Lucio Pizzeria

In a lovely small square in Darlinghurst you’ll find Lucio’s Pizzeria, food is just amazing and you can taste an authentic italian pizza and italian service at very affordable price. Highly recommend this place.

One of the best pizzas I’ve ever had. We got the bufolina. It was cooked perfectly with fresh ingredients. The bread is so soft and has the best flavor. Very small restaurant located on a residential street. Most of the tables are indoors but we were seated on one of the four tables inside. I would definitely recommended sitting outside as it gets a bit warm with the pizza oven.

Went back to Lucio’s and had the Calzone, since last time I was pretty convinced by the calzone half of the Lucio pizza. Well I am happy to say that it wasn’t a fluke, the calzones are truly great: perfect dough, great tasting ham, ricotta that has a nice taste … nothing to add !

This is my favorite spot for pizza in Sydney: authentic Italian crust, fast service, reasonable prices, definitely a winner for some nice pizza comfort
Not exactly ideal if you’re planning to spend 3 hours though: you can’t book and there’s always a queue at the door after 7 pm, which makes it hard to sit back and relax once you’ve finished eating
I still give it a 5 out of 5 because the food is so beautiful

Classic Neapolitan style pizza. Nice chewy crust, right about of charring, good quality toppings. Small but good wine list — had the Salento which was excellent. Friendly service, good vibe.

My favourite pizza in Sydney!
The meatballs are exactly like nonnas home made. The calamari also a must. Best pizza is the tartufata

Everyone knows that if they want to experience the best sidewalk cafes serving authentic pizza and Italian light fare they should fly directly to… Sydney, Australia?! I wasn’t expecting that sentence to end that way either. After eating at Lucio Pizzeria, I am a believer though. Sydney is home to some truly superb pizza.
This restaurant is small and mostly outside. The interior is an open glass sliding door that contains a counter to make dough, a counter to prep wine, and a giant brick oven. Outside, patrons get to enjoy the lovely Sydney weather as they dine on some of the best pizza they will probably ever have. The staff are extremely friendly and family-​like. They all stop at tables to talk and see how people are doing. They really wanted everyone to feel at home while dining in their restaurant.
The best part about this place is obviously the pizza. It is crispy on the bottom, light and fresh on top and boasts some of the best flavors around. They were all prices around the low $ 20s which is very reasonable for an entire pizza. As for toppings, the classic margherita cannot be beat. It really was the perfect pizza. For an interesting addition, go with the prosciutto and arugula and you will not be disappointed — I certainly wasn’t.
When it comes to dining in Sydney, Lucio is definitely tops. My mouth is watering right now just thinking about the food patrons can get from this restaurant. I would highly recommend this pizzeria to anyone looking for awesome eats in the Darlinghurst neighborhood.

Fantastic pizza, you must try the Siciliana pizza.
Good service, they don’t take bookings. I have waited 1 hour for a table but there is a nice pub called the darlo you can down a nice cocktail while waiting. ;)

AMAZING! I’ve been to Italy (and South Philly;) and I’ve never had a better calzone. The Lucio was so good… half margarita pizza half calzone; highly recommended. Not much diversity on the menu but definitely an upscale pizza/​Italian place. The owner is hands-​on and very great. Would come back for sure!

My hubby and I stopped in here after doing some research on Unilocal for some delicious pizza. It was a nice walk from our hotel. This place is tucked in off the street with about three other restaurants all with open seating. We sat on the front patio which was lovely since it was a very warm night. Started off with a radicchio salad. This was fantastic. Had walnuts, fresh creamy blue cheese and a balsamic reduction sauce. Next up were our pizzas. I opted for the buffalina (added some mushrooms) and the hubs got a margherita. Both were great. Dough was soft yet had a slight crunch and the cheese was creamy. I preferred my hubby’s since he had more sauce but I’m a sauce freak lol. The wait staff was friendly and our waiter was patient. Thanks Lucios! You made us Americans feel right at home.

Very very good napoli pizza. Matches that of Via Napoli and Mario. The antipasto misto was also a highlight; a bit too much carbohydrates but the eggplant and pumpkin were so good!

One of my favourite pizza places in Sydney! Bufalina is by far my favourite with excellent buffalo mozzarella, a tangy but sweet tomato base and fresh basil. The pizza base is chewy but soft and crunchy, really perfect all round. Truly Italian pizza in Sydney. To top it off you can sit outside in the courtyard. Absolutely recommend!

Best pizza place EVER!!! We had the capricossa and the lucio calzone amazing ! I love how the place us completely run by Italians cooking wood fire pizza, serving italian beer and great hospitality love it love it love — def coming back!

