Luigi's Italian Cucina - Redmond

Extremely poor service. My mom had to wait over five minutes to be seated while the server was on a personal phone call. We had to refill our water glasses ourselves three times. The food was mediocre at best and overpriced.

The bathroom had only enough soap for me to get the smallest amount I could wash my hands with. We had to fill our water glasses ourselves 3 times, as the waiter was not paying us much attention despite there only being one or maybe two other tables served in the restaurant. The food was definitely not worth the $30-50/person price. Not that flavorful. Wouldn’t spend your money here.

Overall good, prices were a little high for the portion size but generally decent all around. Very quaint. Will have to try again

We waited a few minutes to be seated when there were only 2 other tables seated. The gentleman was nice (possibly the Owner) and he greeted us and sat us down in a booth. When it came time to order, my original choice (linguini with clams) was unavailable so I went with my second option which was pasta with fresh crab and shrimp. The serving was fairly small and I spent about 10 minutes de-tailing the shrimp and cracking the crab legs which has minimal meat inside. The pasta tasted OK, but could have used more flavor in my opinion. My partner had the chicken parmesan which was a very decent serving size and tasted great! We didn't order wine, as I am pregnant, so we went with fountain drinks, which they charged us to refill. The atmopshere was pleasant, there were candle lit tables, but the music cut out and we sat in silence listening to others conversations, which made it fairly awkward. I feel like this was overall an OK experience, but I think that this restaurant is geared more towards the older folks, seeing as there is a retirement center behind the complex. The food was OK, but I do not think that we will be coming back. It felt overpriced and underserved.

I had the chance to meet with Alfredo, the chef and owner, he does an amazing job, both at cooking and providing the personal touch, going to each table making sure everything is up to standard.