Luma Wine Bar & Restaurant - Pittsburgh

Luma at Mount Lebanon No music or ambience, servers does not involve herself with the guests, I can hear the buzzing of the a/c constantly, my water has floaties in it. Servers are grunting while they walk, not interested in anything but getting you out, no upselling, no knowledge of the dishes they present. Jumbo lump crab cake appetizer The jumbo lumps are all broken up, the plating needs a lot of work, seems like an amateur drizzled my plate, crab is mid, too much mayo, the aioli makes does t compliment or brings any kind of balance to the dish. Buffalo fried cauliflower No crunchiness or crispiness at all, very soft texture, overcooked, harsh reality but the one at Get Go is better than this. Bacon Brussels sprouts Either old or very low quality goat cheese, Flavor on it, is not there, texture is sandy instead of being creamy and fluffy, honey-balsamic doesn’t add almost anything to it, it’s too loose too, like they literally grabbed honey and balsamic and mixed it together instead of putting some effort behind it. Brussels sprouts not crispy, the flavors you’re going for are good just very bad execution. Ahi tuna Never been to a restaurant that was bold enough to not season their asparagus and their mashed, which btw is the weirdest pairing for tuna and wasabi, like, tha F. This is cooking laziness to its full potential. Cannot taste the pistachios at all, the wasabi is way too overpowering, it honestly tastes store bought instead of using a nice wasabi powder. The tuna sear is excellent and that’s the only one thing I can say was good about this plate. Honestly the parts that are not completely drenching the tuna with wasabi are tasty, good umami flavor and can actually taste the pistachios which I think is a great pairing, scratch that, the part I ate after removing 20 oz of wasabi from it was perfect, great concept and idea, bad execution. The only drink I had was a maple old fashion which was excellent, amazing, so good I stayed after dinner to have another one. Overall 5.8 out of 10 Great idea, great menu build up, looks of the restaurant are great, just very poor execution on their dishes not just presenting but flavor wise too. None of the servers seem interested in making sure you feel welcome, they just ignore you unless you need something. I’m new to the area and this was my first time at this restaurant, while researching this restaurant I saw great reviews and great pictures of the food I ordered tonight, all of the looked delightful. Today, I’m not sure if it was a day off, the chef is not in the building, or they changed chefs, or if the chef just decided to not give an absolute f anymore, but this restaurant really disappointed me. If it is the same chef, please relight your inner fire, get some good food out, and plate like you’re putting your whole life into this one plate, I know as Chefs we can get lazy at times, but not this lazy, you have to be more consistent and actually care.