Lugo Cucina
“And it's right across from Penn Station so perfect to grab dinner right before you jump in the train.”
“I'd imagine it gets crowded before and after concerts at MSG, so keep that in mind!”
“We had the margherita pizza and the meatball pizza, both were awesome.”
Lugo Cucina
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Lugo Cucina is so convenient and located within my building. My manager treated me to lunch here today and the restaurant is quite spacious. My mouth dropped metaphorically looking over the Lunch menu as the prices are so expensive. I ordered a Cavatelli as the Braised Short Rib was cooked to perfection which melted in my mouth and took me to heaven. I like the texture of the Cavatelli pasta similar to Penne (my favorite pasta). My manager ordered Prosciutto "San Daniele" and I tried one slice and the ingredients are fresh from each bite. Great combination of the arugula, tomato, parmigiano, and prosciutto.
The service is pretty quick from when they seat you at a table to ordering to bringing your food.
Lunch here today was probably one of the best meals I've had in a long time. The calamari appetizer was delicious. I had penne alla vodka and it was delicious. The service was the best I've had in a long time. Our servers were very attentive. We ended up the meal with cappuccinos and have already agreed to have lunch here again!
Convenient location, great food and really good service. I was here with my colleagues for a team lunch and we got sangria and some appetizers to start. Tuna poke was good to share. I ordered scallops and shrimp with risotto (scallops & shrimo alla plancha) for my main dish and it came out surprisingly good. Portions are just about right. I'd recommend this place for a business lunch but wouldn't want to come here on my own since it's a bit pricey and there are other options around the area you can choose from.
– recommend: caprese salad, pesto with shrimp
– the pesto has a nice flavor but can be a bit oily sometimes
– pasta is always perfectly al dente
– good place to eat outside in the warmer months
– on the pricer end of lunch for the area
I never realized that Lugo existed, even though I used to walk down this block regularly. Situated further from the street in Penn Plaza, it's strange that it's so easy to miss given its size. The two rooms within it–a large dining area and a good sized bar area–both have huge ceilings and plenty of windows. Coming in you can tell this is a corporate restaurant by the reception. The bar had plenty of seating but could've used more cocktail tables. There were some decent happy hour specials and popcorn, but nothing can't-miss. I waited for my family who were driving down for an event at the garden and listened to the mostly businessperson crowd chat it up. Fun fun.
I have no issue with any of that, but the food just wasn't anything special. Drinks were on the expensive side but fine otherwise. The bread with dipping sauce they had was probably the best part of the meal. We got the hand pulled mozzarella and fried calamari to start. The mozzarella was overpulled and a bit tough. The calamari was fine but the sauce they had with it was unimpressive. I got the Trofie al Pesto, which was homemade twisted pasta, rock shrimp, and fresh basil pesto. The pasta was just fine and the sauce wasn't exactly popping with flavor. The worse thing was that there were like 4 tiny shrimp on the whole dish. For $23, you have to do better than that. I could've done better myself at home. Nobody else was happy with their dish, with the exception of my Mom's chicken marsala. To boot, the service was pretty non-existent, everything took forever to come out, and we had trouble getting the check.
One big ehh. Next time I'll walk the extra distance and hit Tavola if I want Italian in this area. Too bad.
There are few options around Penn Station where you can sit down, but this is one of them. Hubby and I were exhausted and cold so we warmed up here one weeknight. This is a beautiful restaurant with plenty of seating.
We went for pizza, pasta, and dessert of course. Yes, it's quite pricy, but the food is good and can't beat the convenience of walking towards Penn Station. Bathroom was clean, service was good. Probably wouldn't be back unless I was famished, but it's a good place to eat with limited choices.
Cute location with nice decor, but as most places around the Penn Station area are, it's overpriced and an mediocre experience.
I was here with a couple friends and I needed a location that was as close as possible to the station, and good pickings are slim within a block. The location is a little confusing to find since it's part of a large plaza that stretches between 34 and 33rd st — look on the 33rd street side but if you're walking from the 34th street side just cross the plaza with the beer garden and it's on your left.
We were seated immediately during regular dinner hours (6:30PM), but it was a weekday. Service was fairly fast and pretty good — we were given two small pieces of focaccia to split with olive oil, and we ordered the calamari (salty, and somewhat greasy, but large serving for $15), and we had an arugula salad (good combination of flavors with apple, cranberry and bacon), pesto pasta, and pasta alla vodka (came with peas and some fried prosciutto. Pretty large serving for $19 and not bad, but not stellar either). Overall, it was a fairly reliable place that has somewhat high prices, but that's not shocking given the location. I'm sure cheaper Italian of the same quality is out there if I wasn't in a hurry and needed a place near the LIRR.
The atmosphere of this restaurant is pretty cool I really like the decor upon walking in.
After seating the waitress handed us dinner menus and drink menus, she handed one drink menu to the other guest I was with and said something to me along the lines of "no drinks for you!" I guess she thought I was under 21, but I'm 23. The way she said it just rubbed me the wrong way. The proper thing to do like most places is to wait for people to order and then just ask for my I.D. So for me this waitress already started off on the wrong foot for me.
After looking over the menu I had the feeling that this was the type of place with high prices little portions. Don't get me wrong if the food is absolutely delicious I wouldn't find it to be that big of a deal. But I am a decent eater so I kind of hate leaving hungry.
Focaccia was brought to the table and the olive oil to dip in was very good. I ordered the spinach raviolis in sage butter sauce. The raviolis were pretty good but the sauce was missing something, pinch of salt? Some pepper? It was a little bland. The other person I was with ordered the gnocchi special with crabmeat in a truffle cream sauce and I thought that had more flavor than mine. I ate my ravioli in probably about 3 mins because they were bite size. I left feeling ok but not full.
Our waitress for the rest of the night was ok. Food was ok. Prices were high. 19 for the ravioli, 27 for the gnocchi special. And these were some of the cheapest on the menu. I've been to a lot better Italian places in the city with much lower prices, bigger portions, and if not more flavor/quality of products.