Cocktails · Poolside · $$$

Bar Gabbiano Menu & Review

At Hotel Cipriani, A Belmond Hotel, Venice, Italy

Social heart of the hotel beside the Olympic-scale pool; all-day into late evening

Bar Gabbiano (the Seagull Bar) sits beside Venice's largest hotel pool and functions as Cipriani's all-day social engine — morning coffee through late cocktails, with live music most evenings and a DJ on Saturdays in season. This is where the hotel's Bellini Academy sessions run, teaching Giuseppe Cipriani's original white-peach formula, and where carpaccio-and-Bellini remains the correct order whether or not you are swimming. The crowd mixes hotel guests with well-dressed Venetians and visitors who boat over specifically for the pool scene. Food stays in the snack-and-light-meal register; the point is the room, the pool, and the drinks programme, not a second dinner. In high season the bar is as much a Venice social venue as a hotel amenity — expect a mix of residents, day visitors who boat over for the pool, and well-dressed locals. If the Bellini Academy is running during your dates, book a session through the concierge; it is one of the few hotel cocktail experiences that teaches a house invention rather than a generic mixology class.