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Locanda Barbarigo
San Marco 2503/a - Fondamenta Duodo O Ba, Venice, VE

Reviews

8.0

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 64 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 64 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 31 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 15 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 178 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gregory, Beaumont

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Nothing further
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Richard

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great value
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Location and Feels like Real Venice
This hotel feels like you are in Venice. The room was very small but the bathroom was large. My room overlooked a small courtyard and the window opened. The room did have air-conditioning as the warm humid temperatures made it very appreciated. (You just have to make sure the window is closed- so the Air-conditioning works) There hotel manager is only there for a few hours a day - so you have to read you email - to get instructions on how to enter the building ... but it is not too complicated. The hotel is very close to the water-bus - that you can catch from the train station. It was very enjoyable location and room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Xiangdong

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very friendly and knowledgeable staffs
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Alvin TK

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
The hotel staff was mainly uncontactable. No proper instructions on reaching the hotel. The whatsapp and expedia messenger were ghost. Emergency took 1 hour. I understand that no reception we cannot intercom for assistance but replies taking more than 3-4 hours is unacceptable. Lastly the room instruction guide states 1030am check out. But the staff messaged everyone 8am. Amazing and she can have time to toast her breakfast at 7am.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

4/10 Poor

Martha

Liked: Cleanliness
Accident Hazard
We stayed in the family apartment. The room was large and clean. Still, or stay was marred because the floor of the apartment was uneven and caused me to fall and injure my knee. Specifically, one corner of the room was about six inches lower than the remainder of the room, and because the room was dimly lit when we arrived and the flooring uniform and dark, we did not see the "step down" and we were not informed of its existence. Result: a fall that impaired me for our entire visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Latzel

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2020

10/10 Excellent

MAITAL

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location with friendly people and next to grand canal
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great people super friendly, easy to get around. Some great shops near by for snacks
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

4/10 Poor

Moonem, london,

Traveled with family
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The receptionist, when available, was helpful. Otherwise it’s just a B&B property with a very poor breakfast room. Would not recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2019
Response from Laura on Apr 8, 2019
This review is made by a guest who has not breakfast included and has not had breakfast. Anyhow, Locanda Barbarigo Guest House is in a building of 1700, is a part of Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto. The breakfast is served in a tipical Venitian salon with original "Terrazzo alla Veneziana" floor and exposed beams with original Murano glass chandelier. Poor room is not the correct definition..

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

kimandChris, Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Lovely hotel and friendly staff very helpful very clean great location close to ferries stop and restaurants
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel in the perfect location. I did not like how small it was, but again, this is Venice which is typical. Staff is very nice and attentive.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

8/10 Good

anne, Dublin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A night in a Palace
We booked just one night as we had tickets for the Opera in the Palazzo Barbarigo. The Locanda is actually part of the Palazzo so we couldn't have been closer. Laura greeted us on arrival and provided excellent information for our time in Venice. The facilities are the same as a B&B, with bedrooms leading off the dining room. All the gondolas pass along the narrow canal just outside the front door. Walking from St Mark's Square, we followed directions for the "Accademia" which brought us right to our destination as it is on the way. Just remember that all property numbers in Venice are "unique"to each property. Looking forward to a return visit.

6/10 Okay

MICHEL, Cape Coral, Florida, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great location and quiet
Great location and quiet.

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

8/10 Good

wei wei, Malaysia

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Cannot remember the beautiful staff name, she was very helpful and kind, furthermore so pretty...hotel location is good, easy to reach and easy to get around to others places. However the hotel is a bit run down.

8/10 Good

Geoffrey, St Leonard's on sea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
how to double room by yourself
I had a sweet time and thought it did get cold at night but that was cool really or acclimatised even. By the end I was walking bare foot and a professional microwave chef. The reception was great. When I arrived I failed to recognise that I had actually arrived so a water taxi came in handy at 2 am and it was wicked. I wasn't wearing flip flops that's why. When it came to check out I was oblivious and Wifi-ng across the grand canal at a bar and was really being dealt with by the staff who gave me food bags and stuff. The local art exhibitions are rather distracting and most Venetians that i asked won't really know where the place really is that late at night☺ even if their English is really good. I went to the beach a couple of times and a nightclub which was just crazy since Italians do things their way and was packed. I did like the location and handing my new cups and rubbish in bought from supermarkets. Visiting the place before I was soon habituated to other people's idiosyncrasies around the area. Then I went on to my next hostel.

