When you are on holiday, you do not always have time to indulge in a full and abundant meal. If at dinner one likes to spoil oneself and relax, at lunch one is always in a hurry, caught up in the need to stay well awake so as to be able to continue one's visit, and the desire to spend little, which never hurts. Fortunately, Treviso is full of places where these two needs can be easily combined. Let us look together at a small list of places where it is possible to eat well while spending the right amount.
Where to eat in Treviso: cheap restaurants, typical places and street food
1 - Colonial Inn
Located in the centre of Treviso, the Colonial Inn uses the fixed menu formula. The formula also offers access to an abundant buffet, which includes seasonal vegetables, side dishes, as well as first and second courses of the day. Characterised by a good variety of dishes, the restaurant also offers customers a well-stocked beer list. Recommended both for a quick lunch break and for a quiet dinner, given the distance between tables that guarantees the right intimacy, even if the place is crowded.
Address: Via Avogari 25, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 1726722
House specialities: hamburgers and meat
Average price per person: €9.00 to €14.00
2 - The Bosketto
Il Bosketto is a restaurant surrounded by greenery, located along the outer walls of the city of Treviso, overlooking the river Sile. Easily reached on foot in a short time, the restaurant is ideal for a quick but complete lunch, thanks to its set menu formulas: €8 for a menu with just the first course, €16 for the menu with first course, second course and side dish. Water and coffee are included and the menu changes daily. Dogs are welcome.
Address:Viale Fratelli Bandiera 8, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 582180
Speciality of the house: mixed grill
Average price per person: from €8.00 to €16.00
3 - Trattoria all'Antico Portico
One of the most characteristic places in Treviso, the trattoria all'Antico Portico overlooks the beautiful square of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, dating back to the 15th century. Just a few steps from the city's historic centre, the restaurant, furnished with a series of signs and objects from bygone days, offers customers an informal, homely atmosphere, thanks also to the family-run business that has always characterised it. The menu offers several varieties of traditional Treviso dishes, prepared following the classic 'grandmother's recipes'.
Address: Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore 18, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 545259
House speciality: white truffle tagliolini with black truffle shavings
Average price per person: around €25.00
4 - For Bacchus
Located in the northern outskirts of Treviso, Osteria Per Bacco is a typical tavern, but with a kitchen. The menu available to customers - also available at a fixed price - includes a long series of traditional Treviso dishes, enriched with small touches of originality, making them suitable for even the most 'demanding' palates. All this is backed up by the availability of old-fashioned cicchetti and a careful selection of house wines, making the menu suitable for both formal and informal lunches and dinners, as well as aparecina with friends.
Address: Via Cisole 13, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 436796
Specialities of the house: Tagliatelle or gnocchi with duck ragout / Wild boar / venison / Musso
Average price per person: from €12.00 to €25.00
5 - Trattoria all'Oca Bianca
A historic Treviso eatery, just a stone's throw from Piazza dei Signori, all'Oca Bianca is now in the style of the 1960s but rejuvenated, providing a very pleasant result to the eye. The warm and cosy ambience frequented by intellectuals and personalities of the past has been kept almost intact by the owners, who still carry on the family tradition. The menu offers customers a long list of specialities from Treviso and the Veneto region in general, accompanied by a diverse selection of wines. The highlight of the ocation is the wood panelling that covers the walls.
Address: vicolo della Torre 7, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 541850
Speciality of the house: radicchio trevigiano dishes
Average price per person: from €25.00 to €40.00
6 - Hosteria Due Torri
Hosteria due torri is located in the heart of Treviso - near Piazza dei Signori - with an excellent view of the canal, where the waters change colour thanks to a play of light. The owners have recreated an atmosphere of times gone by inside the restaurant: wooden furniture, brick columns and 15th-century stone walls make customers feel almost suspended in time. The feeling is accentuated by the acoustic insulation of the restaurant, which allows you to dine or dine in peace. The menu offers customers a good range of dishes, both meat and fish.
Address: via Palestro 8, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 1627960
Speciality of the house: bigoli and polenta
Average price per person: €30.00
7 - Carbone
Located just two kilometres from the city walls, Carbone is one of the most famous restaurants in Treviso. Located inside a house converted into an inn, the restaurant offers a sober yet rustic atmosphere, typical of the taverns of yesteryear. Equipped with a large veranda, where it is possible to eat in the summer, the dishes on the menu are a mix of tradition and experimentation, and its strong point is the meat cooked on stone, served still sizzling at the table. Customers can fill their own carafe of water, directly from the fountain there.
