Venice Ristorante Italiano

03/16/2008 Posted by usaceo

I was reading reviews listed at city search and couple of them were not so good. I had been at Venice before for business meetings and it had always been fantastic. I decided to take my wife last night. I was impressed to see a name tag with my name on the table ( I did not know who owned the restaurant ). The manager Nunzio is always attentive, but this time he was extraordinary. Last night we had the best food ever and my server was very helpful than ever before. At the end of the dinner chef owner Alesandro approached our table bringing a fabulous dessert. Was our best experience ever in a restaurant. Venice is becoming the best restaurant in all Denver. THANKS

Pros: Incredible restaurant to entairtain family, friends and businessman

Cons: None

03/15/2008 Posted by foodcriticstomcolicchio

March 14th 2008 This Venice in DTC is a jewel. The manager (Nunzio is a showman). He told us that next week they will do Flambe' service table side. This will be the only restaurant in Colorado to do table side flambe', i'm very extited. At this Venice I had mozzarella caprese to start, I must say I never had mozzarella so fresh ever before. Pappardele with wild boar was my pasta dish. UNBELIEVABLE............ My crepe di pere were outstanding. My dinner was truly great. The music is very romantic, but I suggest to have more diversity ( they play Bocelli for more than two hours ). Don' t get me wrong, I like Bocelli but...............

Pros: Atmosphere, Nunzio, Food

Cons: Bocelli for two hours

01/07/2008 Posted by gastroman2008

My girlfriend and I recently went to Venice for a belated holiday dinner at 7:30 p.m. on a slow Sunday night. We were greeted by an empty host stand and proceeded to wait five minutes to be seated. It was the start of a trend. We also waited for water (20 minutes), another five minutes to be greeted by the server, and we waited an hour for our first course of the regional tasting menus. The only "waiting" our server did on our table was to replace the frosted water glass and prosecco glass with lipstick on them, to inform us 30 minutes after we had ordered it he had forgotton our wine order and then came back to tell us he was sold out of it, and finally to take away a wonderful half-glass of brunello with a fruit fly in it. As for the food, I have had worse Italian food in Denver, but not by much. The mozzarella was inconsistent and salty, the risotto with salsiccia was undercooked as was their anatra ravioligia or whatever they were calling it, which felt like the duck had been pureed. The gnocchi with cream, pears, and walnuts was the highlight with pears providing just the perfect amount of acidity and the walnuts' texture and bitter, earthy tones rounding the dish out nicely. After getting a great brunello I know and love, we endured the blase entrees and each took one bite of the disturbingly bad desserts before deciding there would be no after dinner drinks. Even after all the waiting, lipstick, fruit fly, and barely touched dessert our server never waivered in his apathy towards our completely unimpressed state we dined in and took with us. The manager did shake our hands on the way out... as he was apologizing after the valet left without informing them where he put our keys. We will never go back.

Pros: Decor and Extensive Wine List

Cons: Lots of Waiting and Poor Service

11/16/2007 Posted by ruahtao

Food is wonderful, service is superb and ambiance is outstanding. I highly recommend this restaurant.

11/08/2007 Posted by elizleem

Our entire law firm had lunch here in the private back room. It was set up perfectly with a squared off table, so everyone was able to chat across the way. The food was so wonderful, there was not one complaint from 20 rather particular people. The wait staff was excellent. "Not Worth the Hype" must have been having a bad day, as even Queen Elizabeth would have thoroughly enjoyed this restaurant and its delectible food selection.

Pros: A diamond in the rough!

Cons: None!

10/16/2007 Posted by junebugg_zz

My husband had excellent food, I did not! The people next to us were treated like royalty and we were not! Not that I am royalty but it is offfensive seeing it and not understanding why all cusotmers are not treated the same. (Yes we had the same waiter). The girl with the cheese put it all over the table and my lap. The best thing was the wine and they didn't make that!!

Pros: Lots of parking.

Cons: Not worth the money.

01/28/2007 Posted by meredi153

Tucked away in an upscale shopping center near my home, just West of the Tech Center, I found one of Denver's top restaurants. Venice's atmosphere is warm, and elegant. The dress is classy, but not too over dressed. The servers are polite, friendly and informative about the dishes they serve. Our food was served in a beautiful presentation, and the taste was incredible. We've been back a couple of times, and the experience has been wonderful each time. It is one of our favorite places to dine!

09/05/2006 Posted by pokerplayer1234

This is a hidden gem in the tech center. It's situated in a strip mall and so from the outside it doesn't look very upscale. But once inside, the place is casually elegant and cozy. We had reservations for a Friday night. The place was definitely crowded. I had the pasta dish with seafood which was fantastic. Even better was the service. We had a fantastic waitress who was friendly and timely. Entrees were priced right in the upper $teens to $20's. Surprisingly they also serve many choices of steaks which I didn't get a chance to try.

Pros: Excellent service, tasty dishes

Cons: situated in a strip mall