Food was good, ordered the bolognese. I've never had that before so I have nothing to compare it to. Service was great. Kind and smiles every time. The vibe was interest there are lots fake flowers in a tacky but warm inviting way. I wanted to stay because it felt like a place to be and enjoy. Large selection of wine to go with your meal. read more

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We came here on a Friday night at 6:30 and were able to be seated without waiting. I called ahead during the day but they said they don't take reservations on the weekends. Also important to note, they close at 8 PM. It's decorated like a true family style place, cute flowers and colors and light fixtures. The service is friendly, but if you are in a hurry, they are not. They bring olive oil and herbs to the table with homemade bread to start which is an extra touch I think most restaurants have stopped doing. They did offer any pasta dish to be made with gluten-free penne. My pasta dish was tasty and warm but the meat was sparse, and though the prices seem fair, I would say all around this was an average experience. I can see how this could have sentimental value to people who live in the neighborhood, and I do like to support independent restaurants so I'm glad we tried it, but if you are a true foodie and if you are looking for great Italian, I don't think this is the spot. read more

Luna Di Luna - Cinco Formaggio - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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A colleague pulled this (blindly) out of his hat and we couldn't have been luckier. The 4 of us all enjoyed our meals. The table bread is out of this world. Sometime soon I'll have to go back and just get that and some wine. However I'd be hard pressed not to order what I had tonight. Fantastic little spot with incredibly warm interior. The schtick really adds to the experience. Great staff were very thoughtful. Not something you run into much anymore. Thoughtful. 5/5, I highly recommend. read more

Great food! Nice little cozy spot in Bloomington. Perfect for your date night or just regular dinner on a Monday. Definitely go check it out and bring the whole family read more

House bread was warm and flavorful with a crunchy herb crust. Served with oil and herb dipping sauce (seemed like the oil was too "clear" to be olive oil) the oil was just ok. Caesar salad served with entrees it was fine, lettuce is cut into ribbons making it easier to eat. Here's where things get a little strange - the bolognese is served with meatballs that appear, and taste of the premade-frozen variety. The sauce lacks depth and flavor, no hint of garlic or basil. And bolognese is traditionally a heavy meat sauce, there was not much meat on either plate. Carne Armante - came with 4 meatballs in a meat sauce (very light meat sauce) and slivers of Italian sausage. In all, less meat than I was expecting and overall it was just ok as the sauce was flavorless and I tasted mostly mozzarella and the meat pieces themself. Wouldn't order again. Ambiance was fitting, and it was clean and had a light layer of dust but you could tell they cleaned semi regularly. Italian music played and the lighting was dim but bright enough for the time of day. read more

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Yum. Bread was delicious. The menu is limited. Dinner included bread w/ oil and a salad. We enjoyed our dinner and the decor and music. read more

Luna Di Luna - Bread - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Cozy, eclectic dining experience. Food is amazing and you get bread and salad for appetizers. Waiters are attentive and kind. 10/10 would recommend. read more

Way over priced, the prices you see on Yelp have increased 33%. The parmigiana is $22 not $15. However it is only worth $15 with the salad with too much dressing and the bread, which is good. We all had the meatball parmigiana which had 3 small rubbery meatballs tasting very similar to Simicks. Yuck! That with overly rich sauce and mushy noodles was just plain gross. Cute decor, nice waiter, but not recommended. read more

This place is in the middle of nowhere - but as soon as you walk in it takes you straight to Italy (we'll, at least what I picture Italy being like having never been). The menu is pretty limited, but I'm betting it's because they have a few recipes they know - and they do them all better than anyone else! I was torn being a pasta guy as to what I should order. All ten data dishes sounded appetizing. I settled on the Napolitana because it referenced peppers and the hot marina. I wasn't disappointed. The dish was great. The noodles were cooked to perfection. Nice mix of peppers. I even got more bread to soak up the last remaining sauce. The salad - meh. But I wasn't here to eat greens. If you are in Bloomington and want some real, non chain/fast food pasta - this is the place. read more

Luna Di Luna - Warm bread (amazing), oil & herbs, and salad! - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Excellent bread and salad. The main dish is superb. This isn't a regular American Italian restaurant. This is real Italian. Small hole in wall restaurant. Clean, friendly, food comes out fast! Limited menu, but I like that. I'm sick of wings and nachos and the same thing everyone else has. Do a couple dishes and do them well! Great place! read more