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

8/10 Good

ALEXIS, London

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Venice on a tight budget. Nhyyyy
Simple, cheap, clean, traditional hotel. Nice friendly staff. Honest and real people, without being over-formal. Excellent location. Breakfast a bit limited but acceptable for the money.

10/10 Excellent

Yvette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great room and location
We had a nice stay here. The location was great and a short walk to san marco square. The small double room is perfect for two people the space is nice. Directions given on hotels website were good and made the hotel easy to find from train station.

4/10 Poor

Bernardo, Norwalk, CT

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Now that I've been in Venice, I know that "affordable" or "reasonable" are not words in their vocabulary. Paying almost $800 Euros for what I consider a 2-star (3-star at best) experience, is not what I'd call a good deal. Very disappointed with this hotel experience, despite the hotel's personnel best intentions.

2/10 Terrible

Nitesh, Denmark

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible hotel
1. Difficult to find 2. Entrance of hotel is always locked and you can't go in if you don't have the keys which you certainly don't have when you are coming to check in. Just keep knocking on the door in a hope that some one would let u in and then u can check in. 3. No body at reception after 7pm.. So not a remote possibility of checking in after 7 pm 4. Rooms are stinky as if not cleaned in years. Dusty beds. Two single beds pushed together as double 5. Insufficient light in rooms , always dark even in day time with all lights on. 6. Refrigerator in the room not working 7. Bathroom cabin leaking, just take one shower and your bathroom is full with water. 8. There is a TV in the room with only one channel working. 9. Internet is there but it logs you out automatically after every 10 mins or so.. Need to log in again and again.. 10. The breakfast room is just outside the room which makes your room noisy as early as 7 am. 11. Rotten and insufficient breakfast. "orange juice" with lots of water in it, stinky eggs are boiled days before serving ( talked to owner of the hotel which surprisingly and annoyingly agreed to it and say it as their food saving economy, gets groceries once a week), no cheese one day, no butter next day, cheapest bread in the town that too rotten( as mentioned earlier it's a week old), fruits are cut a day before and are limpy when eaten and this list goes on and on..

6/10 Okay

Jim, Boston

Liked: Staff & service
Great location. Helpful staff. ok room
The location near San Marco Square was perfect for sightseeing but down side canal so not as noisy. The staff was very helpful. The room was old and a bit dimly lit. It was adequate for the price. Breakfast was ok.

8/10 Good

Bon, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Darling bed and breakfast.
Very friendly and informative staff. Large clean room. Located close to restaurants and shopping.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great hotel close to main attractions
Great service and very clean! Great location and nice staff

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok. Not great.
Hotel is in great location. Rooms and general condition of housekeeping was not that great. Seemed tired.

8/10 Good

Michelle, San Diego, CA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location
Very nice B&B. Great breakfast and nice staff. Our refrigerator was broken and they let us use the house fridge. This was the 3rd hotel we stayed in during our honeymoon, and it was enjoyable.

10/10 Excellent

William, Maine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect taste of Venice!
Excellent taste of Venice! Friendly staff, convenient location. A little off the beaten path, but that is perfect when you are staying in the middle of a bustling city. Room was huge. Would definitely stay there again.

6/10 Okay

Alberto, Chicago

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
You can do better
Greta location, not worth the price at all. Hotel service was great, breakfast was decent. The bed was from the 1700s, the sheets had more dust on them than anything. The shower was the worse, spilled water everywhere. For the price you can find something much better. Only perk was that it was close to the square but it's Venice. Everything is close

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely old hotel in Venice
We had called ahead as requested and the manager gave us check in information as they were not there at the time we arrived. It went smoothly. There are stairs so beware if you have heavy luggage. The room was small but the bathroom was modern and we managed.

4/10 Poor

Catherine, NYC

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A two star dump minutes from San Marco
this place is a dump. I tried to get out of the contract immediately once i saw it, but was forced to stay the full time or pay a penalty of the full period PLUS an additional day. Be careful before booking - read the fine print. Hard to find, the hotel is under a smelly, dirty portico lines with pigeon and cat poo. There was no one at reception after 8 hour trip getting to Venice. The staircase is really long and hard to get luggage up, no one to help. The room was dark, hot and bed was so large it barely fit in the room, was hard to move around. No drinking water in the room, no place to get any and tap water is undrinkable (Venice is old, pipes are filthy). The breakfast room is abysmal and there is no reception area. The gondoliers start singing from 9am and pass every 3 minutes: the charm wears off in under an hour. The only good thing it has going for it is the location. Because I went for an art fair, I paid about 200 for a room that should have been 50 Euros. Seriously - its no more than a 2 star with TVs.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great!
Once it was found, it is in a perfect location to walk to all attractions easily!

