Pizza Luca

I recently stopped by Pizza Luca and was seriously impressed. The pizza was absolutely amazing — perfectly cooked crust, great flavor, and you can tell they care about quality ingredients. The cannolis were fresh and delicious, with that ideal balance of creamy filling and crisp shell. What really surprised me, though, was the salad. It was simple — just lettuce, croutons, and dressing — but somehow it tasted incredible. Everything was fresh, well-prepared, and done right. If you’re in Staunton and craving great pizza (plus a surprisingly great salad and dessert), this spot is definitely worth checking out.

We had a fantastic dinner at Luca Pizza tonight! We ordered the spaghetti and meatballs—perfectly seasoned and juicy. I went with the Pepperoni Peppadew pizza, and it was outstanding. The wood-fired crust was cooked to absolute perfection: crisp on the outside, chewy inside, with that great charred flavor. The cupped pepperoni gave those delicious crispy edges, and the sweet peppadew peppers added a wonderful contrast. I added a sprinkle of chili flakes for a little heat. Service was friendly, attentive, and quick without feeling rushed. Everything came out hot and timely. Highly recommend!

This was my first time there. I'm in town visiting a friend and they made it known we had to go there. We got the #1 pepperoni peppadew and the #7 spicy soppressata and hot honey pizza. Both were fantastic and I wish I could have shared them with my Italian grandparents. We also got their orange and pistachio cannoli. The cannoli was delicious, with the filling to be light, and fluffy rather than dense and overly sweet. I found that to be a perfect dessert for a great meal. I cant wait for my next trip out here to try more of their food. Sadly the cannoli didn't last long enough to get a picture of it.

Pizza Luca is the kind of place that makes you forget you ever settled for average pizza. The wood-fired pies come out with that perfect leopard-spotted crust — crispy on the edges, chewy in the middle, and kissed by just the right amount of smoke. Every slice feels like a small masterpiece. The spaghetti and meatballs? Straight comfort-core — rich, garlicky sauce, pillowy meatballs, and pasta that’s pure nostalgia. It’s the kind of dish that makes you slow down and actually enjoy your dinner. There’s plenty of seating, too, so you can stretch out, sip a drink, and let the vibe do its thing. Pizza Luca feels like the sweet spot between neighborhood hangout and hidden gem — laid-back, a little romantic, and completely dialed in.

In town for the day, we decided to try Pizza Luca based on the Google photos of the brick oven. We were not disappointed!! The personal pizzas with drink for the lunch special were fantastic!! We tried the meat and also the sausage with kale (add arugula) and loved everything. Just the perfect amount of char on the crust, light fresh -tasting tomato sauce, and quality toppings. Combined with the friendly staff, artsy patio and clean, modern aesthetic it was a perfect meal. Pull up, and treat yourself.

Great spot to grab a slice. My server accidentally forgot to place my order but was upfront about it, which I appreciated. To his credit, the place was packed and he was clearly doing his best. He offered to comp a salad to make up for it, which I gladly accepted since I was starving. Honestly, if he hadn’t mentioned it, I probably wouldn’t have noticed the delay. Highly recommend if you’re in the mood for good pizza and friendly service!

Pizza was sublime. We got the one with the drizzled spicy honey and ricotta. Service was attentive and friendly. Atmosphere was as good as it could be given the facility. Got more than we paid for really. Simply wonderful.

The pizza here is excellent!! I live in New York and crave the pizza here. We came while we were home for thanksgiving and got 2 pizzas and a salad! Priced well too.

