Lucci's Pizza & Pasta — Restaurant in Penn Township

While we've only been there a few times, Lucci's has fast become my family's favorite go to restaurant. I recently had a relative come in from another country and they requested some home style Italian food. They have a huge menu with many different options that ensures that everyone will find something to their taste. Foods we ordered on this visit included chicken parmesan, arguably the best we'd ever eaten. We also had the chicken Romano which was also very good. We will usually only order chicken Romano if it comes with a lemon wine butter sauce, which this did not, but it was still very good. It was accompanied by a large side of penne pasta that had a pinky/orangy color sauce which I believe may have been a vodka sauce and it was delicious! The cheese ravioli included four gigantic square pillows filled with ricotta and served with a red tomato sauce which was very tasty. I ordered a cheese calzone which was cooked exactly as I ordered it and was a definite 5/5 stars. It was one of the best calzones I've ever eaten. Our party ordered both the deep dish pizza, which was excellent, and a small regular pizza which was also very good. We also ordered fried zucchini which was a big hit. I can honestly say the only food that our party of four didn't like was the wedding soup. We all agreed it was the only disappointment of our meal. We had the same waitress as the last time we dined there and while she is a very good waitress she is clearly over taxed with too many duties, in my opinion, to give a party of four or more the level of service they deserve. Both times we were there the waitress had to serve customers eating dinner in the dining room as well as those sitting at the bar along with the other usual bar and waitress duties like running orders back and forth to the kitchen and picking up food. I think they may benefit from the help of a bartender once the dinner crowd picks up which was around 5:00 P.M. on the days we were there. My calzone, while nearly perfect, was surprisingly cold inside which required the waitress to have to reheat it which took quite a bit of time. The restaurant and restrooms are nice and clean. There is ample seating and parking. The restaurant is wheelchair accessible and offers handicapped parking. We didn't have any small children with us but it appears they are accommodated and welcomed. Though it seems a bit pricey, it is comparable to most restaurants of it's kind and is definitely well worth it. The food portions were massive and we happily ate the leftovers for three days. I would recommend this restaurant for anyone looking for a great time and meal. Lucci's is a good choice and appropriate for families, dates and parties big and small. I'm so happy I finally gave...

Lucci's used to be one of our go to dinner places, twice every three weeks or so. Lately the Alfredo sauce has been not as creamy as usual, no problem, I'll try something different, right? My wife doesn't care for eggplant parmesan, I'll order that. The waitress came out after waiting a while, said our order had been misplaced and just found, the cook was working on it ASAP. We finally get our food, the eggplant seemed like it had been sitting and wasn't fully cooked (not crispy at all). No problem, just eat it, right? Try some of my spaghetti side, unbelievable, the sauce had been burnt, came out of a scalded pot! Asked my wife to try, sure enough, she made a big ugly face and I knew I was right. Told the waitress about it, she brought me another side of it, same thing! My first job was an upscale Italian restaurant, if a Complaint came to the kitchen like that, the owner or chef would be out to the table. The owner and chef would be trying the sauce and apologizing up and down. Told the waitress, nothing. She looked like she never heard of burnt spaghetti sauce. Scratch another "used to be good" restaurant off...

The food here is absolutely phenomenal—no complaints there. Everything we ordered was cooked perfectly, full of flavor, and honestly some of the best I’ve had in a while. The restaurant itself is also very clean, including the bathrooms, which is always a good sign that they care about their establishment.

That said, the prices are way too high for what you get. A soda costs $3.50, and they only give you one refill? That’s just absurd in this day and age. If I’m paying that much, I expect bottomless refills or at least a larger drink to begin with.

The service was another issue. Our server did her job well—everything came out in a reasonable time, and she didn’t mess anything up—but she had zero personality and came across as rude and completely uninterested in being there. It felt like we were bothering her just by existing, which really took away from the overall experience.

If you’re just coming for the food and don’t mind overpriced drinks and indifferent service, you’ll have a great time. But if you expect a welcoming atmosphere and fair pricing, this place might...