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ecause Nobody Goes to Venice to Eat a Sad Sandwich<\/h2>\nVenice is a city in which almost everything conspires to make you fall in love.<\/p>\n
The palazzi.<\/p>\n
The impossibly beautiful decay.<\/p>\n
The gondolas slipping silently beneath bridges.<\/p>\n
The little alleyway that appears to lead absolutely nowhere and then, quite suddenly, deposits you beside a canal so beautiful you wonder whether somebody arranged it especially for your arrival.<\/p>\n
Food, however, can be another matter.<\/p>\n
Venice receives an extraordinary number of visitors, and wherever there are extraordinary numbers of visitors, there will inevitably be restaurants offering extraordinarily ordinary food at rather extraordinary prices.<\/p>\n
For the Halaal traveller, there is another complication.<\/p>\n
You don’t simply want a good restaurant.<\/p>\n
You want a good restaurant where you can actually eat.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, Venice is becoming considerably more interesting on that front. Cannaregio in particular has become useful territory, while Indian, Afghan, Lebanese, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean kitchens have given Muslim travellers options that extend well beyond the emergency falafel wrap. Current Halaal guides describe the selection on the historic islands as relatively limited compared with Mestre on the mainland, but there are now enough good choices to eat rather well.<\/p>\n
And because this is Simply Sublime, we are not interested merely in finding somewhere that technically feeds you.<\/p>\n
It must be delicious.<\/p>\n
It should have character.<\/p>\n
And preferably, when you walk outside afterwards, there should be a canal.<\/p>\n
This is Venice, after all.<\/p>\n
ITAL INDIA Restaurant Halal Foods<\/p>\n
There are moments during a European holiday when another pizza simply will not do.<\/p>\n
This is one of them.<\/p>\n
ITAL INDIA is the restaurant I would put at the top of the Venice Halaal list because it manages the thing we actually want from a restaurant recommendation: it feels worth seeking out rather than merely convenient because of dietary requirements.<\/p>\n
The restaurant specialises in Indian food but also carries Afghan and broader South Asian influences, with tandoori cooking, curries, naan, vegetarian dishes and seafood among the attractions. It is explicitly categorised as a Halaal restaurant, and its current diner rating is an impressive 4.7\/5 from thousands of reviews.<\/p>\n
This is where you go hungry.<\/p>\n
Properly hungry.<\/p>\n
Order naan from the tandoor. Something fragrant and unapologetically spicy. Perhaps lamb masala or chicken vindaloo. Add dal because one must occasionally pretend to behave responsibly.<\/p>\n
Then order too much.<\/p>\n
There is something particularly pleasurable about emerging from a deeply satisfying Indian dinner and discovering that, yes, you are still in Venice.<\/p>\n
Simply Sublime For:<\/strong> A proper dinner.<\/p>\n Order:<\/strong> Tandoori dishes, naan, lamb or chicken curry and something vegetarian for the table.<\/p>\n The Mood:<\/strong> Spice meets La Serenissima.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n Orient Experience<\/p>\n Now this is interesting.<\/p>\n Orient Experience isn’t built around one national cuisine. Its food travels.<\/p>\n Afghanistan. Syria. Palestine. Bangladesh and elsewhere appear through dishes inspired by the journeys of the people behind the restaurant.<\/p>\n And that gives the place something many tourist restaurants in Venice conspicuously lack:<\/p>\n A story.<\/p>\n Its menu has included dishes such as maqluba, stuffed vegetables, curries, chickpeas and Afghan preparations, and it is repeatedly included in current guides to Halaal dining in Venice. The restaurant’s Cannaregio location is also wonderfully practical if you’re exploring around Venezia Santa Lucia station and the northern side of the city.<\/p>\n The clever way to eat here is not to obsess over one enormous main course.<\/p>\n Try several things.<\/p>\n That is the joy.<\/p>\n A little spice here. Something creamy there. Something you’ve never heard of next to something you think you recognise.<\/p>\n Lunch becomes exploration.<\/p>\n Which feels particularly appropriate in Venice.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime For:<\/strong> Adventurous lunch.<\/p>\n Order:<\/strong> A selection rather than a single dish.<\/p>\n The Mood:<\/strong> Silk Road by way of Cannaregio.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\n Frary’s<\/p>\n This might be the most Venice<\/em> recommendation on the list.<\/p>\n Frary’s sits opposite the magnificent Basilica dei Frari, beside one of those little Venetian canals that makes you wonder why we bothered inventing roads.<\/p>\n The food looks east and south across the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n Hummus.<\/p>\n Falafel.<\/p>\n Dolmades.<\/p>\n Couscous.<\/p>\n Middle Eastern spices.<\/p>\n Persian and Moroccan influences.<\/p>\n And, importantly for our purposes, Halaal dishes are part of the offering. Current Halaal directories also include Frary’s among their manually verified Venice listings.