Sat at the bar for an early happy hour dinner. Bartender was attentive . Food was meh but I'd come back and try something else.

Luigi's Trattoria is my favorite Italian restaurant in the Myrtle Beach area. It is located one building off of Kings Highway (17) on the north side of Myrtle Beach proper (as opposed to the town of North Myrtle Beach, which is another 10 miles or so north). It doesn't have one of those giant touristy signs to try to attract the tourists. It's not hard to find but you won't find it unless you heard about it from another person or an online review. On my most recent visit I inquired about their marsala sauce, and the waiter claimed that their marsala sauce was the best in the town. I have a weakness for marsala whether it's chicken or veal, so I opted to go with the waiter's recommendation. He was spot on. The veal was tender, and the marsala sauce was divine. For those of you that haven't tried it marsala is a semi sweet wine from Sicily that is fortified (meaning a spirit like Brandy has been added to the wine). Marsala is mostly used for cooking and baking rather than drinking straight. I once used it as a substitute in my homemade tiramisu and it came out marvelous. But my favorite way to have marsala is with a sauce. A traditional marsala sauce uses marsala wine, onions garlic, lots of mushrooms, bone broth, a few spices and sometimes another fortified wine like port. I am a huge cooked mushroom fan anyway, so marsala just takes the mushroom sauce to the next level. Serve marsala sauce over pasta with veal or chicken and you end up with a delicious meal. On a previous visit I tried their scallops with risotto, and that might be the best risotto I have ever had it. The risotto was so soft, rich and creamy and yet spiced mild so as not to overpower the scallops. I will admit on that trip that I was unable to finish the dish we took home a half portion for the next meal at home. Luigi's has an extensive wine list, and also serves beer and cocktails. We tried several of the cocktails and found them to be yummy. I wouldn't go as far as to say they cocktail bar; wine is definitely their strength, but for those of you like myself that don't drink much wine they have enough cocktails to intrigue you. For dessert, I had the tiramisu, which was solid traditional tiramisu except for a little chocolate sauce to appease Americans. Proper tiramisu does NOT need chocolate but at least Luigi's didn't drown it to the detriment of the mascarpone cheese in the cream layer that tastes so good. read more

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Date Night. Asked for outside seating and enjoyed a comfortable ambiance. Our waitress provided fantastic service and advice regarding wine from their list (let us sample before buying a bottle as it was also available by the glass) and shared some (proven solid) local recommendations for breakfast & ice cream (we are from out of town). The Italian sausage had the 'right amount' of seasoning, and ditto for the linguini with marinara, rendering it delicious. Chicken piccata was a generous portion and also delicious. Would definitely come again if we were in the area. read more

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Loudest place I have ever tried to enjoy a nice dinner at. An uproar is the closest description. Service was good and food was very tasty from a limited menu. read more

This was a first time visit. Food and service were very good. Pricing was appropriate. Our soup and bread/oil were excellent. I had veal parmigiana and my guest had chicken francese - we were both pleased. The only downside was it was noisy. When a table of six left, the noise was much better. Bottom line, we will go back. read more

My chicken parm was great. My husband was not thrilled with the Caesar salad, the dressing was very watery. The bread and oil is delicious and well seasoned. They had wedding soup tonight and the flavor was good but only 2 tiny meatballs in the cup. The restaurant is very busy so it is quite loud but it is charming. read more

Good food good service and great ambiance and love to good there for a good time. Make a reservation for a good table. It's busy .

