Terrazza Danieli

Reviews

• Debbie R.

  star star star star star_border 1 June 2026

  I'm giving four stars only because of the price of the Sunday brunch. The atmosphere is obviously amazing with the quintessential view of the canal and boats. The Sunday brunch is 130 euros per person but includes Prosecco and a really comprehensive and delicious buffet, with made to order pasta. It was a really nice experience and the staff was attentive and friendly. We sat there for over two hours to enjoy the view and no one seemed to mind. The staff was so helpful they put chairs together with pillows to make an impromptu sleeping area for the small child at the next table. I think it's fine to have visited the hotel and dined at the restaurant once as a splurge.

• Chris S.

  star star star star_border star_border 24 May 2026

  A beautiful space indoors. Lots of red velvet. Live piano music in the evening.
  
  They have an outdoor terrace but it's closed during fall and winter. It looks like it would be terrific when the weather is good.
  
  Service was friendly, attentive, and courteous. Top notch!
  
  I ordered the tasting menu with wine pairings.  190 Euros plus a 16 Euro cover charge.
  
  It would have been nice if the pours for the wine pairings would have been more timely. I should not have had an empty glass in front of me so often for so very long.
  
  The scallops were good. They came with a mushroom crisp that was very tasty.
  
  My risotto was also good. Whatever they drizzled on to provide the "sea scent" was a nice touch.
  
  I find that sous vide rarely works well with fish. The cod that was slow poached in oil was not an exception to this experience.
  
  The penultimate course was veal filet, which I found a bit disappointing. The veal was not tender and the pistachio crust seemed to work against it, making it seem chewy to me.
  
  Surprisingly, my favorite course was the pre-dessert. It seemed to primarily be crumbled vanilla wafers with a few dollops of sweet cream and some jelly. This was following by a puff pastry with a strawberry and rhubarb compote with a few edible flower petals. It was light, just a touch of sweetness, and a nice mix of textures: excellent
  
  Overall, it was a satisfactory meal but there were no courses or pairings that made me go "wow!" In the summer on the terrace is probably a much better experience.
  
  Breakfast for the hotel is in the same restaurant. The view in the morning is magnificent. Service is excellent. The food itself is a pretty standard European buffet, with a huge choice of breads and pastries  but only a few hot options: scrambled eggs, sausage, sautéed mushrooms, cooked tomatoes, and very fatty and barely cooked streaky bacon. Very pricey at 53 Euros (complimentary for hotel guests at certain room rates) but the view is difficult to beat.

• Dave K.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 22 May 2026

  In the perfect words of another reviewer:  stay here, eat somewhere else.
  
  After checking on the dress code, all we could find was "casual" -- not "smart casual," but "casual."  So one member of our party took a risk and wore shorts.  We arrived on time for our 8:00PM, the table wasn't ready, we waited and walked around a bit, were told to follow the ,maitre d' to uor table, walked through the dining room and as we were being seated we heard someone growl loudly at the maitre d'.  We were asked if we were in residence at the hotel and said yes.  We were then informed that our guest needed to go back to his room and put on long pants.  He didn't mind changing in principle, but was livid he'd been there 10 minutes already and the maitre d' hadn't noticed.  Another ten minutes later, he re-arrived, and we began.
  
  But, in the interim, I saw literally half a dozen other diners wearing shorts (see pictures). This restaurant needs to get its act together on the dress code:  either have one and enforce it uniformly or relax it to include shorts.  But don't, don't, don't perpetuate this garbage where some people (think:  cruise ship passengers in groups) get to wear shorts but everyone else can't.   Let's stay it was a rough start.
  
  This place markets itself as the Daneli *Terrace* and online all the marketing shows this gorgeous roof-top hotel terrace which was -- closed when we showed  up.  No explanation.  No apology.  No apparent reason.  It was kind of hot, but it wasn't raining.  There was no lightning danger.
  
  We were seated inside in what I can only call the "loser room," because it's not the nice inside room next to the terrace, but another whole dinning to the right.  Without the big views.  Worse, we were seated in the second row, not even near a window.  Worse yet, we were placed at a table next to the service station (see picture) even though two other tables for three were better located.  My one view was the service station, my other view was of a partially open curtain behind which was a rack full of pots in the back of the kitchen.
   
  I didn't want to make a fuss so we silently accepted our fate, which was hard as I'd booked two months in advance.  But the surprisingly fun part was we did get to watch others react, often violently, as they were placed in the loser room with us.  I'd say maybe 6 tables reacted furiously to (first-row) placement.  About three were upgraded.  Two, after an initial hub-bub, simply accepted their fate.  Another left and was never to be seen again.
  
  Net: if you're coming for the views, don't.   The terrace can closed without explanation.  And access to the nice inside dining room is as mysterious as nightclub's velvet rope.
  
  Food wise, it was nothing special.  Not bad, but nothing special.  The service was generally weak with grumpy waiters.  One server in particular was great (Martine was amazing) but the rest were generally unfriendly and not helpful.  I would not come back again.
  
  (Note:  after emailing the restaurant manager my issues and a link to this review, he was quite proactive in trying to speak with me and eventually gave us a half-off credit on our hotel bill against the price of the meal.  I thank him for that.)

• Lena W.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 22 May 2026

  We sat down at the restaurant and they took our drink order. After they brought us water and cocktails they never came back to take our order. I had to ask two people to send a waiter over and they clearly were not busy. The plates came out super fast and the portions were tiny. The prices are way expensive for what we got. Each entree is about $35.00 to 40.00 at minimum. We could not see the wonderful views for being at a rooftop hotel restaurant. Each of our aperol spritz cost $20.00. In other restaurants the same drink is $4.00. The bread basket was big and the free cookies were a nice touch but I would not recommend this restaurant.

• April H.

  star star star star star_border 5 May 2026

  We first went to Bar Dandolo to check out the beautiful hotel lobby and have a drink.  The bartender was awesome and the drinks strong and tasty.  I discovered that they do afternoon tea so we made a reservation for the next day.  The hotel and the bar/lounge area where the tea is served is beautiful.  Everything from floor to ceiling was gorgeous.  The service was excellent.  The tea was good and the sandwiches and sweets were good as well.  I have had afternoon tea all over the world and this was not in my top but still it was enjoyable.