First off: I am a pizza snob. Yes. I said it. I am an absolute pizza snob. Chain pizza joints? Please. I'd rather eat mud. Poorly done local pies? More mud, please! So, imagine my utter euphoria when I encountered Pizza Luca in historic downtown Staunton. This place is an absolute win for my town and my palate--huzzah! What makes Pizza Luca outstanding? Three things: crust, sauce, toppings. Because, when you get right down to it, that's the essence of a great pie, and it's a trinity what MOST places just cannot accomplish. Start with the crust--the literal foundation of a good pizza. My pie came out hot and the crust was CRISPY! You hear that, other pizza joints?! Soggy is out! Fresh, house made, crisp, and perfectly baked is IN! Take notes! The sauce was equally well executed and perfectly seasoned. And also judiciously applied. Not soupy, not splattered on there like some culinary CSI episode. No: adeptly made and intelligently deployed. The toppings were the perfect addition to the phenomenal base of crust and sauce. I got the sausage and fennel pie and was not disappointed (I know. This review has been subtle up til now). I wouldn't call the amount generous, but it was definitely balanced and every bite was a composed bite of crust, sauce, and topping. Sometimes more is just more, and I think the kitchen understands the subtlety. PIZZA WIN!! The location is nice, open, and welcoming. The service is prompt and friendly and they are especially happy to welcome dogs and their human companions. LOCATION WIN!! My only quibble is on price, but hey: it's the post-COVID erthing be costing more world, so I can't really ding them for that. Maybe run some specials or deals here and there? Idk. I can cook. I don't manage restaurants. So imma trust the price point has been thought through and it's honest. These are good folks who run a SOLID taqueria just up the way (review sold separately), so I know they know what they're doing. My only point in raising the price issue is that it's a bit of an ouchie for a working man with a pit bull to feed, so I can't go back EVERY SINGLE DAY. Which I would, believe me. I've worked a lot of kitchens and I've made my fair share of gourmet pizza. So please trust me when I say Pizza Luca is hands down the best pie I have had in decades. No photos because I am a pig and always devour my food before my brain goes, hey! Take a good pic! So I guess you'll have to see for yourself. You're welcome.

This place was okay for our liking! We wanted to try something new, but the place was crowded! The food was fresh & tasty ! Recommend for those who enjoy very fancy dishes!

Ordered a large pizza with toppings we chose off their lists for those that want more variety and let's just say that Pizza Luca, did not disappoint! Great service with our phone order and the pizza is very very good!!! The only thing that gets ya, is that the prices high. $26 for a pizza that's the size of a smallish medium. We will go back and dine in this time and skinny down on the toppings or just order one of their specialty pizzas without add on toppings to see if that helps.

If I could give this place 7 stars just for hospitality I would. Food is excellent. Always a family favorite place to visit!!

We recently had the pleasure of dining at Pizza Luca and I can confidently say it's one of the best pizza spots we have visited in a long time! From the moment we walked in, we were greeted with a warm and inviting atmosphere that made us feel right at home. The menu offers a fantastic variety of pizzas, and we were impressed by the creative toppings. The crust was perfectly baked--crispy on the outside yet soft on the inside. The combination of flavors was simply divine, and you could tell that only fresh ingredients were used. We also couldn't resist trying their wings, and I'm so glad we did! They were juicy, flavorful, and cooked to perfection. The selection of sauces offered something for everyone, from mild to spicy, and each one was delicious. The service was exceptional as well; the staff was friendly and attentive, making sure we had everything we needed throughout our meal. It's a true gem that you won't want to miss!

Absolutely love local spots that pour their heart and soul into their work!! Big fans of Chicano Boy, so super excited when Pizza Luca opened up. We have been a half a dozen times now and have not been dissatisfied at all! Tonight, our daughter was in town from the eastern shore area. We got Caesar salad, breadsticks, wings and pizzas. All were excellent!! We chatted with locals we knew and got dessert. Such a gem!! Friendly and attentive service, cool vibes, clean bathrooms, excellent experience! We'll be back soon!

Food was excellent! Great pizza and the Luca potatoes with the garlic aeoli were so yummy. Great service from the cat! (It's halloween). Nice casual atmosphere.

Great task g pizza and wonderful service! The crust was incredible and the atmosphere was also great. You can tell the locals love it here. We're visiting the area and it didn't disappoint! Plan to come back!

