Amazing pizza and free delivery no charge! Great family gem located in Pacifica not far from the beach :)

I've lived in the Bay Area my whole life and just know found Luigi's!! And he serves Rice Balls (an east coast thing)!! Luigi waited on us and wanted to make sure we were satisfied customers. Asked me to tell him my honest opinion and if I wasn't happy he would work to improve it. What I liked most was not only the family oriented down to earth staff but the authentic fresh ingredients. They make their own pasta, bread, etc and it shows! Everything was delicious! Thanks Luigi!! We'll be back read more

I have gotten so many pizzas in quarantine from this spot! Always so fresh, great taste and perfect crust! My usual is a pepperoni and spinach and the vegetarian pizza! Definitely come and get a slice :) read more

I used to work for Luigi back when I was in high school and he managed the pizza hut that use to be in the Westborough shopping strip. The food is quality and delicious read more

Absolutely amazing.... from having Luigi accommodate a group of 10 ( 6 kids) which we understand is asking a lot, especially these days, but they did it with no complaints and honestly just went above and beyond. From the different pastas we had to the pepperoni pizza and their garlic bread, everything was delicious! But the service was by far what makes this place stand out from the rest. Luigi is a true gem who makes his customers feel like family with his hospitality. Thank you!! We will definitely be coming back!! read more

Luigi's was a great find in Pacifica when we were looking for something to eat.. Quick service. The owner himself took our orders. When we ordered garlic bread, he said that it comes with our entree so do not order it separately.. The garlic bread was sooo good.. the bread was fresh and crispy, right out of oven and garlicky!! I devoured it.. Luigi brought second helpings without asking for it.. and he even brought it out a third time even after I said we don't need it.. He just said, take it home with you. :) We also had pizza which was really good.. thin crust and cheesy goodness.. Hubby had the rice ball which he liked and cheese ravioli which was good but not the best he has had.. The service itself would be something I would come back for.. the amazing garlic bread and pizza helps too.. :) read more

Casual ambiance. Good food. Friendly people. Came in on my lunch and was the only one dining in. Luigi turned on the Dean Martin for me and brought me garlic bread even though I didn't order (and how could I refuse house-made, dough was rolled that morning by the man himself)! They make you feel at home. Went with a classic spaghetti and meatballs. Sauce was just how I like it! You know how some are just too tomato-y or runny? Well this one was not- it had nice depth of flavor, sauce held together nicely, and meatballs were tender. Finished every bite, which is rare for me. I'll be back. read more

Luigi's - Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread - Italian Near Me - Pacifica, California

Luigi's Restaurant is the BEST Italian Restaurant around It's Pacifica, California Gem Luigi and his staff are very friendly making you feel you are family coming home for dinner. I highly recommend Luigi's....... It's a Family oriented restaurant that serves large portions. Everything on the menu is delicious. Handmade Italian dishes made with Love Our Gabin family and friends have been coming to Luigi's forever. On Tuesday August 21, 2018 Luigi's and staff out did themselves. Luigi was closed today but opened his doors to host and help our family and friends celebrate very special occasion. We recently lost a very special loving man in our lifes, a husband, father, grandfather, father in law, uncle, friend etc. We we're able to meet with loved ones and enjoy a very special meal. Thank You Luigi read more

I dare you to come here and not spot the owner Luigi! If there was a dictionary with a picture of a Luigi, his photo would be right there! And you know what people??? He is Rock & Roll and just an a all around sweet guy. The food in here is surprisingly good with a price tag that is wallet friendly. You want to impress Luigi, order the rice balls but call them by their real name....(wait for it)....Arancini. My meal of choice is to start out with the Arancini and then the homemade meat lasagna. read more

There was NO taste to anything in what i ordered period except for the rice balls. The eggplant parmigiana flat, not even salt, the pool of tomato sauce it sat in was tomatoes, no herbs, garlic. the pasta was overcooked with a spoon of the same tasteless sauce on top, the vegetables, boiled, no butter/olive oil, salt, nada nutting zippo. There was a piece of homemade bread, nice touch until i taste it , again, no flavor. I also ordered a grilled chicken salad, they forgot the chicken and that took 30 minutes to get it replaced. The online menu is different from what is on their website, and was told "yea, haven't served that dish in 8 or 9 years", fix it, guys.I have been a chef for over 40 years so i know a bit about food. I always go out of my way to support the local places as opposed to chains, but i won't spend my money here ever again. read more

