Great location for pizza near the beach. Pizza is cooked in a wood fired oven and you have choices from some BIG pizza. I might be biased, but I don't think pizza in the south compares to what we have in the Midwest. This was good pizza, but nothing that blew me out of the water--no pun intended. Great service and staff, especially the margarita our server made! Definitely fresh!! Mozz sticks were also really good, but again, I've had ones that wowed me more. Would come back here and take a bite to go next time i'm in town! read more

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Luigi's at the Beach is exactly the kind of spot you hope to stumble upon when you're sandy, hungry, and craving something satisfying. It's a fantastic place to grab a slice and a cold beer without ever losing that laid‑back beach vibe. The pizza slices are massive--like, "two hands required" massive. I went with the server's recommendation of pepperoni, onions, and bell pepper, and it totally hit the mark. The crust is thin with a nice chew, the toppings were fresh, and the whole thing just worked. There's seating both inside and out, but the patio is where it's at. They've got ceiling fans going, so even on warm days it stays surprisingly cool and comfortable. Service was friendly, fast, and exactly what you want when you're hungry and ready to refuel. read more

Simple quick attentive service. Very child friendly. Kids menus lean towards the 1st grade+ side. As mentioned the pizza size here is huge. Oddly enough my 6 year old ate 4/5ths of his pizza. He said I'm full but then ate the rest of the pepperoni. I ordered the sausage and mushroom. The crust is thin but holds its integrity and the toppings are a B+. We don't come to eat at mission beach often but that pink slide playground and Luigi's may happen once or twice a year. Solid stuff for families. read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

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The slice is very big and despite the price-tag, you get your money's worth. Not the best new york style pizza, but then again, im on the opposite coast so not to be expected. All in all, it was good. Its like 2 regular slices so you have to compare the price to 2 slices. The staff were friendly and it was convenient. read more

Luigi's At The Beach - One slice of cheese pizza cut in half - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

Jill is the best!!!!!!!!!! As soon as I walked in she was very welcoming. Perfect pizza place on mission beach and will come here every time I'm craving Bruschetta and or pizza. This place is the vibe especially if you're by the beach and want to watch the game. read more

Drove out here just to have brunch at Luigi's and it of course did not disappoint. The service was very friendly as always. I decided to switch it up and tried a burger for their Monday specials. I wish I had eaten it slower to enjoy it more. It was so good, highly recommend if you aren't in a pizza mood. The onion rings were some of the best I've ever had as well! So fresh and great batter. read more

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The wing are really good. Some of the better ones I've had in a while. The pizza was good too. J.J. our server was great. read more

The menu is huge so you can get just about anything you want. Pizza is an 8 and they have tons of TVs. Everyone nice and welcoming. Prices reasonable. Check it out! read more

Needed a casual place to eat with kids that wasn't a fast food chain and found this place online. My husband and I shared the Luigis combo platter which is a portion of meat lasagna, fettuccine alfredo, and ravioli. Got 3 kids meals, mozzarella sticks and sodas for all. The kids pizza slice is HUGE BTW. My 7 yo couldn't finish it. The bill came to a shocking $115 with an automatic gratuity of 18% applied. The food was good, but not for that price!! And an automatically applied tip?? For a family of 5, not a large party?? There was nothing special about the service other than them doing their job of taking our orders and bringing our food. Crazy to expect an 18% tip for doing the bare minimum of your job. read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Kids pizza slice - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

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Hands down, the worst pizza I have ever had. $60 for 4 slices of cardboard. Not even in the same league as the other Luigi's locations.