When we arrived most of the tables were taken but we were able to find a spot. We were celebrating my husband's birthday. He got a beer and ordered a pizza with a long list of his selections. I ordered the beet and burrata salad. It was scrumptious. They also have gluten free pizzas available , which I might try on another visit. We shared the orange pistachio cannoli. It may have been the best cannoli I've ever tasted. The atmosphere was upscale casual. We were in and out in an hour. Efficient and friendly. Plan to return. Our waiter and the hostess were both charming.

Woooow such a great place!! We are visiting here from FL and the food was AMAZING. We definitely over-ordered pizza so we would have leftovers for the next day The staff is soooo so nice. We went on a busy Friday and they were still so attentive and even came by and gave our son the cutest little duck (his fav toy now) when he was going wild in the high chair . This place is def must-go in ur in the area!

Ordered takeout. Loved the pizza. Legit, not big chain cardboard. Cool little spot too.

When I heard the owner of Chicano Boy was planning to open a wood-fired pizza spot, I was immediately intrigued. Fast forward to now and I'm literally addicted, can't stop thinking about these pizzas, and am forever planning my next visit, which hasn't been a cake walk considering their operating hours have been very limited up to this point. They've been consistently slam-packed since opening just over a month ago. Hopefully soon, staffing will be more sufficient, hours will be more normal, and online/phone orders will be accommodated. In the meantime, you will find me waiting outside in the hot sun salivating like a dog alongside a block full of other hungry patrons.

Very delicious pizza!! So so good, will definitely be back. The Cesar salad was delicious and huge- enough for 2 people! Will definitely be back

Great service. Yummy pizza and nice staff. Great new addition to downtown Staunton!! Definitely worth it!

Went on New Years Eve, place was packed and they only had seats at the bar. This is all good, no complaints. But we decided to take a couple pizzas home instead and come back to dine another day. We had PLENTY of time to watch others enjoy their meals. Did not see a dissappointed person. We watched the place basically empty while we were waiting. And it was pleasant time spent. I have no problem with diners having priority. Although we also were asked(via screen) to tip, and of course we did. We got our pizzas-and they were stone cold. Big kick in the stomach. Over $30 for 2 small pizzas that nobody could take 15 seconds to hand to us in a timely manner. Easy to believe it was a oner - but I can't believe they did not know what they handed us. Pizzas were ok, but i bet they would have been better fresh and not re-heated.

Excellent!!! Incredible atmosphere, great service and amazing food. My favorite has to be the Sesame Hot Honey Wings. The House Salad is also amazing!!! My uncle loved the Spaghetti and Meatballs and Caesar Salad!!!

This was a great find on our drive to Virginia Beach. We stayed in Staunton to break up our drive, and were hungry for dinner. The place had a very open and airy atmosphere and the smells had us hungry quickly. The first table we passed had a really intriguing pizza with big dollops of ricotta cheese. We soon learned it was the Spicy Soppressata Salami and Hot Honey pizza. We ordered one along with a Trenton Cheese (the sauce is cooked on top of the cheese), along with an order each of the garlic bread and the cheesy bread. We are glad we got the marinara sauce, because it went perfectly with both breads. The salami and honey pizza was especially delicious. For dessert, we got the chocolate chip cannoli which had a cinnamony filling. The crunch of the outer pastry was just perfect. Highly recommend!

Very Good! We were visiting the area and will be back next time we visit for sure! Pizza was great but we loved the meatball subs too!!

The place is decorated so cute. The food was super good. And the service was perfect!

I'm almost selfishly afraid to post as the longer we keep it a secret the better off we may be. Loved everything about this place! Friendly staff, clean atmosphere and the best food!

Great local food in Staunton. I occasionally mix things up and get something different or new. And I have been pleased, no matter what I have gotten. Servers are nice and polite. I think the owner or manager was our server one time and she was fantastic. Very down to earth. Ambiance is very fun, in or out doors.

Fun, busy atmosphere, and great food! A generous, chewy crust, with a lot of inventive topping options. All of the staff was super friendly, and the manager was all over the place, making sure that everything ran well.

