Ask for Luigi

Ask for Luigi makes its pasta by hand and serves everything family style. The antipasti land in the middle of the table first, and the pastas follow as the kitchen finishes them. The kitchen makes a gluten-free pasta in house, and any pasta dish can swap to it for $5.

Michelin's inspector wrote up the pappardelle and the bigoli loaded with shellfish, and warned that Luigi's meatballs make a big plate to finish alongside a pasta. On the October 2026 dinner menu the pappardelle comes with wild and cultivated mushrooms and fonduta for $35, and the bigoli nero with nduja and frutti di mare costs $37. The inspector suggests opening with an aperitivo and working through the all-Italian wine list.

The restaurant sits at 305 Alexander Street in Railtown, and Gastown begins a few blocks to the west. Lunch runs on weekdays from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm, and weekend brunch starts at 10 am. Dinner goes until 10 pm from Sunday to Thursday and until 11 pm on Friday and Saturday.