Love Lucia’s. Every dish we have ordered has been exceptional. Always friendly service. The awesome menu options and the fresh ingredients used to make our meal are why we keep going back. We don’t mind paying a little more for fresh quality, made to order food. Keep up the great work, Geno! It shows that you and your team love what you do!
Teresa White
Last night was yet again another amazing meal! Consistently is key when eating out and you can always count on Lucia’s serving an amazing meal with friendly staff.
Kent Metzger
We had eaten there once before, and we felt it was really good and worth revisiting. Boy were we disappointed this time. The “gentleman” working the cash register was very curt. I could have easily used the word rude, but I chose the word curt instead. When my wife said, “Oh, I thought the menu was on the wall.” His response was “No wall, no place for a menu.” He then failed to hand us a menu as if we should have known to pick up a menu from the counter. Drinks were self service in a restaurant with is relatively expensive. For example, we ordered 2 appetizers….one appetizer was $18 and the other appetizer is not listed on their online menu but it was also in the $15-$18 range. We did not order any entrees, but their entrees are generally $23-$28. I expect most patrons would anticipate wait staff delivering their beverage at a restaurant in this price range. It was noon on a Saturday and there were only 2 other parties in the establishment. From number of open tables, it seems that others are having bad experiences at Lucia’s. Others may be pleased with the restaurant, but latest our experience was very poor.
George Gill
33 minutes. Start to finish. Meat and more meat pizza and the deconstructed grilled cheese was incredible.
Holli Holtsford
I can't get over how incredible our meal was at Lucia's Italian Kitchen. This restaurant has such a unique concept of being open kitchen and BYOB, we really didn't know what to expect but trusted the reviews. I'm glad we did! The chef's and staff are so talented and welcoming. It was so much fun to watch them work, and the food?? Truly fantastic. We'd planned to go elsewhere for dessert but couldn't resist offered a taste of their chocolate cake. 10/10! Absolutely go check them out.
Kendra Walker
Ordered the tavern style Cicero. Soooo good!!
Curbed Cravings
Best Italian food in the state, hands down! Worth the price every time. 🇮🇹🍝 #italianfood #foodie #yum
Barbara Miller
We are on a road trip from Texas.
We knew we had to have an Italian beef sandwich when we got to Ill.(we used to live in Champaign I'll.)
I Googled where to find an Italian beef in Effingham.
Rave reviews for Lucia's. They were all correct! We do keto so it was hard to break our diet but the Fresh baked French bread was irresistible!
We must add our RAVE review!
DELICIOUS!
Best we've ever had! So glad we drove that 8 minutes out of the way!
Erica Toliver
The best Italian food around!! Love this placr!!
Scott & Ami Shanafelt
AMAZING! The steak is tender and full of flavor, roll is fresh and cheese was delicious! Everyone should try Lucia’s Steaks! Such a treat right here in Effingham! Gino does it again!
Just went today to try and it was amazing. I will be coming back now since I know where to get a delicious cheesesteak.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jake Phillips
Absolutely incredible sandwiches. Best Philly I've ever had, no contest. The bread is perfect, the cheese is amazing, the steak is delicious. I live over an hour away and cannot wait to return. Well worth the drive (Come for Lucia's, visit family in the area as a bonus lol)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheesesteak, Chips
Misty Wiegel-Wheeler
1st time there tonight and it was delicious! The food was hot and fresh.
Everyone was so nice and they were so organized. Very clean place and workers were clean well mannered..
Thanks Geno and staff!!!
We will definitely be back!!
Jared Funneman
Literally the best cheesesteak I’ve ever head in my life, hands
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheesesteak
Lilea Nelson
The bread is made fresh daily and it is soooo good. Definitely get the Wiz as the cheese option (it’s a melted homemade cheese that has AMAZING flavor)When you stop in try and talk to the Owner Chef Geno, he is full of passion when it comes to his cooking, and you can tell when you bite into one of these cheesesteaks!
Love Lucia’s. Every dish we have ordered has been exceptional. Always friendly service. The awesome menu options and the fresh ingredients used to make our meal are why we keep going back. We don’t mind paying a little more for fresh quality, made to order food. Keep up the great work, Geno! It shows that you and your team love what you do!
Last night was yet again another amazing meal! Consistently is key when eating out and you can always count on Lucia’s serving an amazing meal with friendly staff.
We had eaten there once before, and we felt it was really good and worth revisiting. Boy were we disappointed this time. The “gentleman” working the cash register was very curt. I could have easily used the word rude, but I chose the word curt instead. When my wife said, “Oh, I thought the menu was on the wall.” His response was “No wall, no place for a menu.” He then failed to hand us a menu as if we should have known to pick up a menu from the counter. Drinks were self service in a restaurant with is relatively expensive. For example, we ordered 2 appetizers….one appetizer was $18 and the other appetizer is not listed on their online menu but it was also in the $15-$18 range. We did not order any entrees, but their entrees are generally $23-$28. I expect most patrons would anticipate wait staff delivering their beverage at a restaurant in this price range. It was noon on a Saturday and there were only 2 other parties in the establishment. From number of open tables, it seems that others are having bad experiences at Lucia’s. Others may be pleased with the restaurant, but latest our experience was very poor.
33 minutes. Start to finish. Meat and more meat pizza and the deconstructed grilled cheese was incredible.
I can't get over how incredible our meal was at Lucia's Italian Kitchen. This restaurant has such a unique concept of being open kitchen and BYOB, we really didn't know what to expect but trusted the reviews. I'm glad we did! The chef's and staff are so talented and welcoming. It was so much fun to watch them work, and the food?? Truly fantastic. We'd planned to go elsewhere for dessert but couldn't resist offered a taste of their chocolate cake. 10/10! Absolutely go check them out.
Ordered the tavern style Cicero. Soooo good!!
Best Italian food in the state, hands down! Worth the price every time. 🇮🇹🍝 #italianfood #foodie #yum
We are on a road trip from Texas. We knew we had to have an Italian beef sandwich when we got to Ill.(we used to live in Champaign I'll.) I Googled where to find an Italian beef in Effingham. Rave reviews for Lucia's. They were all correct! We do keto so it was hard to break our diet but the Fresh baked French bread was irresistible! We must add our RAVE review! DELICIOUS! Best we've ever had! So glad we drove that 8 minutes out of the way!
The best Italian food around!! Love this placr!!
AMAZING! The steak is tender and full of flavor, roll is fresh and cheese was delicious! Everyone should try Lucia’s Steaks! Such a treat right here in Effingham! Gino does it again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheesesteak
Restaurantji Recommends
Just went today to try and it was amazing. I will be coming back now since I know where to get a delicious cheesesteak.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Absolutely incredible sandwiches. Best Philly I've ever had, no contest. The bread is perfect, the cheese is amazing, the steak is delicious. I live over an hour away and cannot wait to return. Well worth the drive (Come for Lucia's, visit family in the area as a bonus lol)
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheesesteak, Chips
1st time there tonight and it was delicious! The food was hot and fresh. Everyone was so nice and they were so organized. Very clean place and workers were clean well mannered.. Thanks Geno and staff!!! We will definitely be back!!
Literally the best cheesesteak I’ve ever head in my life, hands
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheesesteak
The bread is made fresh daily and it is soooo good. Definitely get the Wiz as the cheese option (it’s a melted homemade cheese that has AMAZING flavor)When you stop in try and talk to the Owner Chef Geno, he is full of passion when it comes to his cooking, and you can tell when you bite into one of these cheesesteaks!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cheesesteak
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