Review Luigi's Ristorante Italiano - Sandton

26 July 2023 When we moved into Randburg in 1999, Luigi's Pizzeria was in Boskruin centre, as well as in All Saints Centre, Olivedale. We visited the Boskruin restaurant a few times to enjoy your yum Halloumi starter and pizzas. Met the owner Alec there on a few occasions. Never been to the Olivedale branch. Beginning of 2023 the Boskruin branch closed down. For our 31st anniversary on the 25th July, we decided to visit Luigi's at Olivedale. Wow, it is a huge restaurant!!!!!! As you enter there are high 'bar tables' to sit at ... an upstairs area with comfy couches, quite a few tables as well as murals painted on the walls. Downstairs is a big area with a Jetmaster - and on the outside separated from the downstairs with glass, another big seating area - also for smokers. With a few Jetmasters as well. Just before 7pm and the place was buzzing! We chose an inside table, close but not too close to the roaring Jetmaster! The menu .... this must be 1 of the few restaurants with a limited menu - LOVED IT!!!!! There are a few starters, a few salads, pizzas, pastas, desserts and kid's menu. How refreshing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Started with a decaf coffee for hubby and a cappu for me. Ordered the chicken livers starter to share with Mozzarella focaccia. Delicious!!!! That chicken liver sauce .... Got surprised with a slice of Lemon Cheesecake to share. I normally don't indulge in desserts, but this cheesecake was light, lemony and fluffy. Hein then sprinkled some of the Parmesan powder onto the cheesecake .... it was delicious!!!!! Hein chose the Luigi's special pizza (topside mince, fresh tomato, onion and chilli) - it was delicious. (I stole some of the crusts.) My choice was the Spinach cannelloni - ordered the regular (3 tubes) and it arrived hot, cheesy and bubbly. Was just yum!!!!!!! This place is a must visit! The vibe is cosy (with the fireplaces and heaters) and the food is 'deliziosa!'

What better place to be on this cold night. Good food and great service. And let’s not forget the fireplace going.

Extremely good food! Also best gluten-free food I have had. Also great waiter called Martin! Excellent all round. Absolutely recommend!!!!

Wow! What a great place! Lovely food, served fast and hot even to a large group for a work farewell. The owner even showed his face and made a joke, which was lovely! Tables were kept neat and drinks were refreshed often. Great atmosphere even early on a Friday evening. The spicy chicken liver pizza is definitely something to try.

First order from Luigi's on Mr D - impeccable delivery from the sealed boxes ensuring hygienic standards, the chilli, parmesan and garlic included and the divine pizzas! Awesome! Thoroughly recommend Luigis, cant wait to dine on site!

Date night great outing and food very good

I'm surprised that Luigi's isn't busier. The pizzas and pastas are delicious. The fold over pizzas are monstrous and the wine sings. Friendly staff and very quick service although it was not all that busy. Had a lovely dinner hear next to the fireplace on a cold evening and it was relaxing, tranquil and the perfect end to an evening. Hope things pick up for you guys. Doing it the Italian way Right!

I have been going to luigi's for the better part of a decade and I have never ever been disappointed. Great fresh food and fatamstic staff. Their pricing is great and you definitely get more than what you pay for. Thank you luigi's and uncle Al for the years of good memories.

Thank you so much for the cauliflower pizza base I was in my element that I could finally eat Pizza again what a treat excellent service recieved from your staff from time of order and collections beautiful vibe resturant well looked after when I walked in I was amazed thank you for my devine Pizza thought being wheat and Gluten intolerant would never give me this luxury so thank you

Placed an order on Mr D and had a few things delivered, one of them was a pizza for myself. Had a bite of it and something didn't taste right. Called in and spoke to Alec the owner and he was great. Sent a replacement pizza without hesitation. Great service and thank you Alec!

They make good traditional wood oven pizza and have a welcoming atmosphere. The service tends to be slow, especially when you're seated upstairs where the waiters seem to forget about. Try the Paradiso pizza.

Lovely atmosphere with a warm fire, friendly service and excellent food. Great value for money. Great spot to meet with friends.

Very dissapointed . Coffee was luke warm (sent back ) Magaretta Pizza with added pineapple was undercooked cheese not even warm , soggy Sent back . Manager very apologetic offered to make a new one.

Everything is awesome at the restaurant. I have been a customer there for approximately 15 plus years and still enjoy it.

First time going. Had the Macaroni and Cheese which was delicious. My cousin had the Futtuccine Alfredo and she said it was the best she had

Delicious and affordable pizza. The best is their banting cauliflower base. It's hard to find a good tasting banting base that isn't a huge extra cost.