I do not give 5 star reviews very often, but the whole experience was wonderful and very memorable. We looked on Open Table for a reservation very late in the day, we have six people, but there were none available...so we just tried and it worked! We had a phenomenal waitress named Kat with a K, and the food from start to finish couldn't have been better. My husband and I both had the sausage and lentil soup...something I would never ever try, but I did and it was so tasty. I had the scallops with risotto and my husband had mussels over linguini, and we both barely talked during dinner from stuffing our faces. I also took a picture of my moms salad with fresh crumbled blue cheese. From the fresh bread with a great garlicky dipping sauce to our salads and soups to our meals and our waitress, it was a great dinner with wonderful food read more

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Food was good , will go back again , waitstaff was friendly and attentive , the tiramisu was delicious

I tried to order from my regular go to but they were too busy, so decided to try Luigis on Uber eats. This would have been good if it had enough sauce. I could tell the sauce had great flavor, but unfortunately, there was not NEARLY enough. Very disappointed. If my go to isn't available, I will order from them again, but request EXTRA EXTRA vodka sauce. The ceasar salad was good however. Just extremely disappointed. I could have made the same, if not better, at home, with the pasta being so dry and sauceless. I would have cooked myself, but I had just gotten home from a trip and was starving, so Uber eats seemed like the smart move. read more

Luigi's Trattoria - Penne alla vodka and ceasar salad - Italian Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

First time dining at Luigi's Trattoria, it's crowded for a reason. We had the Gnocchi's and the Lasagna, a cannoli and ricotta cheese cake for dessert, everything was very good, our waitress was busy, but very attentive, friendly etc. we will be back read more

Good Italian spot in the area. Nice atmosphere and service too. Cute bar area and plenty of seating inside and out. I got shrimp Alfredo and my wife got the eggplant rollatini. She wasn't thrilled with here dish. But mine was great. Simple but very good. Good wine list too. read more

Luigi's Trattoria - Outside - Italian Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Let me rave! This homey hole in the wall establishment was incredible. Our server, Tristan was fantastic and was on point taking care of us! Our drinks were always capped off, he visited occasionally to ask us our needs without being overbearing, fantastic! My partner had the fruiti de Mare (pardon my spelling) and I had the mussels linguine in a red wine sauce. Our dishes were fine, though my partner struggled a little with his dish being a bit busy and hard to discern any specific flavor or seafood item in his dish. Where Luigi's shines though? The desserts. My. God. Never in my life had I felt so spoiled. Tristan suggested the chocolate Bomba and I sat there in absolute bliss with a sparkling wine. My partner had the Belgian chocolate cake and it was rich, delicious, and oh so chocolatey. I felt like a goddess with how wonderful the desserts were, capping off a rather lovely meal. read more

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I had a chance to dine at Luigi's Trattoria while vacationing in Myrtle Beach. I was definitely looking forward to the meal..prolly the most anticipated meal out of my few nights pver a long weekend there. I did eat/try out a lot of food (complementary bread, salad, escargot, seafood pasta and spurmoni ice cream) but I felt the ratings were slightly overhauled and the service could have been better. The house salad wad just ok..huge serving and fresh veggies...but nothing to write home about. The escagot was of a good portion..but obviously very oily from the butter..but at least still some aroma/fragrance of the flavor in it. I had a seafood trio pasta next. The portion was definitely huge but I felt the seafood was slightly dry and bland for my taste. I believe I finished half and took some leftover home. Couldn't really finish it afterwards either because I got a bit sick of the flavor. The ice cream was ok...and really I could have skipped it given how much I ate there. It seemed it was simply scooped out of a package and was nothing too much to offer. Overall, decent food..but service/experience could have been better. I booked via OpenTable and showed up accordingly. But my reservation was mark as no show :( ...not being so petty about this...but hey.. I missed out on points from OpenTable because of it. Also, the 10% off check in offer wasn't honored as they mentioned it was a holiday (nowhere in the offer mentioned this at all). I felt this lil thing bugged me a bit as 10% of the entree (seafood trio) was probably equated to $2-3. I believe one of the tables next to me was told the same as well. At least they were consistent...but..was it really worth it to do that?!? Overall, a decent restaurant to dine..maybe for special occasions for locals in Myrtle Beach area. But given it's so out of tourist area...and just decent..not super over the top food..I'm not sure I would return again the next time I'm in Myrtle Beach. read more

