Caffè Rosso is a nightlife spot in Dorsoduro, Venice.
Caffè Rosso has run on Campo Santa Margherita since the late 1800s, the bright red awning a landmark of the student square, with an old percolator still.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Stand at the inside bar for a three euro spritz; outside seating carries a markup for the square view. Cash and small bills speed the cycle.
Address: Dorsoduro 2963, Campo Santa Margherita, 30123 Venezia, Venice
Imagina Caffè runs out of a former Ponte dei Pugni art gallery a step off Campo Santa Margherita, with rotating exhibitions on the walls, a long aperitivo.
Tip: The Friday and Saturday late close is the catch; midweek the cafe shuts at 21:00 with the rest of the square. Spritz and tramezzini run cheap.
The Venice Jazz Club is the city's lone dedicated jazz room, a small Dorsoduro space near Ponte dei Pugni that programmes two live sets a night Monday.
Tip: Tickets include a welcome drink; arrive by 20:30 for the 21:00 set to claim a table near the band. The room is closed Wednesday and Sunday and through most of August.
Imagina Caffè runs out of a former Ponte dei Pugni art gallery a step off Campo Santa Margherita, with rotating exhibitions on the walls, a long aperitivo.
Tip: The Friday and Saturday late close is the catch; midweek the cafe shuts at 21:00 with the rest of the square. Spritz and tramezzini run cheap.
Molocinque sits in a converted 1930s warehouse on Via dell'Elettricità in Porto Marghera and runs as the Venice metro area's biggest commercial dance room.
Tip: Historic Venice itself has no real clubs; Molocinque is the cab ride on the mainland past the causeway. The Wed midweek slot is calmer than the Friday and Saturday peaks.
Tag Club is a small underground room on Via Giustizia in Mestre, running electronic and techno line ups alongside the occasional live jazz set and themed.
Tip: The room is intimate by club standards; the line ups skew toward visiting DJs over commercial sets. Mestre station is a short walk so the last train is sometimes catchable.
The Venice Jazz Club is the city's lone dedicated jazz room, a small Dorsoduro space near Ponte dei Pugni that programmes two live sets a night Monday.
Tip: Tickets include a welcome drink; arrive by 20:30 for the 21:00 set to claim a table near the band. The room is closed Wednesday and Sunday and through most of August.
Bacaro Jazz has run on Salizada del Fontego dei Tedeschi a hundred metres from the Rialto Bridge since 1997, with recorded and occasional live jazz.
Tip: The bar runs straight through service so you can drop in for a cicchetto at 18:00 or a cocktail at 01:00. Cocktails sit around twelve euros and the room fills past midnight on weekends.
Bar Dandolo sits among marble columns and Murano chandeliers on the ground floor of the fourteenth century Palazzo Dandolo at the Hotel Danieli.
Tip: Cocktails run around twenty euros; the early aperitivo slot from 18:00 is the calmest window. Afternoon tea service runs 15:00-18:00 if you want the room without the bar tab.