Walking distance from our home in Staunton, we loved the vibrant atmosphere, the delicious green salads, and the delightful pizzas. Such an excellent addition to the neighborhood

An astonishing experience tonight where, on what was a slow night that even with numerous empty tables at 7pm on a Saturday night, we were told that the restaurant policy was that couples could not be seated at the available 4 seat tables and that our only options were to either sit outside on a chilly evening or to wait 30 minutes for an available 2 seat table. While the practice of maximizing larger tables makes sense when it's a busy night, this was simply not the case tonight where at prime time there were numerous empty tables and no one waiting for those tables. We took our money and went elsewhere to one of the restaurants that we have been patronizing for the couple of decades that we have been in Staunton. This place has clearly communicated that they'd rather make 100% of nothing by leaving the table open than to seat a party of 2 at a larger table where they could have had the $100 we spent at another restaurant. This has me so furious, I doubt I'll ever even go back to Chicano Boy. Justin had no problem during the pandemic with begging for local support to keep him afloat, but now 5 years later the locals seemingly don't matter. . Plenty of other places in town will gladly take our money.

Terrific food! Great staff! Wonderful ambiance! The linguine and mussels, Caesar salad, beet and Buratta salad, margarita pizza, and rigatoni are our favorites! At lunch, the Caprese Sandwich is amazing!

Food - mine was really good, but I wasn't a fan of what others in party got. They liked it so all was good. Breadsticks were good and marinara was really good. Service was acceptable. Take your order, bring your cup, bring your food. You had to get your own refills. That's fine, but at tip time - that was supposed to be forgotten. Their default on their system was 18% min.... I'm normally a 20-25% tipper, but not when I have to serve myself. Restaurant was clean and smelled amazing with the pizza cooking.

I should have taken pictures. The Caesar salad is out of this world delicious - so flavorful. My niece - who is 11 - and generally hates salads - wants to come here just the Caesar - it is that good. The pizza is really good too - the crust is really light. Enjoy it!

All the dishes were excellent. Staff were friendly and fast. Cool decor, outside seating. Loved watching the pizzas being hand tossed and self service NA drink area. Get there early in the evening because it fills up fast.

I've only had takeout. Pizza prepared and ready within 20 minutes. Delicious rich mushroom flavor and the crunch of breadcrumbs makes for a great pie.

They dint take phone or internet orders, therefore I had to sit in their "waiting area" for 30 minutes to wait for two pizzas. After $40, one pizza wasn't right but I wasn't going to wait another half hour for them to get it right. Stick to the Tex Mex food. You do that right. Leave the pizza to Dominis.

The BEST PIZZA I'VE EVER HAD! And I've been on this planet a long time! Very friendly service, and our food came out pretty quickly considering they were pretty busy. Great cozy atmosphere too!

Love This place !!! Food is great and service is Wonderful !!! Definitely going back. Had the pesto pizza

This restaurant is what dreams are made of I have gone several times now and ordered most everything on the menu. You cannot go wrong With your order, the Caesar salad is the best I've ever had! Pizza crust is thin, crispy, and delicious!!!! as good as pizza I've had in Florence Also, the wings and the muscle linguine are divine. Best restaurant in the area!!! Ambience, and service are spot on also!!!

First of all, the chicken pesto pizza we had was literally the best pizza we remember having. They have a limited beer selection (cans only), and a limited menu. The salads looked good. The pizzas only come in one size, 12 inches, but they seemed bigger than that. The service was excellent and the ambiance was also. Highly recommended.

Hand tossed pizzas A++, Service A+, Ambiance B+, Value A-. Lovely menu options. Decor is inviting & hip, high ceiling, industrial vibe inside, and very basic picnic tables outside. Italian music would be a nice touch. Pizza Luca is now on our local restaurant rotation for sure!

If you're missing Newtown Bakery--Pizza Luca is here for you! The pizza is excellent, and some of the apps and salads are straight off the Newtown menu. Get there early or be prepared to wait. It's popular!

