Update: Venice moved to their current location in Abbeygate St near the top of Middle Street during 2017. The new restaurant is far more spacious, so easy to get a table in, and following Covid they even have outdoor dining in the side yard during summer.
Same contact details, now at 11 Lower Abbeygate Street.
The original Venice near the bottom of Abbeygate Street:
Location: 20 Lower Abbeygate St, Galway City
Phone: 091 530-751
Email: restaurantvenice@yahoo.ie
The look and feel of a back-street Italian café, set in the back streets of Galway city.
Opened in mid 2011, in the site of the former Trisha's. Initially very quiet, but a few excellent reviews on TripAdvisor meant that tourists started finding it.
Unlike Trisha, the Italian lads don't like early mornings, so don't be looking for for a fry at 8am. There is a great range of Italian options during the day, and in the evening they switch to a dinner menu and stay open as long as the customers keep coming.
Italian food, nicely done in a small, friendly environment. The tables are very close together, so it's not the place to have intimate conversations. Stylish, but not pretentious about it, at realistic prices.
Also a nice nice spot for a coffee during the day.
