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CUISINES
Italian
Meals
After-hours, Drinks
FEATURES
Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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CUISINES
Italian
Meals
After-hours, Drinks
FEATURES
Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service
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4.0
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Paolo L
Venice61 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
You can order your Spritz (very good) or your ice cream (as good, generous and old style) sitting on a wonderful terrace on the Giudecca Canale, on the city side, i.e on the Zattere, which are the sunny locals promenade all year long. Real Venetian people are the majority of the people helping you. Don't miss the opportunity!
Written 27 June 2020
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AmericanInParis2
440 contributions
Aug 2021 • none
An Italian colleague recommended Gelateria Nico, and I can only wholeheartedly echo the suggestion - the gelato is fabulous! You can really taste the fruit in the gelato. Servings were generous and each scoop was less than 2 euros. I liked the pink grapefruit gelato and and returned to try the blueberry gelato - delicious!
Written 21 September 2021
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carolynrobert
75 contributions
Sept 2022 • none
We stopped on our final evening in Venice as we strolled along the Fondamenta. The gentlemen serving us was very nice and patient with our questions about the gelato. We had a blueberry (Mirtillo) and Tiramisu gelato and it was great quality and very reasonable - least expensive stop we had in 2 days (a little over 3 Euro for the 2 single scoop cones).
Written 4 October 2022
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bebsaurus_13
Paris812 contributions
May 2022 • couples
We stopped here on a very warm afternoon after a long day of walking around Venice. We were looking forward to a nice cool break and the choice of the gelati seemed good.
The pricing was a bit unorthodox, it is the first time I’ve seen you charged extra for a cone, but in line with the price of gelati elsewhere.
The choices looked good, with lots of different fruit options, but in the end, the actual flavours were absent. I chose pear and fior di latte and honestly both just tasted of a slightly chemically vanilla. It was quite a disappointment.
Written 2 May 2022
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BACHbonny
Ireland3150 contributions
Oct 2021 • family
Nicos has so many different personalities and that is what makes it so special. During our stay we visited it alone for a very early morning coffee and croissant standing at the bar with locals heading to work, mid morning or afternoon for a quick drink standing up or take away gelato as we headed to the vaparetto or when time allowed sat outside at a table for an hour or two soaking in the sun whilst enjoying a spritz. We love their frozen chocolate hazelnut icecream slab served in a glass of whipped cream - Gianduiotto, their panini and toasted sandwiches and their cafe macchiatone. Ice cream cones at €1.80 a scoop are great value. And it's a terrific place to just watch the world go by.
Written 2 November 2021
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Luca R
4 contributions
Aug 2024 • family
As things change, as a Venetian resident of San Marco I can say that Nico is no longer worth it. True the gianduiotto is not bad but in addition to costing an inordinate that could also go, it is served with less and less quality, less cream thrown into a miniglass. At the request of a black cherry (lawful) they laughed in my face. Too much tourism hurts you, if it wasn't for the location you would disappear in a few minutes. The service is bad, you wait without anyone going out to tell you anything, then a waiter comes and treats you like a foot cloth. Bad and I do not Recommendation to anyone.
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Written 11 August 2024
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mauro c
Milan241 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
This Gelateria was reccomended us from a friend of mine of Venice.
Gelato its really italian taste made and you can seat on the board of the water at boat stop "Zattere". Its a fantastic place to have relax enjoing real Venetian taste and atmosphere.
Written 2 September 2020
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GB&TB
London165 contributions
Aug 2023 • family
Great if you like being treated contemptuously by spivs.
We were drawn to this locale by it’s lovely waterside location. That’s the only positive.
When we sat down we discovered broken glass at our feet. The less than energetic waiter cleared it away when we pointed it out to him - but why should we have to?
