Lucrezia La Jolla

I came here for lunch on a holiday. Great pizza for a casual meal with friends/family. I recommend reservations online via OpenTable.

I really wanted to love this place, but I can't say more about it than it's an overpriced Olive Garden. It's quite a shame because the restaurant itself is beautiful, even if it's located at the front of the UTC La Jolla shopping mall. Came here after work with a few colleagues, and we were all looking forward to it. I ordered an americano... but never got it. I asked about it three times and only after the third time I was told "sorry the espresso machine is broken" The alcoholic beverages looked great, but I never got a chance to order one because the waiter seemed to forget things. On to the food:The Mediterranean salad was wilted and soggy. We ordered a few different protein-forward entrees, all of which fell so short. I was most disappointed by the branzino. It was not cooked or filleted properly. Extremely hard and rubbery texture, not seasoned at all. FULL of bones and cartilage - I nearly choked on one. Lamb chops and chicken were OK. Nothing to brag about. At least there was an average-tasting warm chocolate brownie with half of a fresh strawberry at the end to hold me over. All things considered, would rate this a 2.5 if I could.

Lucrezia has an incredible atmosphere, it's well decorated and high end while still remaining to make it feel homey. The service was great, we ordered drinks, two appetizers and several pastas.The calamari was great, crispy but not too crunchy. The Burrata with the prosciutto was wonderful and easy to share with everyone.The drinks were also really good, they had a wide selection of cocktails along with beer and wine.The pasta was the only area where I was a bit disappointed. The Cacio e pepe was the best out of all of them, but the Soucy Vodka and Arrabbiata were a bit more bland, however the Arrabbiata had a good kick to it.Overall, for the expensive price tag I had higher expectations for the food.

The restaurant is simply beautiful. Came back to sd for my master's commencement and ate lunch here afterwards. We came when it was happy hour and were so excited but they said happy hour was restricted to the bar and the bar seating which was kinda annoying. We ended up getting a drink at the bar and the bartender said he didn't care if we took it back to our table (bc they also said we couldn't do that) so that was really nice of him! The penne arabiata was flavorful and spicy. The rigatoni alla vodka was lacking a lot of flavor and depth in my opinion. It didn't taste substantially different from the other pasta. The pizza was delicious and rhetorical chopped salad was the perfect palate cleanser.

We had the pleasure of dining at Lucrezia on Juneteenth since my Best Friend had the day off. As soon as we were seated in the Patio area the General Manager came by and introduced himself. He had the best personality and welcomed us to the Restaurant & highlighted some of their dishes and indicated that based on reviews alone & popularity, sometimes items on the menu are substituted with a fare that more people enjoy. We tried 'The Lucrezia', a Pizza for the two of us and then some with Smoked Salmon, purple onions, arugula & capers Topped with Parmesan cheese. Tasted Good!We also had LINIGUINE NERO VONGOLE ~ made with manila clams | white wine | garlic | chili | zucchini blossoms | lemon | squid ink pasta~ This Tasted Delicious ~ Squid ink pasta was new for me & the clams were Tasty. Their Bread was also very well prepared and came with balsamic vinegar for dipping. The Bread was super tasty.This is my second time dining here and the Menu items were awesome. My friend loved the decor and the live plants that adorned the restaurant. The atmosphere is airy with plants & trees. The bar is beautiful and bright.We'll definitely return to enjoy dishes we've never tried before and some we really enjoy, there's so many items on the menu to look forward to trying out in the future.

Spent my birthday here and it was nothing short of an amazing experience. The ambiance lived up to the hype and the food was just as amazing. Diana was our server and she was soo nice and attentive and can tell she cared about her customers. Would definitely recommend and will be coming back!

First of all the food was amazing, and the service was even better! Get the pizza... any pizza you won't be disappointed!Our waiter Steffano was terrific and was berry attentive, our food and drinks came out quick!Manager Andrew also stopped by and greeted us. Terrific experience, I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone in UTC area!

Service was amazing! delicious food and the attention of Adrien was great! definitely coming back! he took care of my whole Family and made it worth it! Linguini Vongole a must! thank you again for making all the recommendations Adrien!

3rd time here. Every time service is better. This time we got Adriano as a server and he was amazing. He gave us great recommendations and food was definitely a 10/10. Cocktails 10/10. Definitely come here if you are in la jolla

The service at Lucrezia is excellent and the food is extraordinary. I have been there many times and for sure I will go there regularly in the future. One time I invited my team to a team dinner. Also my colleagues have been excited. I can especially recommend the Italien pasta, Carbonara at Lucrezia is unmatched. The hostesses are very kind and friendly. We had a nice small talk with Fatima. She is unbelievable charming and seated us in the patio area in this nice Italien atmosphere.