper, and old photos on the wall. The cantina specializes in a thorough selection of Italian wines and the Venice specialty of cicchetti. This makes Cantina a bácari by definition, and you choose from a selection of the snacks a la carte. I tried some local cheeses and a fried piece of zucchini. A friend tried a crostini and some of their squid, which he claimed was the best he had tried in his life. We sampled a cross selection of various wines, both red and white. All were amazing varieties that I have no plans of forgetting soon.
Cantina Do Mori is another Bourdain recommended bar that not only met but exceeded expectations greatly. I could go back to Venice for this place alone!

Great wine, finger foods on toothpicks and small sandwiches. Guy there not the friendliest, but he was playing heavy metal in the kitchen… I understood. Sardines on bread, cheeses, octopus, tuna and ham sandwich were great. I’d rather fill up here than lot of other places. They close 8, right after ciesta, and isn’t easy to find. Keep it simple and move on.

Quaint, homely, excellent wine selection and service. Above all, non– touristy. What more can one want?! This place was the highlight of my Venice trip (said by a spoiled New Yorker)

Ça vaut le détour !
Marre des pizzas et des pates? Arretez vous déguster de délicieux tapas dans ce petit bar typique et chargé d histoire.
Des prix très raisonnables, de la qualité, de bons vins et en prime la serveuse très aimable.
Je recommande vivement !

My husband and I love to find unique, less touristy things to do when we travel. I found this place through Unilocal and read all the helpful reviews before we went. We had fun getting «lost» trying to locate this place and once we found it, we realized that it’s really not that hard to find, we just took a wrong turn! The cicchetti and wine are great and the history is amazing! Pierre was very helpful and we felt very comfortable. Highly recommended.

My husband and I wanted to visit a cicchetti bar while in Venice, so we figured we should go to the oldest and most renowned. This place did not disappoint. Fortunately, it wasn’t too crowded when we arrived, and my initial hesitation due to not knowing how it worked was quickly dispelled when a friendly and charming barman explained what to do and poured us generous glasses of Prosecco and Pinot Grigio. Two glasses each and two plates filled with an assortment of cheeses, sausage, and other local specialties savored in a historical, cozy bar only set us back € 28, and we were so satisfied we didn’t even need dinner later — just a stop at a pasticceria for espresso/​drinking chocolate and a small treat each — but that’s pretty much mandatory. Anyway, come here hungry and thirsty, pull up a stool and enjoy a tradition that has been part of Venice for hundreds of years.

After reading that Anthony Bourdain came here on his visit, we sought out some ciccheti (little snacks and small glasses of wine) at Cantina do Mori on a Monday afternoon. It was a bit hard to find, but was worth it when we made it there. Just look for signs that say do Mori and try to follow the street numbers to 429! Unexpectedly, it was not crowded at all. The guys working were nice and charming. The décor was photo worthy, wooden wine decanters displayed and brass buckets hanging from the ceilings. The food was pretty good, we tried some things we had never had before. All of their snacks were on crostini. The house red wine was delicious. I had 1 glass of wine and 3 snacks and only spent about 7 euro. Be mindful that this places closes around 2:30 and re-​opens around 5pm.

tricky to find — near the fish market but on a side street. Cool décor and good and attentive staff (speak english). Bites are around 2 euros each.

Slightly difficult to locate.
Nice décor.
Food was ok. For the price would have expected more. Plates were warm. Not the best. Not the worst.

Für einen Ombra und ein paar Cicchetti ausgesprochen empfehlenswert, ganz nah an der Vaporetto-​Station Rialto Mercato gelegen (ca. 3 Min. zu Fuss) der typische kleine Venezianische Bacaro, in den man nach dem Einkauf am Markt mit den Bekannten geht, die man dort beim Fischkauf traf. Die beiden Eigentümer bedienen selbst sehr freundlich und höflich.
Ziemlich bekannt durch Donna Leon. Auch in Venedig ist ein Lokal, das seit dem 15. Jhdt besteht, sicherlich ganz gut…
Für jene Touristen, die es nicht finden: nach dem Rialtomarkt links die 2. Gasse rechts hinein ist angeschrieben: Calle do Mori — und dort ist es — auf der linken Seite, erreichbar über die Vaporetto-​Haltestelle Rialto Mercato, eine Haltestelle «San Polo» gibt es hier nicht! Alternativ böten sich «San Stae» oder «San Silvestro» an, von dort aus jeweils Richtung Mercato di Rialto gehen. Die Haltestellen, die den Sestiere San Polo bedienen, sind San Stae, Rialto Mercato, San Silvestro und das ziemlich vom Do Mori entfernte San Tomà. Dass der «Wirt» betrunken ist, konnte ich in über 25 Jahren noch niemals sehen, keiner der beiden Eigentümer trinkt eigentlich, dass es keine Sitzplätze gibt, ist für ein kleines venezianisches Lokal wie dieses eigentlich typisch. Im Sommer ist allerdings vor der Türe ein Tisch mit Sesseln für die Touristen bereitsgestellt.

