I absolutely love Italian food, but generally am not a huge fan of chains. When I called, they insisted that I have a reservation, which I made. When I arrived, I was the only person in the place at 6:30 pm on Sunday evening. Only...More

very good spaghetti with meatballs, pasta and seafood everything is really good with quality and expensive

We needed a late night dinner and were directed here by the hotel staff across the street. The Caffè had very good food and was not very busy at that time. We ordered off the regular menu although they had several tempting specials. The service...More

Moved in recently and found this great restaurant by accident. I have been there several times since and have had nothing on the menu that has not been excellent! The service is excellent and the atmosphere is wonderful, especially for families and kids. Couples will...More

Came to visit my friend who is a Santa Cruz local- she turned me onto this GEM. I consider myself a picky Italuan food eater (I've been to Italy 6x, more trips planned!) I was COMPLETELY BLOW AWAY BY THIS PLACE! The best pasta del...More

This restaurant is a tribute to 1977. If you like the movie Saturday Night Fever and Italian food, and you don't mind damaging your hearing, this is the place. The theme of the restaurant is actually hurting the dining experience instead of enhancing it. My...More

I'm an Insanity Cruz (that's what "locals" call Santa Cruz) Caffe Lucio fanatic. Lucio is now deceased, and his wife, Miriam, is running the restaurant. She's a sweetheart and always has her eyes open to what's going on with the food and service. Any time...More

ate outside, staff friendly, great little Italy dishes. Wine was good, portions were not skimpy. Busy but staff was really nice.

What looks to be an Italian restaurant is really a over-priced plate of over-cooked spaghetti, frozen meatballs, with crazy loud dance music, disco balls and strobe lights blasting in the dining room. What??!! It's like they didn't know if they wanted to be a cheesy...More

My husband and I chose this restaurant mainly out of convenience since it was basically across the street from our hotel (Best Western All Suites Inn). The food was pretty average Italian. Our service was good. It seemed a little crowded and noisy so it...More