This place has something that most restaurants in this area don't have - ambiance. I've been here more than a handful of times and I've ordered pretty much one of everything on the menu including pizza, pasta, sub, calzone, salads and dessert. When it comes to taste I would say it's pretty good and much more authentic than an Olive Garden or a hole-in-the-wall place. They start every meal with free bread and seasoned olive oil for dipping - win. I can't tell you enough how genuine the servers are and the host and hostess. The owner has casually chatted with my wife and I numerous times and everything has always been pleasant. I love going there and I always know that I'll have a satisfying meal with respectful service. We ordered pizza for delivery once and they added a bag of free cookies for it being our first order and the delivery man was overly respectful and extremely nice and it came quickkkk. Coolest part of this place is the small market they have along with the massive dessert and gelato counter. Much of what they have is delivered from New York City so it's all over the top in taste. Last piece I'll add is that they have a small bar off the back of the dinning area - quiet and intimate every time I've been. I'm looking forward to having a drink there one evening. The outside seating is limited but we've sat there a few times and have enjoyed it. Overall this place wins my business. I can't say I'm overly picky but I've been known to snub places for lesser than par food/service but I love this place. read more

Restaurant is your average Joe. Since it being the only Italian place around, I was "forced" to order. To begin with, there bread is always old, crunchy, and barely editable. The soup came delicious, but chicken was not cooked properly. There turkey decent, but spices added to there turkey sandwich is nothing special, or "family secret recipe". The soup is the only reason I'd give this restaurant 3 stars, otherwise, it would be leaning towards a 2. Restaurant needs to make sure that they don't deliver dry bread with my orders, and not make all there food so dry. The delivery's man etiquette was 100% on top though :) read more

Lucia's Pizza is locally owned Italian restaurant and deli. We ordered several pizzas and they delivered them to us. The pizzas were decent and were good as left overs too. We heard no complaints from our group. Lucia's does have 2 locations. Food C Staff A Decor C Location C Health Inspection Grade 0 critical violations in last inspection read more

The service was good the food as well. Glad I walked out of Mokomandy. Would have been 4 starts with shredded Parmesan

Mistakenly called the wrong store, and when I went to pick it up, David, the handsome owner, made sure that I was taken care of. He called the other store, and once it was confirmed we had ordered at the wrong place, rather than suggest I go there to pick it up, got his cook to whip me up a pizza in no time. Great service, great food. Awesome as always. read more

Some of my favorite things: Love their spicy wings, gluten free pasta, meatballs are sooooo good, hot subs are great, and their salads are delicious! You can't go wrong with Lucia's! read more

The staff here are great. Very friendly and service is top notch. Great food, from pizza to subs to entrees.

Great place to eat! Been visiting them since before they moved to the Great Falls location. Everything on the menu is delicious and the service is top notch. Highly recommended to anyone who's in the area. read more

Lucia's is one of my favorite restaurants to go with my boyfriend. It's a nice quiet spot to get some good quality food. The food is amazing, it is always served fresh. But today we had a bad experience with the server. He was very rude, he judged our order and the way we wanted the food. Furthermore, when he brought the food to us, we asked for extra ketchup and hot sauce but he responded very rudely and didn't want to get us anything. Also, he never checked up on us while we were eating but instead he went to talk to another table. He also didn't offer any refills on drinks. When we asked for the bill, the manger and the waiter wrote on our check "don''t forget to tip" .......... In conclusion the restaurant food deserves a five star but the service with that particular waiter was awful. The other waiters are amazing. The waiters name is Ben-Asama. read more

This is the go to Italian place for LI area locals. The dishes are excellent, you see people from your neighborhood eating there. The portions are g read more

Terrible experience! Ordered food online for my family with special instructions added in the appropriate section and when the food arrived, the instructions were missed. That part was fine. Mistakes happen. The reason I will NEVER order from this business again is that after explaining in detail what happened, this business looked into it, asked what they could do to fix it, and after explaining that all I wanted was to be either refunded for the portion of the order that was messed up or to have those portions re-delivered, I was told and I quote, "we don't think we've done anything wrong". By way of context, I NEVER post comments like this. We are local and wanted to support a local business. Very disappointed. read more