The pest cheese pizza in town and fettuccini Alfredo. Luigi is always present and super super nice! My kids love Luigi's

Most delicious pizza. This is our go to when we visit Pacifica. High quality ingredients coupled with perfect culinary skills and customer service. They deliver was timely. read more

Pizza could be good if not for the pathetically low quantity of toppings. A sprinkle of bacon on only one piece of the 3 pictured. Barely two pepperoni & mushroom pieces per slice, on average. Zero ham (they completely whiffed on the ham). read more

Luigi's - Sad amount of toppings :-( - Italian Near Me - Pacifica, California

First, This is for Luigi's in Pacifica. I have lived in Pacifica for many years and this place is right down the street. I first tried it soon after we moved here, but I was unimpressed with the first pizza I received from them and moved on to other local spots. I want to be clear, this isn't an indictment of Luigi's as much as I am a pizza snob with one pizza that all others have failed to compare to (Frankie Johnnie and Luigi Too! in Mt View). With that said, Luigi's has some of the best tasting ingredients on their Combination pizza. The star of this pizza is definitely the New York Sausage Co. italian sausage. Couple that with the aromatic green bell peppers and this pizza is a hit. My only small complaint is that the crust is so thin in the center that the slices tend to be droopy, but delicious. They have a superior pasta selections a well, although I usually leave these for my family members as I tear up the pie. I really recommend the rice balls if you have not had them before, or even the fettucini with alfredo. The prices are still reasonable, especially when you compare them to the chain pizza joints nearby. Lastly, nothing beats walking in and chatting with Luigi when he is not tending to customers. He is a local icon and I have had many occasion to interact and chat with him. I always come away feeling a friend just made my family dinner. Luigi's would get another star if they could figure a way to thicken/crispin their crust just a tad and be open 7 days a week so I won't be denied a pie on any day {even if his granddaughter is getting married like last Saturday : )} read more

Disappointed!! I ordered 2 entrees for delivery, 2 miles away. They charged double the menu price, and a 20% gratuity, but no "delivery charge" Garlic bread looked disgusting, didn't eat it. Quality of the meal: looked and tasted like a wannabe trying to cook an italian meal on YouTube. Save your money! I tipped the driver well, not his fault! read more

The man himself posing with a bunch of well fed players and parents. GREAT PLACE AND EVEN BETTER FOOD! read more

Luigi's - Italian Near Me - Pacifica, California

I'D RATHER GO TO MCDONALD'S THAN TO SPEND $70 WHILE NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY, AND RECEIVING SLOW SERVICE. I was so disappointed at the way that my company and I were received and treated. We arrived on January 1st at around 2 PM. For 30 minutes, the owner Luigi would just walk by, make eye contact with us, and keep saying that he would be right with us. We had to get up and get our own menus since Luigi and his staff wouldn't bother to even come to our table, after repeated eye contact. A couple, who appeared to be locals, were seated and served drinks right away by Luigi. At this point, my company and I were very upset that we had waited over 30 minutes, and hadn't even had menus given to us, let alone had drinks brought to us. Yet the local couple gets taken care of almost as soon as they were seated. Luigi finally came over to us and said that drinks were on the house and that he would bring them immediately, but never came with our drinks until much later. He took our orders and told us that we were "ordering a lot of food", and if we were sure that we wanted it. I responded with "we hear that your food is amazing and would love to try and eat it all anyway!". Even though we ordered a lot of food, we weren't taken seriously, and at the end, were still charged for our drinks that were "on the house". The food was good, but not worth the rude 1 hour and 30 minute slow service (I'm being honest and dead serious). My company and I felt as if we weren't taken very seriously by the facility at all, since we had to get our own menus, and were not brought our drinks until after an over 30 minute wait. Luigi does seem to be a very hard working man, but may be past his prime, in regards to serving, and customer service. I understand that he may do as he wishes with his business, but this will only drive more people away. I suggest you take your hard earned money elsewhere to where you will be taken seriously. read more

