Luigis Ristorante is a downtown Huntington Beach restaurant with a small, intimate indoor dining experience, a sheltered cove outdoor area with several tables and approximately 8 to 10 tables with umbrella shade overlooking Main Street.

The aroma of tomato-based sauces with garlic and olive oil wafts over the area as you enter this Italian restaurant, one of several Italian dining experience in downtown Huntington Beach. A stroll along this single block of Main Street is a pleasure walk past nine restaurants and food and dessert places, all just steps from each other. Starting at the corner of Olive and Main heading toward the Huntington Beach Pier just two blocks away, you pass first by Starbucks where the smell of coffee emanates and heavenly cookies, desserts and muffins are very popular. Next you pass by Luigi's (Italian) and Aloha Grill (an upstairs restaurant you cannot smell from the street), then Spiral Sushi Teppan Grill, Longboard Restaurant (American food & pub), No Ka Oi (Hawaiian food), Sugar Shack (American breakfasts and sandwiches-you can usually smell pancakes and syrup), Sharkeez (Mexican), Killarney Pub & Grill (Irish) and you finally round off the block with Baskin Robbins where the smell of waffle cones floats onto the sidewalks outside the door of the shop. While Huntington Beach Beer Company is upstairs from Baskin Robbins, you cannot smell the food served there. So much food in one little block! And how do you choose what to eat'

Menus are displayed outside most restaurants to entice you to enter, dine and imbibe if you are over 21 and so inclined. Below is the list of items served at Luigi's Ristorante when this page was published. While the selection is subject to change, it can provide a flavor of the menu served.

Parking is available in two garages nearby, Main Promenade and Plaza Almeria.

Pasta Dishes include:
Spaghettini Alle Cozze with fresh Santa Barbara mussels in white or red sauce
Spaghettini Primavera with fresh vegetables and fillets of chicken in light marinara sauce
Spaghettini Bolognese "with the meatiest sauce in town"
Penne Arrabbiata with hot spice marinara sauce
Penne con Salsicica includes Italian mild sausages, bell peppers in marinara sauce
Capellini alla Checca includes fresh diced roma tomatoes, basil and garlic (add chick or shrimp)
Lasagna
Ravioli di Spinaci e Ricotta
Fettuccine Carbonara with saut'd bacon in velvety cream sauce
Fettuccine Alfred in light creamy sauce (add chicken)
Calamari Luciana served with baby squids, olives, capers, garlic and marinara

Salad dishes include House or Caesar Salad, Caprese with Romaine lettuce, mozzarella, olives tomatoes, basic and balsamic dressing; Tricolore includes Romain, avocado, mozzarella, tomatoes and basil with Balsamic; Capesante con Carciofini includes breaded scallops, artichokes over Romain lettuce with tomatoes and Balsamic dressing; Chicken Salad with Sesame Seeds includes breast of chicken coated with sesame seeds over Romain with Balsamic dressing and Aphrodites Salad with fresh spinach leaves and garlic roasted shrimp in a vinaigrette dressing.

Main course meats include Grilled Lamb Chops with Rosemary Herbs in Chardonay Wine and Garlic Sauce; Breast of Chicken with Mozzarella Cheeses and Marinara Sauce; Breast of Chicken with Mushrooms, Garlic and Marinara Sauce; Medallions of Veal in Marsala Wine Sauce and Filet Mignon in a Pepper Brandy Sauce

Seafood main course dishes include Fresh River Trout baked with Shrimps in a White Zinfandel and Lemon Sauce; Fresh Salmon with Garlic Roasted Spinach and Diced Roma Tomatoes; Fiesta of Seafood with Shrimps, Mussels, Clams, Salmon and Calamari in Spicy Marinara Sauce.

An array of appetizers are also available.

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