Great neighborhood restaurant. Pizza is good as ate the various Italian dishes. But most of all service and friendliness is A++

A very necessary, warm, cozy, and Italian-themed spot in the Great Falls Plaza - conveniently located and walking distance to the vast sea of residences throughout the area. I often wish that I was an expert on authentic Italian cuisine but I do know that I always expect a tasty meal at Lucia's and it's exactly what I get when dining here. The pizzas are all good and straight to the point, and the pasta dishes can more-than satisfy any hankering for pasta, and the dink specials are all decent with a good-enough wine selection. I have this weird obsession with baked ziti and at Lucia's it is everything I crave - filled to the brims with flavor with a perfect crispy up top texture with the perfect cheese-meat ratio. The Lasagna is a close second favorite. Lucia's is also kid-friendly with a decent amount of kid-friendly dishes to choose from as well as an excellent gelato bar. This can be a great quick date night idea as well as a very good place for a large party of people to dine with very friendly staff. read more

Tough act to follow because they are in the same space as Carmine's was. Carmines had really good, cheap food. Lucia's pizza is pretty good. We did really like the meatball on the pizza and the sauce is not too sweet, which my family prefers because we are from New York. We also ordered the calamari, which was a little salty. We have not eaten in the restaurant itself yet, just takeout. I will update my review when we do actually get in there to sit down. read more

This is one of my favorite Italian restaurants. Our waiter was amazing. The food was very fast. The food was delicious. The price is reasonable. The pesto and mozzarella sticks are so good. Do not miss out on the strawberry cheesecake. read more

The odd thing is I've experienced great experiences and horrible ones. Because of the inconsistency we are done with Lucia's. We were thrilled when the store opened, replacing complete nightmare of a restaurant. For the first 4 months, once (sometimes twice) a week we'd get take-out. We even had Christmas Eve dinner there. As the months went on, the quality went from reliable to wildly inconsistent. Some weeks the pizza would be intensely greasy, with way too much sauce, other weeks the cheese was clearly stale, and sometimes it was pretty good (for Virginia) pizza. The same went for other orders. Some times the veal would taste like is was seasoned with 2 cups of salt, and others it was perfect. After three consecutive bad experiences, we gave up for a few months. Last week we decided to give it a try again. Asked for little sauce (my daughter hates sauce). When I got home, I opened up a saucy grease-bomb of a pizza. So greasy, when I took a butter knife to cut apart the slices (it wasn't properly cut), the knife went right through the box. After we stopped going I had picked up Papa Johns for the kids (hey, I'm not going to argue with them on taste), and the owner seeing me walked by and asked "hey, what gives?" After telling him about the experiences, his response was troubling. He acted insulted that I could possibly think he served a sub-par product and blew me off. And I guess that's why I have no hope for this place - arrogance. If the owners, who clearly from every conversation I've had with them, think they are serving a great product, they'll never change. It will always be hit or miss and they'll linger around until the community gets fed up and they'll blame it on the people for not having taste. I have no patience to deal with that. read more

Bad Food and Poor Service. Food The pasta was sent to me in a watery tomato broth passed off as sauce. The noodles had zero flavor and the mussels had weird taste and texture. Overall my dish was bland. Service The server only came over when necessary (drink order, food order, check) and had a poor attitude when addressing us. At the end of our meal when he asked how our food was, we told him it wasn't good and he replied that it was because we ate too much bread, then followed that up by quickly deflecting blame to the cooks. We asked to speak with the manager, but instead he just decided to bring us the check and left it to us to go find one ourselves. The manager was very short with us as if he didn't want to be bothered and decided that he would just send the owner to the table. I'm not sure what they told the owner because he came over to our table already on the defensive. He was in no way apologetic for the poor food or service, not receptive to any of our feedback, but instead claimed he's never had any complaints and it's people like us that put small businesses out of business. It's food and most importantly service like we received that will put you out of business. He told us since we didn't like the food we could leave and not come back. I don't think that will be a problem and I don't recommend this restaurant to anyone. read more

