luce cucina italiano

i've eaten at luce's many times. the spicychickenbowtie is awesome. i went yesterday for lunch and had achickensub with fries. so good. my friends had achickensub all the way and spaghetti and meatballs. we will be back.

depending on what your order food isn't too bad. don't go there for lunch because even though they are never busy it takes forever. i'm third generation italian so i'm a little biased but the only thing that we like there is the grilledchickenspaghetti. the first thing we always test at an "italian" restaurant is the meatballs- luce's are premade frozen from somewhere and super salty. the side salads are made in advance which you can tell by the fact that then onions inside have been in there long enough for the lettuce to become infused with the flavor. the wedding soup is the same as you would get at the grocery store in can from campbells or progresso - which isn't a compliment unless you like processed meat and soups. the reason for the 1 rating is mainly because a couple of weeks ago we ordered the usualchickenspaghetti and an appetizer of the spinach dip, the spinach dip wasn't really a dip at all- more if a can if opened cream of whatever soup with some thawed spinach in it- we couldn't eat it because it was super salty. i love salty stuff way more than my wife and if i can't eat it you better believe it's salty. i called the restaurant as soon as we tried this and was assured a credit for my next order. i attempted to order today and was told by the owner "tito" that my credit was only good for another super salty spinach dip- even though when i logged my initial complaint there was no stipulation. why would i want another disgusting appetizer that we can't eat? when we initially tried the meatballs in the restaurant and sent them back "tito" came out and "hand made" me some fresh ones which were just as salty and processed tasting as the first. so "tito" kudos to you for loosing a customer and his entire large family of $7- i've been in business for almost 20 years and we always stay true to our word and do our best to make things right. i'm about to spend almost $40 on pasta and somechickenand you can't honor what you said you would do? sad sad sad. lexington is lacking in the restaraunt category but no one i know will ever spend their hard earned money at your establishment again. 

i wish antonina's would come re-open.

might just have to give up on this place. we found luce's a few years back. since then it became our go to italian restaurant, good cheap food. over the last year or so this place has been going down hill. at one point they tried to offer delivery. it was a gamble whether or not they were offering it when you called. one time i decided to just pick up an order, was told to be there at a certain time. i showed up and one of my pizza's had not even been started (i was told by the hostess that kitchen wasn't paying attention, no wonder the chef had ear phones in). prices have also seemed to rise and quality gone down (if they even have the item desired). last thing i ordered waschickenparm. thechickenwas good but the spaghetti was nasty. the waitress asked me what i thought so i told her. she said that was odd since the sauce was the same on both, but when i looked at my spaghetti the sauce was much thinner. that was when it dawned on me, they didn't bother to properly drain my noodles and so i was really eating watered down spaghetti.

good choice. me, my wife, and 10 year old son ate at this restaurant this evening for the first time. my wife got the spicychickenbowtie and i ordered the eggplant parmigiana. my son ordered the alfredo on the children's menu which contained no meat. somechickenwas added at our request for an additional charge. my son and wife ordered water and i had tea to drink. the total bill was $33.57 plus tip. (i think children's menu is usually cheaper on tuesday nights?)
all in all, we thought it was a good experience but a little on the expensive side. all of us including my son who is a finicky eater thought it was a very good meal and the waitress was calm and helpful w/o aggravating us. i would say all of the staff were noticeably polite, but not in a fake way.
the restaurant itself was very basic and clean with the exception of an adjacent kids game area which needed some attention.

location is unappealing, but the food is fresh and worth a try. we will return. spicy bowtiechickenand shrimp marinara were excellent.

poor. my daughter and i went out for a father daughter dinner, and decided we would try luce cucina. i ordered thechickenalfrado, the sauce had no flavor what so ever, and was very runny, and thechickenwas dry, when i said something to my server she said "a lot of people say that, but i will let the manager know." i went back a few weeks later and decided i would try it again, the food was the same, nothing changed. still very bland. however this time i was able to expierence the manager yelling at his servers like they were his children. that was no not professional at all. the female server acted as though she was used to being yelled at by them. the owners of this place should be ashamed of themselvesm, and get they butt off their shoulders, and fix the problems your customers complain about. this place could be an awesome place, if they cared. i wouldnt waste my time going there. you can get the same food from a chef boyardee can.

to die for!. me, my husband and our son went there for dinner on sunday and it was the best! our waitress, ashley, was very nice and attentive! i had thechickenalfreado, which i ordered today (monday) because it was so good, and my huband had the philly and could not stop talking about how amazing it was! hes picky and finally found a philly worth getting! thanks so much and we will be back.
the taylors

don't go!. they do give you a large portion, but the food was not good. the calimari was breaded like onion rings, however if you took the breading off it wasn't terrible. i had thechickenspinaci and it was under cooked and very salty. i won't be going back!!!

great italian fare with price and service to match. i have been visiting luce's for a while now and have never had a bad experience. one time i had to wait a while for a take out order, but the staff was courteous and i was compensated for the wait. other than that one time, everything has always been great in both service and quality. every dish i have had has been great tasting and you can't beat the price! their new cheesy garlic knots are marvelous, and i recommend the brooklyn bridge pizza (i addchickenand banana peppers, but it is great as listed on the menu as well).

so we were looking for a new place to have lunch on a sunday afternoon and thought we would give luce cucina a try. i hadchickenalfrado and have to say was very disappointed. the alfrado sauce had no flavor and thechickenwas so dry it was had to chew. my mother had the stake sub that was more like ground up mess on a soggy bun with cheese, an not even good cheeses. it was supposed to be sliced stake on a grilled bun with melted cheese. the sauce had no zip and the was not a ounce of garlic in the whole place. we will not be going back nor will tell anyone else to go there