Nonna Lucia Italian Restaurant

Daisy Fernandez, i think i remember you and your companion, you where the couple that look the menu for an hour eat bread drink your bottle of wine and decide to leave whitout ordering, you didn't try the food how can you judge it, i guess its easier to write crap than say something when you are right there, pls do me a favor and if we reopen dont comeback for free bread and a place to drink your bottle of wine

excellent Italian cuisine...authentic

Awful restaurant, the food quality is way too bad for the price. Moreover their behavior is extremely rude. The owner Michelle is agreesive, they should not run the restaurant if they don't have patience.I don't recommend anyone to visit this place. It will waste your money and bad experience for food and rude behave from the monster owner.

This is hands down the best Italian Restaurant in town... Obvious from the fact that you almost can't get in the place. Like alot of restaurants they have minimal staff but the staff they do have is amazing. They all seem to work together. We never waited an unreasonable amount of time for anything. The owner was running between helping in the kitchen and helping the servers. She stopped by for a table visit and we learned her husband is the chef. He was amazing. It was a very busy Saturday with no seats open. He put out plate after plate after plate and it was super hot and delicious. I had the scallops and my wife had the Bolognese . I don't usually like meat sauce but it was awesome and I ended up eating her leftovers. The portions are huge. Friendly service and grace under pressure. Everything about our evening was wonderful. The entertainment fee was well worth it at onky $3. The jazz musicians were fantastic. Good job Nonna Lucia. We will be regulars here for sure.

First time there. Great food, super-friendly staff. Had a great time. definitely recommend!

Delicious place. Our server Chris is probably the best server. He’s hysterical, was very helpful and friendly. This restaurant is very pretty with a great atmosphere. We will put this on our list of favorites!

We've been trying to get in this place but they are always full. We made reservations on their website for Friday night and we are glad we did. Their menu was recently changed. The owner Michelle stopped by to do a table visit. We enjoyed speaking with her. She was very pleasant and gave us a coupon for our next visit.There was a wonderful woman playing piano and singing which added to the awesome vibe. We are thrilled this place made it through COVID and we will definitely keep it in our regular rotation. We've tried every Italian restaurant in Bluffton and Hilton Head and this place is it for us. Staff was attentive food was fantastic and it's a BYOB restaurant. What could be better? We have a significant wine collection at home. We would pay over $100 at a restaurant for the same wine we brought with us. $5 bottle fee is more than reasonable. $3 cover for the live music is more than fair. We've paid $10 on the island. Oh, and by the way, the bruschetta was hot and delicious, the jumbo scallops were the best I've had around here as was the shrimp and crab stuffed ravioli.

We waited over an hour to get our salad and had to complain to get that. I realize the service labor shortage is causing issues but we it seemed the issue was the chef was alone in the kitchen and the restaurant was full. The food was decent but not worth the wait.

Chef Julio never lets us down. The scallops were delicious as were the shrimp and crab ravioli. Thanks for another wonderful dinner.

Six of us ate here. 3 of us had the eggplant parm which was delish. One had the special of seafood and pasta special, the others had chicken dishes. All of which were very good. Its byob with a $5 corkage charge.

We just finished our meal here . The food was Ok, not great. The bread is not very good. And for an Italian restaurant they did not, and were not, serving veal any more . My favorite Italian dish is veal parmigiana . When we asked if we could substitute a vegetable instead of the pasta on one of the dishes we were told NO! NO substitutions are allowed . This is a BYOB so we were able to drink our own wine. The wait staff is nice. And one fellow spent his time uncorking everyones wine bottles . If you want an economical Italian this place is OK. If you want fine Italian food , I would recommend Dolce Vita . The prices are higher there but the food truly is made to order . And excellent .

Servings are generous and tasty. If you want wine, BYOB. When it's very busy, the sound level can be challenging for a conversation.

The food was great, although we had looked at the menu online which wasn't updated so what we wanted wasn't there. We were informed by phone call a few hours before the reservation that there was an entertainment charge of $3 per person that was going to be added. We weren't going to get a reservation elsewhere that late nor was this charge mentioned online anywhere prior.

Date night for me and my wife. We knew it was BYOB and while we were initially surprised, we ended up really liking the concept since we could take a top notch wine at a fraction of the retail price, let alone what restaurants charge for same wine (no less than 2x retail!!). We made a reservation and they followed up indicating a the fee for live music and the BYOB policy, so no less than four means of communicating the BYOB policy and what we could expect, so excellent communication! Food was very good. While the restaurant was full and it was also clear they were understaffed, we were never ignored and one of the owners stepped in, handled our various orders since we couldn't quite decide what we wanted, and we had very nice discussions with staff, owners, and thoroughly enjoyed our meal and experience! Overall, great experience. Very good food. Busy but still quite good service and we never waited an unreasonable amount of time for anything. The people that have complained, in our opinion, either failed to actually read what is VERY WELL communicated, or simply cannot be pleased under any reasonable scenario. We will return as 20+ year LOCALS. If you are a tourist and wish to complain without very real justification, odds are no one in this area wishes you to return.

One of the best dining experiences in a while. Food was awesome and the wait staff were great. Can't wait to come back.