*Dining Environment* - 1 star The restaurant was open for about a week when we stopped by so you would expect it to be clean, and it was. When you walk in, most of the dining is on the left side, along with the bar, which had 3 flat screen televisions around the bar perimeter. The right side had some seating, plus a small area where they sold italian goods to make the food at home. *Food Presentation* - 0 star We ordered the calamari as an appetizer, and spaghetti & meatballs and cheese ravioli for our appetizers. When served to us, the calamari with a side of marinara sauce looked ho-hum. The spaghetti & meatballs looked pretty presentable. The cheese ravioli looked like it was swimming in the marinara sauce. Not too impressive. *Food Taste* - 0 star The calamari just tasted so-so and it just didn't have a freshness factor that I've seen in other italian restaurants. And to me, when you just get the calamari rings but not the tentacle part of the squid, it just loses points. The spaghetti sauce itself is alittle runny for my taste, but some may prefer it that way. The meatballs were delicious! The cheese ravioli weren't bad, just nothing to write home to. As a note, they were supposed to provide complimentary rolls, but the server and eventually one of the owners who stopped by had explained that their new chef made an error in it's preparation, so the rolls came out hard and were not serve-able, so they provided us some sliced bread as an alternative. Let's just say the bread was bland. *Service* - 1 star The waitress was really nice. She did forget some of the things we had originally ordered, like the meatballs with our spaghetti (which she eventually brought out separately, but we had to wait like 5 minutes while not trying to eat the spaghetti in front of us), and she needed to be told to re-fill our empty soda glasses. I'll attribute it to opening week jitters and not dock her points for it because she had a great attitude. Plus one of the owners stopped by to apologize about the roll predicament. *Bang for Buck (Value)* - 0 star One of the unfortunate things about Lucia's is that it replaced an italian restaurant that used to be in that location, Carmine's, so unfairly or not, you can't help but compare what you got to what Carmine's used to provide. And we had really liked Carmine's. The obvious comparison is that we got more spaghetti for a cheaper price with Carmine's than with Lucia's. And it's very apparent: with Carmine's, it felt like you got enough spaghetti for two people off of one entree. With Lucia's, it felt like the spaghetti was portion controlled if you were counting calories. And you paid a couple dollars less for this dish with Carmine's. Now I don't mind paying more for Lucia's, especially for those delicious meatballs, but given that pasta is relatively cheap, it should be heaving when served. I should walk away eating that spaghetti feeling absolutely full, not munching on the bread afterwards just to fill alittle more space. That's one thing that Lucia's can quickly improve upon. Another minor comparison note, the salad that Carmine's provided with the meal was complimentary. Now it may have been really simple iceburg lettuce with some other accoutrements, but you felt you were really getting value with your meal. *Verdict* - 2 star total I can call it opening week growing pains, but not sure if there will be major improvements, considering this is their 3rd restaurant within the area. They might be able to improve the taste, but changing the presentation and food value would probably require a change for all 3 restaurants. read more

We tried Lucia's when it first opened, and wrote off the bad experience to them being new and a bit out of control. We waited a long time for our Lasagna, they kept promising bread, but kept forgetting, the Lasagna did arrive, but burned on the bottom - and was only so/so. Not impressed at all. After a month had passed, we decided to try it again, it was not a good experience. Bowl of Minestrone soup (small for price) oily and I have to admit I make better soup, no crackers to go with soup (a bit surprised) and soup was only warm, not even hot on a cold day. We also got pizza and it was gross - the crust was a soggy mess, like wet rubber or leather, I couldn't even eat it. Again we never received bread or rolls while we waited for the pizza. Service was so/so. Personally I doubt they will make it, poor quality, high price for what is served, nothing to get excited about, sad as it's a great location for us. read more

Just had an amazing Buffalo Chicken Sub. David and Heather do an amazing job. The menu has so much to offer and the food is terrific.

