Luciano Express- La Cantera

GREAT ITALIAN FOOD!!!I'm originally from NYC and grew up in a predominantly All Italian neighborhood. I've honestly been hesitant to try Italian food here because I grew up with real authentic Italian food in New York. My dad came to visit from New York and I told him that I had always wanted to try a restaurant over here but I wasn't sure. We decided to try it and have the absolute best experience. My dad is a tough critic because he grew up on Italian food as well. Everything we ordered from the calamari to the lasagna to the penne was absolutely delicious the portions were huge and you got your moneys worth. The waiter that we had was so attentive to us and so polite we even called the manager over to let her know that he was doing such a great job. We got a cannoli at the end and felt like we had a little piece of New York right at our table. I definitely would recommend Luciano over and over again even on top of these pricier Italian restaurants. They really know what they're doing here from service down to absolutely delicious food. My dad still talks about that restaurant till this day he says he can't wait to come back!

Not sure why this place only has 3-stars. The flavor is better than good. We've only had food delivered from here and not sat inside but we had the calamari, garlic breadsticks, meatball parmigiana sub and lasagna famosa. No issues. We'd eat here again & you get what you pay for.

Excellent food, spaghetti pesto was delicious. The service started a bit slow but the manger took care of us and it was a great experience. The fireworks from Fiesta Texas was a little bonus. Highly recommend!

We decided to dine at this establishment reason Grimaldi was a long wait. Bad idea. First the waitress, very young had an attitude, she got annoyed because she had to come back twice to take our order. No bread or olive oil dip was given, I had to ask another waitress. No problem with her. The food not good. My pizza was warm and did not taste good at all.My husband had a panini which was also warm and the cheese was not even melted. I must say when I did get the bread that was good! As for the waitress she stayed at the front door talking to the host. Never again!

Let me first start off by saying the service is ALWAYS excellent. Always. But I've only eaten here twice. First time was great, service wise food the whole chabang. I fell in love with their charcuterie board so I decided to order it again with the hubby but unfortunately I was very much disappointed. As you can tell by the picture the amount of food, the type of food on the board and the absence of food is the reason for the one star rating. I knew something was off but I really couldn't put my finger on it until the hubbs said "hey this charcuterie board looks different from the pic you took a month ago?" so yeah, I went into my pic roll and immediately saw the difference. I called the waitress (which so happened to be the waitress from my first visit) and showed her the pic of the first charcuterie board versus the current one I had in front me and asked her if there was a reason this one looked different or if they changed the menu etc...she said no, the boards should be consistent aside of the some variance due to the season (which is understandable) well at the end the manager was willing to give me a $3.30 discount. I couldn't help but laugh. It wasn't about getting a refund. I just want to know if this is what I'm going to have to expect every time I go and order the charcuterie board. Inconsistency. So folks this is my review. I greatly hope Lucianos creates a plan or outline of what items go on the board along with placement so no matter when the menu item is order it looks the same EVERY SINGLE TIME. Note: my current charcuterie board IS missing one bread with tomato on top.

This restaurant aways has exceptional Italian food, from the antipasto to the pizza. We have yet to have dessert. They also sell Mexican Cola, of course it is San Antonio, but worth noting as it is bueno. Suggestions: always serve the caprese with balsamic vinegar, lose the grapes on the antipasto and sub kalamata olives.*Our waitress was sweet, but she messed up on two dishes because she didn't write our order down.

As a child, I ate at Lucianos many times at malls. The latest I wanna inform y'all is their Sausage, peperoni, Salami, and Ham Stromboli. Man oh MAN!!!! The cold and hot cut meats along with what I felt as melted provolone cheese stuffed in a dinner (not sweet) pastry is a fountain of the wonderful feelings you get as you munch onto them. Plus the marinara to dip your meal into. Remarkably comforting!!! This is an Italian meal to eat again!!

Extremely salty pizza. It was perfectly cooked to our crisp request. The service was intrusive to the extreme! They need better training. We were actively looking and discussing the menu options and he approached 3 times to take our order and we still had not put our menu down or closed our menu! Very polite! Very attentive, very nice, he just needs better training or the training needs to be adjusted. He asked if I wanted the ticket and my dining partner was not at the table ... twice! Very clean and well and visually appealing. Enjoyed the background music.

Don't go if you want to enjoy you're meal. They give balls of dough to young children to play with. They allow the children to then run around and make noise. Manager should have stepped in to protect their other customers. In the end, I nicely suggested the mother should pay more attention to her children and when the mother got all trailer trash up in my face, we were asked to leave. Not sure if that bitch and her 2 brats were the owner's daughter and granddaughter or if the place but I can't imagine why anyone would want to eat at a restaurant with so little respect for their customers. If you want to enjoy their meal, stay far away. If you are a negligent parent looking for a restaurant that will tolerate your badly behaved children, I guess this place is for you.

On Sept. 7th I ate at Luciano Pizzeria located at 15900 La Cantera. This is an upscale casual Italian Bistro restaurant with a nice Bar, indoor and outdoor seating and a very comfortable atmosphere. I ordered a Turkey & Provolone Panini which includes Tomato, lettuce and House-Made Italian Dressing. While the bread tasted fresh I expected a bit more Turkey. As my picture shows, it appears the Lettuce is the dominant item here. This being said the Panini was tasty and satisfied my hunger. I paired this Panini with House Pinot Grigio. This is a light dry white wine with a gentle floral nose, perfect for a light meal. Rayna was my Server at the Bar. She is very sweet and I could have listened to her recite the entire menu with her Italian accent. I'll come back and hopefully, bring someone with me to share a larger meal. Bon Apetit.