Luigis is one of the restaurants that I have never been attracted to, but I am not sure why. Maybe its the location, or the fact that I have never heard much about them, either good or bad. A few weekends ago my brother in law got engaged and they decided to have a party at Luigis to celebrate.   I thought to myself great, a perfect excuse to give this place a try, maybe I will find a gem close to home.

Atmosphere:As I drove up to Luigis I was not overly impressed but I have learned from past experiences to not let that sway me, food is king! When I walked into  Luigis,  I was surprised by how much larger it looked on the inside then it looks from the outside. I noticed a nice fireplace, a tile floor and overall the place looked clean. There is a large bar and plenty of seating. You can see the bar as well as a standard table setup from the pictures below.

Since we had a party of about 20 we grabbed a large table and began studying the menu. Quickly we came to the conclusion that we were going to order pizza and the largest size available was a 30 incher! My wife and I do not tolerate poor service when we dine out.  As a matter of fact, if a restaurant has excellent food, but poor service we will not go back.   This experience was starting out to be the same. After waiting too long for someone to take our drink order I decided to walk up to the bar.  This turned out to be a mistake as I stood there and waited forever to place a drink order.  There were no more then 6 people sitting at the bar so I was not sure why they were unable to fill a drink request.  Since this was our first time visiting Luigis I will let it slide, any place can have an off night.

Food: Lets move on to the good stuff, the food! The menu is quite extensive, including hot italian sandwiches, italian pasta dishes, seafood and pizza.  Below  is a link to the menu and location information. Everyone in our party decided to order pizza so that is  what I am going to talk about. Pizza’s can be ordered with traditional toppings or more creative items such as peppercinnis, fresh garlic, shrimp, and anchovies. We ordered two of the 30 inch football pizzas which easily was enough for our entire party. They had no problem with us customizing the pizzas to individual likings.  This time the wait was not too long before the pizza was delivered and to our surprise it was delicious! The toppings tasted fresh, the cheese was good and everyone at the table was very happy. I myself was thrilled to find another pizza place in the area that I thought was really good! Normally if my family wants pizza we always hit our current favorite , Stuc’s. Below you can see a picture of the pizza that I was working on, obviously I had to sample a few slices before I got my camera out.

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Conclusion: Overall we were very happy with the food,  but are still on the fence with the service. Since this was only our first visit I would like to go back again and try some of the other entrees. I did notice that there were many tables that filled up as we spent the evening there.  I would  like to see Luigis publish a web site that is a little easier to find and has more information then this one. Not even a google search could find that page, I had to call the restaurant and ask before I could find it.

Luigis information:
Hours - Sun-Thur 9am-9pm / Fri-Sat 9am-10pm
Phone Number - (920) 722-8000
Fax - (920) 722-8002
Address - 332 Ahnaip St, Menasha, WI.
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menu’s - Pizza / Italian Dinners / Salad & sandwich
Coupon - $2.00 off a meal of $20.oo

Brian $9-$15, Italian