There are two university restaurants in Venice: one on the Giudecca and one near Campo Santa Margherita, in Rio Novo.
Access to the university restaurants is reserved for students of the local universities, including VIU.
You will have to request a personalized QR code that will be scanned on entry.
A takeaway service is also available booking the meal through an online portal.
Cost:
Full meal €6.50
(first course, second course, side dish, fruit/dessert, bread, water)
Reduced meal €5.50
(first course or second course, fruit/dessert, bread, water)
Where the university restaurants are located
Ristorante Universitario Rio Novo
Dorsoduro 3647
Food & Art
Isola della Giudecca, 487-487/B
There are also university restaurants in Mestre, Marghera and Treviso. You can find out where here (https://www.esuvenezia.it/myportal/C_ARID027/services_eng/where_and_what)
Click through to the restaurant of choice to view the menu (not available for all restaurants).
Please note that the canteen on San Servolo is still listed on the ESU website, however since the management changed during the Summer of 2021 the San Servolo restaurant is no longer involved with ESU.
How to get your QR code
To access the university restaurant in Rio Novo and all the affiliated centers, students must have a personalized QR Code.
You can apply for this by filling out the Canteen Request form on the SOL portal.
1st step | Create a personal account on the portal (select "Register - create new user"). You will have to upload an ID and photo.
2nd step | Return to SOL Portal interface and select "Accedi con le credenziali ESU" and fill out the Canteen Request form and request the QR code.
3rd step | Send an email to ristorazione@esuvenezia.it to confirm that you have filled out the form and specify how long you would like to be registered for ESU meal services (i.e. how long will you stay in Venice). The subject of the email must be "Request to access ESU meal service by VIU student"
4th step | You will get confirmation that your request has been received by email. Within 24 hours from the confirmation email you will be able to visualize your QR code in your personal area of the SOL portal (generatore qr code section).
Italian students can request the QR code on the SOL portal using their SPID credentials or their CIE.
The QR code will be used to be identified at the entrance but can also be used as a pre-paid card (only a the Rio Novo restaurant) to pay for the meals. Credit can be added to the QR code using an online system (only for users with ESU credentials) or at a totem at the Rio Novo restaurant for the other users.
Take away service (Rio Novo restaurant)
_students with SPID can email cucinaesu@sarcacatering.it making their order, after consulting the menu online, indicating the date and the shift (lunch or dinner) for which they want to collect the meal box; emails must be sent by 5 am on the day for which the meal is to be collected.
_users with ESU credentials can use the dedicated RISTOCLOUD take away booking portal.
For takeaway lunch box orders are paid in advance using the ESU account.
Access to the university restaurants is managed by ESU Venezia - the agency of the Veneto Region for students' services and rights.
ESU manages services include housing and counselling, and disbursement of Regional scholarships for students of the Venetian Universities: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Università Iuav di Venezia, Accademia delle Belle Arti and Conservatorio di Venezia.
VIU has signed an agreement with ESU in order to extend access to university restaurants to VIU students.