We were just looking for a shot and a beer. So glad my son chose this place for its obvious ambience. We each had a glass of a local Pinot Grigio which was so delightfully fruity and different we are going back tomorrow!

Wow ! Nous avons adoré ce bar typiquement vénitien et existant depuis 1462 déjà ! Décor vieux et rustique, mais charmant; très bons vins, des délicieux cicchetti et tout à des prix corrects. Né manquez pas de faire un stop ici quand vous êtes à Venise ! À notre avis un must !

Colour me in loooooooooooove!
Upon arrival in Venice we dumped our bags at our accomodation and set off for a wander. Now, we’d done a lot of research beforehand and had read all about the bacari — traditional Venetian bars where you can buy a little glass of wine for roughly 1 euro and a few cicheti (fancy bar snacks really) for about the same price. Do Mori is one of the oldest and most famous, and we happened upon it by accident. We did know it existed, and were planning to seek it out in advance, but oh! There we go, here it is, well it’d be rude not to go in having found it so early in our trip.
We ordered 2 ‘ombra’ of white wine, and a selection of cicheti to get us started. Oh wow. It’s a revelation. We had two meatballs with a spicy sauce, two little squid and two crostini with some sort of fish on them. Delicious! And all reasonably priced, absolutely perfect. It was perhaps a little dearer than some of the other bacari we visited on our trip, but it was definitely the most beautiful with copper pots hanging from the ceiling and all dark wood. Very nice.
Oh, and the barman who served us was very helpful!
If you’re in Venice you should definitely do a bacari crawl and make sure that Do Mori is top of your list!

Bf: «I’m gonna find it, even if I have to use up ALL of my megabytes!!!»
* sigh *
Here’s the thing about Venice: google maps doesn’t work here. It tells you to turn into this main street, go straight for 200 m, make a right into an alley which leads to a smaller alley, turn left and you end up … right where you started. I’ve a pretty good sense of direction, but apparently, not here.
Half an hour and 50 MB later, he gives up. We were ready to just head back towards the Rialto Bridge when we turned a corner and … voila! The Cantina Do Mori sign was staring at us straight in the face. Go Figure!
I heard about this place from a fellow traveler, Anthony Bourdain. The guy knows his stuff, right? Being the oldest cichetti bar (cichetti is tapas in Venezia) in town, of course we had to go here.
I love the old world ambiance of the place: dark, lots of wood beams, copper pots hanging from the ceiling and casks of wine behind the bar. Offerings are encased behind a glass compartment and range from cheeses, small sandwiches, salumi, pickled onions and seafood. Point what looks good and hope for the best!
Skip the sandwiches and focus more on the meats and veggies. The mushroom and cippolini onions, stewed eggplant, grilled octopus (get several if you love, love octopus) meatballs and salami. Their wines vary greatly in prices, so we opted for the cheapest ones: a glass of 2.50 euro Montepulciano and 3 euros for prosecco, because one thing I’ve noticed in Italy, you really can’t go wrong even with the cheapest wine, it’s still very good!
Just remember, like any tapas bars, your bill can easily get spendy and keep in mind this place is cash only.

The Cantina Do Mori is one of the best places for cicchetti that we
found in all our wanderings around Venice. Something of a local
landmark, this ancient bar has charm in abundance and is a welcome
respite from the tourist hustle and bustle of nearby Rialto Bridge.
It’s
standing room only but that just adds to the atmosphere and I would
recommend a visit on weekday around noon or 5pm to get a real feel for
the place when it is teaming with all sorts of local characters and
traders from the fish market you will also get the best selection of
the many different types of snacks on offer. Like many of these types of
bars it closes early at 8pm.
If you are not in the mood for a
full on meal or you want to stretch your budget out a carefully chosen
plate of tasty snacks will keep you going all night. Nothing will cost
more than 2EUR and most are 1EUR.
The wine selection is also very good
with something to suit all tastes and budgets. If you want to see where
the likes of Polpo and Polpette in London took their inspiration from
this would be a good place to start.

Kleine Bar, die man eigentlich nur findet, wenn man ganz genau weiss, wo sie ist. Zugegeben das Feeling in dem Laden ist sehr urig, aber wenn man den ganzen Tag auf den Füssen war, weiss man einen Sitzplatz zu schätzen. Den sucht man hier allerdings vergebens und so hält sich meine Aufenthaltsdauer hier auch immer in Grenzen. Leckerer Wein, noch leckere Häppchen. Aber eben nur ein kurzer Zwischenaufenthalt. Vielleicht deshalb so besonders.