Nice to sit in the park with kids jungle gyms

Ordered a spaghetti mare pasta. <br/><br/>I ended up with a linguine bolognese delivered (so the pasta AND the sauce were both wrong). <br/><br/>Not ordering from places who get dishes wrong and cannot do quality control before serving the customers. <br/><br/>What if next time you serve me by mistake nuts to which I’m allergic?

Great pizzas! There are really nice combinations available. They are nice thin crust bases with loads of topping! Buy on get one free on Mondays!

Great service and great food with reasonable prices. We had two pizzas on their buy 1 get 1 free Monday special. A lovely little local for us <br/>

Warm and friendly. Italian vibe. They are altering the place at the moment, but looks like Sundays there is live music and Mondays is buy one pizza and get one free. There are baby chairs but not much else for kids. It would be lovely if they had coloring things for kids.

The food was average - the pizza base was too thick and the mushrooms in the funghi pasta were few and far between. The service was unfriendly and we saw a couple of cockroaches walking the neighbouring tables.

After our meal at this little restaurant I am in 2 minds if it's good or average. I can say it's no where near bad. The starters we had were out of this world fantastic, I had the mussels they were delicious. My children had calamari and also very good. We then had pizzas 🍕 very tasty, thin crust loads of toppings. I had francese very tasty I would just have liked more garlic on it. My one daughter had parigina she loved it. My other daughter had the Parma, it's her favourite pizza and she said it was wonderful, the only thing she would like them to chop the rocket up a bit. My husband had a Danilo disappointing this Italian restaurant is owned by an Italian come on make home made pasta. Pasta was horrible. I did find the wine and pasta overpriced, I think the pizza was priced fine. But not a cheap pizza, pasta place. Staff good service great.

We eat at Danilo's often because we live in the neighborhood. The manager and staff are very friendly and there's a nice relaxed vibe. The pizzas are great and they can churn out a spag bol for my kids in 10 minutes. The only negative is the adult's food often takes time to prepare in amongst takeaway orders.

I decided to order through UberEats and try out their mac and cheese. The Uber driver arrived fairly on time with all our food which was prepared correctly. The portion sizes are good but I did find that the quality of the food did not match the prices. <br/><br/>The mac and cheese is prepared with a lot of mozzarella cheese in a light sauce with pasta. I did not feel that any real effort with the sauce, toppings or to cook the pasta well in an oven which was really disappointing as I can make a better quality meal at home. <br/><br/>Maybe next time I will try our their pizza as that is simpler to prepare. I won't be visiting this place anytime soon.

A quaint little itallian restaurant in riverclub. Went with a large group of friends to celebrate a birthday. A select wine list and menu that is on the more expensive side, considering. The service is friendly and helpful. One of the wines we ordered was corked and we sent it back, unfortunately thereafter the owner was not as hospitable as he was previously. Disappointing experience, won't rush back.

Note that my review and rating is only for the pizza's which, for my family are the best in town - thin, crispy and tasty base, less rather than more cheese and tasty toppings - although we still order the Tikka (chicken) from the old menu (before the change of ownership). Don't really like the new menu or selections of pizza/pasta thereon.

The staff were friendly and the music pleasant. However the food was average and very overpriced. We recently had a delicious meal in one of the top Italian restaurants for much the same price.

On my first visit to this neighborhood local in the heart of Riverclub I thought that Danilo's Ristorante Italiano was in fact linked to Danilo's Trattoria (Edenvale's favorite Italian restaurant), but was corrected on this point. They in fact just have a similar name and cuisine. <br/><br/>As we walked in, I noticed an outside patio (beer garden) and although dated, the interiors look both authentic and homely. Danilo himself was there to greet us with his charming smile and to make some recommendations on what their specials of the day were. I was interested to learn from him, in his broken English that he has his roots in Milan to thank for his long history in the restaurant industry. <br/><br/>The food itself had too much rice on it and for the prices that we paid, there was not enough of it I thought. Even my calamari starter had been filled up with rice, but plating aside, my veal was delicious! <br/><br/>Full review to follow, but on my first visit, I enjoyed the meal despite it being pricey for what you are getting.<br/> <br/><br/>For more, find me on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter: LaurasWorldza

Wonderful, really enjoyed the live music today! Sets the restaurant apart. <br/><br/>Soft gentle music being played in the background made for a very positive atmosphere

We looked for a different place to eat found Danilo's . It was far from our usual places we go to . The service was not bad. I found the place place very quiet with few people eating. The food was average . I found it very expensive for what we got not value for money