The garlic bread was delicious (and I am a picky garlic bread eater)! The pizza and Merlot were yummy as well! I loved having a chance to chat with Luigi, too. He was so kind and generous. I definitely will be coming back! read more

Loved Luigi's. My wife and I stopped for dinner Sunday evening after taking ourselves and the dog for a hike nearby. The pizza looked amazing and the take out line was ringing off the hook, but we were craving the classics: Pasta with meat sauce and meatballs, arancini, garlic bread, and minestrone. The service was great and the meal was exactly what we had in mind, the simple dishes and complex home-cooked flavors of East Coast Italian communities where we grew up and went to school. read more

I'm a relative newcomer to Luigi's. I guess it had to move to this new location a few years ago which is tucked away deep in Pacifica. The building doesn't have much ambiance. It's more like a diner but don't let that fool you. The food is very good. Luigi is a very nice guy and always there. The pizza is good and the rice balls are the bomb! I like the meat sauce. It has good flavor but I feel that the flavor could be made stronger. I usually add a little salt to enhance it. Overall this is a good place. I am a regular now. read more

Very good food. We had the Luigi's combo pizza and the garlic lovers pizza - both very good and freshly made. We also had the spaghetti with marinara and that was very good as well. The garlic bread was good. We tried four of the rice balls and had the meat sauce on the side. They're a nice texture and were tasty. Not what I think of when I'm searching for Italian restaurants, but they're enjoyable as something to mix up the typical Italian dinner. I ordered pick-up on a Friday night when there was a lot of smoke from the fires, so tons of people were ordering take out so the the wait was over an hour. I think if you plan ahead and call ahead your order should be fine generally, just get in before the others. It's a small kitchen, but a dining room that sits between 30 - 40 people. Cozy. read more

Love their chicken parm. My girlfriend loves the eggplant parm. Staff is super friendly. I can tell there's been a lot of love thrown into this restaurant over many years. read more

Friendly service and good food that support local schools. Placed the order 5 mins before they closed and they still accepted my order even though they could only do pizza. Ordered half supreme and half vegetarian. It's delicious, especially on a wet, cold night. Will definitely come back to try the full menu. read more

Went for dinner with family (4). All staff were super nice. Food was delicious. Unfortunately, 3 out of 4 of us had bad diarrhea that evening. Only person didn't have issue is the one who order plain pasta and hardly ate any. So want to like this place but our health is more important. read more

Initially very happy with this place. But today I called at 215pm for a 615pm delivery and come 630pm they weren't here. So I gave them a call and they haven't even made the pizza yet. Not a sorry at all just a "do you wanna cancel the order". Not okay. read more

