Recent Traveler Reviews
Here is a selection of the most recent reviews of the Venice Gondola Ride and Serenade with Dinner submitted by actual travelers. Read what travelers liked, what they loved, and what they thought could be improved.
Wonderful! I felt like I was on a movie set, it was so romantic!
Reviewed by: George G, May 2012
Gondola ride and serenade was fantastic, bit dissappointed with the resturant and the food, also the resturant was quite difficult to find once we came from the gondola ride, we had to ask for directions, ,suggest perhaps more attention could be paid to escort clients to the resturant instead of leaving them to there own devices as such, you could easily get lost and not find the resturant at all.
Reviewed by: ledonne vecchio, May 2012
Serenade was great as was the Gondola ride itself. The food at the restaurant was really good, the service was friendly and timely. I would certainly recommend this to friends.
Reviewed by: John Edward R, May 2012
Didn't get to sit with my husband and he was put at the front of the boat in very uncomfortable position. No one to guide us to restaurant. Once we found the restaurant it was a nice experience. Gondola drivers not very friendly.
Reviewed by: Odie W, May 2012
OK, i want to start by saying that we had fun on the gondola ride, but there is some facts we weren't aware of 1) you can be clubbed together with 7/8 boats and just 1 serenader 2) you may have to sit opposite each other rather than together 3) You may have to share with crying kids and groups of lads. Thankfully we got the 'good' seats and shared with 2 other nice couples but others weren't so lucky. We got dropped back at the dock and walked to restaurant, this was a real let down. As soon as they knew we were the Viator people they tried to shoehorn us to their outside plastic tables, we politely refused and the waiter just continued to treat us with disdain, commenting on the fact we did not want water, that we choose the house wine (as opposed to their v. expensive bottles) we had to choose off the 20E specials menu. All in all, the choice and Food was average, the service rude and unacceptable and to top it off they slapped a hefty service charge on top. Take our advice, scrap the dinner (there are too many good restaurants to waste your time here) and save up to book a private Gondola ride for yourself.
Reviewed by: Kerrym, May 2012