Wonderful food people Seating will be challenging in colder months but opening a take out location that will help

Love pizza Luca! The Caesar salad is to die for. Pizza is delicious. Personally we would skip the wings.

Dined here on Saturday last - what a blast. The pineapple and prosciutto pizza was stellar (even though I'm not usually a fan of pineapple on pizza) but the guys in the kitchen do it right! Fantastic service - we had a waitress named McKenna who was very very nice! Cannot recommend highly enough!!

Our first visit here. The layout is open and welcoming. Fantastic staff. Many custom pizzas to try or you can build your own. 12" pizza size. Wings. Calzones which I can't wait to come back for. Orange and pistachio or chocolate classic. The same owner of Chicano Boy which is amazing on it's own. Very unique flavors I'd never put together and they're perfection. Hope u can stop in soon. Also, they do have call in order available. Just waiting to update. Were told on the way out. A must try!!

Food is good but I think I'll have to try something else before I can give this place 5 stars. Caesar salad was okay, caprese sandwich was just ok. $11 for half a glass of wine is outrageous. Atmosphere wise, wooden bench seats are uncomfortable. I didn't hear any music playing but I think that would have been nice. My feeling while there with two other friends was that the restaurant staff were anxious for us to pay up and leave. The restaurant was not crowded and nobody else was waiting to get in. I really don't like to be handed my check to pay when I haven't even finished half my lunch.

I'm going to wait a while and give Pizza Luca time to improve, then visit and try them again, but so far the three times I've been, it's been less than impressive and makes me not want to go back. First, the good: the service has always been prompt and attentive, and the portions are generous-to-large. But most of the food just isn't good, and there are some things about food prep that really gross me out. Our most recent visit is a good synopsis. We sat at the bar, which is basically a counter set against the low partial kitchen wall, looking into the food prep area. We had a pizza, a salad, a pasta, and a side. My son ordered the pizza; he's ordered custom pizzas before and every one of them was inedible, so I told him to order off the menu, thinking it was his poor taste in toppings (which is definitely part of the issue), but this one was just as unappetizing, too. So maybe it's not just him. The side of potatoes was pretty good, albeit kind of drowned in mayo/aoli, and the salad was decent although also a bit drenched--but at least all the lettuce was fresh and clean. The pasta was way undercooked, like hard and crumbly, not just al dente, and I've never had sundried tomato pesto sauce like that; maybe it was straight from a can? It tasted like it was an ingredient, not a finished sauce. As we waited, I remarked to my wife that a lot, maybe most, of the food was being prepared just on the other side of the wall, some of it a direct line of sight from us at head level and barely out of arms reach, within easy coughing distance, some of it set for long periods of time in that position. Moments later, as if to prove my point, a couple sat beside us and started coughing openly without even attempting to cover their mouths. The food in front of them was definitely getting sprayed with cough particles. I am astonished the inspectors have approved this layout of seating/food prep. They need to put up plexiglass or something, at a minimum. So in summary, someone with good taste needs to review their menu (or make sure it's being cooked as intended), they need quality control, and they need to rearrange their prep area for basic sanitation. As-is it's one of my least satisfactory restaurants in Staunton; I will give it another try after a delay and revise this review if it's improved.

New restaurant. Owned by the same group as Chicano Boy.Excellent in all aspects. Pizza is great. Cesar salad is a must have. Homemade croutons. Very generous portions. Service is very friendly and attentive. One of my favorite places to eat in Staunton. A real gem.

Busy in a Tuesday night, but seemed like a fun atmosphere! The ok my pizza to go and it was outstanding!

First time here, and from all the glowing reviews I've heard since it opened, it had a lot to live up to. Did not disappoint. We got the pepperoni peppadew pizza, Caesar salad and the rosemary and caramelized onion wings. Everything was so delicious, and the service was fantastic. We went for lunch, and I already want to go back for dinner tonight!