Little Venice Ristorante

I believe that this building once housed the shop where electronic pioneer, Robert Moog, created one of the early synth machines that literally changed music forever. Today, the place is a very spacious, dynamic restaurant and bar.
First, the pizza. For reasons that are entirely mysterious, CNY — rather, Finger Lakes area — pizza is completely awful. Trumansburg, NY is somehow an oasis of amazing pizza and Little Venice is one of two stellar options.
Next, menu is extensive ranging from Italian/​American standards served huge (picture Fuccillo saying it, «Huuge-​ah»). There is bistro fare, prime rib and burgers to brag about.
On a good night the Alfredo sauce and house-​made pasta is unlike anything your gramma ever could have made. The riggies– or piggies– is a heart-​stopping masterpiece.
I have felt so welcome bringing my young children here any night of the week and other patrons do too. We’ve been made to feel like family there. You can too! And the salad bar… Oh God, how did I not mention that by now? I think it was the LV salad bar that put Ponderosa out of business. Though that old trough never dared to put chopped raw KALE on the bar like they have here. You will take your whole entrée to go and eat
It for two days you’ll be so full of goodies from that epic salad bar.
Long Live LV — evolve and stay scrumptious!

My daughter and I decided to try this restaurant. I had the ‘Tour of Italy’, she ordered broiled haddock, both came with their salad bar. Unfortunately as the waitress brought out our meals I could smell the strong fishyness of her meal before she set it down. I thought I’d let my daughter decide if she liked it. She took a bite and thought this doesn’t taste right but tried a second bite, then said ‚“mom will you try this and see what you think?”. It was very clearly spoiled fish, not only did it smell and taste bad it was also kind of slimey. The waitress was very nice and took her plate and they went back and cooked a second piece for her, although they never asked if she wanted a different meal or to try another piece of fish.
This one was still off tasting and also slimey on the tongue. We thought maybe we were just remembering the first piece and tried two or three bites this time. We’ve had broiled haddock many times and never did it smell, taste or feel like that. I realise the waitress was not to blame so we tipped her anyway and generously. But the cook should have known immediately that the fish was spoiled and not attempted to serve it to anyone. I was really dissapointed in that… because if they try to pass off such an obviously spoiled meal then how many other less obvious things are they trying to get past customers.
I will say to be fair my meal was fine.
They said they didn’t charge us for her fish but although her dinner included the salad bar they did still charge us $ 8 for the salad, and she had one very small plate with salad to start the meal.
All in all a disappointment and I won’t be going back.
I will also say this is the first time I have ever given a review on here and I don’t make a habit of complaining about my food or service.

For a small town establishment they have a very extensive salad bar and a very wide selection of meals.

Decent food, the wings were really good. Dinner was mediocre and way too big, so share a meal or make an appetizer your meal. Service was subpar. Our server, Tony, was very nice, but was taking on more tables than he could handle… He was only at the table for 40 total seconds, and didn’t return when asked for napkins and more water. When finished, we waited for over 15 minutes, unnoticed while waiting for our check.

Was in to the idea of getting Little Venice until the delivery driver in the red/​maroon car cut me off and flipped me off in front of Ron Dons. Good representation.

very good but 3x we told the lady we wanted 2 xtra large chees pizzas light on the sauce!
mind u 20 – 30 minutes later when we get home we do not have enough pizza as they fu&k2d up the pizzas and we did not get 2 xtra larges!!!
wtf! pay attention to your customers!!! we paid over $ 30 for 2 xtra large pizzas but really only got 2 large pizzas!!! rip off
pizza (i thought) was really good!!!

We have been going to this restaurant for six years. It has always been a pretty to very good place to eat, it was nice to bring the family and they have a great soup and salad bar. The main issue with the past few times is the service, and not the wait staff but the time it takes to get your food. This last time with two kids, and a simple order we waited 40 minutes. This was unacceptable, we asked to speak to the manager, she offered dessert. Why after waiting 40 minutes, and having two kids famished and annoyed we would stay here for dessert. The right thing would have been to comp the kids meal, and we would have walked away feeling somewhat relieved. As it stands now, I don’t know if or when we will be back, its a shame. Poor kitchen management, and front of house not doing what is right to make up for mistakes. To bad, we really used to like this place.