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This was my first time DINING at Luigi's. I have ordered from there before on doordash and i fell in love with their chicken francese, so bringing my mom and boyfriend to this place was a no brainer! Even when i checked in on Yelp, I had a coupon to use that night!! We sat outside due to us bringing our dog (bonus point for that) Our waitress was so sweet and loved on our pupper. For an appetizer we ordered the mozzarella capresse and the calamari. For some reason my boyfriend thought he was ordering mozzarella sticks but still enjoyed what we ordered. For dinner we all got something a little different. My mom got the seafood trio which I thought was very good! My boyfriend got the penne vodka which he enjoyed. I got the lobster raviolis and was not surprised on how good it was! For dessert we all shared the tiramisu and the cheesecake. The waitress ended up comping my tiramisu because she cut it wrong which i did not mind but thank her graciously. Overall the food is great and the staff is wonderful! read more

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Luigi's Trattoria has the freshest pasta i have ever had. Thier service was impeccable, the stff was always attentive, and the portions were enough for another meal to take home. read more

A very beach-y looking exterior gives way to a more traditional interior. Wine bottles adorn the walls as does a very traditional mural. Red sauce, saltimboca, parmigiana etc. very much what you'd expect at an Italian restaurant. Bread and oil come to the table immediately. Good wines can be found around $40. No calamari or crab cakes on this night, waiter said staffing and supply chain was the culprit. Stuffed mushroom app with crab was just ok and bathed in a ton of sauce and cheese, maybe. Caesar salad is a romaine based green tossed/coated with creamy Caesar bottle type dressing with croutons and cheese. Overall a good beach destination for a fancier night out. read more

I'll start by getting straight to the point; this is a great stop for a slightly upscale vacation dinner. We started with fresh baked bread that was served alongside a fragrant, rich, and high quality olive oil. This was fantastic. The bruschetta a la pomodora was also fresh, light, and the perfect start to our meal. Our entrees were fantastic, and we had a few delicious bottles of wine. read more

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While visiting our friends, we decided to make a reservation at Luigi's to celebrate my husband's 75th birthday. We always enjoy dining at Luigi's when we visit Myrtle Beach. They have consistently good food and excellent service. The restaurant seated us at a quiet table as I requested. (It is best to make a reservation. The restaurant was full on a Tuesday night.) Eric, our server, was a delight - so friendly and upbeat. We ordered a bottle of the Nero d'Avola - a very drinkable and pleasant red wine. We started our dining experience with fresh salads. Three of us enjoyed the Grouper Francaise over linguini and one enjoyed Penne Pasta with Italian Sausages. The portions are very generous. It was so thoughtful of the staff to come over and sing "Happy Birthday" to my husband and give him a dessert of Tiramisu. We all were delighted with our dinners! read more

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Authentic Italian cuisine at this North Myrtle Beach location. We made reservations for my brother in law's birthday dinner & upon arrival we were pleasantly greeted & shown to our table. Our server did an awesome job taking care of our requests & the food was fresh & presented nicely. read more

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Yum yum yum yum. You can't go wrong here!!!! No matter what I order I am always happy eating here and I am a NY snob who eats at four a day five star restaurants. They know what they're doing here with the food, service a d pricing. Two thumbs up read more

