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Ai Gondolieri, Venice

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Ai Gondolieri: The Best Risotto Ever!
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  • JetlagCity
  • Updated By JetlagCity on March 11, 2005
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    Ai Gondolieri restaurant
    by JetlagCity
    Dinner here was an excellent experience all around. I'd heard that risotto is a Venetian specialty, so I tried the risotto funghi and it was far better than any other risotto I've ever had! Something about the texture of the rice...

    In addition, they brought two little appetizer items we didn't order - it looked like they just include them with every meal, like the bread. One was a jar of yummy marinated red peppers, carrots, & other veggies. The other item came in shot glasses and completely confounded us at first as to what it was or how to eat it. Our best guess at this point is that it's an amazingly good potato soup, served cold, green in color, one shot glass per person. Plus there's one shot glass of croutons for anyone who wants to add them to their soup. (Aha! A year later and I think I've finally figured out that this was vichyssoise! It was superb!)

    Finally, the service was very friendly. The menu is in Italian only, and while I could figure out a few items, they were very happy to help translate into English.

    Closed Tuesdays
    Reservations Recommended

    the risotto funghi!

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  • Theme: Italian
  • Price: US$31-40    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: Dorsoduro 366, San Vio
  • Phone: 0415286396
  • Directions: roughly halfway between the Peggy Guggenheim Museum and the Accademia
  • Website: www.aigondolieri.com
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    Ai Gondolieri: Storyin Venezia
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  • storyin
  • Updated By storyin on January 19, 2004
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  • why I dare enter this restaurant is because the smell , make me very hungry , so I pull the door , ...........................

    I choose a seat near front window ~~~~~~

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  • Theme: Italian
  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: Dorsoduro 366 , san Vio , 30123 Venezia
  • Phone: 041 5286396
  • Directions: close to Accademia opp. Il Pavone bookstore
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    Ai Gondolieri: Better than Harrys or Cips !!
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  • By helzepops on September 16, 2006
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  • Located on a small side street /canal between Academia and Saint Maria Del Salute in Dorsoduro, near the Peggy Guggenheim [ Frommers Venice Day by Day shows the wrong location for this restaurant]. This is a lovely quietly sophisticated area.
    The restaurant unusually for Venice does not serve fish but specialises in meat and fungi with a number of vegetarian options. Good wine list sensibly priced.
    Meal comes complete with free glass of prosecco, taster starter and choclates at the end. My main course veal was meltingly tender with the lightest, fluffiest, creamiest potatoe I've ever tasted.
    Menu in italian only which can be read to you in any language !

  • Theme: Local
  • Price: US$41 and up    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: Ponte del Formager, Dorsoduro
  • Phone: 041-5286396
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    Ai Gondolieri: Venetian Specialties in Dorsoduro
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  • MM212
  • Updated By MM212 on April 28, 2009
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    Ai Gondolieri
    by MM212
    Ai Gondolieri is one of Venice's most renowned restaurants. It has been around since the '40s, but it was only in 1987 that it became the restaurant it is now with fine cuisine. The menu contains typical Venetian specialties and is best known for its delicious risotto. Ai Gondolieri is located very close to the Guggenheim Museum in Dorsoduro, so consider eating here on the day you decide to visit the museum.

    Note: the restaurant is closed on Tuesdays.

  • Theme: Italian
  • Price: US$41 and up    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: most expensive
  • Address: Ponte del Formager, Dorsoduro 366
  • Phone: +39 041 528 6396
  • Website: www.aigondolieri.com
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    Ai Gondolieri: A Splurge (when you're tired of pesce)
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  • davequ
  • Updated By davequ on April 22, 2008
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  • Ai Gondolieri - Venice
    by davequ, 1 more photos
    Good food in Venice is not always easy to find, and good meat dishes are even rarer still.

    Ai Gondolieri is an expensive splurge, but sooner or later I get tired of fish, pasta and cicchetti in the bars.
    Great location on a little canal in Dorsoduro.

    They cater / serve delicious and affordable lunch at the Guggenheim if you want save some money. That's how I found out about it.

    Again, very expensive to eat dinner in the restaurant, but the way the dollar is crashing, chances are you're not even going to Venice these days unless:
    you're flush;
    Venice is your passion and you're going no matter what it costs.

    Supposedly Ai Gondolieri is closed on Tuesdays

    Meat, meat, meat.
    Lasagne, pork, lamb and veal dishes.

    Argentine angus steaks are great also.

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  • Theme: Italian
  • Price: US$41 and up    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: most expensive
  • Address: Dorsoduro 366
  • Phone: +39 041 5286396
  • Directions: In Dorsoduro section, behind the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. Here's a MAP
  • Website: http://www.aigondolieri.com
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