Address: via Cal di Breda 33, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 420395
House specialities: nervetti, lardo di colonnata, grilled meat
Average price per person: €25.00
8 - Osteria Arman
Located in an establishment dating back to 1872, a few steps from the tomb of Dante Alighieri's son, the Osteria Arman is a typical 19th-century tavern. The menu features dishes cooked with seasonal products, typical of Treviso and Veneto cuisine. The generational family management guarantees good, serious organisation and a quality menu that respects and re-proposes typical local cuisine, albeit with a few modern touches that make the dishes suitable for even the most 'demanding' palates.
Address: via Alessandro Manzoni 27, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 547747
House specialities: risotto with radicchio, sardines in saor
Average price per person: around €30.00
9 - Il Giardino Bistrot
Photo by Kobako. Il Giardino Bistrot is a small but cosy restaurant located near Piazza Duomo, where you can have lunch surrounded by greenery and silence. Recommended both for breakfast and a quick lunch, this quaint sandwich shop/piadineria offers customers a menu including vegan, vegetarian and organic dishes and a wide choice of ingredients with which to fill their choices. The restaurant has a few wooden tables, but organised in the right way, and a display case, which shows the wide variety of homemade desserts to the public.
Address: Viale Cesare Battisti 35, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 540650
Speciality of the house: piadina
Average price per person: €5.00
10 - Trattoria alla Colomba
Centrally located in Treviso, about one hundred metres from Piazza dei Signori, Trattoria alla Colomba is a rustic, family-run restaurant. The menu contains a long list of authentically homemade dishes, in full respect of grandmother's recipes. The taste of traditional dishes is enhanced by the homely atmosphere in the restaurant, which seems almost ready to welcome a visit from "relatives and family members". It is an excellent alternative for tourists and workers who want to eat plentifully at a reasonable price.
Address: Via Ortazzo 25, Get directions
Contact: Tel: (+39) 0422 542284
Speciality of the house: bigoli in anchovy sauce
Average price per person: from €19.00 to €25.00
Specialities and typical dishes
Treviso cuisine is characterised by its great variety, due to the large availability of raw materials. Typical dishes include, as first courses, bigoli, gnocchi and tagliz while, as far as second courses are concerned, beef tripe and sardée in saor are the stars. The Treviso dessert par excellence, on the other hand, is tiramisù, created in 1960.
Let's discover together which are the 10 things to eat in Treviso!
1 - Cicchetti
Here, the aperitif is a serious affair! There is nothing better than stopping at a bar or osteria with friends or colleagues, perhaps after a long day at work, and drinking a Spritz or the famous Valdobbiadene prosecco together! All accompanied by the inevitable cicchetti.
But what exactly are cicchetti? They are appetisers, small samples of local products such as cold cuts, cheese, vegetables, fish and meat.
They can be bruschetta, canapés, meatballs, paninetti, fritti, from simple fio to more refined flavours. You can choose them directly from the showcase or ask the waiter to make a small selection. Immerse yourself in the real Veneto aperitif!
Recommended: aperitif, lunch, dinner, snack
Average cost: from €2.50 per cicchetto (price rises depending on the type of cicchetto and ingredients used)
Main ingredients: bread, fish, vegetables, cold cuts, cheese, meat depending on the cicchetto
2 - Risotto with red radicchio from Treviso
Photo by Luca Nebuloni. One of the specialities of this city is undoubtedly radicchio, which has been granted IGP (Protected Geographical Indication) recognition by the European Union. It is a variety of chicory with an intense dark red colour and white streaks. It has a very crunchy texture and a bitter taste. It is used in so many recipes.
We recommend you try the risotto with red radicchio from Treviso, a dish found in most restaurants. It is also perhaps one of the best combinations with radicchio, as it enhances its flavour. It is a perfect dish for any occasion, from a dinner with friends to a family meal, it always brings everyone together!
Recommended for: lunch, dinner
Average cost: €8.00
Main ingredients: rice, red radicchio from Treviso
3 - Asparagus risotto
This is a typical product of the province of Treviso and has won IGP recognition from the European Union. There are two types, white and green, under which all the different varieties are included.
