Lucca Restaurant

Umesh

5.0

One of the best Italian restaurants in Montreal, perfect for relaxed night out, with excellent Italian food.
We came here for dinner & really enjoyed the meal. The bread was so fresh. We started with the Calamari, which was nice & crispy, delicious. We ordered the Seafood linguini, came with mussels, clams, scallops & a few large shrimps, in an olive oil sauce, oh so good.
The restaurant has a nice ambiance, clean & nicely decorated. The staff are very friendly & helpful.

Marielle

5.0

Amazing food! Highly recommend the seafood linguini, it's to die for!

Billy

4.0

Lucca in Little Italy was our first dinner in Montréal. It set the bar high for everything that followed.

The place was packed on arrival - reservation recommended. The menu is concise & confident, with daily specials worth paying attention to.

We started with three appetizers. The calamari was crispy with the perfect crunch - a strong opener. The grilled octopus was well executed, cut & served over a purée. Delicious, though I would have loved more octopus & less accompaniment. The standout of the three was the zucchini blossoms - a daily special, filled with creamy ricotta. Heavenly bites that only appear in spring. Order them without hesitation if they're on.

For mains, the lamb chops surprised me. I don't typically enjoy lamb - the gamey taste usually puts me off. Not here. Beautifully cooked, incredibly flavourful, & not a trace of gaminess. A genuine convert moment. We also shared a half order of the seafood linguine - perfectly cooked pasta with shrimp, scallops, & mussels. Exactly what it should be.

Dessert was the tiramisu & pistachio gelato. The gelato in particular - rich, creamy, & the kind of thing you'll think about all summer.

An incredible meal from start to finish. Lucca is a must when visiting Montréal.

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Alana

5.0

Mouthwatering dishes, quality fine dining with impeccable service. Our table enjoyed a family style feast- burrata Mozzarella, seafood linguine, duck papardelle pasta, lamb, creme brule & tiramisu....& a lovely wine. Every single bite was delicious. Highly recommend.

Kate

4.0

Situated in Little Italy, Lucca is an authentic upscale Italian restaurant. It's busy, cozy, & tightly packed; even with a reservation, there was a 10 minutes short wait. The menu lives on a chalkboard, the tables are closely staged, & the small bar stands nicely at the back of the restaurant. The server took the time to answer any questions we had from the menu.

We ordered the off-board special Antipasti. The octopus came tender, paired with fresh fennel, onion, bell pepper & cucumber, grounded by a grainy chickpea purée. Better still were the baked figs stuffed with goat cheese, wrapped in bacon: tenderly sweet, salty & memorably unique (I loved it!).
For mains, the meat pasta of the week (pasta ragu della settimana) delivered ribbons of fresh fettuccine tangled with boar (!), spinach, & mushrooms in a hopefully homemade tomato sauce. The seafood linguine went all in on sea-saltiness, with a generous amount of mussels, clams, shrimps & scallops (& capers & pepper). Very savory!
Taste-wise, Lucca would be ranked on my top restaurants in Montreal :) (I might be a little biased tho cuz Italian food is my fave).

David

5.0

10 out of 10. Visited from Toronto on a Monday night & felt like we'd been admitted to a secret society. Had the seafood linguini & wild boar tagliatelle..Both were perfect: refined & elegant & as good as any we have ever had. If you cant give this place 5 stars I don't know what's left.

Daphne

5.0

Great food, highly recommend the seafood linguini, & the ragu pasta. Love the tiramisu & the drinks were great too, amazing cozy atmosphere

Alice

3.0

Food: med, nothing special, only high note for calamari. Seafood pasta in white sauce is 7/10. Service: professional but not warm & welcoming. Cozy vibe for family.

Henry

4.0

Seafood linguine is well-regarded & I vouch. Muscles are the star of the show - smooth & buttery. If you judge an Italian restaurant by its olive oil, I give it an 8.5/10. Red sauce in my appetizer was nice. Calamari was very good.

Khorshid

5.0

The seafood linguini was so delicious! Calamari was so fresh! I'll definitely will come back