Lanza's Restaurant

The regular menu states they have GF options available and to ask our server for further. I advised our waitress of my Celiac and she brought me a separate GF menu. I am also dairy free so she ran through the whole menu with me regarding how they could accommodate making items DF for me. She advised me that GF pasta is boiled in its own water and is not shared with the non-GF pasta. Because of the cooking process for the GF pasta they do not do half portions, so if you want a chicken dish it comes with vegetables instead of pasta like the non-GF chicken dishes, such as chicken piccata which comes with pasta on the regular menu. I have eaten here on two different occasions over the course of three years without any side effects either time.

How confident are you that this establishment takes safety precautions against cross-contact?

— Somewhat

Is there a gluten-free menu?

— Separate gluten-free menu

How much of the menu is available gluten-free?

— Some

How would you rate the taste and quality of the gluten-free food you tried?

— Good

Other Characteristics

• Good for dairy-free

Great service , not dedicated gluten free. Ate pizza and felt good the next day. Pizza was great

Celiac friendly?

Yes

Although the gluten free pizza was good, even had crispy crust, the gluten free pasta dish we ordered (penne pasta with butter garlic sauce) was terrible. The garlic sauce was more of a greasy oil flavored with garlic, the penne was half hard and half cooked and all clumped together. Also ordered steak, medium rare, which costs same as off regular menu but doesn't include side of pasta as on regular menu because gf pasta is not provided as a side. Even worse, the steak was THE MOST TERRIBLE steak I've ever tried. It looked boiled and tasted disgusting. I don't know if it was old, rotten or extremely low grade beef. I rarely send plates back (partially because my spouse will eat what I don't like as a lunch the next day) but today we sent both the steak and penne pasta back. Didn't bother ordering anything more, just shared pizza and went home disappointed. Caution: if you order pizza beware that the meatball topping is not gf.

I had the pasta and it was good, but the service was absolutely terrible. Server wasn’t willing to listen or talk with me about gluten free options, and was missing for the majority of our dinner. Super disappointed.

A good selection of pastas, chicken and veal dishes, and pizza. We shared baked penne and a pizza which was more than enough for two people. Both were delicious. The pizza was crispy. Be aware that some pizza toppings (like meatballs) may contain gluten. The waitress could have used more training on this point, but she was a good server overall. We appreciated the half liter of house red wine for $10. Ask for the GF menu when you're seated. This restaurant is family-friendly and can be noisy.

Amazing service and gluten free pizza go every time we are in Tahoe.

Some gf options gf pasta available