In restaurants you will really find it everywhere in first courses, as well as in appetisers and main courses as a side dish.
We recommend enjoying it in a delicious asparagus risotto. With its delicate flavour and soft, creamy texture, the flavour of asparagus will be brought out to the full. A dish that always makes a good impression in its simplicity.
Recommended for: lunch, dinner
Average cost: €9.00
Main ingredients: risotto, asparagus
4 - Bigoli
These are a type of pasta very popular in the Veneto region. It is a long pasta, made of soft wheat, water and salt, similar to a large spaghetti.
This pasta is offered in several variations, with different seasonings: the traditional recipe with anchovies and onions is a must-try. Also excellent are bigoli with duck ragout or those with sausage and radicchio.
Recommended for: lunch, dinner
Average cost: €8.00
Main ingredients: soft wheat, water and salt
5 - Sopa Coada
This is a typical first course of Treviso cuisine. Its origin is not very clear, but it has been served in taverns for a very long time.
It is a pigeon pie, with a rather dry consistency, in fact it is often served with a cup of boiling broth next to it, to be poured over or eaten separately, according to one's taste.
This recipe, like so many others, has its origins in the peasant tradition and the pigeon was, and still is, a very present bird in this area. It is prepared by alternating layers of pigeon meat with layers of stale white bread and then baked very slowly in the oven. Absolutely must try.
Recommended for: lunch, dinner
Average cost: €10.00
Main ingredients: pigeon meat, stale bread, meat broth, butter, parmesan cheese
6 - Roast goose with celery
This is defined as the second course par excellence.
The goose was a very present animal in the streets of the city, also thanks to the many waterways present, and has therefore always been the basis of several traditional country recipes. We recommend you also try, as a first course, bigoli al ragu d'anatra.
You will find this second course in all restaurants and we absolutely recommend you try it. The variant that is presented most often is roast goose with celery, typical of the autumn period, but now found all year round.
Recommended for: lunch, dinner
Average cost: €16.00
Main ingredients: goose, celery, carrots, onions, white wine, rosemary
7 - Codfish Trevigiana style
Photo by [1]. In the city you can also find several excellent fish dishes, and if you want to get into the full flavour of the city's gastronomic culture, we recommend a visit to the fish market held every morning in the historic centre, at the'Isola della Pescheria' market.
This dish is prepared by cutting baccala into large pieces, then flouring the fish and cooking it with onions, milk, butter and a little Parmesan cheese on top. Excellent served with polenta.
Recommended for: lunch, dinner
Average cost: €15.00
Main ingredients: stockfish, onions, milk, flour, white wine, parmesan cheese
8 - Stewed eel Veneto style
Anguilla alla veneta or Venetian-style eel, called bisato in tecia in dialect, is a famous dish of traditional Treviso cuisine. This dish has very ancient roots and is part of the peasant tradition.
As the name suggests, the great protagonist of the dish is theeel, which is stewed and then served with vegetables, tomato sauce and wine. It is also excellent served with soft white polenta.
Recommended for: lunch, dinner
Average cost: €18.00
Main ingredients: eel, breadcrumbs, oil, white wine, tomato, parsley, sage
9 - Tiramisu
In Treviso dialect, this is tiramesù. Perfect to eat at any time and on any occasion: at breakfast to get the day off to a good start, at snack time or whenever our stomachs growl, it is also the perfect dessert to end lunch or dinner on a high note!
Surely you all already know it, it is a layered dessert where ladyfingers soaked in coffee alternate with mascarpone cream. A fresh dessert that immediately puts you in a good mood.
Recommended for: always
Average cost: €4.00
Main ingredients: ladyfingers, coffee, mascarpone, eggs
10 - Fregolotta
Photo by ho visto nina volare The name of this typical dessert comes from the word fregole, which in Italian means crumbs. In fact, on the outside, it looks similar to sbrisolona, although the ingredients used are different.
It is amixture of flour and sugar, crumbled and then moistened with fresh cream. Once the dough is placed in the baking tin, it is baked in the oven. Perfect with sweet white wine. The traditional recipe does not call for dried fruit or chocolate, but now it has become almost the norm to add these ingredients, especially almonds and chocolate chips. You can find it in almost every bakery.
Recommended for: always
Average cost: €5.00
Main ingredients: flour, sugar, liquid cream
