Venice Jazz Club is a nightlife spot in Dorsoduro, Venice.
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.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
Address: Ponte dei Pugni, Dorsoduro 3102, 30123 Venezia VE, Venice
Bar Foscarini tucks a terrace right under the wooden span of the Ponte dell'Accademia on the Dorsoduro side, a canal level deck that takes in the full Grand.
Tip: Not a rooftop in the literal sense; the deck sits at canal level under the bridge with the same payoff. Prices skew high for the view, so plan a single drink rather than a meal.
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.
Skyline crowns the Hilton Molino Stucky on Giudecca, a former flour mill turned hotel that hosts the city's highest rooftop bar, with a signature cocktail.
Tip: The hotel runs a free shuttle boat from San Marco Giardinetti; book a sunset slot for the strongest light on the dome of the Salute. Cocktails sit around twenty five euros.
Sagra crowns the fourth floor of the JW Marriott Venice on Isola delle Rose, with a 360-degree lagoon panorama, an open kitchen running modern Italian.
Tip: The hotel runs a free shuttle from San Marco; arrive 18:30 for an aperitivo seat on the terrace edge before the dining tables claim the rail. Closed through the winter months.
La Terrazza sits on the top floor of the H10 Palazzo Canova a few steps from the Rialto Bridge, with a covered indoor bar and an open terrace section.
Tip: The covered indoor section runs year round; the open terrace is the seat in warm months. A spritz or negroni runs around fifteen euros for the view of the Grand Canal turn at Rialto.
Bar Foscarini tucks a terrace right under the wooden span of the Ponte dell'Accademia on the Dorsoduro side, a canal level deck that takes in the full Grand.
Tip: Not a rooftop in the literal sense; the deck sits at canal level under the bridge with the same payoff. Prices skew high for the view, so plan a single drink rather than a meal.
