Recommended dishes: Linguine and Prawns, Tiramisu, Bombolini, Bread Basket, Fettuccine with Wild Mushrooms
An R
Visited first time for dinner. The decor and ambience is really nice, welcoming and calming. However, the food was really awful from my perspective, as everything I tried is just full of so much salt and that's all you taste! I felt uncomfortable and parched for hours after. Service was just about alright, though a tad bit slow towards the end when we were looking for someone to come back and take our payment. And the tipping screen had 18% as the minimum option (you could choose your own) but still why put 18% as the minimum option when the service is not up to par. Disappointing experience overall.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
samantha morris
This is by far one of my favourite restaurants in yyc.The Caesar salad (which may seem basic) is the perfect balance of taste, and crunch. Topped with the BEST, I’m not kidding, the absolute best chicken I’ve ever had.Their lamb, and beef carpaccio also cannot be beat!The staff are unbelievably joyful and so happy to remember you with your order any day of the week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari, Lamb Chops
Jori Jori
I found it cheap when you pay $195 for lunch for two and they didn’t wave an $8 for a nonalcoholic drink that you didn’t like and barely touched and replaced with coke just to be safe. Not very nice.
Adrian Martinez
Our server Matt was excellent. First course was Calamari, second was the Linguine damare then we finished with the 10oz New york strip. The Chianti pairing suggested was phenomenal as well.Great seeing chef Ro. This restaurant is full of talent.Thank you Anthony for the recommendations. It was elegant experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Linguine and Prawns, Calamari
Frank Abraham
I'm extremely disappointed with my experience at Luca. We clearly communicating my girlfriend's celiac to them and they assured us that the food was gluten-free. However, it clearly wasn't, as she got sick right after eating their food. Extremely misleading to promise us they can prepare a gluten free meal, but then not be able to deliver. If you have any form of gluten intolerance, I strongly advise against Luca.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Robert Rees
Incredible food. Service is exactly what you want at an Italian restaurant. The room is very welcoming, style & atmosphere made me want to stay. Food was out of this world, beautiful and delicious. The wine list, I couldn’t choose so the waiter picked the perfect bottle. I promise if you don’t order dessert you will regret it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari
Cheryl Deonarine
Sophie, the management team and the kitchen team were phenomenally exceptional for service! Definitely be back again soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Danni Z
Had 3 orders come out wrong or not brought out at all until triple requested. Not the experience I was told I’d have here, especially not after a $400 bill. More to this review I’d rather share with management.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
Humbei chomas
The place is very bright and tight but the service was incredible
Confused as to why the website states made from scratch. Not sure what dishes were made from scratch, but it wasn’t the signature parts. Additionally the website says fresh pasta, but it’s from a box. Also pretty sure the ice cream is bryers ice cream. Anyways, not sure why an italian restaurant claiming to be premium wouldn’t make their own pasta and ice cream….considering that’s an important part of Italian cuisines.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Sean Duncan
Incredible restaurant. Worth the price. Skip Barbarella, come here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Johnson
Very good all around $325 for four people for a fancy business lunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Henry Nguyen
Came here for a Sunday night dinner with my family. We were greeted very nicely by the hostess at the front who placed us at a table that could accommodate a booster chair. We very much appreciated that.Our servers were friendly and attentive. New plates and cutlery along with water were replenished as needed. We ordered a few items including the caesar salad, linguine di mare, risotto all'aragosta and branzino. We finished our meal with the tiramisu and bavarese.Overall the food quality is very good. This is expected given what Luca is trying to achieve with Italian ingredients and the price point that they are charging. We enjoyed our meal and are glad an establishment like this exists in Calgary. We would definitely return.Just some minor feedback. We are not sure if the restaurant intends to serve the branzino the way it did. We've ordered this fish many times in other Italian/ Mediterranean restaurants in our travels. Usually the fish is completely deboned by the servers table side allowing you to enjoy the filet. When we had ordered this dish at Luca, although the fish head and main spine was removed, large segments of bones remained throughout the remaining fish fillet and chunks. We had to remove quite a few of these bones in between bites which made the overall experience slightly less enjoyable than it would have been had more of the bones been removed. The fish however, was excellent and was cooked well. If this is not how the fish was meant to be served, perhaps the restaurant should review this with their servers. But if this is how Luca intends branzino to be served, then this comment can be ignored.
