Naranzaria

The Grand Canal with its ancient palazzos is considered the main and the most beautiful street in Venice. But it is just not real to have dinner on its bank for the houses grow right out of water, the street having no embankment at all. Only in one place behind Rialto trading rows there is a secret piece of dry land – Erboria square. It has three restaurants: in the remotest of them (Bancogiro) the shrimps are raw and the potatoes are not very tasty. The second has an exceedingly compact menu with prevalence of raw fish carpacco. As for the third restaurant – Naranzania – it is absolutely unique. It is the only restaurant in Venice where there is sushi and miso-soup on the menu.

Sushi at Naranzaria, Canal Grande, Venice, Italy

The place is not of the cheapest (tomato juice costs 5 euros), and some dishes are unconcealed botch (carpacco of inedible meat, risotto of pearl-barley), but there is warm salad with boiled shrimps and melon, and duck breast which is pretty hard to find in Venice.

The piece of land where Naranzaria is situated is one of the lowest spots in the city. When water level goes up in the lagoon, waves roll up to the remotest tables. The bordering line between the embankment and the canal runs blurred out and here you are a gondola passing by your plate. It’s a pleasant place. You won’t get a table without booking it in advance. Just in case, the telephone number is 0417241035. The restaurant is closed on Mondays.