Guidebook for Padova
Drinks & Nightlife
Very cool reggae spritz bar with a nice aperitivo, great decor, vibes, and a proper menu of variations on the classic spritz.
Via Nazario Sauro, 23
Very cool reggae spritz bar with a nice aperitivo, great decor, vibes, and a proper menu of variations on the classic spritz.
Beautiful building - somewhat trendy but recommended for a Wed or Fri evening when there is a proper aperitivo buffet that you can basically call your dinner, and great for people watching.
Via VIII Febbraio, 15
Beautiful building - somewhat trendy but recommended for a Wed or Fri evening when there is a proper aperitivo buffet that you can basically call your dinner, and great for people watching.
Another awesome reggae spritz bar. Great spritz menu (on the cheap), very friendly staff, delicious snack menu, great music, vibe energy, highly recommended.
Piazza Capitaniato
Piazza CapitaniatoAnother awesome reggae spritz bar. Great spritz menu (on the cheap), very friendly staff, delicious snack menu, great music, vibe energy, highly recommended.
Good bruschetta (although they use passata instead of fresh tomatoes) - good cheap spritzes - you go there almost more for the basement effect than anything else.
Via Santa Lucia, 91
Good bruschetta (although they use passata instead of fresh tomatoes) - good cheap spritzes - you go there almost more for the basement effect than anything else.
Food Scene
Good food, friendly staff, great decor. Recommended especially - their meat platters. Tuscan cuisine.
Via Altinate, 127
Good food, friendly staff, great decor. Recommended especially - their meat platters. Tuscan cuisine.
Delish pizza, open for lunch, yes it's a national chain, but you can't beat the quality. Have anything with the DOC tomatoes.
Via Santa Lucia, 68
Delish pizza, open for lunch, yes it's a national chain, but you can't beat the quality. Have anything with the DOC tomatoes.
In a hidden piazza of the tiny Jewish Ghetto, this place boasts fab food for good prices with a local clientele and the wine and free after dinner drinks are abundant.
Via Obizzi, 2
2 Via ObizziIn a hidden piazza of the tiny Jewish Ghetto, this place boasts fab food for good prices with a local clientele and the wine and free after dinner drinks are abundant.
A vegan restaurant in Italy? What! Delicious, creative food, and a fun, welcoming, 'cruelty-free' atmosphere. Try one of the suggestively though probably innocently named 'veghina's (vegan piadinas).
Via S. Gregorio Barbarigo, 87
A vegan restaurant in Italy? What! Delicious, creative food, and a fun, welcoming, 'cruelty-free' atmosphere. Try one of the suggestively though probably innocently named 'veghina's (vegan piadinas).
Want a slice? An all you can eat aperitivo? Need something quick, local, filled with uni students avoiding caffe pedrocchi? Brek is your place.
Piazza Garzeria
Want a slice? An all you can eat aperitivo? Need something quick, local, filled with uni students avoiding caffe pedrocchi? Brek is your place.
Opened on Sundays - their drinks are a bit overpriced (+4€ for a regular aperol spritz) - but their aperitivo is not bad, and the food is very very good, so keep in mind especially for a Sunday.
Piazza Prato della Valle
Opened on Sundays - their drinks are a bit overpriced (+4€ for a regular aperol spritz) - but their aperitivo is not bad, and the food is very very good, so keep in mind especially for a Sunday.
Barely visible from the outside - opera music gently crackling on the speakers, candles, handwritten menu which changes with the availability of fresh ingredients. Best meal in Padua I've had so far.
Via Santa Sofia, 1
Barely visible from the outside - opera music gently crackling on the speakers, candles, handwritten menu which changes with the availability of fresh ingredients. Best meal in Padua I've had so far.