<\/p>\n But Frary’s makes this list because location matters.<\/p>\n Of course food matters enormously. But sometimes you’re in Venice with someone you love, the light is bouncing off the water, the bells are ringing somewhere in the distance and you don’t particularly want dinner beneath fluorescent lights beside a rotating kebab.<\/p>\n You want atmosphere.<\/p>\n This has it.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime For:<\/strong> Date night.<\/p>\n Order:<\/strong> Mezze to begin, followed by one of the spiced chicken or couscous dishes.<\/p>\n The Mood:<\/strong> Candlelight, canals and cardamom.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd<\/p>\n Ristorante Libanese – Gibran<\/p>\n There are few dining situations that cannot be improved by an irresponsible quantity of Lebanese mezze.<\/p>\n Hummus.<\/p>\n Moutabal.<\/p>\n Falafel.<\/p>\n Labneh.<\/p>\n Tabbouleh.<\/p>\n Bread.<\/p>\n More bread.<\/p>\n Then someone orders shawarma.<\/p>\n Then someone else orders kofta.<\/p>\n Then everybody announces they couldn’t possibly eat another thing immediately before baklava arrives.<\/p>\n Civilisation.<\/p>\n Gibran is an established Lebanese restaurant in Venice and is explicitly listed as a Halaal restaurant in current business information. Its menu extends from vegetarian mezze to grilled meats and Middle Eastern sweets.<\/p>\n It is particularly useful when travelling as a family or group because Lebanese food solves that perennial holiday argument of what does everybody feel like eating?<\/em><\/p>\n You don’t decide.<\/p>\n You order everything and put it in the middle.<\/p>\n Problem solved.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime For:<\/strong> Families and groups.<\/p>\n Order:<\/strong> Mezze, shawarma, kofta and baklava.<\/p>\n The Mood:<\/strong> Beirut meets Venezia.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd<\/p>\n Creperia Artigianale Casteo<\/p>\n One of the pleasures of Venice is discovering that the place you remember most wasn’t a grand restaurant at all.<\/p>\n It was a tiny counter beside a canal.<\/p>\n Creperia Artigianale Casteo is precisely that sort of place.<\/p>\n It specialises in freshly made cr\u00eapes\u2014sweet and savoury\u2014with fillings ranging from vegetables and cheese to marinated chicken. Halaal dining guides flag Halaal meat here, although travellers with stricter requirements should confirm the current preparation arrangements directly before ordering.<\/p>\n This isn’t dinner with linen napkins and a waiter dramatically removing a silver cloche.<\/p>\n Good.<\/p>\n Sometimes what you want after walking fifteen thousand steps through Venice is something hot, crisp around the edges and filled with melted cheese.<\/p>\n Preferably eaten immediately.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime For:<\/strong> Lunch on the run.<\/p>\n Order:<\/strong> A savoury chicken cr\u00eape followed by a sweet one because holidays have rules.<\/p>\n The Mood:<\/strong> Tiny, casual, charming.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606<\/p>\n SKK Mediterranea Halal<\/p>\n Every travel guide needs one restaurant for the following situation:<\/p>\n It is 10:30 at night.<\/p>\n You’ve been walking since breakfast.<\/p>\n Everyone is tired.<\/p>\n Someone is becoming unpleasant.<\/p>\n Nobody wants to research anything.<\/p>\n Enter SKK.<\/p>\n Near the Rialto area, this inexpensive Halaal fast-food spot serves the familiar salvation of kebabs, pizza, falafel, hummus, wraps and grilled meats. Current listings explicitly categorise it as Halaal, and its long opening hours make it especially useful when more conventional restaurants have stopped serving.<\/p>\n Is this the restaurant around which I would construct an entire Venetian itinerary?<\/p>\n No.<\/p>\n Would I be extraordinarily pleased to see it after getting lost for forty-five minutes while Google Maps insists I’m standing in the middle of a canal?<\/p>\n Absolutely.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime For:<\/strong> Late-night hunger and quick lunches.<\/p>\n Order:<\/strong> Kebab, falafel and chips.<\/p>\n The Mood:<\/strong> No ceremony. No nonsense. Food now.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd<\/p>\n Quanto Basta<\/p>\n There should always be room in a travel guide for usefulness.<\/p>\n Quanto Basta sits in Cannaregio, close to Santa Lucia station, and combines inexpensive Italian-style fast food and pizza with Halaal options. Current Halaal directories describe it as partially Halaal\/Halaal-meat rather than something I would automatically treat as an entirely Halaal establishment.<\/p>\n Which means one thing:<\/p>\n Ask.<\/p>\n If you specifically require Halaal meat, tell them.<\/p>\n If you avoid alcohol in cooking, tell them.<\/p>\n If cross-contamination matters to you, tell them.<\/p>\n That thirty-second conversation is considerably preferable to spending the rest of lunch wondering.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime For:<\/strong> Arrival day, departure day and hungry children.<\/p>\n The Mood:<\/strong> Convenient rather than ceremonial.