Restaurant La Fenice

Simply. My wife ordered the calf liver with risotto. I helped her eat it. Only because it was maybe in the top five of all things we’ve ate in the 55 years roaming the planet. Lastly as someone said earlier, the oil does clearly have hot peppers in it, a fool could see that. Don’t eat massive amounts of pepper oil.

Very reasonably priced Italian restaurant in Lucerne with a lively ambiance. They were able to accommodate us on a Friday night for dinner even without reservations (while others waved their hands saying no tables). The mushroom risotto and the pasta dish with saffron cream sauce was delicious! We cleaned our plates– and they had a large wine selection as well! Friendly wait staff and we heeded the warnings of other reviewers and avoided ordering water– the wine was a better choice anyway!

Don’t dip the bread in the pepper sauce! It’s a trick so you’ll order another 10CHF bottle of water!

This was the first restaurant I ate at while in Lucerne, and it was very welcoming for a foreigner. I arrived on Sunday when all the shops in the Old Town are closed, so finding a place to eat at was a little tough (especially when I didn’t speak the language and couldn’t read any menus posted outside of the restaurants). My co workers and I stumbled upon a sign that said «Pizza, Wine, Pasta,» and since we were hungry and was familiar with the foods listed on the sign, we decided to give it a shot.
The waitress was very accommodating and helpful since she knew we were not from the area. She tried her best with translating whatever she could from the menu so that we would know what we were ordering, which was very nice of her. I ended up ordering a meat lovers pizza with sausage, pepperoni and capicola and I had a beer on the side (I believe it was an Eichoff). You can never go wrong with pizza, and what I liked about their pizza was that it was very light. The crust was thin and crunchy which was a good change from the thick crust that i’ve been used to from American pizza. I would recommend using their spicy olive oil sauce with the pizza as well (it seems very common to have this as a topper rather than chili pepper flakes).
Overall, great little place to eat at on a Sunday when most things are closed.

Da das Restaurant am Freitag Abend voll war, wurde leider lieber auf eine möglichst effiziente Gästeabwicklung geschaut. Die Pizza war eine der schlechtesten, die ich in den letzten 5 Jahren gegessen habe. Schlabbrig, und nicht richtig durch. Schade um den Holzofen.
Die Bedienung war freundlich.

Very tasty, very fresh food.
We really liked the Spaghetti aglio olio e peperoncino and loved the Lune Ripiene with spinach, basil and butter.
The starting bread was also fresh, just watch out for the olive oil. It has peppers in it, and they are hot!

Terrible Italian food! Bad service. Crappy ambience. Pretty expensive and they charged for tap water! Could have spent the same amount of $$$ on dinner by the area near the wood bridge!

We were really pleased with our lunch here. They have a lunch special for under 20 francs where you choose which pasta or pizza you want and it comes with soup and a salad. The pasta tasted very fresh and great value for the price. One of the only places we could find that was not super touristy and overpriced. Great service too.

This is a beautiful Italian restaurant nestled into sweet downtown Luzerne. We decided to have dinner here because the prices looked fine and it was pretty inside. Our waiter was very friendly and patient with me and my all too entertaining German. He was a bit funny too… when my boyfriend ordered 4dl of wine he said… «you could also order 5dl…» To which bf responded «yes… and I could also order 6…»… what? hahaha, so strange. There wasn’t any discount for ordering 5 over 4. Anyway, after dodging his not so suble attempt of selling more wine we chose a calzone and some pasta with broccoli, cream sauce and carpaccio? I think that’s what it’s called.
Both dishes were very good. I enjoyed my creamy pasta and the calzone was massive and tasty too. I like that a lot of places give a complimentary side of spicy sauce if you want more kick.
All in all it was a great experience, nice people, good food, and reasonable prices.
Ich mag die Nudeln und Calzone. Dieses Restaurant ist sehr shon und die Leute sind freundlich und lustig. Wenn dir die Clazone scharfer mochtest, geben sie scharf sauss fur frei!

Leider war ich nicht so sehr überzeugt von diesem Restaurant. Es gibt ganz hervorragende Holzofenpizza, die wirklich schmeckt. Pizza ist eine tiolle Sache und wenn man sie beherrscht, sollte man dabei bleiben.
Das andere Essen, wir hatten Pasta, Vorspeisen und Salate war eher farblos und recht geschmacksneutral. Nach Pfeffer und Salz hörte die Kreativität auf und das so gute Olivenöl aus erster Pressung, auf das in der Speisekarte mehrfach hingewiesen wurde, schmeckte man nicht, weder im Salat noch bei den Vorspeisen. Ein italienisches Herz für gute Küche schlägt in dieser nicht.

Walking around the streets of Luzerne, eating out was a bit intimidating due to the high prices. I noticed that Italian restaurants leaned towards the lower values in terms of Swiss francs, and ended up eating at La Fenice one night.
Super hungry, I ordered the ”spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino,” not only because it’s one of the cheapest pastas, but simply because I love me some garlic & olive oil :)
The pasta was perfectly cooked and the olive oil coating that served as the sauce was super mouthwatering, even as I chewed. Brown bread is complimentary, so go ahead and dip it in your pasta sauce. I also got a taste of one of their creamy-​tomato-​based fettuccine dishes, and it was also delicious! A glass of a good Merlot wine was only 6 francs, which completed the meal quite nicely.
The waiters were very friendly and all seemed to speak a little bit of English, so don’t worry too much about not understanding!

Große Auswahl, tolle Holzofenpizza teils mit ausgefallenen Variationen, freundliches Personal und schöné Räumlichkeiten direkt in der City.

Sehr umfangreiche Karte, guter und freundlicher Service, nettes Ambiente und vor allem gutes Essen!