Contempo Italian

MET. If the Mich-starred palate thrills, sultry salon with fireplace or twinkly garden don’t translate into bedroom Olympics or a rock on your finger, bury him, he’s dead. Hotel Metropole / Riva degli Schiavoni / Castello 4149 / 041 5240034 / lunch & dinner / closed Mon / hotelmetropole.com

Da Ivo. Channel Clooney and Clive Owen by gliding up on gondola to this simple celeb-magnet eatery, dishing up refined classics and second-to-none service. Star! Calle dei Fuseri / SM 1809 / 041 5285004 / closed Sun / ristorante daivo.com

Il Ridotto. Teeny, glassy, five-table dynamo taking on the establishment with its superb modern spins on trad eats. Campo SS Filippo e Giacomo / Castello 4509 / 041 5208280 / closed Wed, lunch Thu / ilridotto.com