Luce

While I miss Shepard (the restaurant here before this one), this is almost on the same level of quality. Service is still exceptional and each dish is executed with precision. The menu is smaller than Shepard’s, but I don’t think this impacts your restaurant experience. This is a great place to get a reliably good bite to eat on a night of celebration. Good selection of interesting and tasty local beers as well as quality cocktails.

They have a great menu and are very great about letting you know about ingredients and substitutions if you have a dietary restriction or allergy. Our server, David, was very knowledgable and kind. The green bean and potato appetizer is definitely better than you would imagine and the pastas are so flavorful and dynamic! Also, definitely save room for desserts! Thanks for a great evening, David and Luce!

First time dining at Luce. Sat at bar as I was dining alone. Bar tenders made zero attempt to engage other than taking orders. While I was there it was more important to the staff to chit-chat with each other than to make any attempt to engage with their customer. Food was mediocre considering the price $$$$. I can do equivalent or better at home in my kitchen. Best thing was the wine which was ok but probably overpriced like the rest of the place. No reason to go back when you can get far better service and better food most any place else at a more fair price. Dining at a fine restaurant at the bar should be fun, warm and friendly. My experience was not fun or warm or friendly.

Good food and ambiance but one of the waiters was very rude (short, white, dark hair with a piercing in his nose). I asked for tissues and he told me behind my back: be a grown up and go get them yourself. Completely unacceptable behaviour. It is apparently not the norm for restaurants in the US to have tissues on the table (usually napkins), but a waiter has no right to be rude when asked politely (and partially ignorant). All over the world, it is normal to ask for tissues from a waiter especially when you tip 20%. He could’ve told me where they are (very simple). Cheers.

Luce is a winner! It opened 4 days ago and we went last night. The restaurant was packed. The menu is a bit limited but what we had was delicious. The anti pasta was a great starter and then we moved on to lemon linguini with clams (which had a crunchy sprinkling) and the duck bolognese. Both dishes were delicious and you could tell that the pasta was fresh and homemade. They also have a few pizzas and larger main courses such as sea bass and a NY strip. Pastas come 8n half or full sizes. For dessert, you can choose between ice cream or sorbet, a nice finish to a pasta dinner. The food was delicious, and as I said before is a WINNER!