Luca Osteria - Coral Gables

One of the best, if not the best, Italian restaurants!

Fourth time here and it 's never a Fail. I always try to order something different and this time I ordered the Patate Fritte as an appetizer and it 's to Die for, papa criolla with Truffle and a sunny side egg that gets tossed into the truffle by your server.

This was our third time at Luca. We were celebrating two birthdays and knew it was the perfect place to do so. Food never disappoints, drinks are delicious and refreshing, and the service is always amazing. Very attentive servers. Will be sure to keep coming back!

Although it was an anniversary celebration, the evening came to a sour end when the manager displayed very poor social skills allow me to explain. My husband son and girlfriend dined here tonight and Francesco was our server who was amazing he not only knew his recommendations, but was extremely charming and subsequently apologetic for the lack of courtesy the manager displayed. We were given a gift card in the amount of $150 for our anniversary to dine here and we ended up spending $450 Plus, which is totally normal for us as we are total foodies. All was going well and all plates were delicious 2 bottles of wine, 4 appetizers with an a la carte charge truffles on 2 of them) and 4 entrees. Sadly, my entree, the seafood risotto was extremely salty and was the last entree to arrive so I was looking very forward to it. All other entrees, short rib parpadelle, the truffle pasta specials and the pasta bucatelli all extremely delicious. When I told our server about the risotto Not being liked by anyone, even though I removed the mussels and added them in to it to see if it helped, when the manager came to Al’s what happened, he had the rude and unprofessional oda city to insinuate we were trying to dupe the plate by remarking that 1/2 of the risotto was gone, which was completely inaccurate and I was livid. I explained that the mussel wheels were all separate and on a separate plate in addition to the tasting portion we set aside untouched due to its inedibelity I was livid because I have NEVER felt so downgraded, as if I were trying to dupe them after spending sooo much money. Thank goodness we had the appetizers and at least I was able to eat something but otherwise, I went without a meal and totally ruined my anniversary celebration. I spoke with the server and mentioned how my husband and I love to dine out and have never felt so humiliated we are generous and good tippers and all the restaurants we dine in remember us for our acknowledgment.

Our reviews had over 36 million views so far this year. We do not get paid we just love to eat and have fun. We really love Luca Osteria because the food is great and the location is wonderful. Parking is a bit of an issue so come early, reservations are a must. OMG the food is unreal. So good. Be sure to get the truffle pasta. All the apps are great we had the local Stracciatella cheese which is excellent. Must have is the potatoes with the egg yolk on top (Patate Fritte) which has super light potato paste fried with a yummy white sauce and yolk on top which they mix up tableside. Carne Cruda is great too. Best pasta if you do not care for truffles is the Bucatini (spaghetti in tube form) with 600 day prosciutto. Really divine. We had all desserts and all were great. Semifreddo is liked in all reviews, but I liked all of them the same, all were aces. Great spot, lovely diners, staff and bartenders. Will come back often for sure, lots of outside seating in a neat outdoor mall atmosphere. Dress to impress. Check out all of our photos and all of our reviews. If we do not like it we do no review it so all of the ones you see are places that are fantastic. Follow us if you like. We had over 36 million views so far this year and we thank you for that. We don 't get paid, we just love to eat. Be sure to click on RobH at the top of this review to see all of them and to follow us if you like good food and FUN. If we do a review it is because we love it.