First, let me say I haven't actually dined in at Lucia's, but if their dining room is anything like their food, I'm likely to try eating the tables/chairs/lamps. We ordered takeout from Lucia's last night on the whim of trying a local Italian place we'd never sampled before. I knew they were a little far from our home, but the super friendly gentleman on the phone (didn't catch his name!) said their delivery guy (Josh, I believe?) wasn't busy and would be happy to deliver to us. Bonus points for recognizing the voice of a hungry, Sunday night football fan. Even though we were outside of their delivery range, they didn't charge us extra, AND the food was there in 30 minutes! Bravo! Going the extra mile (literally, in this case) is what makes a small business successful. So well done in the customer service department, Lucia's. As for the food? Holy. Moses. The man and I ordered the Lasagna and the Tortellini al Tino with the intent of splitting them evenly between the two of us. Mayhem ensued. Suffice it to say there was a lot of fork stabbing and elbow throwing as we tried to decide which delicious dish we enjoyed more. The jury is still out. Both the entrees and the side salads we enjoyed were made with fresh ingredients and were good sized portions. I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the superb Cannolis, as well - in traditional cream and chocolate. Do yourself a favor: find a friend and order one of each...... or forget the friend and still order one of each. So, thanks, Lucia's!! For not only your outstanding customer service, but your delectable fare, we'll see you soon! read more

I really wanted Lucia's to be good. Alas, it is terrible. The spaghetti carbonara was loaded with cream (I've never had nor made carbonara this way--eggs, yes; cream, no), quartered pieces of bacon--not pancetta--raw mushrooms. Really amateurish, really bad. My wife's lasagna was all sauce and melted cheese, little substance. Our poor daughter who ordered mac and cheese was delighted with Kraft (I was not). The $9 glass of chianti was perhaps 4 ounces; should have been at least 5. Desserts were pretty good (I had heard that was the case). Unfortunately I think Lucia's will have the same fate as the previous two Italian-ish places that preceded it in this location. read more

Wow. This is terrible food. The service is terrible. I will try the pizza but the "Italian" food is really bland. We ordered the veal parm and veal with mushrooms. Both were indistinguishable. The food is really bad and expensive. Terrible combo. read more

This is a great neighborhood gem. Great Italian food of all kinds. The pizza has top quality ingredients and a very flavorful crust. The subs here are quite delicious as well. They have a large selection of pastries and gelato. The pastries are very fresh and quiet delicious. The Napolitan and profiteroles are amazing. One dish you must try is the gnocci. It has a flavorful cream sauce and tender gnocci. This restaurant delivers and the delivery drivers are very friendly and very prompt. You must try this little gem. read more

The food is great, tastes fresh and appears to be prepared very well. Beats Olive Garden by a million miles when it comes to Italian cuisine. However this review isn't for the food or the establishment (which is great) I believe credit should be given where due. Our server this evening, Therese was such a kind person, where most servers I've ever experienced an hour before close usually are the opposite. Not to mention we even had a Groupon and which usually changes the way you're served since the perception is "Cheap" clients. Ryan at the front and Therese can really make people feel so welcome and so glad to give Luciano's business. I can't certainly say because of our experience this evening we've found our "go to" Italian spot to share with all our friends and family. Keep smiling Therese, you're attitude is worth a million bucks! read more

We ordered online and just got our food. It was horrible. Arancini balls were too greasy. Carbonara was bland and the Raguso was ok. Paid $40 for this?!? Waste of money and will not going to order again EVER! read more

Hidden treasure in Sterling !! Everything is amazing and mouth watering. My favorite are their warm subs and everything in the menu read more

Lucia's - Nice ambience - Pizza Near Me - Sterling, Virginia

There was once a Lucia's close to my house and it was magnificent. That place was sold and, eventually, went out of business. How lucky were we, though, to discover this original Lucia's? This is not a fancy place but it doesn't need to be. The folks in the kitchen know what they're doing and manage to serve the best Italian dishes I've ever had. I was recently here with my wife and kids. I overheard the owner talking to some customers, stating that he really wished his mother could have lived to see what Lucia's has become. He takes such pride in what he's doing and that pride is obvious. Lucia's is an act of love and it's one that can be felt in one's stomach. read more

Excellent gluten free pizza and pasta! Fantastic service! Terrific menu with tons of choices!!! Would definitely come again!!!!

