Best Hot Spot Restaurants in Venice Gardens

Deviled crabs - wonderful! 1905 salad - on point! Yellow Rice and Chicken - always a fav! Churros - just a treat(guava sauce)! Spanish Bean Soup - just delish! Great service and prompt seating. Family of native Floridians still love to frequent Columbia Restaurant 50+ years on...

We always love going to Selva and this night did not disappoint! Glenda gave us the perfect amount of attention and helped us celebrate our anniversary! We loved our tuna ceviche, the salmon special was off the chart and the chocolate pot de creme was dreamy and perfect! Thanks for always making our nights at Selva Special!

We had a wonderful lunch overlooking the water. The food is always delicious and consistent. Thank you Drydock for a great lunch.

As usual Michael’s was amazing. The food, the service and the ambiance was just perfect. That’s why we’ve been coming here for many years.

We have eaten at the Venice location dozens of times and enjoy the prompt service and good advice on choices of food and wine pairings by our excellent server, George (whom we did ask for seating in his section tonight) on the occasion of birthday of my sweetheart, Cyndi. There was a special wine offer that night, a 2014 Barolo, that I decided to take advantage of the close-out price. What a complex and delightful heavier wine paired with a pasta dish based on a mild white sauce, supporting the flavors of the earthy mushrooms and flavorful but mild sausage as main attractions. We split an arugula salad that was limited in the number of ingredients but the greens were very remarkably fresh and the dressing light, tangy, with a hint of citrus. This salad by itself would make for a great light mid-day meal. Cyndi was persuaded to wander from her normal salmon order tonight and try ravioli with a light white wine cheese sauce and pears. The suggested choice of a small-vineyard white wine from France was well-paired with the mild flavors of the dish. All-in-all, despite coming to Cassariano for many years, this particular combination of food and wines was the best we could remember enjoying in Florida and certainly represents preparation and service that deserves a "Bravo!" Maybe two "Bravos." Venice is lucky to have Cassariano, and everyone who calls Venice home is especially thankful this time of year that the restaurant was spared significant hurricane damage. Many thanks to George, Ivan, and the kitchen staff for the memorable birthday celebration and evening that you made for us. P. S. Make sure to order some of their limoncello to finish--