Editorial place profile
Al giardinetto da Severino
At a glance
Al Giardinetto da Severino is a family-run Venetian restaurant in Palazzo Zorzi at Castello 4928. A former chapel dining room and a garden used in warmer months accompany fish, meat, pasta, homemade desserts and wine.
Practical details
- Dining choice
- Venetian cooking in a historic room or seasonal garden
- Food or setting
- Historic former-chapel room, seasonal garden and Venetian menu
- Pet or visit distinction
- Published gluten-free menu; current pet permission unverified
A family restaurant in Palazzo Zorzi
The family restaurant dates to 1949. Its Palazzo Zorzi setting includes a former chapel dining room with a vaulted ceiling, fresco and fireplace, plus an inner garden used in warmer months. These provide distinct indoor and outdoor settings around Castello’s Ruga Giuffa area.
Sources: Al Giardinetto da Severino: restaurant, garden and contact
Venetian dishes, wine and gluten-free choices
The published menu includes seafood spaghetti, spicy squid, octopus, ricotta-and-spinach ravioli, duck pasta, cuttlefish with ink and polenta, Venetian-style liver and beef cheek. Homemade desserts and Italian and French wines extend the meal. The restaurant also publishes a gluten-free menu; guests with a dietary requirement should discuss the particular dish and preparation with staff.
Sources: Al Giardinetto da Severino: Venetian menu, Al Giardinetto da Severino: published gluten-free menu
The Castello address and garden distinction
Use Salizada Zorzi / Ruga Giuffa, Castello 4928, with the operator’s phone and email below. The garden offers an outdoor setting during its season, but no current pet-admission statement has been verified for this exact restaurant. A garden table and permission to bring an animal are separate arrangements.
Sources: Al Giardinetto da Severino: restaurant, garden and contact
Contact and published information
- Restaurant website and published information
- Published menu
- Call Al giardinetto da Severino: +39 041 528 5332
- info@algiardinetto.it
- Address: Salizada Zorzi / Ruga Giuffa, Castello 4928, Venice, Italy
Where this place fits
Sources and review dates
- Al Giardinetto da Severino: restaurant, garden and contact — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. Palazzo Zorzi, the former chapel dining room, seasonal inner garden, family history and Castello 4928 contact.
- Al Giardinetto da Severino: published gluten-free menu — Restaurant operator — checked 2026-10-18. The restaurant’s published gluten-free menu, with Venetian fish, meat, pasta and vegetable dishes.
Author and corrections
Sarah Haddad is responsible for this profile. It is based on the published sources cited here; no firsthand visit or independent service test is claimed.