Cantina Do Mori, Venice

The wine and cicchetti are delicious and plentiful, but it is extremely hard to find, even though there are two entrances.
It has been open since 1462, with copper pots lining the ceiling. The resulting atmosphere is a bit sombre, and there is little seating. Great for a pit stop.

Great little place for wine, prosecco and chichetti. The clientele seems to be a mixture of tourists - of course - but also locals. Some of whom enter through one door, knock back a blanc and exit through the other door, all without seeming to break stride!

Definitely worth seeking out (not far from Rialto) for a (slightly) more authentic local cichetti experience.

And I think those are all old water buckets hanging from the ceiling!

I have been to the Cantina on every visit to Venice - It has real atmosphere and wont rip you off.

There is a great selection of wines and cichetti but the house white gies great with a couple of crab’s claws and wont break the bank. It’s a little hard to find but only a minute from the Rialto bridge. If you want to experience real Venice forget Harry’s Bar and their poncy waiters, overpriced bellinis and ZERO atmosphere head for a traditional wine bar, osteria or cantina and be treated like a human being and not a tourist.

Awesome, can’t wait until next time!

This bacaro was recommened in a few guide books and artcles that I had read and so we were keen to visit it to get a feel for the Venetian way of life. That is – the activity of going to a bar, standing and drinking wine, and eating cichetti (tapas like snacks).

We were determined to find it on our first night, and wandered about in the rain for a good while, meandering between the crumbling walls and snaking up and down the endlessly confusing narrow streets before he said ‘Why don’t we just go here instead?’ – and of course, the place we were standing next to was actually the place we had been trying to find for 20 minutes.

We wondered in, it wasn’t very busy but these place are so small that as soon as a group of 3 shows up there’s a party atmosphere. I ordered 2 glasses of prosecco (a local and persoanl favourite) for E2.50 each. See what I mean about nowhere being expensive if you live in London? £2 for a glass of prosecco in London would be a struggle to find.

Anyway, we stood drinking our prosecco and watching as people came in and ordered at the bar and ate various cichetti (which we were not brave enough to order, despite looking very tasty) and then had our glasses filled again before paying and wondering off into the rainy night to find a restaurant.

We came back a further 2 times, the 3rd time the barman short-changed me, which was annoying as it was busy and I had to call him back to tell him he’d given me change for 10 when I’d given a 20 – but then he overcharged me when he rectified it. Annoying.

However, I would still recommend this as an excellent place to get a taste of the Venetian night life style.