Amazing.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Linguine and Prawns, Tiramisu, Bombolini, Bread Basket, Fettuccine with Wild Mushrooms
Visited first time for dinner. The decor and ambience is really nice, welcoming and calming. However, the food was really awful from my perspective, as everything I tried is just full of so much salt and that's all you taste! I felt uncomfortable and parched for hours after. Service was just about alright, though a tad bit slow towards the end when we were looking for someone to come back and take our payment. And the tipping screen had 18% as the minimum option (you could choose your own) but still why put 18% as the minimum option when the service is not up to par. Disappointing experience overall.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 2
This is by far one of my favourite restaurants in yyc.The Caesar salad (which may seem basic) is the perfect balance of taste, and crunch. Topped with the BEST, I’m not kidding, the absolute best chicken I’ve ever had.Their lamb, and beef carpaccio also cannot be beat!The staff are unbelievably joyful and so happy to remember you with your order any day of the week.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari, Lamb Chops
I found it cheap when you pay $195 for lunch for two and they didn’t wave an $8 for a nonalcoholic drink that you didn’t like and barely touched and replaced with coke just to be safe. Not very nice.
Our server Matt was excellent. First course was Calamari, second was the Linguine damare then we finished with the 10oz New york strip. The Chianti pairing suggested was phenomenal as well.Great seeing chef Ro. This restaurant is full of talent.Thank you Anthony for the recommendations. It was elegant experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Linguine and Prawns, Calamari
I'm extremely disappointed with my experience at Luca. We clearly communicating my girlfriend's celiac to them and they assured us that the food was gluten-free. However, it clearly wasn't, as she got sick right after eating their food. Extremely misleading to promise us they can prepare a gluten free meal, but then not be able to deliver. If you have any form of gluten intolerance, I strongly advise against Luca.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Incredible food. Service is exactly what you want at an Italian restaurant. The room is very welcoming, style & atmosphere made me want to stay. Food was out of this world, beautiful and delicious. The wine list, I couldn’t choose so the waiter picked the perfect bottle. I promise if you don’t order dessert you will regret it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Calamari
Sophie, the management team and the kitchen team were phenomenally exceptional for service! Definitely be back again soon!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had 3 orders come out wrong or not brought out at all until triple requested. Not the experience I was told I’d have here, especially not after a $400 bill. More to this review I’d rather share with management.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 2
The place is very bright and tight but the service was incredible
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
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Beautiful
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Confused as to why the website states made from scratch. Not sure what dishes were made from scratch, but it wasn’t the signature parts. Additionally the website says fresh pasta, but it’s from a box. Also pretty sure the ice cream is bryers ice cream. Anyways, not sure why an italian restaurant claiming to be premium wouldn’t make their own pasta and ice cream….considering that’s an important part of Italian cuisines.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Incredible restaurant. Worth the price. Skip Barbarella, come here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very good all around $325 for four people for a fancy business lunch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here for a Sunday night dinner with my family. We were greeted very nicely by the hostess at the front who placed us at a table that could accommodate a booster chair. We very much appreciated that.Our servers were friendly and attentive. New plates and cutlery along with water were replenished as needed. We ordered a few items including the caesar salad, linguine di mare, risotto all'aragosta and branzino. We finished our meal with the tiramisu and bavarese.Overall the food quality is very good. This is expected given what Luca is trying to achieve with Italian ingredients and the price point that they are charging. We enjoyed our meal and are glad an establishment like this exists in Calgary. We would definitely return.Just some minor feedback. We are not sure if the restaurant intends to serve the branzino the way it did. We've ordered this fish many times in other Italian/ Mediterranean restaurants in our travels. Usually the fish is completely deboned by the servers table side allowing you to enjoy the filet. When we had ordered this dish at Luca, although the fish head and main spine was removed, large segments of bones remained throughout the remaining fish fillet and chunks. We had to remove quite a few of these bones in between bites which made the overall experience slightly less enjoyable than it would have been had more of the bones been removed. The fish however, was excellent and was cooked well. If this is not how the fish was meant to be served, perhaps the restaurant should review this with their servers. But if this is how Luca intends branzino to be served, then this comment can be ignored.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4