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Good restaurant recommendations in Lucca please

We will be in Lucca for a week and would appreciate some good recommendations for restaurants. Thank you…

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We just returned from a too short visit to Lucca. Since our visit corresponded to the Luminara and a cooking class we weren’t able to do more than two meals out. Trattoria da Gigi, Piazza del Carmine, 7 was good. It is well known and has good ratings-reservation a must. We enjoyed our meal-the best gnocchi I’ve had in a long time. Because we did the cooking class and had soooo much food, we wanted a smaller dinner and went to Maro Meo, Piazza San Francesco, 17. Pizza-but good.
Other restaurants recommended by our host and the chef at the school were: Trattoria Bucelli-chef said they go there about once a week. Gli Orti another for home style cooking.
Upscale:
Antica Osteria
Buca di Sant’Antonio
All’Olivo
Il Grammophono

Trattoria da Giulio-we tried but couldn’t get a reservation.
La Bottega di Anna e Leo

Breakfast:
Cafe Santa Zita

Lunch:
Cibo e Convivio (In pasta)

Hope this helps. Any gelato we tried was good although we stayed away from some.

Nice to hear you’ll have a week. Seems a perfect amount for Lucca. Our time was far too short.

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Trattoria Canuleia was excellent

Didn’t realize at the time but it is listed in RS guide

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Agree on Trattoria Gigi, All'Olivo and Canulea.

Will add Osteria da Pasqualino. Great food, atmosphere and owner.

Also Osteria Baralla.

You'll most likely need reservations. Enjoy.

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Thank you all, appreciated. Anxious to try as many as we can. Grazie Mille. Susan