Elisabetta is an amazing host and really helped us get settled in Venice by providing suggestions for restaurants and the closest grocery store. The fruit and bottled water she left us were a wonderful gift and made us feel really welcome.
The apartment itself is wonderfully placed not far from St Marks square but just far enough to not get the usual tourist traffic. The kitchen is well appointed and included enough cookware for you to easily have dinner at home if you wish. That said, the local restaurants are exactly what you would expect from an Italian city, amazing in almost every regard.
Venice is an amazing place and Elisabetta's apartment really allowed us to feel like a local for our stay. Would HIGHLY recommend.