We tried Luna Di Luna for the first time for a lunch at work. There were three of us and we ordered the family meal of the Ceciliana. When ordering family style you also get the pasta, salad, and bread. If it were just the pasta and salad, I'd be giving it 3 stars but the bread earned a full star by itself. The salad and the ceciliana was nothing special. The marinara for the pasta was very bland but I was surprised that I liked the hot Italian sausage. The bread had delicious seasoning on top. You also get a dipping sauce which I think is an olive oil but more delicious seasoning in it! The bread is the only reason that would bring me back to try a different dish. read more

Luna Di Luna - Family style order of ceciliana. - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

When you pull up to this building don't be fooled by the outside. The inside has a magical ambiance and you'll know immediately you walked into a good place! The food here is phenomenal! My daughter had the Bolognese and I had the Amante Di Luna. Noodles were cooked perfectly and both had great flavor! The bread they serve before hand is to die for and so is the Caesar salad. Service was also great! You can tell this is a family run business and they take pride in serving their customers! I will be back again and again for sure! read more

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I loved my visit to this charming little spot on my way to the airport. Set on a busy road, I was pleasantly surprised by this cozy spot. Walking in, the decor is over the top. Colors everywhere. Cute curtains made by the owner, varnished wood and great music set the stage for a tasty Italian meal. Our server was so sweet and attentive. He gave us the backstory of the restaurant. This Father & Son business made everything even more desirable. The menu is limited but so delicious. Appetizers to dessert, we loved it all. You could tell everything was made with family recipes and a lot of love. read more

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Good pasta with nice bread service. Not incredible but serviceable and decent service.

What an awesome place! Beautiful small restaurant with a great vibe. They did have gluten free noodles when I went as well (wasn't on the menu). Loved the experience, the waitress was friendly and quick to chat about the dishes and the wine, and the pasta was great! I'll be stopping by again! read more

Luna Di Luna - Table bread and oil - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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This is one heck of a hidden gem!!!! Owned by coupleand their boys and they put their heart and soul in the food.It is amazing. Not to mention the bread and dipping oil, oh my god!! read more

Great ambience. Very unique place. The house bread is the best I've had in Minnesota. Really really loved the delicious unlimited house bread. The severs were nice and friendly. They helped accommodate the seating for us and our baby. Would definitely come again for special occasions. read more

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I was looking for a lunch place to meet a colleague and chose Luna based on location. It was everything I wanted it to be. It was intimate with lots of tables for business or conversation. I have to admit, the lunch menu didn't feel very 'lunchy'. It seemed to be a small set of dinner entrees. That said, I wanted to try the pasta and chose the bolognese. It was great and I ate half so now I have another meal, each costing about 8 bucks. It would be great to cut the entree size in half and maybe add half a Caesar salad. The bread and olive oil with spices was fantastic. I could never give up bread and this part of the meal reminded me why. Bread was warm with a crisp outer crust. Olive oil was tasty. So good. Can't wait to make this place a date night. It had all the ambiance needed to make it a fun night out. read more

Luna Di Luna - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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So, we lived in St. Louis for 34 years before coming to Bloomington. One thing St. Louis knows is Italian food. This restaurant does not know Italian food. Yes, the bread was delicious and we were encouraged by it. But the pasta is bland as is the sauce. There's no pop to it There's no seasoning. Please introduce your chef to basil, garlic, rosemary and oregano. The meatballs were not good and the chicken was dry. The menu is very limited. All in all, there has be to better Italian in Bloomington. Look elsewhere. read more

Food and service is outstanding! I definitely plan on returning. A lot of delicious choices at reasonable prices

I'm utterly confused as to how this restaurant has received such high ratings. The ambience was eclectic and fun, the bread they brought out was fantastic...and that's where it ends. White and red sauces were bland, meatballs tasted like frozen meatballs, as did the chicken and shrimp. Other than the sliced peppers on top of our pastas (which did not seem to fit), nothing about the pastas was fresh. Neither of us wanted to continue eating our meals or take them home. Disappointed as based on the ratings we were hoping we'd found something great. Save your money! read more