We found this place through some local people sitting near us at breakfast/brunch. i asked for recommendations, and was told of two places, here and Chuck's Steakhouse. We ended up eating here twice out of a possible five evening meals. The 1st night I got the pork loin in mushroom sauce, supposed to be served with mashed potatoes, but they swapped those to risotto at my request. You are served the bread and olive oil dip pretty quickly after arriving. We both chose the house salad with Italian (house) dressing, and I thought the dressing was pretty good. My partner in dining got the escargot, and seemed to enjoy it, but did comment that he likes the French way (whatever that is) better; the Fruiti de Mare, which I tried and it was very good. He got the spumoni for dessert, and for him, he doesn't care if it is from a package, we can't buy it anywhere in our area currently. Our waiter did start a little slow, but once the escargot came, he was on point. Our 2nd visit was our last evening there and we took my grandson who said the food reminded him of his family's favorite Italian place in Little River. He got chicken parm, partner in dining the veal parm, and I got the chicken saltibocca. I got so much of that, I was full from my bowl of lentil soup and that (I did eat right much of that delicious bread!)...and we all got dessert, me the Lemoncello cake, light and fluffy, PID got the spumoni again, and the grandson the cannoli. We requested the same waiter and really enjoyed his service again. As an FYI, my partner in dining is 2nd generation Italian so there is that! read more

Food was fair. Beer 5 bucks. Our service was great , thanks Tristan. The kicker was spend 70 bucks for dinner and ask for another small loaf of bread. They charge for it . Never in my life have I had to do that . Went back and all was fine didn't charge for extra bread. Only complaint was we had reservations at 6 and didn't get seated til 6.40 read more

First time visit to Luigi's. Adorable little restaurant. Such a cozy atmosphere. Service was prompt and friendly. The stuffed artichokes were delicious and crispy. I had never had them before and will definitely order again. The lobster ravioli was so good! Creamy and perfectly cooked. You can tell they make their own pasta. My mom had the shrimp scampi and it was just as good. Noodle perfectly cooked. Really fell in love with this place and the ambiance. read more

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Server: Mary - excellent! You can tell she loves what she does. Bread and dipping oil excellent Lobster ravioli excellent Veal Parmesan average We would definitely return! I do recommend this place read more

This was found on Yelp! I am so happy we found it. Best Italian food I have ever had! We were traveling in Myrtle Beach and found this place! Best lobster ravioli I have ever had. Everyone in my group had amazing food. The staff was so great too! If we come back to Myrtle Beach, we will definitely eat there again! read more

Luigi's Trattoria - Chicken Marsala - Italian Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Wonderful place. It can be noisy, but the food, atmosphere and staff more than make up for it. Linguini con vongole was as good as some of the better NYC joints. Mussels tasted good but were small. Spinach Ravioli was excellent. Luigi's is a keeper. read more

Server seemed friendly BUT long wait - even with a reservation. No bread. No utensils. Had to ask Several times. Food was EXCELLENT!! We loved everything... recommend for dinner. Just bring your patience. It is worth the wait. read more

Closed the door after we walked in & would not seat us. I will NEVER enter their establishment again...just plain RUDE'

OK so I'm an Italian who was in Myrtle Beach visiting family understandably skeptical when I learned we were heading out to an Italian restaurant. I couldn't have been proven more wrong. Everything was delicious! Not only was in on par with local NY restaurants, it was better than many! Ambiance wise, it has that Italian family restaurant feel and the service was great. Definitely earned an A+ from this Italian American New Yorker! read more

Absolutely wonderful! 2 couples dining... had 4 different dishes... sorry I'm not Italian so I'll never be able to restate names..... dish #1... seafood pasta with lobster, clams, mussels, shrimp in brothy red sauce... DELISH! Full of great flavor! Dish #2.... Linguine with clam sauce and shrimp but I asked for the diavlo sauce.... OMG, another favorite! #3... got the special, grouper, shrimp abs scallops in lobster cream sauce served over risotto... great and creamy! Last dish was shrimp scampi.... Just a great dish as one could ask for in scampi! Overall... EXCELLENT experience and no.... They were not short staffed as whether is whining about. Great service! PS.... Escargot was worth ordering! read more

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Mediocre food. Poor service. Way overpriced! I wish we would have just gone to the Carrabba's down the road. Their food is worlds better even for a chain. read more