My husband's cousins were in town and we wanted to just grab something quick and local, so we stopped by luigi's! I've ordered pizza from here a few times to take home but this is surprisingly my first time sitting inside the restaurant. It's a great indoor outdoor feel mixed with a traditional Sports bar. They also have a really cute patio if the weather is right! We ordered a number of appetizers including buffalo wings. My husband and I each order to Giant Slice Pizza which is more than enough for one serving size! Highly recommend this place if you're searching for pizza in area. read more

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Gluten-free pizza that tastes delicious! Look at everything on this pizza! Look how they pile it on! Great atmosphere and friendly bartenders! Thanks, Danielle! You can even get an Irish Coffee here! read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Gluten-free pizza with pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, onions - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

Was in town for a conference and this was my first time in Mission Beach. A few other places on Mission were swamped with people so I decided to turn the corner and lo and behold I found this place. Not too busy and it was a full service restaurant with a decent menu. I ordered a cup of soup and slice of pizza since it was their special tonight. I had no idea what was coming. The does is custom made so, it takes some time to get but it's worth it. The pizza has a nice crispy bottom crust. It's not burnt either. It was perfect. The soup was flavorful. They also serve lobster bisque which the server said is their everyday soup. There are tables near the windows so you can people watch. There is some street parking but I parked by the Public parking area and walked over. Service was pretty good. I would definitely come back if I am in the area again. read more

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Burger was honestly sooo good, but it's really hard to mess up a bbq burger. The pasta was super mid, pretty bland and sauce was watery. The bruschetta was solid to me, but I'm not very picky and they give you a bottle of balsamic glaze on the side which was nice. The service was actually pretty good our server checked in on us frequently and her timing for water refills were perfect! the pricing here is a little high for what is served but I understand we're by the beach. Dining on the outdoor patio was nice for the fresh air. I would not come here again. Do not get the pasta. read more

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Great pizza! Lots of pizza places to choose from- busy place so I knew they had to have good pizza. Will come again when I visit next year.

We had the best time with our family! Caitlin was the best! We had a big group that came in last minute on a Saturday , and she handled it so well. The food was great, but the service was even better. Thanks to her we will definitely go back! Great service! read more

We stopped in to have a pizza thinking we should be at a different Luigi's. We had the buffalo pizza, minus onion sub banana peppers. We have a lot buffalo pizza but this is the hottest by far. Fortunately we had ranch and she really liked their ranch. $10 a beer and $5 a fountain soda. Our bill was ~$50. Our server took forever to cash us out and get a last refill. We left a bit unhappy. read more

On our way back to our hotel we stopped here for a slice of pizza. The only thing that was a bummer were all the flies that flying around. I was told it was fly season. Bummer because all the restaurants were pretty much dealing with them as well. But my daughters were excited about the huge slice of pizza . read more

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Such a lovely restaurant with great staff. Food is really great quality and a short walk to the beach! Highly recommend

Chill local watering hole on Mission in MB. The vibe is super relaxed, staff is friendly and welcoming. The food... I don't think I'd come for the food, it's got more of a bar feel and the food tastes like it's mostly meant to soak up alcohol. read more

The pizza was honestly nothing special, it tasted regular. My biggest complaint was our waiter (didn't catch his name) would throw things on the table. Straws & napkins if he couldn't reach around, really rude. We got seated pretty fast which was awesome, we chose to sit outside and noticed food on the floor under the tables/chairs. read more

Went with the kiddos for dinner and it was just what we needed. We got pizza slices, spaghetti, meatballs, salad and a sandwich. Wasn't too busy on a Monday night. Dive-ish so nothing fancy. The food was great though! Very fresh! read more

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Our pizza managed to have both a crispy crust and a beautiful cheese pull. The ranch is the perfect salad ranch (real ranch lovers know there are tiers of ranch) I also had a mango ipa which was so tasty. Service was quick and the interior was small but clean and classic. read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Exterior - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

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Staff was very nice and the food was good. The only complaint I have is the tomato sauce is kind of bland. Still overall I thought it was a good experience. read more

This place should be avoided if you're looking for good pizza. It was the only place still serving food after 10pm. We ordered 3 pizzas.. cost $93?!?!? The pizza was undercooked, the dough was spongey, could still taste the flour they use to knead the dough. For the restaurant itself, bathroom check was decent, above average for a place so close to high foot traffic areas on a Saturday night. read more

Went for a "Giant" slice as shown on Yelp. Received a not so giant slice. Not amazing but decent tasting pizza. $14.50 for this one average slice of pizza though? Cmon now. You want to be known for something and keep people coming back? Do it right every time. Won't make the same mistake twice. read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Advertised Giant slice! - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

