Harry's Bar
9 expert reviews
“Well-heeled tourists and visiting celebrities have been coming to Harry's Bar, a Venice institution, since Giuseppe Cipriani opened it right on the St. Mark's waterfront in 1931.”
– Travel + Leisure
"Lunch or dinner at Harry's Bar is as indispensable to a visit to Venice as a walk across the Piazza San Marco or a vaporetto ride down the Grand Canal." Full review
3.5
"Famed as the birthplace of the Bellini and still "hopping" with "tourists" and others imagining they see "Hemingway at the next table"." Full review
"Try the signature Bellini, a fresh peach nectar and prosecco aperitivo, and the carpaccio, which was also invented here." Full review
"Known the world over as Ernest Hemingway’s favourite watering hole in Venice, Harry’s Bar is a hallowed institution as well as a cosy café."
"This historic watering hole, founded by Giuseppe Cipriani in 1931, has changed little since the days when Ernest Hemingway came here to work on his next hangover." Full review
"Sometimes described as the most reliable of the city’s gourmet restaurants... though the place’s reputation perhaps has more to do with glamour than with cuisine."
"The food, while outrageously expensive and conventional, is nevertheless quite good." Full review
"If any bar knows how to do a bellini right, it's this classic 1930s establishment—the drink was invented here." Full review