Venezia Italian Cuisine - Oceanside (CA)

5 /5 Rozz Srabi: Best Italian food in Oceanside! 10/10 loved my stuffed Eggplant Florentine, my aunts Chicken Marsala, Cesar Salads, and the mozzarella al forno. Very affordable and best wait staff. The owner Milad was so friendly and remembered our names.

3 /5 Matt Wester: Venetos (now Venezia) has long been one of my favorite restaurants for Italian food, until recently that is. This was my first time going since the previous owner passed away, and I was left very disappointed. I ordered my usual of steak and fettuccine, but the portions were much smaller than they used to be (and Im pretty sure the price stayed the same!). The fettuccine was great as usual, however the steak was at most 8oz. I ordered my steak medium-rare, but received one of the driest well-done steaks Ive had in a very long time. We typically only come to venetos for special occasions, as dinner for my wife and I runs about $100, but it has always been my recommendation for friends to eat somewhere nice. While it may have just been an off night for the staff, I cant recommend Venetos any longer, nor do I plan on going back anytime in the near future.

3 /5 Marcus Pun: Oh I hate to say this but the food had such potential and it ended up being so ordinary. Now all I had was the Saliccia, So I cant say anything about all the other dishes. However, you can tell an inattentive kitchen by how fresh the food tastes and the sausage meat didnt taste so fresh. In retrospect, a bit on the gamey side. Which might be the flavor they like. I didnt so much. On the plus side, the bread was good and freshly baked, the pasta and sauce itself was fine, the wait staff was fun and nice, He twisted my arm into buying a Chianti which was okay for a Chianti. I never expect much of Chianti. There seemed to be some regulars here and my guess is I probably was in on an off night. But in a restaurant like this there should never be an off night for any dish. But it did look like everybody else was enjoying theirs. So I will return, pick a different dish sometime in the next couple of years. Sorry to give it a three, but I hope theres the next time and I can upgrade it.

3 /5 B. Barnes: The food was honestly not great, my husband wasn’t a fan of the ravioli and my dish was not impressed. The garlic knots looked great but they didn’t feel or taste very good. I also noticed while we were sitting that dishes seemed dirty and cobwebs were everywhere. I know it’s an old place but dusting would improve the atmosphere. Probably won’t go back.

5 /5 Jennifer: Stopped by for our first time to celebrate my fiances birthday! The food was fantastic and the service was great. Our server/host (didnt get his name sadly) was Amazing! He was funny, personable and attentive.