Let me start this off by saying Luigi is a dear man. He's charming and sweet and seems to care about his customers. That being said, I really didn't have a good experience tonight. It was slow, unsanitary and the food was just okay. We called the establishment on the phone and asked what the wait would be. They said 30-45 minutes. We called back to ask to be put on a wait list and they said they could take us right now. So we drove over ASAP and arrived. Immediately, we were struck by the heat. The place was poorly ventilated and rather warm, especially for a Pacifica evening. There was a line of customers waiting at the front desk. I assumed they were waiting for a table. I was wrong. Like IHOP they were waiting to pay. After standing there almost ten minutes, it wasn't obvious, but I figured out a young man, Josh, worked there. I asked if he could seat us and he said okay. A few minutes later he pointed to an empty table and we walked over. I glanced around the warm dining room. About less than half of the tables were occupied and the other half, besides the one we were sitting at, were covered in dirty dishes. It was 7:45p and the place closes at 9pm, so you'd think they could clean up better. I noticed that Josh just seemed to be aimlessly pacing around while the man in the red shirt, covered in sweat, ran back and forth. Finally, we flagged someone down after sitting at an empty table and asked to take our order. It was about 10 minutes since we sat. No one greeted us. Eventually, an elderly man, Luigi, approached our table. He greeted us with a grin and wrote down our order. After waiting about 10 more minutes, we finally flagged down Josh for some water and the man in the red shirt told him to put utensils on the place settings. I also noticed he was starting to chew on a toothpick, handling it between his fingers and his mouth repeatedly. This is while he was running around, serving plates of food, utensils, and water. He grabbed his phone a few times as well. I found this highly unsanitary. I don't want his spit over everything I'm touching. After waiting another 5-10 minutes, our salads came out. Luigi had forgotten to ask which salad dressings we want so he went back and got those after serving us the salads. A few minutes later the rice balls came which were not bad, and then a few minutes later, the pizza came. It was hot but the flavor was just okay. We had half mushroom and half pepperoni. No one came by to check on us so I had to flag down the man in the red shirt to get some more water. Besides, that we just ate and I watched Josh run around aimlessly, holding his chew stick, with people telling him what to do. He even yelled across the dining hall a few times. At one point I saw a guy bus a long table, but many others were left uncleaned. When people entered to be seated, I saw Josh take a dirty rag (I think?) and casually wipe the table. I impatiently waited for my husband to finish eating his last slice and I walked up to the counter to ask for a box and the check. Josh came over, looked at our pizza and came back with a small box. Granted, Josh is polite with his interactions, just unprofessional and unhygienic. Josh told us the bill is at the counter so I walked up there. One tall guy tried to charge me for a two topping pizza but I said it was half and half. He looked to Luigi who waved at him saying it should just be one topping. Billing and orders seem to be an issue for them. There were numerous times I saw them staring at bills and orders in a group of 3-4 people, trying to figure out who got what. Asking tables what they ordered not knowing in advance. There were at most 5 tables occupied the whole time I was there so it was very disorganized. Anyway, at check out, they corrected the bill per Luigi and I mentioned how unsanitary Josh is. Josh was standing there as I told him he shouldn't be chewing on a toothpick and serving people. He didn't say a word and Luigi gave him a look. He went to go throw it out. Luigi apologized and said he didn't realize Josh was doing this and thanked me for pointing it out. He comped some of my bill that Groupon didn't cover and encouraged me to reach out to him directly should I come back to the store next time. I shook his hand and introduced myself and my husband did the same. As I said, Luigi is a charming dear man. I highly recommend they ventilate better, tend the tables in a more organized fashion and bus more timely, so the tables aren't covered in dirty dishes. Also, Josh should probably be trained prior to work so he knows safe and hygienic dining practices. As for the food, it was alright. For the price we paid it was definitely worth it. I might try them again but I wouldn't go out of my way to come back. I hope your experience is better than mine. read more

This is a restaurant hidden in a residential neighborhood. We found this on yelp. It is an old school style. The food tastes good and rich in favor. It is also very affordable to eat here. The wait for the food is a bit long, but we sort of anticipated that when we walked in. So no complaint for that. Definitely I will come back again to try other dishes. It is good to support a restaurant like this as we don't see much of this type of restaurants in the Bay Area often nowadays. read more

We got to Luigi's at about 1p. We were the only ones there during our stay, with the exception of one person that came in to order take out. When we arrived, we were asked to choose our seats. We chose a table by the window; so after a half hour, it started to get warm. Hot in Pacifica. No air conditioning. I was so honored to meet the owner, Mr. Luigi. He is such a sweet man. He took our orders. Of course, we had to try the infamous rice balls with meat sauce. And, that it was. It came out quickly, piping hot. It was delicious! We also ordered the Luigi special pizza. It took about 40 minutes to get, so we had a big gap between food; so, we just conversed and drank our soda and iced tea without ice. We got our thin crust pizza, served by Mr. Luigi, himself. It was okay. We also had the honor of Mr. Luigi and his wife eating lunch at the table next to us. Very nice couple. read more

Great food. And if Luigi is there make sure to say hello. Wonderful man with lots of great stories. Have been numerous times and the food is always great. Have also ordered pizza for delivery and have been extremely happy with that as well. read more