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Luigi's at the beach is the best place ever the food is so good, service is pretty fast, and the restaurant looks soooo beautiful. Best Italian food I've had really worth trying 5/5 stars. read more

Not sure what other people leaving good reviews are smoking, but this is the worst pizza place I've ever been to on the western coast of the USA. Our waiter asked "what do you even want" for drinks and asked it again for our food order. Myself and 2 friends went and order a medium specialty pizza which was 30$. Not only did the pizza have ZERO taste but the undercarriage was doughy (almost raw?) and that 1 pizza took nearly 30 mins to be served WHILE UNDERCOOKED as the waiter gave us attitude! UNACCEPTABLE! NEVER waste you time, money, energy or resources on this place ever...you're welcome. read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Medium Pepperoni Pesto pizza - 30$ - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

I wish I could review my food but after 20 minutes and no Bruschetta we walked out. It was not busy, especially for a Saturday during lunch. So not sure the hold up. I was shocked at the price for a slice of pizza 9 at the minimum, plus 2 dollars per topping. My partner and I could have gotten a whole pizza with better toppings from someone else. First red flag should have been walking into a pizza place that didn't smell like pizza... This was my partners favorite place years ago, we will not be coming again. read more

I came here after hitting up the Fit gym and needed a light yet filling lunch. We were window shopping through the shops and decided to go with Luigis. The restaurant is very open and have a lot of seating. We opted to get the lunch specials. The lasagna was our favorite. We saw that they even had giant pizza slices. Our lunch special was about $15 a plate. Not too bad. Since it was kind of busy the day we went (probably on a weekend) it was quite packed. We ended up just sitting up by the bar and the service was pretty ok. The food coming out and order process was not the fastest but it wasn't that slow either. read more

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Over hyped on Chrome reviews. Pizza, wings and salad were just ok. Go around the corner if looking for a better piece of pizza

Great service !! And good authentic italian food and hangout. They even remembered our kids names when we went back a second time :)

I have eaten spectacular Italian food and this place is special to me. It is my earliest memory of an Italian restaurant, and I stumbled on it way back probably in 1988. I remember going in because I was hungry and I saw people (girls) roller skating out of the place with huge slices of pizza and I wanted one. I traced them back to Luigi's thinking I would order a slice but while inside I noticed a doorway covered by a curtain leading to the back. It didn't look like kitchen storage or anything and I found some tables back there. I sat down and a waitress appeared with a menu! I was not expecting this was anything other than a roller skate up pizza counter. I had the Pescatore... I think it was linguini or spaghetti back in the day, it is penne now. The sauce was on point. It is the baseline Italian red sauce for me deserving or not. To me a typical red sauce is saltier than the one at Luigi's, therefore it has too much salt - or this one is more tart than Luigi's therefore it is flawed. I have had better sauces, I have made better sauces - but this for me is the expected definition of red sauce. If you don't have some novel and interesting departure from anything but a typical red sauce then this is the sauce you use as a measuring stick. Now... past all that - Mission Bay is cool. San Diego is cool, and finding a secret Italian restaurant in a cool place is totally cool. I love this place. It is an important restaurant for me in a biographical sense. I coached Little League baseball for many years and of all the kids I have ever coached I couldn't help but assemble an all star team of players from them. Same thing for restaurants for me. I have my personal All Star List of Restaurants: Commander's Palace in New Orleans, Luigi's at the Beach here, Audrey's in Lincoln City, Oregon (my first domestic amazing dining experience), the Blue bayou restaurant in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at the Tokyo Disneyland (had a dish of cabbage rolls on a beautiful plate with an amazing design - only to find out the design I was looking at was art made of sauce, and the plate underneath looked nothing like it (the central basis of the entrée was a number of thin, fanned out, minced meat stuffed cabbage rolls). The Chilaquiles at the old Comal Cafe... the Big Daddio on the Patio at Crickets, some African cafe in Lisbon (such a great time with very cool people)... I had great sashimi with my daughter Allie Gillett in Port Aransas, and we had snails together more towards Corpus that same trip maybe. There are important meals in one's life for whatever reason, to me it is the miracle of our times - that an average guy like myself can eat better than so many ancestral kings could before us. Or at least, I would wager money on a bet that says I have experienced the first step of digestion (chewing food in my mouth) that was as delightful as any human who has ever lived. I am not saying I made it (whatever it was) but I have tasted the god's ambrosia, and drank their same nectar. No being has delighted more in that particular moment of zen when all things outside of the moment you chew that first bite of a perfectly cooked, impossibly juicy steak cease and you live in the now. No thought of future or past, no desires, no regrets... simply bliss, overstimulating your brain until you are on the verge of unconsciousness. Luigi's was a meal that slapped me out of my own internal narrative for a moment, and that alone is invaluable, but the accomplishment of it by delight was so unexpected as to make it deserving of eternal gratitude. It is good. You will leave full. You will not be disappointed by the bill. You will never forget the vibe. I have forever wondered if the people that could live that experience didn't take it for granted. I choose to believe so only because I resent them that opportunity. As jealous as I am of all that, I love that my life gave me the chance to live in that present, at that place, experiencing an extraordinary meal. The place has added to the sum total of my enjoyment - if you ever get a chance, give it a try. This is my Yelp review read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Penne Pescatore (near) and the Eggplant Parm - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