Anyway, we ordered two Aperol Spritz’s and a Diet Coke. Luckily the coke came in an unopened tin and was still within its use by date - so that was fine. But, the Aperol spritz’s were lousy and completely flat. Frankly I was too thirsty to care and drank mine. However my wife, who had been anticipating a thirst quenching fizz, was dissatisfied. When I complained to the same waiter, his attitude was ‘so-what’ and he refused to entertain the idea of a replacement (for my wife’s drink). I demanded to see the person in charge. When this second person appeared he belittled our complaint, claiming that the true spritz, which Venetians apparently swear by, uses flat white wine rather than the Prosecco laced version that the rest of the world seems to have moved on to. I pointed out to this charlatan that the spritz should still have a fizz, regardless of the wine, by virtue of the soda water, which remains a fundamental constituent, even in Venice. He retorted that white wine naturally suppresses the soda’s fizz. Need I say more? Avoid.
Written 22 August 2023
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cloclolulu2
Dudelange244 contributions
Apr 2023 • couples
This gelateria was recommended by our guide, but I was rather disappointed. The ice-creams are quite standard, the waiter could have been a bit more friendly (which is generally the case in Venice). The location is nice, at a fondamenta across Giudecca.
Written 23 April 2023
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Andiamo2010
Lady's Island181 contributions
Apr 2022 • couples
Not good - have been stopping at Nico's on every visit for over 20 years and this time the espresso drinks and gelato were awful. Could not taste the espresso in the cappuccino. Ordered two scoops of gelato and was not even one full scoop. Plus, it was watery with not much flavor. Go to Gelateria Il Doge in Campo S. Margherita where they have really delicious gelato!
Written 9 April 2022
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racecat1
Luxembourg City25 contributions
Apr 2024 • family
If you like high quality ice cream,this is the place to go.We tried several flavours (strawberry, yogurt, chocolate,fior de latte) and they were all excellent.But our absolute favourite was pistachio, which does not have the flashy green colour of most industrial so called pistachio ice creams.It really tastes like pistachio and has small bits of it too.
If you like gianduia, you have to try their Gianduiotto,a big chunk of frozen gianduia served with freshly made whipped cream(not the awful stuff out of a can!).
The waiters are very kind and you can sit on the big deck with a great view of the lagoon.
We were in Venice for 5 days and went there every day once we’d found it.
Written 8 April 2024
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Aly T
Surrey6 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
My son had an amazing hot chocolate with a scoop of ice cream. It was 9 euros and we tried the hazelnut icecream which was nice. Its expensive, the staff were friendly and helpful. They also had an allergens menu and advised what was gluten free.
Written 26 February 2020
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ginsengNewYork
New York City1313 contributions
Oct 2021 • solo
This gelateria is one of the worst I experienced.
Yes, it has a nice location and tables with a view on Giudecca island, but it is also quite busy and noisy since it is so close to the vaporetto station.
The icecreams are however quite mediocre and without savor. The mint one especially has a chemical taste. There are way better gelaterie in Venice!
Written 31 October 2021
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Fabrizio
Rome239 contributions
Nov 2024 • family
I do not recommend this ice cream shop despite the fame. Waiting more than 20 min for table service even in the absence of other people to serve, as we also other tables next door with small children complained the same thing. At the request of an ice cream
fiordilatte per bambino I was denied because I requested not to have the waffle biscuit on top and from there an exaggerated need arose to discharge the responsibility of the holder for possible allergies - which I have never declared as such neither for gravity nor for the need to exclude foods in full. So I thought that in addition to rudeness such a place also sins of lack of hygiene, given the overreaction of the staff, despite having pointed out that a food declared as present in trace amounts could not be harmful. Use your time to go elsewhere!
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Written 2 November 2024
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Pierluigi Siciliani
Udine39 contributions
Oct 2024 • family
I can officially say Nico is no longer worth it. The gianduiotto is good 7,50€ that fits, but it is served in a miniglass. What I do not understand, however, is the management of the staff, which divides the terrace into two zones, so if it happens, as happened to us, to put yourself in an area where there is no waiter, the one in the area next door serves customers but does not do service on the side of the colleague, because it is not his job so you wait for a bang.
One thing I understand is that there is a rude tourism, but the French couple who take off their shoes and put their barefoot and smelly feet on the chair..even NO! and the staff should be careful about these things, they are new barbarians in Venice and working with tourists I understand the difficulty!
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Written 11 October 2024
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