We started off with the Antipasto, which was very good. My husband had the Fruti Di Mare and it was delicious with an abundance of seafood. I had the Veal Piccata, which should have had more of a lemony taste and the veal was too thick, but it was still good. We ended the meal with a very delicious Tiramisu. Overall a very good meal and we would go back. Our server Joseph was excellent too! read more

Nice setting and the waiter Joseph was very polite and actually talked to us as if we were people and not customers. Portions were very generous and we used a Groupon so a good tip was left for the good service. Will definitely be back. read more

A friend and I ordered another Ragusa and a BLT sub +fried eggs yesterday. We were not disappointed and the food was delivered faster than we were quoted on the phone. Thanks Lucia's! read more

Good food aside. We opted for our end of season flag football dinner here- 4/5th graders. Good pizza and a good time until the owner told us we were too loud. Really? Would someone really complain? It's a neighborhood place- let kids and family have a good time. Or maybe it's a sterile quiet place. We'll reconsider before we're back. read more

Service is friendly, and you are always greeted with a smile. However, this does not mean you can call yourself an Italian restaurant and serve a Mediterranean Salad with vegetable oil instead of olive oil. Good thing I asked for dressing on the side. It was simply oil/vinegar dressing, which is what I like. I did ask to have the salad dressing made with olive oil instead, and the server agreed and had them make the substitution. But the initial thick oil slick made me lose my appetite anyway... You lost me! Do not save money by using canola oil for salads instead of olive oil please! read more

This place is right in my wheel house. Good food, GREAT service and a wonderful laid back feel. We have only eaten here for dinner. We've ordered many different items on their menu, and have consistently been impressed. In addition they'll change around their menu for you (we like pasta carbonara with cavatelli pasta, and they'll make it). Be ready for GIANT portions (typical for most Italian places), unless you order the lunch portion. We noticed that recently they raised their prices, which is the ONLY reason I'm giving this place 4 stars instead of 5. We've have different servers every time we've gone, and always get exceptional service. They deliver pizza as well, but I would recommend going to the store and eating it there. By the time it gets to your house it losing a little something and isn't as delicious. read more

No. No. No. $16 for spaghetti and meatballs (steamed) with only two meatballs (one inch wide) and barely any sauce (which was poured from a can and never seasoned). Don't bother. read more

Wow, this place has come a long way since their first month. My first few visits were plagued by soggy pizza, watery sauce, and slow service. I decided to give them another try a few weeks ago when I got a craving for some non-chain pizza, and the difference was immediately obvious. The crust hit the sweet spot between crunchy and soft, making it way easier to appreciate the high quality cheese and sauce they use. This is the closest thing you will find to New York quality pizza in this area! (PS. try the sausage - AMAZING) I've visited them a couple of times since then to try the rest of their menu, and so far I haven't been disappointed yet. The grilled chicken sub was delish, which shouldn't have been a surprise since I could watch the cook grill it to order from the deli area. Definitely a step up from Subway's preservative filled, cost-controlled "chicken". The only pasta I have tried thus far was the tortellini al tino, recommended to me by the owner's son (which was met by approvals from all the other staff within earshot), and it was most definitely as good as advertised. A creamy, cheesy sauce mixed with their homemade pesto? Winner. If you were turned off by the shaky first few weeks, give this place another shot! You won't regret it. read more

Mediocre food but reasonably large portions for the price. The meatballs in my dish were good but the marinara was nothing special. But the rainbow cookies I got to go are scrumptious. Might give them another chance with a different dish - plenty of standard options. read more

It's hard to mess up Italian food, but this restaurant tries their best to do so. They get two stars only because the staff is wonderful. I ordered lasagna, which came in a bowl full of grease. The lunch portion was the right size, but it was hard to eat when some of the noodles were crunchy. I also got some bread as part of the meal, and it tasted like cigarettes. I went at an off time, so I will assume it isn't always that horrible, but I won't go back. I'd rather starve. read more

We're always here for brunch. The food is always unbelievable. The sandwiches, the pizza, the pasta is the best around. Dave made our anniversary one that we'll never forget. He loves all customers, whether it's your first time there or been there from the beginning. Thanks Dave. read more