Barlucca

What Barlucca does

Barlucca is a privately held, single-location Italian restaurant and wine bar operating in Breda city center, Netherlands, at Van Coothplein 24. Founded in March 2012, it serves individual diners, families, corporate clients, and private event customers (weddings, celebrations, business meetings) from one site that includes the main restaurant, a wine bar with Coravin by-the-glass service, and the upstairs 'Sopra Lucca' private dining and event room with capacity for up to 200-220 persons. The offering spans à la carte dining, weekly changing 3-course (€43) and 4-course (€54) market menus, group menus for 10+ persons, and structured event packages for weddings (from €79 per person), business meetings (from €25 per person), and parties (from €45 per person), plus gift vouchers.

The business is co-owned by David da Silva and Robin Mol, who acquired full ownership in May 2017 after previously managing the venue. The kitchen is led by Chef Rob van Aart, who has remained with the business through the ownership transition. Distribution is exclusively physical (dine-in, walk-in, phone reservations, and online quote requests via barlucca.nl); there is no delivery, mobile app, or e-commerce channel. The company holds no patents, trademarks of record, awards, or third-party certifications, and reports no external institutional investment or parent company. Underlying technology is limited to a content website with PDF menus and a quote-request form — no proprietary systems, APIs, or data infrastructure are referenced.

Revenue mechanics are entirely transactional and per-cover: food and beverage sales in the restaurant, fixed-price menu revenue, and quote-based private event packages. There is no recurring or contracted revenue stream beyond episodic event bookings. Marketing is local: website, telephone, local SEO targeting Breda-area Italian dining and event searches, and word-of-mouth. The business model is best characterized as an established independent full-service restaurant with a meaningful but auxiliary private-events revenue line, operating in a single secondary Dutch city with no disclosed expansion agenda.

Name

Barlucca

Legal name

Barlucca

Website

https://barlucca.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Barlucca is a privately held Italian restaurant and wine bar in Breda, Netherlands, serving individual diners, corporate clients, and private event customers from a single location with an upstairs event venue ('Sopra Lucca') accommodating up to 200 persons.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurant and Event Venue

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224), Caterers (722320)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Wine Bars (THAFAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spirits/Cocktail Bars Operated by Producers (THAFALAJ), Bar & Beverage Catering (Mobile Bar, Bartending) (HSACAGAF)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant dining
• Private dining venue
• Wedding event catering
• Corporate event hosting
• Wine bar service

Headquarters

HQ city

Breda

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Revenue from à la carte dining, including antipasti, pizzas, pasta, meat and fish dishes, and desserts served directly to dine-in customers.
2. Market Menu: Weekly changing 3-course menu for €43 and 4-course menu for €54, providing fixed-price dining options.
3. Event Catering and Private Dining: Revenue from hosting private events including weddings, corporate events, birthdays, and jubilees. Includes customizable packages and group menus for 10+ persons.
4. Wine Bar Sales: Revenue from wine sales including Italian wines, aperitifs, beers, and beverages. Uses Coravin system for per-glass wine service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Barlucca is a single-location Italian restaurant and wine bar in the center of Breda, Netherlands, serving à la carte Italian cuisine (antipasti, pizzas, pastas, meat and fish dishes), weekly changing 3 and 4-course market menus, and hosting private events including weddings, corporate functions, business dinners, and celebrations in the upstairs Sopra Lucca private dining room that accommodates up to 200 persons. The restaurant also operates an accompanying wine bar with a curated selection of Italian wines served by the glass via the Coravin system.

