Reviews for Luce in Portland, OR
Nice place with fresh pastas, kinda intimate/dimly lit vibe it would be a good place for a date night. Patio tables with heaters... available. I liked our server a lot but don?t recall their name, they seemed fun. My friend and I shared everything, I thinkit?s great that they offer smaller portions of pasta, if you?re more hungry you can get multiple courses to share for the tableor if dining by yourself not get too much food :) we got the lemon ricotta raviolis and the corzetti pesto. i preferred thecorsetti but both were good! The cheese board was good for the pricepoint but I think the foccacia (not pictured) was way betterthan the bread the cheese board came with. only thing i wish was better was more non alcoholic drink options. i understand it?sa wine heavy environment but it would be fun to have mocktails or flavored sparkling waters or something. i just ended up havingtap water which is never really my choice when having a more elevated experience. overall i would still be happy to come hereagain tho Read more
The staff is friendly, kind, and knowledgeable. I had the radiatore with lamb and it was comforting and delicious. We asked the... server for wine recommendations and we were very impressed. The panacotta was also perfect. I?d recommend the cabbage and thechicken liver pâté as appetizers. Read more
We came by on a Friday evening just after 6:00 and got a table inside right away. I got a great wine recommendation from our... server, and we were well taken care of the whole meal. The food was all incredible, but the sleeper hit was the tomato focaccia! Read more
I wish I could give more than 5 stars for this place! WOW! So blown away. This is perhaps the best meal I've had in YEARS.... Everything was incredible- we had the chicken liver mousse, three different pastas, and one of the salads. I don't really havewords for how delicious, well-crafted, and high quality the food was. That, plus a great bottle of wine recommended by ourserver, and the final price for dinner was very reasonable. If you're in Portland and love Italian food, this is THE spot. Read more
I know it probably sounds boring, but trust me. GET. THE. CAVATELLI. And the Panna cotta. Seriously. Do it. Right now. Forget... the other places. I tell my visiting friends the cavatelli was easily the best pasta I've had in the entire United States (andbetter than some in Italy... don't kill me). I tried to tell them but they ordered other stuff and wished they had my dish. Itwas our party of 6's unanimous favorite. House wines are great and the focaccia is also yum. Read more
Great no frills Italian. Personally I?d order half portions and try all the pastas possible. I?d highly recommend the stuffed... trout but there was not a bad dish from everything we ordered. Read more
Cannot recommend this place enough! Yes, the wait was long, but the people working were so kind and attentive when it was longer... than expected. They were really busy but still made you feel cared for. (You can get wine while you wait on the sidewalk!) Otherthan the great service, the food was amazing too. I love the format of the menu, so many small (tiny) plates to add on so youcan try many different things. I went with a group of four and we did a few antipastos, a few sides and a few half pastas andthat was perfect. Everything was delicious! Read more
Came here for a Saturday night dinner during my trip to Portland. The place was fairly busy but no waiting at around 9. We got a... seat. The place looked pretty nice with a cozy vibe. I ordered the hangar steak and half a portion of tagliatelle. The steak wasperfect and so was the tagliatelle with beef and pork ragu. Definitely would definitely recommend that. My wife took the porkbraciole with a side of leeks with butter and parmesan. This was also pretty good. The only negative and under things to improvewas the service timing. All but the sides were served and that took a really long time. (I finished my dinner by the time herside came). Other than that it would have been a 5 star from me. Read more