15 Lunch Experiences in Venice Worth Booking

1.Hard Rock Cafe with Set Menu for Lunch or Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 1,102 reviews · 1 day · from $36Our pick

Hard Rock Cafe Venice set-menu lunch or dinner by gondolas at St. Mark's, priority seating, Gold or Diamond meals, plus Rialto Rock Shop.

“My daughter loves going to Hard Rock Cafe for the experience it gives so what better when visiting Venice than a great deal to be able to visit Hard Rock at a discounted rate, the Venice restaurant has great staff and the food is as good as you would expect with a canel aside the restaurant too”

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2.Hard Rock Cafe Venice with Set Lunch or Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 251 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $39

Skip the line at Hard Rock Cafe Venice with a 2- or 3-course set meal, drinks included, plus canal views and famous rock memorabilia near Piazza San Marco.

“Great location, really friendly staff and yummy food! There isnt a huge amount on the set menu but enough to hopefully satify most.”

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3.Rialto Market Tour, Cooking Class, and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 119 reviews · from $146

Rialto Market tour and hands-on Venice cooking class with fresh pasta, rich tiramisù, and unlimited wine for a memorable lunch.

“Such a fun cooking class. Really enjoyed seeing the market and learning more about how to cook. Our guide was so knowledgeable as well as patient as my friend and I are not as experienced in cooking. The teacher was very good about getting everyone involved to make the meal and we had a blast listening to music and talking.”

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4.Prosecco Hills Wineries Tour with Tastings and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 80 reviews · from $202Top rated

Small-group Prosecco Hills day tour from Venice with 2 winery visits, 8 tastings, and a family Osteria 4-course lunch. Train and van included.

“My two friends and I absolutely loved this tour! We would do it again in a heartbeat. It’s honestly the only one we’ve done on our four week trip around Italy that I’ve had the motivation to review because it was THAT GOOD and I need everyone who reads this to do themselves a favour and book it! Every element of the tour was 10/10 - the Prosecco tastings, the food (quality and quantity), Carlo our guide and driver, the transportation, the group size (7 in total), the company. Best part of our trip!”

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5.Private Tour: Prosecco Wine Tasting Day Trip with Lunch from Venice

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 46 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $480

Private Prosecco day trip from Venice with two winery tastings, DOCG cellar visit, and a 2-course lunch plus door-to-door transfers.

“Tour guide was attentive and shared hidden 'local' small town restaurant for the included traditional lunch. Both prosecco tasting experiences were great and offered different settings: beautiful country hillsides and a small town event location. We were rushed out of the 2nd due to an event going on. We even stopped at a wonderful local cheese shop/factory for cheese tastes, though we were told later that we needed to pay 3euro for this special stop. Rating would be 5 stars and tip higher if cheese stop was an added/covered touch.”

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6.Local Fish Market With Cicchetti, Lunch, and Wine

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 37 reviews · 3 hours · from $90

A 3-hour Venice food and wine tour around Rialto, with cicchetti tastings, market lessons, lunch, and classic bacari stops.

“The title of the tour is very misleading. It should not be called a local fish market tour as virtually no time at all was spent in the fish market, which was disappointing. We had been looking forward to learning about the different types of seafood brought to the market from the lagoon and stopping to see the displays, but our guide led us quickly through the market without pause and we didn’t even have time to take photos. In terms of the foods offered, there was very little seafood, which was also disappointing. This is essentially a wine tasting tour with some cicchetti. It was also a very large…”

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7.Lagoon Light Lunch Tour at 12:00 in Venice

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 32 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $96

Venice lagoon cruise at noon on a catamaran with chill-out music, lagoon views, and a light lunch plus one complimentary drink.

“Loads of fun! We enjoyed our boat ride and the crew was very nice and welcoming and great! The food and drinks were good as well. Overall, A+”

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8.Lagoon Lunch Cruise on Catamaran

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 32 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $71

Chill out on a spacious catamaran for 1.5 hours, with a light Venice Lagoon lunch, free drink, and views of San Marco Bay and Giudecca.

“Repas comme boissons insuffisants. En guise de repas un tout petit bol de taboulé avec une demi glace en dessert.”

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9.St. Mark’s Square Royal Gardens Light Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.3 · 27 reviews · 1 hour · from $29Best value

Light lunch at illy Caffè in Venice’s Royal Gardens behind St. Mark’s Square with cicchetti, main, dessert, water, plus a city app.

“Lo que más nos gustó fue en sí el aperitivo platos abundantes y buenos. El postre eran dos biscotti que nos tomamos con un café que no está incluido pero lo pagamos aparte, pero tardaron muchísimo en traerlas. lo peor el lugar porque comes en una habitación con vistas a un cánal trasversal enfrente de la parada del tragueto GiardiniSan Marcos, te venden la comida en los jardines cuando no es así porque está prohibido. lo mejor la comida abundante y lo peor el entorno. pero sí que lo recomendaría”

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10.Boat Tour to Murano, Burano and Torcello with Fish Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 19 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $94

Boat tour from Venice to Murano, Burano and Torcello with a Murano glass demo and four-course fish lunch on Burano.

“The tour was to have been a guided tour which it was not. We had to find our own way around the island on arrival. The location for lunch was difficult to find had to use Google maps. We were dumped on each of the islands and picked up each time by a different boat was was difficult due to the large number of boat on the day. The lunch was fine but that was about all we enjoyed about this tour.”

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11.Private Venice walking tour plus Murano island lunch and glass factory visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $192

Private Venice walk with hotel pickup, Murano lunch, and a glass factory demo at Colleoni. Small group, boats both ways.

“This tour ended up being a private tour for me and my mom! It’s a walking tour mostly with a boat ride to Murano. You even get someone at the glass factory to explain everything to you! What a great experience and included was also a yummy lunch!”

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12.panoramic lunch in St. Mark’s Square Royal Gardens

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 12 reviews · from $32

A light Venetian lunch with two cicchetti, a main, dessert, and water at Illy Café in St. Mark’s Royal Gardens, plus a self-guided app.

“Lunch was heerlijk maar verschillende gerechten waren op. Als je er koffie bijneemt kost dat opeens € 16 meer. De desserts zijn erg lekker. Personeel is niet heel aardig op zo’n drukke locatie.”

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13.Amarone Wine Tour (all-inclusive full day with lunch and expert wine guide)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $662

Small-group Amarone day tour from Venice with Mario. Two wine tastings, lunch at Trattoria Alla Porchetta, and AC transport.

“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…”

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14.Prosecco Wine Tour (all-inclusive full day with lunch and expert wine guide)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $662

Full-day Prosecco DOCG tour from Venice with an English-speaking sommelier, vineyard visits, tastings, and lunch, plus WWI stop and scenic hills.

“I booked an all day solo Prosecco tour with Mario. My intention was to expand upon my wine education (WSET 1 and 2) and experience first hand different wineries in the prestigious Prosecco Conegliano Valdobbiadene wine region. Mario was fantastic and a wealth of information as I continued to ask many questions throughout the day. It was truly an incredible experience for someone passionate about wine and a chance of a lifetime to walk the vineyards with the wine maker, learn more about Prosecco production methods and sit for an intimate wine tasting. Thank you Mario for the wonderful translation. This was a day I will never forget!”

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15.Private Tour: Venice Walk, Gondola, and Private Boat Tour ending on Murano Island with Venetian Lunch and Glass Factory Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $473

Private Venice highlights walk, gondola and boat to Murano, with Doge's Palace, Venetian seafood lunch, and Colleoni glass factory visit.

“The tour was great. It went at our own pace and we saw what we wanted. Would definitely do it again.”

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