LUCA Family Restaurant — Restaurant in Springfield

We have seen lots of comments on Fb about this place. It was after lunch but before dinner. The normal slow time. Greeted and seated immediately. Very nice inside for a small family restaurant. We chose a booth. Nice cushion and clean table .

My adult daughter choose the pork steak breakfast. Eggs were cooked to a perfect over easy . Hash browns were cooked but not crispy, kinda soggy. But she forgot to order them well done or crispy . Pork steak was tender and seasoned well. The server asked her how she wanted her steak and gave an automated response of medium rare. It came out medium rare. She didn’t mind . 😅 I like my pork Cooked appropriately, but she just thought “steak” she finished her plate

She had a biscuits and gravy as well . Decent peppered gravy with a few bites of sausage . Nice fluffy biscuit and not too much salt .

We also had a traditional club. With fries . The Club was a club . It’s done everywhere : bread was toasted nice . Veggie were good and not over ripe or soggy . Now the fries (most Likley frozen) were the best restaurant fries we’ve had in a long time . We will come back just for the fries 😂 and more

I settled on the Philly cheese steak sandwich. Now is it a Philadelphia made sandwich… no but this was made with REAL STEAK … not just chopped up roast beef or the frozen hockey puck. Freshly grilled onions and peppers seasoned to perfection. Soft hoagie and melted cheese . With those amazing fries

I also ordered a side salad without asking or looking on what’s inside . Iceberg lettuce, tomato, onion, cucumbers and lots of them , cheese and a pepperoncini and saltines . For $5 it’s a decent salad . I don’t usually eat cucumbers, but I suffered thru it. They were actually decent tasting .

Ranch dressing was good, but I’ve had better .

Over all . This is a good place and decent prices For 3 ppl and 3 drinks we spent $60 with a decent tip

We will be back. Not sure when as we...

The server was nice enough but that's about where our experience was good. The cook came from the kitchen with his apron on and ripped gloves. Wiped down the table and carried the cups back with the same ripped gloves. Never stopped at the wash station and took them off and washed his hands went straight to the grill and began cooking our food. My wife said I think that was just our cook. I said you think it was. And then she went over and looked around the corner and asked for a refill on tea but looked to the grill side and sure enough same apron AND gloves too. When the server brought her tea back I asked was that the cook that was just wiping tables? She said yes it was. I said he never washed his hands and had the same gloves he washed that table off with. The lady left and came back with our food minutes later (telling us it wasn't remade). My wife didn't even touch her meal not even a bite didn't even poke it with the fork. And they still charged us for the food she didn't disturb with as much as a shift of the ham. My meal was only edible it wasn't very good at all. We will not be going back and do not recommend anyone else either really the sanitary practices could kill someone the way he transferred between tasks with no care to wash hands or change his aprons or his...

The dining room was very clean and the decor was simple and elegant. The wife and I both ordered salad with our dinner the salad came out the same time as the dinner it had Saran wrap on top of it. I took one bite and it was very bitter and I looked at the salad and it was brown. When my lettuce at home gets that brown I throw it away should not have been served. My wife had Monte Cristo sandwich as it was good but was surprised to it see that it had cinnamon on it. The highlight of the dinner was the country fried steak or chicken fried steak it's on the menu two different places same just makes a difference if you order breakfast or dinner. Country fried steak was tender and tasty mashed potatoes seem to be real and the grave was good and I also had golden hominy. I got a feeling they specialize in breakfast items. Also I noticed the prices on the menu was very very reasonable I would go back to this place again I just don't think I'd order a salad. Should have been excellent the first time you charge us 5.50 a salad that's $11 for food we could not eat we could eat. If that's what you call an...