8/10 Good

Derek, London

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Good location but small room
Great location near St Mark's Square and Grand Canal "bus stop" which enables you to get round Venice AND get Alilugano "bus" from airport which is a must.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Quaint but tired
Quaint, excellent location, but staff infrequently available to seek service or advice. Room appeared pleasant on first appearance, but no draws or places to put your belongings, therefore had to live out of suitcases. The bathroom was adequate although the shower was tiny, the water lukewarm and the hairdryer useless. The breakfast room was large but sterile, with the food being limited in quantity and mostly stale.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveler

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room No. 5
The bed and breakfast is located in a charming building and in a great location. Breakfast was good, although some food items needed to be replenished more frequently. Staff were also generally helpful but only on site during the morning and early afternoon. The main reason for a lower than average rating is the room. It is accessed by walking up three long stair cases and going through a large attic room with a low ceiling. The room is small and remained hot and stuffy, even with windows open. There was also a distinct sewer smell coming from the bathroom floor drain. A lack of a second exit, on site staff and visible smoke alarms were also a concern.
Response from Angie on Mar 13, 2015
Thank you for your review. You help us to explain that if you reserve a Small Double bedroom , the room will be necessary small. Smell generally come from the canal expecially when there is low tide ( The well known High Water and Low Water are frequent in Venice). Our Building is an Historical one protected by " Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali" and the characteristic is that rooms structure is the original one Moreover, for the same reason, it is not possible to have a second exit . Our Guesthouse age is more than 500 years - old. We hope you might have savored the atmosphere of ancient Venice.

10/10 Excellent

Jacob, Brooklyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Definitely Recommend
Excellent little place on the canal. We really enjoyed staying here. The complimentary breakfast was great and the location was perfect.

6/10 Okay

Luke, Canberra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Locanda barbarigo
Close to everything but very small. Breakfast was only fair.

10/10 Excellent

Maureen, Victoria,Australia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Overlooking canal
Easy 5 minute walk from the Giglio stop, easy to find hotel, only one bridge to get cases over. Our room overlooked canal, perfect for watching gondolas pass, listen to their music and wave to their customers. Lovely view along the canal to the bridge over the canal where a lot of people paused to take a photo looking down to our hotel and out to the Grand Canal. Breakfast good, all cold but plenty of food. Would stay here again without hesitation.

10/10 Excellent

Holly and Scott, Florida

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
great stay
The room was huge for Venice standards, close to all. Just wished we new to get off water taxi at Giglei rather than San Marco. But otherwise great!

10/10 Excellent

Noreen, Dublin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great service
Hotel is conveniently located. The man at reception was extremely helpful.

10/10 Excellent

PGBG, Boston

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Authentic Venice experience
We enjoyed staying in this beautifully restored old Venice building. Christine was welcoming and very helpful with our questions. Opening our room windows we were treated to a view of a small canal where we watched the gondoliers and enjoyed their singing and music. Close to the valporettas and we could walk everywhere. The Locanda is charming: we loved the porch off the breakfast room, the marble steps and damask covered walls - and the glass chandeliers. We enjoyed the history that the walls told. We had privacy and enjoyed meeting other guests at breakfast.

8/10 Good

DanaKelli, USA

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
centrally located hotel in Venice
room was small and pillows flat but breakfast was wonderfully typical continental breakfast and super hotel service

6/10 Okay

older couple , New York

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good location
Hotel was easy to get to, the staff were very helpful and pleasant, the breakfast was good. The hotel is old and in need of some updating. Our bathroom had recently been updated, the towels and linens were nice. Our room was very small (it was listed as a small room in the description) and there was no place to sit other than the bed. Luckily, there was an outer room that was a public space and no one as using it. So we used it to have somewhere to sit and read.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Sue, Perth, Western Australia

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel adjacent to canal.
The hotel was hard to find, but could have been much easier to find if the hotel published which pont to alight at. With that information it would have been a short walk with only one set of stairs to navigate with cases. The hot water system failed during our stay. We were told it would be rectified in half an hour, but took most of the day and we were forced to take cold showers, with no apology or recompense from the hotel, other than to blame the service technician. There is no lift and it is necessary to lug cases up stairs. Otherwise, the hotel was adequate and the breakfast included in the price was quite adequate.