Venice Restaurants

La Zucca

La Zucca Review

The simple place settings, lattice-wood walls, canal window, and mélange of languages make La Zucca (the pumpkin) feel as much like a typical vegetarian restaurant as you could expect to find in Venice. Though the menu does have superb meat dishes such as the piccata di pollo ai caperi e limone con riso (sliced chicken with capers and lemon served with rice), more attention is paid to dishes from the garden: try the radicchio di Treviso con funghi e scaglie di Montasio (with mushrooms and shavings of Montasio cheese) or the finocchi piccanti con olive (fennel in a spicy tomato-olive sauce). In good weather, dining at outdoor table couldn't be more pleasant. Reserve several days in advance to book one of two dinner seatings, at 7-7:30 or 9-9:30.

    Contact Information

  • Address: Calle del Tintor (at Ponte de Megio), Santa Croce 1762, Venice, 30135 | Map It
  • Phone: 041/5241570
  • Website: www.lazucca.it
  • Vaporetto: Vaporetto: San Stae.
  • Location: Santa Croce

    Restaurant Details

  • Reservations essential.
  • Credit cards accepted.
  • Closed Sun. and 1 wk in Dec.

Member Reviews

  • Statia, from Dutch West Indies
    2/25/09

    Lovely place for lunch, especially if you can sit outside near the small canal and people watch. The dishes are very innovative and their pumpkin flan is to die for.

    Ratings details: Food: 5 | Atmosphere: 4 | Service: 5 | Value: 5
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