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Restaurant Santa Lucia
Categories: Restaurants Italian Restaurants Pizza Italian, Pizza [Edit]
1264 Rue StanleyMontreal, QC H3B 2S7
(514) 393-8623
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Good For:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Ambience:
- Casual
- Has TV:
- No
- Caters:
- Yes
6 reviews for Restaurant Santa Lucia
6 reviews in English
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Review from Lasse G.
5/21/2012
Classy? No. Fashionable? No. Authentic? YES! Hearty Italian food, just like Mama makes it. Great value for money.
PS: The 'wood oven' (sauna?) is really a brick oven that's wood-fired! And thank you for that - most excellent pizzas! -
Review from DAVE I.
Montréal, QC
4/3/2012 2 Check-ins Here
What can you say about Santa Lucia? The place is a dive a gigantic dive in need of the greatest restaurant makeover conceivable. The carpet is so old, they don't vacuum it, the mop it. The tables and chairs are probably older than me. The wait staff is comprised of grandmothers. The pizza guys often stink. There are really old wine bottles in rattan baskets hanging on the ugly walls. The ceiling is a total loss. The whole place says "DO NOT EAT HERE"
But you will anyway. Why? They serve what is probably the greatest old-school thick, hot, delicious, cheesy, meaty pizzas in Montreal. Bonus? All baked in one of the rare brick wood ovens left in Montreal. The pastas pretty tasty to. Old school Italian wedding soup.
If the 3 cheese pizza doesn't make you want to kick your head back, roll your eyes and let out a huge sigh of orgasmic contentment, then hit the Bolognese pizza, meat sauce, onions, bacon, cheese and a guaranteed mindblowing experience.
The place is awesome in its shittyness. But it doesn't stop people from pilling in since 1967. If you show up at 12h05 on a weekday, you're shit outta luck because the place is packed, half the tables already reserved. Try to show up at the very latest 20 minutes before noon. Service is fast and polite. Prices are cheap when compared to the awesomeness you'll be hovering faster than a porn star... well you get the point. -
Review from Wes N.
3/11/2012
Hit's the spot: Atmosphere, Service, & Food
Atmosphere: Santa Lucia has been occupying it's little corner near Stanley and St. Catherine for quite some time - and it certainly shows. The place is certainly the "old school" dinner other more recent restaurant incarnations try to imitate but fail. In a word "charming". The place however could use a little bit (ok a lot!) of touch up. From the raggedy wine coloured rug, to the creaky tables and frayed curtains - it is very obvious that St. Lucia is in the business of frequent clientele turnover (good luck finding a table during lunchtime - thanks to the crush of business people at that time)
Service: The service at Santa Lucia varies depending on the time of arrival. Evenings (3pm and up) tend to find the restaurant almost desolate - and thus the staff (one / two people) being very attentive. Being popular with the business crowed due to its menu and close proximity to many of the businesses in the downtown core - it is very difficult to get a seat (or grab anything to go) during lunch time, so the staff is understandably rushed and brief during those times.
Food: You will find many a Montrealer who swears by Santa Lucia's pizzas, pasta dishes and Italian sausages, however for the prices charged the food's quality is not something to write home about (but worth a Yelp review!). Pizzas and calzones are cooked in a stone hearth / oven which gives them an added dash of flavour (watch out, sometimes these are made "more-oily-than-necesarry") and some pastas are even made from scratch. Dishes are served hot, and Santa Lucia makes a great carrot cream soup.
Santa Lucia is best for pickup and for when no other places remains open - its quaint charm is slowly fading (along with the paint) however due to lack of up keep.
Note: It is located directly adjacent to the Che Pare strip club and La Boom nightclub. Just though you should know!
Worth a try when time allows :O) -
Review from B B.
4/6/2012
For inexpensive Montreal food, this place is tops! I highly recommend chugging some vino and having an amazing calzone in this dive! Cheap for Montreal pricing to boot! And this place stays open late, with very little clientele. Most people are grabbing food to go, but the wait staff don't care if you want to hang out because they have no where else to go. I will be back!!!
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Review from Eric K.
12/17/2010
If you want solid and honest al dante spaghetti bolognes, come to this place.
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Review from Joey L.
12/17/2010
Restaurant Santa Lucia has a lot going for it - great location, capable waitstaff, an enticing menu, and a seemingly skilled chef. This restaurant could really be great if they could improve on the quality of their ingredients.
We started out with an appetizer of escargot, which my wife usually insists on. The sauce was delicious, but the snails were obviously not fresh and that really killed the dish.
For entrees, I had a calzone while my wife opted for a veggie pizza. The presentation was great, and the homemade wood-fire cooked pizza dough was fantastic. Once we hit the toppings though, the honeymoon was over. The onions in my calzone were raw and totally overpowering. My wife said most of the vegetables on her pizza tasted canned and were nearly inedible. We both picked everything off and ended up eating mostly dough and sauce (which were good!).
If Santa Lucia steps up and starts buying fresh ingredients to pair with their great pizza dough and sauces, it could really shine.