This past Saturday afternoon we had a delicious lunch at the bar at Little Venice.
We were warmly greeted by smiling staff. The draft beers were 2 for 1, score. We each had a sandwich, I had chicken parm and my husband had the Italian combo, both delicious and the fries were to die for– house made and served in little fryer baskets.
The salad bar seemed like the thing to get; $ 7.00 for unlimited soup, salad, pizza, garlic knots and a ton of toppings for you salad fix.
We will be back!

Lovely but limited selection of draft beers.
Dual-​sided; family resturant side, and sports-​bar side.
Slightly pricey looking per the menu, but good quality. Had an amazing pizza with potatos on it !
Good servive for a largish group (4 adults, 4 kids), no complaints.

Good food, friendly staff, and most importantly the home of the «all day happy hour.»
While im sure alot of their food comes straight from sysco, they do a nice job with homemade specials and their pizza and wings = awesome.
The last few times ive been there its been quite warm in the bar area. I heard other customers complaining also.

This place is an over-​priced bar — not a restaurant. Most of the food comes off the Sysco truck. Pizza tastes like frozen pizza. Chicken wings are disgusting — gluey sweet sauces. Someone recc’d the all-​you-​can-​eat salad bar. SALAD? There’s about three actual veggies! And those are right out of a bag. They have macaroni and potato salad that is straight out of a giant tub. Canned soup (gluey again!) and rubber-​garlic knots round out the all-​you-​can-​eat experience… We have tried it several times and it just doesn’t get any better or worse. A point for consistency! Prices; once went under duress with my two kids as it was late and there were no other options; one order of chicken wings, two salad bars and three waters; over $ 40 bucks! Terrible. And I really dislike working my way through an active bar with my kids to get to the dining room. Service is usually quite sketchy — waitresses look pretty unhappy and it shows in their attitude and attention to customers.

My sister and I ate here last night and had a really great meal! The portions were ENORMOUS … She ordered the chicken parm and it was two giant chicken breasts, way too much for one person. I ordered the prime rib size queen based on the waitress recommendation but I wish I had gone with the petite. It was like half a cow on my plate! But it was delicious:) the servers were all really nice and came up to give us some ideas on where to go once we left. Definitely recommend it!

Have always had a good meal here. Great food at great prices. Love there salad bar and pizza. The bar is nice to grab a beer and catch the score of the game, and the employees have always been nice and accommodating. Would definitely recommend to friends.

Little Venice is a family style restaurant (we like to sit in a booth in the bar and watch «the game» on the plethora of flat screen tvs over the bar. We love the «all day happy hour» on some drinks (2 for one light beer, and some cocktails), their wings, and the low key approach. We have gone a few times and now feel like regulars as the waitresses remember what we like, and have drinks and menus as soon as we slide into our seats. Its a jeans and tee shirt place – so if you are out doing the wine trail or hiking in the park, Little Venice is a great choice for lunch or dinner.
Little Venice is a solid choice for either a pizza, calzone, pasta or a big dinner. We have just started going there and quite honestly, we have not had a disappointment in food, service or ambience. The fish fry is delicate, light and coated with panko – hot and generous. My son always orders chicken riggies (a local specialty of hot rigatoni, chicken, cheese and a rich sauce). Their chicken full dinner specialties are great. We love the zucchini side and forego the saladbar as there is just too much food (although my son wolfs down plates of the hot garlic knots for his «salad»). The greek chicken wrap is delicious, hot with plenty of marinated chicken and feta. Pizza – we order to go and though its not New York pizza, its pretty good – and you can get wings to go too (NY Pizza has just pizza).
Something for everyone. Tasty. Affordable and quick. Worth the trip.
Its a nice stop close to many attractions, and for us, a few blocks from our house so we can walk.

Lobster mac and cheese, pasta, buy one get one drafts and margaritas, what more can you ask for? Service was great and everything was served up in large delicious portions. Their garlic knots at the salad bar were really tasty too. Definitely a great choice, especially after a long day at the wineries!

The pizza here is quite good. There is a fairly full menu (that I understand is changing very soon), but I’d stick to the pizza. Best thing about Little Venice is that you can call your order in ahead of time even if you plan to eat in the restaurant.