Lucio’s Restaurant

BEST Selection of Veal, 6 ! GREAT food, made FRESH so it takes time to get so get am Appetizer, eat your salad! It's worth the wait!!! Super Selection of 6 to 8 desserts.

Lucios is a great family restaurant. There are no reservations so get there early — as soon as the restaurant opens. The wait staff is great, friendly and informative about the dishes. A large salad is shared, delicious dressings. The entrees are huge so be prepared to share or take home a lot of food. My husband ordered the chicken parmigiana which was delicious, the red sauce was the best I’ve ever tasted.
I had the mussels with red sauce and pasta. Very good, very plentiful. Wine pours are very generous. Though some might disagree with me I enjoyed the atmosphere of lots of people, a little loud, and everyone enjoying their meals.

We absolutely loved this place! We've tried several times over the last couple of years to eat there, but we're always closed. We looked on Google and showed that they were open Wed. So, we drove from Clayton and it was closed. But, we did see on the door that they were open Thursday, Friday, Sat. I am so glad that we were finally able to eat there! This will be our go to when we want Italian. We were impressed with how everyone worked together instead of just depending on your waiter if you needed anything. They were on top of everything! Never needed to ask for tea refills, they would remove any dish when you were done with it. The food was delicious and the serving portions were way more than you could eat. So, we had leftovers the next day. We love this place!!

This is "Old World" for sure but so comforting. The food was delicious, served with a wonderful salad,garlic rolls, a dressing condiment caddy, and the food and wine portions are quite generous. My mom is going to love this place 💕 !!

Restaurant was great! Beautiful inside and out. The employees were all amazing.the customers we’re fun while waiting. They open at 5 and don’t take reservations so most people waited 30-45 mins and it was worth the wait. Food was great! We got ravioli and tortellini. Unfortunately my phone died before I could take pictures. They brought salad and garlic rolls. Our waiter Anthony was great! Had a good personality, down to earth and had a sense of humor was quick and checked on us often.I’d definitely will eat here again next time I’m in town!

Our server was excellent..I can't remember her name but she had blonde short hair and knew customers by first name! It was our first time and we were very impressed with everything. The food is wonderful!

Had dinner here with my husband while we were in the area for a long weekend. The wait was a little longer than expected but the food was definitely worth waiting for. Highly recommended, will go here again when we are in the area.

BEST ITALIAN FOOD I’VE EVER HAD!! The lasagne was beyond what I expected and the staff is very kind and make you feel right at home!! Recommend this spot to anyone visiting Franklin, NC

We were greeted and seated quickly. They opened at 5 and we arrived @5:30. It was almost full and there was a waiting list when we left @6:30. I had the Spaghetti & Eggplant and my spouse had the Cannelloni. He said it was the best Cannelloni he has ever had!! The eggplant was cooked perfectly, not mushy or tough. We will go back again on our future trips to the area. Highly recommend!!

We are here as a family for Christmas and decided to come here for dinner. What a great experience! Our waiter, Daniel, was very informative and knowledgeable about the menu and attended greatly to our needs. I had the chicken parmigiana, which I’m usually iffy on getting, and it was delicious! If we ever return to Franklin, I will be coming back!

Excellent!!! The garlic rolls, salad, and meal were all wonderful! The server was so pleasant that it made the meal even better! Can't wait to visit again!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Same results everytime! Respectful service,exceptional quality food. My daughter and I are by no means blue cheese dressing eaters,but we will eat Lucio's blue cheese dressing on our salad and dip the garlic rolls just for the flavor! Great job!

Fantastic food, cheerful acommodating and helpful staff . I was anxious about riding as reviews were all over the place. I wish they'd post prices along with menu list. They were very reasonable, worth the half hour drive we made. My kids, their friends and even my eye doctor raved about the place.
I knew when I took my first bite of the night's speciali (stuffed shells-16.50) and heard a choir of angels singing, they were right! All the staff were eager to please; our water glasses were always full. The only thing I'd change would be the quality of the silverware to match the excellent food, staff and atmosphere.

Had the veal piccata. It was delicious. The salad was very crisp and they make their own dressings.

I have lived 3 blocks away from this place for 5 years. I have never had a bad meal there. The only issue I have had is that It can be so busy sometimes that it can be a long wait. Now I want to discuss a review that someone else posted about raw chewy scallops, now that doesn't make sense, if they are chewy they were Overcooked, if they are not chewy that means they are probably perfectly cooked. But if you take them home and don't cook them more because you think that they are raw, Well basically all I can say is that person is Insane...

Service was pleasant and courteous. A bit more teamwork between servers when walking by empty glasses would make it a 5-star. The food was 5-star, and I would highly recommend this Restaurant.

We can't say enough. The atmosphere was relaxing, the service was awesome our waiter Jeffrey went above and beyond to make our first time experience unforgettable. The homemade dressings were out of this world. The food is fresh and made with love all home made and you need to come with a big appetite lots of food. We just moved to Franklin in May and have been looking for great restaurants and food. This is definitely one of our favorites and we will be back. Can't say enough great things about it. Love it

I can’t even begin to tell you how pleased I was at this restaurant. We found them after being completely dissatisfied with the food and service at Cleavers, and after becoming fed up with them when what I assumed their signature dessert was not available, particularly after being told that my main course and side of choices were not available either. We did a quick Google search for restaurants in the area that may serve dessert, and found a picture of chocolate cake on this places page, and realized we can get in the door just before closing if we hurried.

I’m quite happy that we did. We were greeted at the door by the owner, who was extremely pleasant and full of smiles. We were taken to our seats in a very comfortable environment with nice decor and lighting seemingly aimed as setting a romantic mood, though that’s not what we were there for in particular. Our extraordinary server swung by the table to outline the evening’s specials and take drink orders, and I was sorry to have to inform him that we were only there for dessert after hearing what they had to offer. How unfortunate to have just left a completely dissatisfying dinner experience elsewhere!

So, dessert it was, and what a selection! A dessert tray was brought out that had a wonderful menagerie of options, and a couple samples of wine were brought which we promptly ordered. Dark chocolate cake and rum cake Word wonderfully decadent, and must have been prepared by Satan himself as they were certainly one of the deadly sins.

I truly wish I’d had the opportunity to return to this restaurant before leaving town, as surely they would have saved me from the disappointment I got at other local restaurants. The only thing I could ask for was that they add chilled dessert wines to the menu, mainly ice wines from the Niagara region. That would have gone so well with dessert. Overall, two thumbs way up and a pat on the back from me!

It's one of my favorite places to eat in Franklin! The salad is my favorite, and you get as many refills as you would like!!! There isn't anything here we don't like. One other favorite is the lemon cake!!

On vacation in Franklin and decided to try Lucios based on reviews and menu items. Best Italian food I've had in a long time! Everything was hot and fresh. Husband and son-in-law had chicken parmesan which both said was made with fresh chicken. I had the Florentine stuffed Shells that were absolutely delicious. My daughter had Eggplant parmesan which was delicious but a little too salty. The fried ravioli and fried zucchini were both perfect!!! So good that we intend to go back tomorrow with the grandsons!!!