This place was amazing. The food was terrific and the ambiance was perfect. It was busy but we never felt crowded or rushed. And our food came quickly but not so fast that you weren't done with the previous course. The service was friendly and courteous. And everything was hot and delicious!!! Definitely will be returning. read more

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Overall this is one of the best Italian places I have eaten. For the most part everything was spot on. I would rather give them 4.5 rating, but its either a 4 or 5; we did have one issue, so I couldn't give it a 5. The parking lot is small, so be prepared for a challenge. First things first, make sure you make a reservation! You could have a long wait if you don't have one. We had reservations and were seated immediately at our table, but it took a good 10-15 minutes before our server showed up. The fresh bread they serve was mouth watering. We started our meal with the stuff artichokes and fried calamari; both were really good, but were your standard dishes. Our main meals consisted of fettuccini Alfredo, veal parmigiana, Veal Saltimbocca, shrimp scampi, and Grouper Florentine Style w/Spinach & Tomatoes. The veal parmigiana was spot on, one of the best I've ever had! They use a type of "Jersey gravy" style marinara on their dishes that is so good. The veal saltimbocca was perfectly cooked and the sauce was amazing; some Marsala sauces can taste too much like this wine, but this one was perfect. The shrimp scampi was good, basically a standard recipe. The Grouper wasn't bad, it is Red Grouper just in case anyone wants to know. I personally felt there was too much egg wrapped around the fish, so you didn't really taste the fish much. The sauce it was served in was really nice, but definitely not a dish I preferred. The fettuccine Alfredo is where our issue came in, it tasted very watery (almost like the kids fettuccine you get a some of those restaurants chains, that it's really not a true Alfredo sauce). My son managed to maybe half before he couldn't take it anymore and gave up. The manger offered to make us another one, but being that I didn't say anything until we were ready to leave, I told him we weren't interested, and he left with the plate in hand. We took leftovers home of all the food except the fettuccine. The manager gave us 20% off the fettuccine....considering my son didn't eat even half, I would have preferred a little more discount especially since it was obvious we weren't taking those leftovers home b/c he took them. Even with the disappointment of the Alfredo, we will definitely make this a must eat place when we are back in town. read more

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Very good food, agree with other Yelp reviews. Glad we stopped there. I had lobster ravioli, very good. read more

Luigi's Trattoria - Dining room, more seating to the left in the photo - Italian Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

We arrived in time for the Early Bird Specials which were slightly down-sized entrees from the regular menu. There were two categories, one group was $14 and the other was $17. We selected two from the $14 group, Lasagna and Sausage Stuffed Ravioli. Both very delicious! We did upgrade our salad to a Gorgonzola salad for an extra $1.50. We had a couple of ($6.50) cocktails, but they were light on alcohol. House wine was $7. Maria was very attentive. read more

Luigi's Trattoria - Sausage Stuffed Ravioli - Italian Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

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Heard good things about Luigi's and was not disappointed! They have a beautiful ambiance, it's decorated exactly how you'd expect a nice Italian restaurant to look. We had reservations and we're seated promptly. It was crowded and we did see folks waiting, which is a good sign. We had the salmon Mediterranean and the veal Mediterranean, both were excellent. Our friends had gnocchi Alfredo and veal franchese, both also very good. Good service, good atmosphere, good bread, good service! read more

Luigi's Trattoria - Veal Mediterranean - Italian Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Good food, large portions, reasonable prices. Staff is friendly - also has a nice bar

Had valentines dinner there, wonderful ambiance, excellent service and delicious food. Our server was very attentive and informative. First time here and won't be the last. read more

Delicious fare. We did takeout/pick up. Chicken dishes were great. Enough for lunch the next day. Always love good angel hair pasta. This did not disappoint as a side to the chicken. Pasta dishes were yummy. Gnocchi was super yummy and the vodka sauce was a plus plus. Good salad. Accommodating for dairy allergy. Highly recommend. Food was terrific - we are NYC foodies! We love a good Italian meal. This will not disappoint! read more