Venetian Restaurant

Great spot to get Italian food. The waitress, I believe her name is Marlina, is absolutely wonderful there. They have a separate space to host larger parties. I love stopping in at lunch & seeing all the senior citizens having their lunches all together. Adorable. I must also mention that the restaurant donated to the local high-school for the senior’s project graduation. Love places that support local!

EXPENSIVE CANNED CLAMS FOR DINNER??!! Terrible experience!! While this was our first visit to the Venetian it will DEFINITELY be our last visit! My dinner consisted of what was billed as 'Baby clams and Mussels fra-diavolo sauce over linguini. It came with a side salad which is another issue. When the plate was served I first noticed the sauce was not a tomato sauce which is signature to a fra-diavolo sauce (AKA spicy tomato sauce), it was a tan colored sauce. The SECOND and BIGGEST issue was what was called 'baby clams'. There wasn't ANY baby calms on the plate. What I saw was 'MINCED clams'. When I asked the waitress if they were in fact clams from a CAN she had the manager come over and ask what my problem was. I again asked her if in fact this dish was made from CANNED CLAMS and not made with FRESH clams and her response confirmed that IT WAS CANNED and that's how they make it. I was quite surprised because they did have an Entree with fresh clams but not this one. Why would I order a dish with something out of a can from what was thought to be a fine dining restaurant. There are other items that I could write about that are similar to the the 'CANNED Clam' dish as well, which were all inferior in quality.

We try to make it to the Venetian once or twice a year when we're up at lime Rock Park. I've never been disappointed. I'm from Northern New Jersey, where there's absolutely no shortages of good Italian restaurants and I was pleasantly surprised that Venetian could go toe to toe with any of them here. I will continue being an annual customer.