Lucia Restaurant 13 Swinegate, York YO1 8AJ

"We visited tonight and had an absolutely fantastic time! We both had the fillet steak that was cooked to perfection. Portion sizes were good. The children's menu had a good choice and the kids loved their spaghetti and meatballs! The service was very good and we were well looked after throughout the night! We will definitely be back the next time we visit York!"

"Best culinary experience we had in York. Visited twice during our stay, lunch and dinner in different days. I had the Pan roasted chicken breast with french beans and asparagus, my sister had chicken skewers. Both were absolutely mouthwatering. For lunch the next day we tried the burgers and they also were absolutely delicious, super fresh and tasty. As a restaurant, is really fancy and beautiful, quite an instagramable place I'd say. If you sit outside, they have heaters on so you won't feel any cold, on the contrary, it is quite nice to enjoy a glass of wine under the warmth of heaters, with nice music on. We also tried desserts, Chocolate fondant and cheesecace, which were also yummy. Also, 5 star rating for the service, everyone was so lovely and kind."

"We just arrived to York yesterday and found this wonderful place by chance and boy was it delightful. What seemed like an unassuming ally turned into a little wonderland. Igor the manager greeted us like he had known us for years, made us feel very welcomed. He gave us the option of sitting inside or outside, we choose outside cause it was such a lovely evening and the ambience was beautiful. The food was splendid, service was great. We definitely recommend and are planning another visit."

"Nice food, but need to be more attentive… Last came here in October and had a really great evening so I was very much looking forward to this. However, it just all felt a bit flat. The waiters were not attentive. Asked for a Coke with no ice and no lemon and it came with both, so sent it back and then had another one with lemon in. Asked for a pint of Peroni which never appeared. Steak came with no steak knife and we were not the only table it’s happened to. It’s just the little things that you expect a high-end restaurant like this to know. Brie and Asparagus starter was quite small for £8 and there really wasn’t much flavour at all. For the main course my partner had rib eye steak which was £20 without any sides whatsoever so he had new potatoes for an extra £5 which seems quite steep. I had a chicken skewer which as you can see from the picture did not have a great deal on it and was slightly overcooked. I completely appreciate everything has gone up in price, but so has the menu and the quality has gone down. I find it a little bit galling that a 10% service charge is automatically added; I think that should be worked for rather than assumed as it was in this case. Hopefully this was just a bad evening and we will have another good meal there at some point. £68 for one starter, two mains and two drinks was definitely not worth it this time"

"This is a fabulous Italian restaurant with top notch food and drink right in the middle of York. It gets very busy, I would advise you to pre book! As well as seating inside there are seats outside with heaters. Staff were friendly and courteous and the service was great. The food we had was absolutely delicious! I would definitely come back here to eat again!"