After reading a number of positive Yelp reviews we decided to come here around 5:30pm on a Friday night. When we arrived there was not a single other person eating in the dining room. I wish we would have taken that as a sign and left but we didn't. We ordered the meat lasagna, salads, and the chicken fettuccini alfredo. The salads were just okay. The meat lasagna was bad, but nothing like the alfredo. They just overcooked some noodles and covered them in some lukewarm sauce that I'm sure was store bought. It was flavorless, oily, disgusting. But wait. It got worse. About half way through the dish (I was hungry) I chomped on a chicken bone. I told the server and she sent the manager over none other than Luigi himself. He mumbled something about how he tries to get all the bones out but that was it and he walked away. The server came back and asked if he took care of our issue with the bone. I told her no. He didn't do anything but mumble and didn't attempt to do anything to remedy our frustrations. All in all horrible. I am confused about all the positive reviews. We read one that said "I cried when eating the meat lasagna." Well we cried too. Cried that we wasted $50 at this place. Please save yourselves and heed our warning. read more

Luigi's - Chicken bone from my alfredo - Italian Near Me - Pacifica, California

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Best pasta in town, the ravioli are the best. LOVE this place and the folks who work there (especially Luigi).

food is great especially their spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, and of course, rice ball. BUT...their service is just so damn slow every single time we come by .. we keep going back because we really like the food, but don't come here too hungry because it takes sometimes up to an hour for spaghetti and meatball..we love Luigi and the rest of the friendly staff but we know not to come here unless we got like 3 hours to kill and not starving for immediate dinner.. read more

Jesus. Worst Italian food I have EVER had. Chef Boyardee has better attention to detail. Microwaved poorly. Still freezing cold in the middle. Learn from Encino man. Piping hot on the outside and icy cold in the middle is not going to work. Look at my other reviews I don't give bad reviews, and this is the worst. Go somewhere else. #schwans DO NOT COME HERE. BTW gross. read more

Slow! But worth the wait. I love the rice balls. The pizza was very good too, but tbh, I'm there for the rice balls.

I appreciate the local color, but honestly the food's just OK. Decent Caesar salad, bleh seafood risotto, bland garlic bread. The pizza is good but not great. Good but partly frozen tiramisu. My takeout was packaged in styrofoam, which I'm guessing (hoping) they've had stockpiled since the '80s. Because we've known better since then. read more

This was my 2nd time here and my 2nd unforgettable feast. Gotta try the rice balls, but you're not going to go wrong no matter what you get. Can't wait to go back! read more

Hands down the best rice balls in the WORLD ! They are so good an Asian like me will never look at rice and balls the same way ever again ! Crispy n cheesy on the outside, warm and filled with meat on the inside...served on a plate of marinara sauce n beef. Homely lil place that makes u feel like u have a sweet Italian friend who wants to make some incredible food for you at home. Pizzas and chicken parmigiana are averagely good. All in all, would I revisit for the chicken rice balls ? Oh definitely across the mountains and the deep blue sea ! read more

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80 minutes to get my 40 minute quoted personal pizzas, and only because I asked for the status. I was deceived checking for steam because as I bite into them they're clearly extremely overcooked from sitting a warmer. No comment, no sorry for waiting, just took my money and gave me wooden pizza. They'd probably still be on top of the oven if I didn't say anything. read more

I love their chicken cannelloni, my favorite....so good. I tried to find at other restaurants and not made. Even in NYC, out of 20 restaurants I called only found a couple places and it was not as good tasting. The rice meatballs are unique and I like. Thanks for good food in Pacifica! o read more

I took my fiancée here after receiving a Groupon as a gift. I'm so glad we ate here for free because it was the most disgusting Italian food I've ever tried to eat. The owner Luigi is a super nice guy, but the food here is garbage. The chicken I was served had to be sitting in a fridge for days, and the shrimp I'm the pasta still had shells on them. I will never go back here. read more

Luigi's - Old chicken - Italian Near Me - Pacifica, California

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