Travel + Leisure

"One of the oldest bacari in Venice (it was mentioned in the 1566 census), its prices are equally old school too, and its spread of cichetti—from octopus in tomato sauce to sarde in saor—are super-traditional."

Lonely Planet

"Linger longer with satisfying, sit-down dishes like bigoli in salsa (pasta in anchovy and onion sauce)."

Walks of Italy

"Some of Venice’s most-loved places to find delicious cicchetti: Cantina Do Spade - Another bàcaro dating back to the 15th century, Do Spade has lots of seafood on offer, as well as a variety of vegetable and cheese spreads."

Marie Asselin

"The Cantina serves a delicious variety of cicchetti (including the best fried calamari I’ve ever had)."

Jeremy Jones

"We had three amazing tapas at this bar, perhaps the best stop of the entire tour. Our personal highlight were a unique creation of a fried pastry of sorts that was stuffed with ham or anchovies with tomatoes. The outer appearance would suggest a crunchy bite while the inside was doughy heaven, much to our surprise."

Heather Cowper

"Delicious cicchetti, wine and beer."

Roberto Paolo Ferrone

"Sarde in saor are considered a starter and can be eaten in restaurants or typical Venetian bacari as appetizers. To try them we recommend going to one of the oldest Venetian osterias, called Cantina do Spade."

Margherita Maggio

"The best places to eat sarde in saor in Venice - Cantina Do Spade: Among the ciccheti on the counter in Cantina do Spade, sarde in saor are the ones that go away first."

Virginia Zalunardo

"The food is really mouth-watering: you cannot leave without having tried the fried courgette flowers stuffed with baccalà mantecato."

Courtney Fleming

"The zucchini flowers are all you need in life."