Ristorante Lucia, Newport

The best food at Lucia is the appetizers, and they will definitely fill you up. The bruchetta is incredible. Try to sit in the chairs up by the big bay window-- it makes for great people watching in Newport. This is a very small place, so when it's busy it can be a little cramped. Definitely worth a try.

My Wife and I found this restaurant by chance the first and only time we have been to Newport. We are going back in October evan thoughit is out of our way on our trip into Vt and NH. My wife and her family are Italian, we have been to Itay 4 times and had our meals in Trattorias. This is the second best Italian restaurant we have found in the States and very closr to being No. 1. One in Chicago was the best. One dish was the best my wife has ever had, the Gnocchi. I had the veal and it was great. See you soon Lucia. D&D

The bolognese sauce is terrific. I make bolognese sauce myself back home in the philly area. Lucia's was delicious. Everything was great as well. I highly recommend going there and giving it a shot.

This was the first place we took our daughter and her friends to eat when she was a Freshmen at Salve Regina. Great Italian Food and wonderful service. Nice place to go with your family and friends.

Very nice and a good location. I was expecting a little fancier place from the reviews but the food more that makes up for it. I was surprised that they did not have such a simple thing like mealtballs and I had to ask for bread but I very much liked being near the window to look over the steet. I think this is a great place to bring the kids. Dessert was great. We showed up just between lunch and dinner so we could have none of the specials but that was ok. The taste was great and the prices ok. It is a nice alternative to the hustle and bustle of accross the street. We very much liked it. I had spagatti and Jay had the bolanesse pasta and we had brocolli to share. the bill with soda was about 45.00

I am in love with this place! We went for the first time for Laura's 28th birthday and I know we'll definitely be back. The restaurant is in the middle of historic Newport right on busy Thames Street. You have to go up a small flight of stairs to reach it and if you're lucky enough to get the window seat you can watch the busy goings on on Thames Street while you eat. It's a BYOB restaurant, but there is a little package store right around the corner. If you decide to go get a bottle of wine, Lucia's will provide you with the glasses to enjoy yourself. This is authentic Italian cooking. The menu is small but diverse. We started with a pepperoni bruschetta which was hot and delicious. Then Laura had manicotti which she found to have one of the best sauces she ever tasted. I had the farfalli bolonase and it was outstanding. We shared a piece of chocolate mousse and marscapone cake and two cappuccinos. Everything was outstanding. I like the way the waiter brought over a large platter showing us the various desserts they had for us to choose from. The whole experience was really pleasant. The restaurant is small, intimate and you feel like you're in an Italian trattoria. A very cute, relaxing, delicious place to have lunch or dinner and I can't wait to go back!

Just awful. the dessert tasted like lard and ended up giving me an allergic reaction (not sure to what, since it had no ingredients including nuts, which makes me wonder what they touch while making the desserts). The waitress was nice, but if she had helped take the dessert off the bill, she would've gotten a bigger tip. DON'T GO HERE, EVERYONE!

I recently went to Lucia's over Columbus day weekend with my husband. We had been to Newport several times before, but somehow missed this fabolous resturant! The Veal Gorgonzola was AMAZING,And the Ravioli Rucola is the best past dish I have ever tasted! When we found out it was a B.Y.O.B. resturaunt we were a little dissapointed but our waiter Keith told us about a liquer store around the corner. Problem solved, and with a $2 fee we were extremly happy. Make sure you dont pass this one up while in Newport the Food, Ambiance, and Service we were provided were absoloutly exceptional!!!

Food was cold, service was sub-par. Plenty of great places in Newport. That pretty much sums up this restaurant. I had thought from the website that it would be nice, cozy, intimate. It was not. The restaurant reminded me of a high school cafeteria. Skip out on this one.

My fiance and I ventured into Lucia Italian Restaurant today as we were scouring for potential rehearsal dinner spots. When we walked into the dining area, we noticed that there was no one to greet us and although there were other guests sitting down, no one appeared to have been served. After about 2 minutes, a scruffily appearing waiter appeared telling us quite brusquely "sit anywhere you want." We did so and a waitress subsequently came by our table, handed us menus and literally THREW a menu in front of us showing their specials at us. She disappeared and it was quite clear that both waitstaff could care less about service and obviously hated their jobs. No one provided water or bread or took our orders and after 10 minutes of not seeing a waitstaff, we realized that this place would be awful. We picked up our bags and left. This was in contrast to Brick Alley Pub which we ended up dining at (2 doors down) where the atmosphere was festive, the service impeccable, and the food outstanding. Lucia Italian Restaurant is a waste of time. If you want excellent service, a fine dining ambience, look elsewhere.