What is the best bar or night spot in Venice, FL?

The Big Tiki Lounge currently ranks #1 with a 4.8★ rating across 1,401 reviews, based on Wayfind's merit-only ranking (rating, review volume, and proximity — no ads, no paid placement).

What are the top 5 nightlife in Venice?

1. The Big Tiki Lounge 2. Calusa Brewing 3. McCurdy's Comedy Theatre 4. Big Top Brewery & Restaurant (Fruitville Commons) 5. Food + Beer - Florida Sports Bar

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Venice, decoded: Gentle — it skews older and calmer; a nice dinner and a stroll beats a bar crawl here.

The one thing to know: You can literally pocket a million-year-old shark tooth off the beach — in a town designed to look like Northern Italy.

The ranked list

- 1
  NightlifeThe Big Tiki Lounge
  1.4k reviews$ · Inexpensive14 mi
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  NightlifeCalusa Brewing
  868 reviews12 mi
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- 3
  NightlifeMcCurdy's Comedy Theatre
  2.3k reviews17 mi
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  The club where Larry the Cable Guy was first tried out onstage
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  NightlifeBig Top Brewery & Restaurant (Fruitville Commons)
  986 reviews17 mi
  🍴 Pub
  A dozen 3,000-gallon tanks and a lawn of 100-plus Adirondack chairs
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- 5
  NightlifeFood + Beer - Florida Sports Bar
  1.3k reviews$$ · Moderate12 mi
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- 6
  NightlifeFlobucha
  102 reviews$$ · Moderate12 mi
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- 7
  NightlifePangea Alchemy Lab
  759 reviews$ · Inexpensive17 mi
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- 8
  NightlifeCaptain Curt's Sniki Tiki Bar & Live Entertainment - Siesta Key
  1.5k reviews$$ · Moderate12 mi
  🍴 Bar & Grill
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- 9
  NightlifeThe Mable - Bar & Grill
  435 reviews$$ · Moderate19 mi
  🍴 Pub
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- 10
  NightlifeLinksters Tap Room - South Sarasota
  359 reviews$$ · Moderate8.8 mi
  🍴 Sports bar
  A 2006-vintage tap room with 16 screens, all four league sports packages and steel-tip darts
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- 11
  NightlifeBack Porch Brewing Company
  176 reviews4.1 mi
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- 12
  NightlifeSiesta Key Wine Bar
  130 reviews$$ · Moderate14 mi
  🍴 Wine bar
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- 13
  NightlifeRaffurty's Bar and Grill
  876 reviews$$ · Moderate17 mi
  🍴 Sports bar
  A downtown sports bar with wings, drinks, and a reliable game-day crowd
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- 14
  NightlifePerspective Rooftop Pool Bar
  472 reviews17 mi
  Rooftop pool bar with city views, cocktails, and golden-hour vibes
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  NightlifeThe Gator Club
  500 reviews$$ · Moderate17 mi
  A 1912 red-brick pile that was a Prohibition bootlegger's den and a 1940s brothel
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