I loved this place! Interior would have been a bit crowded without outdoor seating option, but in the summer on a nice evening, outdoor table was perfect .
The guy who took our names on a busy Saturday night was really nice and definitely on the ball– people were seated promptly and he was running food and taking orders. The service were efficient, attentive and perfectly timed without being imposing.
My husband and I ordered a salad, a bottle of wine (all bottles very reasonably priced), the Bufala pizza and the ricotta e spinaci calzone. We told them they were sharing and, again, the pizza and calzone were perfectly timed and delicious. The calzone especially was probably one of the best I’ve had– the crust was crispy but not over-​dry or hard to cut, and every item had the right proportion of cheese, sauce and dough.
For dessert we had the Nutella bombolone– DELICIOUS! Will definitely be trying this at home.

Lucio might just become one of the gourmet pizza champs in Darlinghurst.
Ingredients in the thickly crusted, floppy Lucio signature pizza ($ 20) tasted fresh and delicious.
For value though, I’m still digging the $ 10 cracker-​crust garlic pizza at Hugo’s in Woolloomooloo or the amazing, ultra gourmet pumpkin pizza at romantic Puntino Trattoria nearby, just on the other side of William street.

I was very excited to eat at Lucio, since it had a five star Unilocal rating, which you don’t see very often. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed.
The pizza itself was… fine. It was floppy, which some folks say is traditional– but that’s just not for me. Some parts were cool, like it hadn’t been cooked evenly. It really wasn’t bad at all, but when a place has a five star Unilocal rating, I expect to be blown away.
The service was miserable. When we first arrived, I wove my way to the front to request a table (they were full). A waiter snapped at me and said «What do you want?» Um… a table. For two. Please. He nodded, then shooed me away to wait. Ok…
Eventually, a table came available. It took about ten minutes for someone to bring us water and take our order. We ordered two pizzas, and since we were sharing, the waiter said he’d bring them one at a time so they stayed hot. I appreciated that, and it made sense.
SO, our first pizza came. It was, as described, fine. Then… we waited. And waited. And waited. Someone came to take our plates, but we explained we were still waiting on another pizza. Our waiter was talking to another table of people he clearly knew well, his back to us, for about fifteen minutes before vanishing entirely. Finally, almost thirty minutes later, our second pizza arrived.
We finished the second, and it was time to get the check. We waited another thirty minutes for that. I was quite sincerely considering walking out without paying the bill entirely (we only had a little cash on us, so we would have shorted them about $ 10)– I mean NO ONE would give us a second glance so we could flag someone over to pay, and after getting snapped at for walking toward the front when we arrived, I didn’t want to do that again. Finally, we got a check, and got the hell out of there.
Food was okay, but not great, service was terrible. I can’t recommend Lucio, sorry to say.

What the whaaaaaat — this pizza slayed me slice by oozing slice. It was pizza of the TMNT variety — thin, floppy, saucy, cheesy, and utterly life affirming. Traditional with a capital T, from the Italian service to the proper pizza oven rituals, it’s a super humble and almost sterile restaurant, and it’s clear that the focus is on one thing and one thing alone. (Or so I thought, until I tried the ridiculously amazing vanilla panacotta.)
Get here quick as it fills up about 15 minutes after opening.

This was back in summer. After hearing about it somewhere that it was one of the best pizza places in Sydney, I wanted to come try it and so I did with my friend. After walking around, I finally found the right place and knowing it was first come first served, we were lucky to get a table after a few minutes.
The weather was warm and cool so getting a seat outside was good as there was a light breeze. The waiter was quite friendly and good at suggesting and explaining what was on the menu. After looking at the menu, we got the Flori di Zucchini and Lucio, the signature pizza of Lucio Pizzeria. It is half a Margherita and half calzone and when it came, it was great. The taste of the pizza here was unbelievable, much better than anything I have ever tried at that time. I think describing the taste of the pizza is quite hard and so you need to come try it for yourself to see.
This is a great place to go to for their pizzas and I think it is certainly one of the best pizza places in Sydney.

So the family was craving pizza half way across the world on our vacation. Long story short… One of the best pizza joints I’ve been too. The family ordered the Bufalina and the 4 Formaggi. Classic Naples thin crust — delicious. It was so good we had to order a pizza to go. We had the tiramisu to top it off with some drinks to finish off a great meal. Service was great. I would go there early since it’s not a big place and it did get packed pretty quick.
This is the place to go for pizza in Sydney.

This place is really good. We live two minutes away, but walking by on a weekend you’ll see crowds of people waiting outside for a table. We came on a weeknight, no wait but still full house. I believe it’s only opened for dinner? Full Italian experience. We shared the antipasto plate, with cheese, melon and prosiutto, olives, bread, etc. Had a margharita pizza and a rocket salad on the size. Reasonable pricing (about $ 20-​something for a pizza — filling and yummy). Would definitely return if in a pizza mood!