Venice Greek Taverna (formally Venice Ale House)

775 US Highway 41 Bypass South, Gulf Coast Blvd, Venice
(941) 303-6906

Recent Reviews

Mark Chaffee

This restaurant is closed. They should shutdown the website as well.

Tammy Paternoster

Stopped in and ordered to go. Soup was good. Prices were a little higher than expected.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Soup

Roy Rhubright

Come hungry and ready for a wonderful dinning experience. ????

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Traditional Gyro, Greek Fries, Falafel, Hummingbird Cake, House Gyro Platter

Ron O'Shea

Debbie and staff are the best! Food is wonderful!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: House Gyro Platter

Ashley Ashton

Best Greek food I have ever had.I grew up vacationing in tarpon spring and thought nothing would ever top that moussaka, but this place has it beat by a landslide.Boyfriend got the gyro and he said it was done excellently. We will only go here for Greek fare from now on! You guys are fantastic!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Traditional Gyro

Pamela Jacques

Food was great - especially the potato salad. Friendly staff that even helped an elderly couple out the door. A little dark but food and service made up for it. Was not expecting at 3% credit card fee though - No sign anywhere.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

John Oliver

Got the House Gyro Plate to go. The bartender was very helpful.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: House Gyro Platter

Patrick Galton

Greeted promptly at the door very nicely. Shae was great, got me a Gyro meal to go with a fresh ice tea. Meal was hot and delicious. Shae was a great attentive server.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: House Gyro Platter

Nikolai Chenko

Expensive for Greek food. Prices on goggle are outdated. Food wasn't bad though.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Joe Carmina

One of the best fish fry’s I’ve had in a very long time! Not greasy and so perfectly cooked! Very pleased with our dinners.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish Fry

PAMELA WOLF

Great Greek food and friendly, welcoming staff.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Traditional Gyro

I J

Bars that charge a credit card surcharge need to be boycotted! Full stop!!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Michelle Demeti

Wow, I’m so disappointed in the recent changes within this establishment. I moved here three years ago and this place made me feel like this city was home. It had an excellent chicken souvlaki gyro. I’ve ordered it many times over the last three years and recommended it to many people. Sadly, I can do so no longer and will not be going to this establishment again.They’ve up charged their side of Greek potato salad to $3.79, which used to be included. Okay, I still ordered it because that is what I wanted. What I was shocked to see when I picked up my order was a CONDIMENT sized portion of potato salad in my to go box! I went back inside to just verify that it was the correct portion and the waitress said yes, I just work here. I was shocked. We used to get about 70% more potato salad (still a modest portion) and now I had about 4 potato chunks shoved in a condiment container for almost an $4 up charge.Cost aside, prices change and some people are more or less sensitive. Honestly, if the portion had stayed the same I wouldn’t have thought anything of it. BUT I come for the chicken souvlaki. It’s what I get. The potato salad is a nice add on. The chicken used to be marinated in a nice lemon oregano type seasoning and tasted wonderful in the gyro. The last time I got it, it was all burnt and lacked flavor. I wrote it off to an off day. Unfortunately, to my deepest regrets, it seems their new brand has removed the marinade flavor to that of charcoal and soot as a permanent feature. I’m not talking a slight flavor difference, I’m warning you that the chicken gyro isn’t edible unless you prefer the flavor of licking burnt unidentified remnants off a grill. No amount of tzatziki sauce will complement this overwhelming carcinogenic flavoring. The last time and this time, I had to remove the chicken from the gyro and just eat the wilted lettuce, tomato and pita. What a waste of time and money. I can’t sacrifice my health toxic load for something that tastes so awful. More power to anyone else who prefers their meat flavor so burnt/charred that the flavor of the meat itself is indistinguishable, but that is not me.I hope to find a good Greek place again. Until then, I’ll be making my own and home and using Publix’s Cedar brand Tzatziki sauce.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

Chloie Brookman

I ordered food online and picked it up at the store, I was so excited to eat my gyro’s! However when I get home I wasn’t excited anymore, my pita was cut in to triangles and all the toppings were in separate boxes, I love the food it’s great but if I wanted to get triangle taco cuts and have made the food myself I would’ve done so. This was disappointing as I was looking forward to eating my gyros already made and whole not in triangles. I didn’t not pay $89.68 to make it myself at home. I ordered 2 house gyro platters & one I substituted for lamb which is $10 extra, which I didn’t even get.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

David Thompson

Everytime we are here we are treated like family.And, the food is fantastic!!

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