Da Mario

Very Good food! The Cannelloni stuffed with Speck and spinach was absolutely wonderful! You won’t be disappointed with your dinner at this restaurant at Courtyard by Marriott!

I have to give this place props… they’re located inside a Marriott Courtyard hotel and the food was great! We decided we were just too tired to go out and find somewhere to eat and we gave the restaurant a try. To my surprise, their food was absolutely delicious… I was expecting an OK meal, this place blew me away… We had a dissapointing dinner our last night in Rome. I was just hoping to have a decent meal our first night in Venice. Now I understand why the restaurant was filled. We stared off with the meat and cheese platter, which was very good. I had the lasgana, my hubby the seafood pasta and we were both very impressed wine selection was pretty good as well, but I’d expect more as we were in Italy. Hubby was very happy with the house red wine… service was very good as well. The food and drinks were not overpriced and well worth the amount we spent if not more…

This is the second time in three years I have eaten at Bar Ristorante Da Mario (inside the Marriott Courtyard Venice Airport), and I have to say, each time I have been pleasantly surprised.
I guess it is my own pre-​conceived notion, but my sense is that hotel restaurants are generally overpriced, and food usually not very good.
Then there is Bar Ristorante Da Mario. The cost was reasonable, and the food and the service were really really good — as good at any I have received in any ristorante in over over three weeks in Italy.
We returned to the Marriott Courtyard after a long day exploring Venice. The weather was miserably hot and humid (yea, mid 90s /​33c and 90-​percent), and the group was wrung-​out. We remembered how good the restaurant was last visit, and recommended to the group that we give it a try.
Two of our group ordered Caprese di Burrata salads (€ 10), which were as beautiful as they were tasty. Orders for Spaghetti Carbonara (€ 13) and Chitarra Cacio Pepe (€ 11) and Lasagne Bolognese (€ 13) were found to be equally delicious. Likewise, desserts: Cream Brûlée (€ 6), Orange and Chocolate Cannoli, Mandarin Gelato and a shot of Lemoncello (€ 6), and Chocolate soufflé (€ 6) were equally delicious. Service was spot on, and we could not been happier with our meals. I tried an Italian beer, Forst Premium (€ 7, 1.5 liter), which is a Euro Pale Lager style beer, without bitter aftertaste. Score!
I recommend Bar Ristorante Da Mario (and Forst Premium!) to all the road weary travelers out there. Four Stars.
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