Cheap bars in venice?

Question

does anybody know a cheap bar in venice where a group of firends could go and have some drinks?

Answer 1

Go into the back areas and the prices drop drastically. In the jewish ghetto areas, dinners are cheap and service is amazing. it is off the beaten path and more venetian than the americanized places along the grand canal.

Answer 2

Felicity - can't believe you've suggested Harry's on this one.

For cheap drinks: 1. you'll have to stand at the bar and 2. you'll have to drink what the Venetians drink... and they drink "spritz".

Spritz = Bitter Campari, Select or Aperol with white wine(still or prosecco) and a spalsh of bubbly water and a twist of lemon or orange and often an olive (on a long tooth pick). The Spritz in one of the local bars goes form Euro 1.50 to Ero 3.00. If you sit to drink it could cost you double. If you sit at St. Marks it'll cost you 5x's more. Note that Harry's doesn't make Spritzes - they snob it although all the Venetians drink it.

PS - a large draught costs Euro 4.00

PSS _ You want cheap then go to the super market and get a couple bottles of Grappa and party hearty!!

Answer 3

☻Harry's Bar

Cocktail Capers

bar

Calle Vallaresso

Tel: [phone] (info)

As well as being a noted restaurant, Harry's is, first and foremost, a bar. Everyone who is anyone passing through Venice ends up here. Orson Welles, Truman Capote, the flotsam and jetsam of the euroset - you name 'em, Harry's had 'em propping up the bar at one stage or another.

Hours: 12:00pm-11:00pm

☻Margaret Duchamp

Sunset Cocktails

bar

Campo Santa Margherita 3019

Tel: [phone] (info)

This is a highly popular spot to spritz on and chat until the early hours. It's set at a strategic angle and attracts a mix of locals, blow-ins, young wannabes, students and Biennale types with shades - you can't blame them as you get the afternoon sun shining straight through your cocktail glass.

Hours: Wed-Mon 10:00am-2:00am

☻Osteria agli Ormesini

bar

Fondamenta degli Ormesini

Tel: [phone] (info)

Oodles of wine and 120 types of bottled beer in one knockabout little place? Perhaps you should get along to this osteria (tavern). It's something of a student haunt for those who like gruff service, a no-nonsense ambience and an amazing choice of ambers.

Hours: Mon-Sat 7:30pm-2:00am

☻Round Midnight

jazz/blues ; rock/pop

Fondamenta dello Squero

Tel: [phone] (info)

Not quite a club but more than a bar. This back-canal drink-and-dance den keeps punters from Campo Santa Margherita happy in the wee hours when all else closes. A mix of acid jazz, Latin and sometimes rockier sounds predominates. Opening times can be erratic - we've seen it in full swing in mid-July.

Hours: Sep-May: Mon-Sat 12:00am-4:00am

☻The Blu Rooms

Industrial Decadence

club/disco

Via delle Industrie 29

Tel: [phone] (info)

A one-time factory now maintains an industrial feel with its great sheet windows and exposed tubes, combined with a baroque decadence in its chandeliers and red curtains. Rock up for house sessions on Friday and classic mainstream pop, home-grown and international, on Saturdays.

Hours: Fri & Sat

Web: http://www.blunotte.it

For just plain hanging out in the late afternoon and early evening, popular squares that serve as meeting points include Campo San Bartolomeo, at the foot of the Rialto Bridge, and nearby Campo San Luca; you'll see Venetians of all ages milling about engaged in animated conversation, particularly from 5pm till dinnertime. In late-night hours, for low prices and low pretension, I'm fond of the Campo Santa Margherita, a huge open campo about halfway between the train station and Ca' Rezzonico. Look for the popular Green Pub (no. 3053; closed Thurs), Bareto Rosso (no. 2963; closed Sun) and Bar Salus (no. 3112). Campo Santo Stefano is also worth a visit to sit and sample the goods at the Bar/Gelateria Paolin (no. 2962; closed Fri), one of the city's best ice-cream sources. Its runner-up, Gelateria Nico, is on the Zattere in Dorsoduro 922, south of the Gallerie dell'Accademia. For occasional evenings of live music, cabaret, or just a relaxed late-night hangout, consider the ever popular Le Bistrot de Venise.

Note: Most bars are open Monday to Saturday from 8pm to midnight.

The Devil's Forest Pub, San Marco 5185, on Calle Stagneri (tel. [phone]; vaporetto: San Marco), offers the outsider an authentic chance to take in the convivial atmosphere and find out where Venetians do hang out. It's popular for lunch with the neighborhood merchants and shop owners and ideal for relaxed socializing over a beer and a host of games like backgammon, chess, and Trivial Pursuit. A variety of simple pasta dishes and fresh sandwiches run from 3€ to 6€ ($3.75-$7.50). It's open daily 10am to 1am.

Bácaro Jazz (tel. [phone]; vaporetto: Rialto) is a happening cocktail bar (the Bellinis are great) with restaurant seating in the back (tasty Venetian cuisine from 6.50€/$8.15) across from the Rialto post office at San Marco 5546, just north of Campo San Bartolomeo (the San Marco side of Rialto Bridge). It's a mix of jazzy music (a bit too loud), rough plank walls, industrial-steel tables, and a corrugated aluminum ceiling. It's open Thursday to Tuesday 11am to 2am (happy hour 2-7:30pm).

With a half-dozen beers on tap, El Moro Pub, at Castello 4531 (Calle delle Rasse; tel. [phone]), is the biggest draw in town. The crowd can be a bit older here, where post-university types congregate at the bar. TVs sometimes transmit national soccer or tennis matches, and the management welcomes those who linger, but sensitive nonsmokers won't want to.

Good food at reasonable prices would be enough to regularly pack Paradiso Perduto, Cannaregio 2540, on Fondamenta della Misericordia (tel. [phone]; vaporetto: Ferrovie), but its biggest draw is the live jazz performed on a small stage several nights a week. Popular with Americans and other foreigners living in Venice, this bar was once largely devoid of tourists, primarily because of its hard-to-find location, but lately it looks as if the word is out. The good selection of well-prepared pizzas and pastas goes for under 8€ ($10); arrive early for a table. It's open Thursday to Tuesday 7pm to 1 and sometimes 2am.

The party spills well out from the plate-glass windows of Torino@Notte, San Marco 459 (Campo San Luca; tel. [phone]), a bar that has brought this square to life after dark with live jazz many nights, unusual beer from Lapland, and good panini. It's open Tuesday to Sunday 10pm to 2am.

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Answer 4

ROFL.

Sorry, but Venice is the most expensive city in Italy.

NOTHING is cheap.