lucianos italian restaurant

we had dinner at lucianos saturday night and completely enjoyed ourselves. the linguini and clams was delicious, clams to the last bite. the tortolini with alfredo was wonderful. the pasta was not heavy at all very authentic. the atmosphere was relaxing and enjoyable. the service was great. we can't wait to go back and try more of the wonderful dishes they had on their menu.

my sisters and i decided to try this because of its great reviews. we tried the mediterranean angel hair, the quattro fromaggio, the pasta athena and the baked brie for an app. the food was great!!! the sauces were very rich, maybe too rich for some. my only complaint would be the chicken... it was very much your standard frozen chicken breast, like what you would get at olive garden. other than that.... super impressed. i hope they move to a different location.

i tried this restaurant for the first time yesterday. the food was spectacular! i had their special which was a four cheese penne with a crunchy bread crumb type topping, green onion, chicken and bacon. the spinach artichoke dip was probably the best that i can recall having. the table bread was delicious, they use a balsamic and oil as their dip, if you don't like vinegar taste i suggest not having them use the balsamic. our service was perfect. for not actually noticing any other servers, this guy was on the ball. we had to ask once for more ice because ours was melting too fast, he didn't make us ask again, just took care of it until we were done then took the time to box up our food for us.

i was thoroughly impressed by the prices (i heard it was expensive when it's reasonably priced for italian), for my daughter, significant other and myself, it was 47$. that includes two seasonal beers.

i created this account because of this restaurant. if you're local, at least give it a try, i imagine you'd be impressed too.

don't go anywhere else. luci's is so wonderful. fresh bread is so flavorful and plentiful. the pasta is fresh and delicious, and service is great! we love the escargot appetizer and the salmon piccata. they have a great wine list and some very reasonable prices. tiraimisu is great, too, but you probably won't have room! what a wonderful "secret" restaurant!

highly recommended!. we decided to try luciano's friday night and were pleasantly surprised and very impressed. the atmosphere was nice and comfortable and the food was fabulous with good portion sizes. along with the great food we had a great waiter, he was attentive, courteous, and brought us everything we needed in a timely manor regardless of how busy he was. it's obvious that other people have found this great restaurant on orchard because while we were there the place filled up every table and there was still a line of people waiting to be seated. i suggest getting there early, i didn't see that they took reservations. i will definitely be returning to luciano's and now consider it one of my favorite italian restaurants in boise!!

tried lucianos for the first time last night...a lil wait because they were very busy, good wine list, great good, great service, decent prices. highly recommended!

great food. great prices. great staff. blows all other italian restaurants outta the water in boise. will definitely go again.

great!. the thing i love most about the boise bench is the wide variety of cuisines that are available (tangos, boex, pho tam, to name a few), but sometimes you just want a good bowl of pasta. that is why we were so thrilled when we found out we were getting an italian restaurant right in our neck of the woods! we were not disappointed. my husband and i first had dinner there about two or three weeks after they opened. the service was shaky, but we were very happy with our entrees. we returned about two months later, and again, were very satisfied. the salad and bread were fabulous, and my penne fromaggio was heaven (very decadent, definitely not something you'd want to eat often.) at this point the waitstaff had more training and experience and the minor glitches of our first visit had been worked out. would definitely recommend.

heartburn city. thought we'd try lucianos last night since they are a relatively new restaurant in town. they did a very nice job with the decor. the food, however, left a little to be desired. given our group size i was able to sample five different entrées. overall, the flavor of each was okay: not great, not terrible. there was one exception. i'll get to that later. each of the entrées was very fatty. they seem to use a heavy hand with the cream, butter, cheese, and other oils. a bit too much for this reviewer. i am not sure where they are going with their italian food, but it is very americanized. fine if you are into that sort of food. stay away from the pizza. we ordered the margherita. nothing was right about it. the crust was too thick (and it appeared to be pre-fab, it was a little too perfectly round with very uniform thickness). also, there was way too much garlic (yes, there is such thing as too much garlic) and they cooked the fresh basil on the pizza. if you want real italian pizza, go to tony's. later that evening, most of us got heartburn. nothing a tums couldn't cure. the service was okay. our waiter tried, but he appeared new. he kept forgetting things. we were very excited about the prospects of a new italian restaurant in boise. unfortunately, this was not it.

we had an amazing experience, excellent customer service, and the food was great! stuffed mushrooms, seafood fettuccine, chicken scallopine, chocolate cake, all would order again!!! katrina and gabe were so personable, beautiful,welcoming, and friendly! we will be back!

awesome food and wines!! seafood fettuccine was chock full of mussels prawns and scallops. the agave chicken penne was fantastic! the chicken was cooked perfectly...very moist and tasty.
highly recommended.

sorry, not going back. my partner and i ate at luciano's last night, an early valentines dinner. in short the food was good, but the room was extremely loud.
i do not have hearing difficulties, but i had trouble hearing my partner throughout the meal because of the volume. we had to ask the waitress to repeat herself several times.
the table behind us appeared to have been over-served and was about 3 decimals below shouting, one woman in particular. the hostess obviously knew these people, returned to their table 3 or 4 times, and seemed to encourage their wine-induced volume, oblivious to how it effected other people. so much for valentines dinner.

ps. i am not one of those snooty people who goes to restaurants and complains about everything.

really good! the bread is amazing, crunchy on the top and super soft in the middle. my husband had the marcella chicken linguine and loved it, i had the seafood fettuccine and the clams, mussels, and scallops tasted so fresh. we are definitely going back.

deelish!. lucianos is wonderful! great food, good service with big smiles!
very accomodating for large crowds too. i haven't been for over a week,
i am getting withdrawals. going back as soon as the roads clear.
give them a try! you won't regret it.

fresh, hot and full of flavor!. our group really enjoyed our visit to luciano's and were pleased with the attentive service, good portion sizes and great flavors. f:4 s:5 v:4