Lusso

[dearshakti]

I like to support new restaurants, especially these days. I am curious about Lusso, on W Broadway where Le Streghe used to be. They are open on Sunday at lunchtime now, but I can't tell from their web site whether they're serving brunch food per se. I'm coming up from DC and plan to take a group there in a few weeks. Would love to hear about anyone's experience there so far.

[il Trifulau]

It's not very good. Service is off, but it's new and may need some time to find its stride.
There's something of a very casual bar scene forming there for better or for worse. Kind of a low-brow situation considering the name means "luxury" in Italian.
On the plus side, my friends have said good things about a duck dish which I've not had.

Alternates:
One block north, Aurora is still serving the best Italian food in SoHo.
Two blocks south, Pepolino in TriBeCa has been consistently outstanding for years.

[DavyTheFatBoy]

We had quite a good meal at Lusso - Fricco (very good), Asparagus salad (sounded odd with pistachios, but was quite good), Orchiette with Brocoli Rabe (way above average). For us it's a definite return.

Went to Aurora a few times and will never go back - Lusso is preferable in my book. I do agree on Pepolino (except the one time we ate upstairs it was for some reason subpar).