I would say the staff was nice. The atmosphere was interesting, which I liked. The bread was good that they brought out. Although main dishes my wife and I got were not good. We got the Amante Di Luna and Carne Amante, which is all we can speak not to get. The meatballs were gross, which my wife thought were premade frozen meatballs. I'm generally easy to please, so that isn't a good sign I could not finish my meal nor want to take it home. Definitely won't ever go back based on our meal selections that day. It also was expensive for what you get. Gave it a 1 star because you go to a restaurant for the food. The atmosphere and staff are the bonuses, but at the end of the day it's about the food. Bad food is bad food and I can't look past that. read more

I had an amazing experience the first time I came that I was so excited the next time I was in town to bring my co-worker. We headed there directly from the airport and it was 25 mins before close. We noticed the closed sign on the door already but the door was open. When we walked in - a few employees looked at us annoyed - one young lady I remember from my pleasant visit the time before. We asked if we can be seated and let them know we already knew we wanted bread and salads. They Sat us and ran us over drinks and quickly some bread and salads. My co-worker looked at the menu and was excited to now order something. We watched two servers walk past our table multiple times without even looking at us and at points talking to the table next to us and purposely standing with their backs to us. If you've been here - you know how small it is so it was kind of awkward. We watched a table order food, after we had been sitting there and then their food come while we waited for our check at this point since we didn't feel welcomed. They never came by with it. They didn't check in with us. They didn't fill our waters/drinks. Nothing. It got to the point where I got up to ask for the check. Now this is the best part - we paid $20 for 2 side salads and the same bread they give everyone. I think that was the cherry on top. I truly loved my first experience but I cannot believe this is how they treat customers. I will not be returning or recommending this restaurant. Not worth it especially when they could've had a very loyal customer. read more

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Took a chance and glad we did! Excellent food and ambiance. Owner was a real treat to chat with in between. Don't miss this local establishment. Well worth it! read more

If I could give this place more than 5 stars i would! You HAVE to check this place out. The fresh baked warm bread is perfection!! I don't know what seasoning they use but yummmm. Their salad is also perfection! Both bread and salad automatically come with your entree. I also love their pasta! It's definitely fresh and authentic. I need to go back to try them all! Service is exceptional and the atmosphere is warm and comforting! Please please go here. read more

Luna Di Luna - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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The only reason this place is getting 2 stars is simply because the service, and salad and bread they offered was amazing. Very reasonably priced and overall ambiance was great as well. The entrees however were quite disappointing in quality. I felt Olive Garden (the McDonald's of Italian food) even tastes better in that department. The meat just tasted like it came frozen in a package and my gnocchi had a weird aftertaste. To each their own, just not for me. read more

Luna Di Luna - Cappuccino cheesecake - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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It was my birthday yesterday and I requested an old favorite - Luna di Luna in Bloomington! They don't have a social media or Internet presence so this family-owned place could be considered a hole-in-the-wall - and it is exemplary in that regard! Each entree comes with a delicious creamy Caesar salad and house-made bread with dipping oil & seasoning mixed in. The bread is so fluffy and the dipping oil tastes amazing. But the best part of this place is the pasta - it is so creamy! I got the Luna Special which comes with shrimp and chicken over a bed of tortellini pasta and covered in Alfredo sauce. Beware if you have any dietary restrictions though - the menu online is associated with GrubHub or Single Platform and they aren't accurate. It was unfortunate because we had ordered based on the website and when my husband opened the to-go containers at home we noticed there was prosciutto in our pasta. Luckily the owners, albeit frustrated with the situation, were very accommodating and made us new entrees to pick up. Be sure to call them to omit anything you don't want - I removed prosciutto from my entree since I don't eat pork products. Despite this hang up it was no fault of the restaurant owners. Definitely call to see what each menu item entails before ordering. Overall highly recommend this place to get your pasta fix. read more

Luna Di Luna - Luna Special omitting the prosciutto - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Excellent wine and inexpensive! I enjoyed every dish I've had at Luna. Amazingly excellent food at this secret neighborhood restaurant.

Great food and even better service! We love supporting local, especially when they as good as this place is!