I was happy to find this hole in the wall wine bar place. Well, I did not find it to be exact… my hotel concierge sent me. When I heard the name first, I thought it’s some sort of Japanese eating place due to ‘Mori’…anyhow, I love the ambiance, and loved it more after I heard this place opened back in the 15^th century — the oldest bar in Venice for sure!
As an ignorant traveler, I had to ask what those buckets hanging from the ceilings were for. ;)
I did not know this place was introduced by Anthony Bourdain’s show until someone pointed out while I was there, but it did not matter. You come here, enjoy the ambiance, and of course wines. Those finger food (aka mini sandwiches) may not be the best tasting food (to be honest), but hey they’re very cheap and it’s perfect to accompany your wines especially if you don’t feel like big meal.
If you order cheapy wines, they serve in a crappy glass. But if you order nice (aka more expensive) ones, they serve in a big wine glass. :) They close early (8pm), in fact, they start closing preparation around 7:30pm, so ideally you should come here for a glass or two before your dinner… or breakfast/​lunch if you are up for. They open at 8am, haha.
Cash only, folks!

The wine and cicchetti are delicious and plentiful, but it is extremely hard to find, even though there are two entrances.
It has been open since 1462, with copper pots lining the ceiling. The resulting atmosphere is a bit sombre, and there is little seating. Great for a pit stop.

We rented an apartment for two weeks one summer a few blocks away from here. This Cicchetti (tapas, snacks) bar, the oldest in Venice, is a short way from the market, it is a classic. A lot of the market workers ended up here when they were finished working. It is a little difficult to find as it has no sign and the addresses in Venice make no sense. It is small, with low heavy wood beamed ceilings that are not much taller than me, not very much light and there is no place to sit. Other than that it is great.
I would go shopping in the market in the morning for dinner and stop by for a few snacks and a glass or two of wine. They always had several great bottles of white on ice in a big copper bucket. It felt so completely decadent because it was always well before noon. I imagined I was living like a real Venetian.
BTW, ALL of the Cicchetti here are GREAT.

Ödes, langweiliges Weinlokal ohne Sitzplätze mit gaaaanz schlechtem Essen (Cicchetti) und mittelmässigem Wein so wie recht betrunkenem Wirt hinterm Tresen.
Stand im Reiseführer, ist aber richtig unspektakulär.

Ich stimme den anderen zu. Obwohl es bei uns im Reiseführer erwähnt war, fanden wir das Do Mori eher zufällig bei unserem Streifzug. Schon am hellen Tag einen kleinen Ombra (Gläschen Wein) einzunehmen, gehört zu den venezianischen Sitten, denen man sich hier ohne Gewissensbisse gern überläßt. Die cantina hat eine beeindruckender Auswahl guter Weine und bietet — soweit meine Erfahrung reicht — die besten erschwinglichen Cichetti im inneren Bereich der Stadt an. (Kann sein, daß sie in den Luxushotels wie dem Cipriani noch besser sind, keine Ahnung) Klar, ganz billig ist das Vergnügen nicht — aber außer Herumlaufen & Gucken ist in der Serenissima gar nichts billig. Dazu ist die Stadt nicht da, dann kämen ja noch mehr Touris (Die Venezianer haben 600 Jahre Erfahrung im Touri-​Ausnehmen, nur daß die damals noch Jerusalem-​Pilger hießen, die Touris). Zurück zum Do Mori: Wenn man sich die Füße wundgelaufen hat und die Augen tränen von der ganzen Pracht, ist es einfach wunderbar, um die Ecke im Do Mori abzukühlen, runterzukommen, die kleinen Häppchen zu genießen und sich mit nem Ombra (okay: aber höchstens zwei) ein bißchen abzuschatten

Das Do Mori ist eines der bekanntesten Bacari (Weinlokale) in Venedig, und das merkt man auch an den Preisen, Wein und Cichetti (die leckeren kleinen Häppchen) sind verhältnismäßig teuer. Die Einrichtung ist altertümlich und dunkel, aber sehr gemütlich, die Bedienung aufmerksam und witzig. Wird aber trotzdem nicht unser Stammlokal.

Do Mori ist eine kleine Weinbar nahe dem Rialto-​Fischmarkt, in der die Händler ab 8.30 Uhr eine Verschnaufpause einlegen können — bei leckerem Hauswein und schmackhaften Cicchetti (der italienischen Version von Tapas). Dank dieser Snacks, die man an der Glastheke auswählen kann, ist Do Mori eine gute Alternative zu manchen der benachbarten Touristenrestaurants. Nicht nur für venezianische Verhältnisse sind die Preise sehr günstig.
Die nächstgelegene Vaporetto-​Anlegestelle ist San Polo.