Very average pizza that did not taste good the next day. Service was slow and disinterested. Will not return. There are so many options in the area read more

Somewhat busy on a Sunday afternoon. Nice being next to boardwalk. We had a pizza XL and the slices were big. The onion rings were good and they give a good amount. We had a nice waitress. Food overall was ok. Probably should try one of their pastas. read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Onion rings and pitcher of beer - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

I visited back in 2022 and I'm back in 2025! Amazing staff. Matt is phenomenal and knows how to treat the customers. I'm glad to be back home read more

Luigi's At The Beach - Italian Near Me - San Diego, California

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Picturesque setting right on the beach, spectacular pizza, what else do you need?! Definitely recommend trying the onion rings with ranch! Service was first class as well, we always seem to get the same waiter, and he's the best! read more

Ash was the most amazing server she gave us amazing recommendations for my vacation and made me feel so special because we were here celebrating my birthday. read more

This is a great location right where all action is. Parking is a pain but if you can score parking especially after 6 you don't have to worry about parking tickets. Around the corner the street with shops, bars and the boardwalk. Across is the famous Belmont park. So dinner and a night with the family at the arcade, rides in San Diego is a perfect evening. Back to pizza. Inside is a long dinning hall and outside has a good size patio to take in all the people watching or give dirty looks at people struggling to parallel park in front or behind your car. First for an appetizer we did the fried ravioli with a marinara sauce. Onto the kids slices are huge. They are a 1/2 a regular size slice and had a side of giant onion rings. The kids loved the ranch dressing. The whole pies are not the same size as the individual slices which. The crust is thicker then the thin crust the individual slices are. The medium is small with 6 slices. We got the combination which was filled with toppings. Just a little to thick dough and lots of raw onions. Even with how busy it was the staff was on top of it. I do prefer the thinner slices so sadly I wouldn't get a whole pie. Another bummer is you can't get any of the specialty slices as an individual. Not a huge deal breaker just a bummer. However if I couldn't find parking I would skip this place for another sorry. read more

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The first time I came to this restaurant was 2003. I was amazed at the size of the pizza slices here. I did not even live in San Diego at the time. About 12 years ago, I moved to California, and I stopped by Luigi's again, and again, and again. Over the past 20 years, I can say that Luigi's has some of the best pizza that I have ever had. The speed of the service and the quality of the service is really good. The servers are laid-back and easy to work with. The place is always busy, but it is never too crowded. The pizza tastes amazing. There is always a game on the TV and it's just good fun. For those who do not know, parking can be a little bit limited. You may need to pay to park across the street or try to fight for free parking at the boardwalk. The bathrooms are clean, there is always plenty of seating, and it's very easy to find right there on the beach. Five stars! read more