Luciano's Ristorante Italiano

Apps were good. But not impressed with the mains. Nice romantic ambiance

The manager really saved our experience. He was incredibly nice and understanding. My husband and I's issue was with the food and waitress. My "lasagna" was essentially pasta with meat sauce poured on top and covered in cheese to hide the fact that it was NOT lasagna. My husband ordered the fra diavolo. It was dry and bland. So as you can see not so great food experience. Then the service of our waitress was a disaster. We ordered a bottle of wine and she struggled to open it. We didn't mind - wine openers can be finicky. It's when she proceeded to comment on our price of the wine after we tasted it. She said "Well it's only x dollars". We wanted salad forks and she said all of the forks were the same. And then when I did complain about my lasagna she argued with me. I point blank asked her "Has any lasagna you've ever eaten looked like this?" We went back and forth before I finally said "Let me speak to the manager".

We had been looking at cars all day. My husband wanted to eat somewhere. We ended up at Lucianos. They were extremely inviting and we felt extremely underdressed. We actually said so and they seated us. Their bread is homemade and the sun-dried tomato sauce to dip the bread in, was wonderful. Our waiter was very personable and answered all our questions. Our drinks and food came in a timely fashion. That was the best Italian meal I've had in long time. Next time I'll dress accordingly.