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25 years of great Italian food, value and atmosphere!
  • French wine dinner
  • Italian cuisines
  • Weekly specials

Venezia is an Italian restaurant that has become a Berkeley institution acclaimed for its great food, value and atmosphere. Venezia's menu features a wide assortment of fresh pasta, meats and fish, a moderately priced wine list, full bar and weekly specials created under the able hand of Chef Cindy Deetz. All this is served in a charming interior that invokes an Italian piazza with floor-to-ceiling murals, a central fountain, hanging laundry, wrought iron balconies, and even roosting faux pigeons! Venezia is child friendly and has a warm, personable staff. Parking is available behind the restaurant and, at night, next door in the AAA lot. Venezia is one of the few restaurants in town that can accommodate large parties with ease. We have a private dining room that can seat 25 comfortably, and the main dining room seats parties from 2-20 in a bustling, festive atmosphere.

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(510) 849-4681

1799 University Ave
Berkeley, CA 94703
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Editorial Description by Citysearch
East Bay Italian staple serves up pastas and salads along with chicken and beef entrees in a piazza-themed space.
Rated 9.0 out of 10 by Citysearch.
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Great food and even better service. 5 Star Rating - World class

I have lived in the bay area for a long time, and this is by far the best italian. Going to school here everyone would go in to North Beach, but why make such a long trip when Berkeley has way better italian. Always great service and awesome food!!!

Posted 06/09/08 at 4:17pm

I love it! 5 Star Rating - World class

Great Italian food, very nice comfortable place. Nice wine list. People are nice at the restaurant I go with my friend and we have a nice dinner. You should try sometime, you will like it!

Pros: Nice place,nice place to watch people, good food!
Cons: I don't know
Posted 09/26/07 at 11:10am

Great food, great ambiance, great service 5 Star Rating - World class

Caesar Salad: excellent
Entrees: excellent
Dessert: excellent
Service: excellent
Ambiance: excellent
Price: Reasonable

What else can I say?

Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing
Posted 08/09/07 at 12:35pm

Disappointing 2 Star Rating - Wouldn't recommend

Our last couple of trips to Venezia have been disappointing. The service is uneven. The last time we went to Venezia, the server got our orders wrong, disappeared for long stretches of time, and was less than pleasant. The menu hasn't changed in years, and the quality of the dishes seems to have deteriorated. We have been eating at Venezia periodically over the past 20 years, but I don't think we will be going back.

Pros: pleasant ambience
Cons: uneven service, overpriced
Posted 12/07/06 at 2:38am

Great Italian Food! 5 Star Rating - World class

We recently had a large party of 15 people and the service was efficient and pleasant. That day the jalepeno soup was delicious. Other dishes like the Malfatti con Funghi drew rave reviews, and some friends even commented that it was the best Italian food they've had in the Bay area.

Pros: Food, Value
Posted 11/09/06 at 12:24pm

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