La Nuova Grotta

Another awful tourist trap in Venice. They don’t even care about their Unilocal reviews, because they get 95% of their business by hustling people in off of the boat by using a host to sales-​pitch you into the door. On the outside of the restaurant is a tank full of seafood, which I’ve noticed a lot from the Venetian tourist trap restaurants. I don’t think this is common at authentic Italian spots. The décor has an overly «majestic» or regal feel to it that just comes across as tacky. I had the fettuccini alfredo, and — though it didn’t taste «bad» — it surely didn’t taste like what I ordered. It tasted like cream of mushroom soup poured onto noodles. Very disappointing. The bruschetta was pretty decent. However, the table next to me had to send back their crab. I looked around and everybody looked unhappy — as if they had been tricked.
The service was absolutely terrible… We were given our food and abandoned. I had to walk into the kitchen to get somebody to take my money. And there is a 2.5 euro charge PER PERSON added to your bill (in addition to the mandatory service charge) for «hosting you». In other words, you are paying for your table.
This was the worst place I’ve been during my tour through Italy… Including train station crap.

Had gnocchi with pomodoro, was average, not the best but certainly not the worst. Prices were average for venice. I would say there are better options in the area for an Italian place. Service was again, all right but could be better.

Food was only ok not as good as it looks. Too pricey, not recommend. Suggest not to go, please. Avoid paying something way over price.