<\/p>\n Simply Sublime Rating:<\/strong> \u2605\u2605\u2605\u00bd<\/p>\n Quite.<\/p>\n This is the great frustration.<\/p>\n You travel all the way to Italy and don’t necessarily want to spend seven nights eating curries and shawarma, however delicious they may be.<\/p>\n Fortunately, Venice gives the Muslim traveller an enormous advantage:<\/p>\n The lagoon.<\/strong><\/p>\n Traditional Venetian cooking is unusually seafood-forward. Fish, cuttlefish, prawns, sardines and other lagoon produce form an important part of the city’s culinary identity.<\/p>\n So don’t assume that eating Halaal means avoiding Venetian restaurants altogether.<\/p>\n Instead, learn to ask questions.<\/p>\n Look for grilled fish, vegetable dishes and seafood-based pasta. Venice is famous for dishes such as sarde in saor<\/strong>, baccal\u00e0 mantecato<\/strong>, cuttlefish and squid-ink dishes, seafood risotto and fritto misto<\/strong>.<\/p>\n But\u2014and this is important\u2014seafood does not automatically make the completed dish Halaal<\/em>.<\/p>\n Wine can appear in sauces and risotto. Shared fryers may be used for other foods. Stocks can contain ingredients that aren’t obvious from the menu. Current Muslim-oriented Venice guides specifically recommend asking whether wine has been used in preparation.<\/p>\n The most useful sentence in Venice may therefore be:<\/p>\n \u201cContiene vino o alcol?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Does it contain wine or alcohol?<\/em><\/p>\n Learn it.<\/p>\n Use it.<\/p>\n Smile.<\/p>\n This deserves saying.<\/p>\n There is a difference between:<\/p>\n A Halaal restaurant.<\/strong><\/p>\n A restaurant serving Halaal meat.<\/strong><\/p>\n A restaurant offering some Halaal dishes.<\/strong><\/p>\n And:<\/p>\n A restaurant somebody on the internet once described as Halaal.<\/strong><\/p>\n These are not interchangeable.<\/p>\n Restaurant suppliers, menus and preparation methods can change. Some establishments serving Halaal meat may also serve alcohol or non-Halaal dishes. Different Muslim diners also apply different standards concerning certification, alcohol and cross-contamination.<\/p>\n Specialist directories currently list multiple verified or Halaal-meat restaurants in Venice, but even some of those services explicitly advise diners to reconfirm details with the restaurant.<\/p>\n So if your requirements are strict, ask the restaurant directly before ordering.<\/p>\n It isn’t awkward.<\/p>\n It is your food.<\/p>\n Venice is not London, Dubai or Cape Town when it comes to Halaal dining.<\/p>\n You cannot wander into every second restaurant and expect a fully Halaal menu.<\/p>\n But that is no longer the same thing as saying Venice is difficult for Muslim travellers.<\/p>\n It simply requires a little strategy.<\/p>\n For the best all-round Halaal dinner, ITAL INDIA<\/strong> is my pick.<\/p>\n For something more unusual and culturally interesting, go to Orient Experience<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For romance, Frary’s<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For a Lebanese table groaning beneath too many plates\u2014and there should always be too many plates\u2014Gibran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n For something quick, Creperia Artigianale Casteo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n And when it’s late, everyone is exhausted and nobody is interested in another restaurant debate, SKK<\/strong> will suddenly look like the finest dining establishment in Europe.<\/p>\n But don’t spend the entire holiday hunting exclusively for restaurants with the word Halaal<\/em> above the door.<\/p>\n Venice itself should be part of what you eat.<\/p>\n Find the seafood.<\/p>\n Ask about the wine.<\/p>\n Ask about the stock.<\/p>\n Ask about the fryer.<\/p>\n Then sit beside the water, order something delicious and watch a gondola drift past your table.<\/p>\n Because eating Halaal in Venice shouldn’t feel like a compromise.<\/p>\n Done properly, it feels exactly like Venice.<\/p>\n And that is simply sublime.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Because Nobody Goes to Venice to Eat a Sad Sandwich Venice is a city in which almost everything conspires to make you fall in love. 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\n<\/div>\n2. ORIENT EXPERIENCE<\/h1>\n
The Most Interesting Lunch in Venice<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/div>\n3. FRARY’S<\/h1>\n
The Romantic One<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/div>\n4. GIBRAN<\/h1>\n
The Lebanese Feast<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/div>\n5. CREPERIA ARTIGIANALE CASTEO<\/h1>\n
The Little Surprise<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/div>\n6. SKK MEDITERRANEA HALAL<\/h1>\n
The Rialto Rescue Mission<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/div>\n7. QUANTO BASTA<\/h1>\n
The Useful One Near the Station<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/div>\nBUT I CAME TO VENICE FOR ITALIAN FOOD<\/h1>\n
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\n<\/div>\nA NOTE ABOUT \u201cHALAAL\u201d IN VENICE<\/h1>\n
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\n<\/div>\nTHE SIMPLY SUBLIME VERDICT<\/h1>\n