We hadn't visited since pre-Covid so it was nice to be back. The restaurant wasn't very busy for an 11:30am lunch and they let us have all the time we wanted to catch up. It was very clean and staff were masked. Everyone ordered the Le Luna and it is still excellent. No wine this time but the lemonade was refreshing. The bread and the seasoned olive oil are a nice addition. Le Luna Chicken breast, gulf shrimp in a creamy Parmesan sauce over fettuccine pasta read more

Visited 2/17/24. First off, this place does have some good qualities. The waitstaff was great, it's quaint and cute inside, and the bread with dipping sauce is delicious. The house wine was decent too. I got the parmigiana with meatballs, my sister got the tetrazzini with no meat since she's vegetarian (no veg options on the menu), and my mom got the four cheese pasta. Sadly, nothing tasted fresh (my meatballs seemed more like they had been frozen than homemade). My mom was bummed that her dish was served with penne vs rigatoni like had been stated on the menu. The dishes all had excess of sauce and cheese. The portion sizes are really large, but I would prefer smaller portion sizes that are refined with fresh ingredients any day. I love giving positive reviews, but sadly this is not a place that I can recommend. I hope that they can work to make the rest of the meals as delicious as their bread and dipping sauce. read more

Luna Di Luna - Italian Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Luna di Luna is a cute Italian restaurant with friendly staff, to us at least. My bf said there was an argument and people were yelling but I was clearly lost in the sauce. But actually tho the tetrazina I got was a lactose intolerants nightmare. So much cheese in the sauce. I got it without the shrimp and it was definitely missing that seafood texture. The sauce had flavors of seafood. However it wasn't my favorite. It had veggies in it which was really good, however i prefer veggies softer, these were crunchy for all y'all raw dogs. My bf got the chicken and sausage and it was alright. The sausage was tender and sweet. complimentary bread with oil and herbs along with caesar salads. The caesar salad was refreshing and the bread. oh the mf bread, that shit was SALTY. the guy next to us literally started to choke he was like i need some water and the lady he was like they really should bring them out before the bread. Note to future bread eater: dust some of that shit off or ask for water first I really enjoyed the aesthetic of this place. We definitely had an eventful 45 minutes lmao read more

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Not real Italian-they obviously use one tomato sauce as the base for everything and just add cream especially for the Bolognese. I can't see how this is getting high reviews - the food is really bad and a lot of it from a can and microwaved! read more

Out of town visitor. Just really good. Service. Food. Ambience. They know what they're good at and that's all they need here. Loved it.

Friendly staff & inviting atmosphere with attentive service and attractive prices. Unfortunately, the entrees were just average in taste & quality. All 6 in our group commented that we wouldn't return. read more

Great food . Very quick service. Highly recommended. I only found this gem do to Yelp .

The best food ever good service ever The best place ever the best Ambiance good customers read more

Very good service with a smile. Great pasta dishes. This was our first time here and we will most definitely be back. An all-around pleasant, comfortable dining experience. read more

Great family restaurant find. They promptly brought out their amazing bread & were so friendly. Pasta dishes had a flavorful sauce & quality meat. read more

My mom and I liked Luna Di Luna very much. It's nice to walk through their doors and go from stale suburbia to an environment that feels like a friendly and welcoming family eatery in an Italian-American neighborhood. It's the decor, but it's also the service. I love the people we spoke to here; they seemed to take sincere pride in their restaurant. They got us fresh bread right away which was awesome. Between the dipping oil and the unique crust, it was unexpectedly above average bread. My mom got a pesto pasta with chicken which she loved and which looked awesome; I'll probably want that next time I come. I ordered the Ceciliana which was okay, but I wish I liked better. It had pasta and meatballs and Italian sausage, plus a big swirl of cheese and sauce. I'd have liked more pasta, and either more sausage or something else about the flavor to make it so that the bites without sausage were as yummy as the bites with sausage. Maybe I'm being nitpicky, though. We also had a slice of cheesecake for dessert that was really good. Prices are a little high, but when you consider that each entree is large, and comes with a salad, and plus you get that great bread, I think it's fair. Also I think there's a difference between the hours you see online and their actual hours, because my mom and I first attempted to come for lunch on a Saturday and they were closed. I definitely recommend coming here on a weeknight for dinner; I intend to do that again! read more

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