Luca's Ristorante

So far, it's the best restaurant I have been to this year. The best part is that it's vegetarian and gluten free friendly. They have good wines, appetizers, and main entrées were all well portioned (actually more than most places) and tasty. They started us with several homemade bread varieties, all very good, and I loved the roasted tomato sauce. For sppetizer, we shared the 800 brushetta. This is big for one person, I am glad we shared it, and it was so good. For our entrées,I had the branzino, which was very good, and my vegetarian friend had eggplant rollatini. We were so full we skipped desserts. The staff was very friendly and the service was exceptional. Note: You must make a reservation, and they do require a $35 credit with reservation, but it is all worth it. I would highly recommend this place.

Overall, I would say the experience was pretty good but I wouldn’t call it anything out of this world. The service was really good, and the food was spectacular. I would 100% recommend the meatballs as appetizers. They absolutely met the hype. My wife ordered the lobster special in creamy white wine sauce and I got the gluten free pasta in garlic sauce. Both were excellent and highly recommended. The cannolis were a little disappointing. All 3 came in a chocolate flavor which was good but became a little too rich. The one thing I didn’t like is that the restaurant felt cramped and drafty. They also do that thing now where they do a 3% surcharge if you use a credit card, which in 2023 is silly. The initial receipt you get is framed as a cash discount, so you have to do the math if you want to know what your final bill looks like. It’s just not an honest way of doing business in my opinion. It’s why I dinged them one star.