Product overview

Barlucca is a single-location Italian restaurant and wine bar in Breda, Netherlands, offering a unified dining experience. The core offering consists of the main restaurant with à la carte dining, pizzas, pasta, and seasonal market menus. Ancillary services include the private dining room 'Sopra Lucca' for events and weddings, a wine bar, and customizable dining packages for groups, businesses, and celebrations. The company also offers venue rental and gift vouchers. All offerings are provided at the single physical location and are interconnected through shared cuisine, service quality, and Italian atmosphere.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Barlucca Restaurant (à la carte dining) Italian restaurant in Breda city center offering à la carte dining including antipasti, pizzas, pasta, meat and fish dishes, and seasonal à la carte specials. Targets individual diners, couples, families, and small groups seeking atmospheric Italian cuisine with quality service.
• Marktmenu (Seasonal Tasting Menu) Weekly-changing 3-course Italian market menu priced at €43 per person or 4-course menu at €54 per person, offering seasonal chef-curated dishes for individual diners and groups.
• Wijnbar (Wine Bar) Wine bar offering an extensive Italian wine selection including rare labels from a handwritten wine book, with by-the-glass service via the Coravin preservation system, aperitifs, beers, and outdoor terrace seating from 15:00. Targets individual wine drinkers and casual social guests.
• Sopra Lucca Private Dining Room Intimate private dining room located above Barlucca in Breda center, accommodating up to 200 persons for private dinners, weddings, corporate events, and celebrations, with full event coordination and customized catering packages.
• Wedding Dinner Packages Customizable wedding ceremony, dinner, reception, and party packages held in the Sopra Lucca venue for up to 200 persons, with multi-hour drink arrangements and Prosecco receptions. Targets engaged couples and wedding planners.
• Corporate and Business Event Packages Business meeting and corporate dining packages including AV-equipped meeting rooms, sit-down 3 or 4-course menus, and 7-course walking dinners for company presentations, team events, and corporate celebrations. Targets corporate clients and business event organizers.
• Feest Arrangement (Party and Celebration Package) Custom party and celebration packages including luxury bites, bittergarnituur rounds, Hollands drink arrangements, and DJ/entertainment partnerships for birthday parties, jubilees, club events, and general feasts.
• Privé Diner (Private Dining Experience) Exclusive private dining experiences with customizable menus, including 7-course walking dinners, buffet options, and signature Italian evenings with paired drink arrangements for intimate gatherings and special occasions.
• Dinerbon (Gift Vouchers) Gift vouchers redeemable for Italian dining experiences at Barlucca, available by contacting the restaurant. Targets gift purchasers and individual diners seeking presents.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Humphrey's Restaurants: Humphrey's is a Dutch restaurant chain operating mid-market Italian-leaning restaurants with à la carte and set-menu formats similar to Barlucca. Comparable menu architecture and pricing tier make it a relevant scale-direct Dutch peer.
• De Pizzabakkers: De Pizzabakkers is a Dutch chain of Neapolitan-inspired pizzerias serving authentic Italian-style pizza in a casual sit-down format. It overlaps with Barlucca's pizza and Italian-casual offering at a more specialized, lower-price-point positioning.
• Bellini's Groep: Bellini's is a Dutch hospitality group operating multiple Italian restaurants (Bellini's, La Strada, and others) across the Netherlands. It shares Barlucca's Italian-casual concept and group-booking/event catering orientation, with a multi-location edge Barlucca lacks.
• Happy Italy: Happy Italy is a Dutch chain of casual Italian restaurants serving à la carte pasta, pizza, and meat dishes in a family-friendly setting across multiple NL cities. Like Barlucca, it anchors on accessible Italian cuisine with a sit-down format, but operates at higher volume across multiple locations rather than a single premium venue.

Broad incumbents

• L'Osteria: L'Osteria is a European chain of casual Italian trattorias with strong presence in Germany and expanding footprint elsewhere in Europe, including recent NL openings. It competes with Barlucca on Italian casual dining, group bookings, and event-friendly spaces, but with multi-unit scale advantages.
• Vapiano: Vapiano is a large international Italian restaurant chain (with historical NL presence) offering made-to-order pasta, pizza, and salads in casual dining settings. It overlaps with Barlucca's casual Italian positioning but at far greater scale, multiple formats, and broader geographic footprint.
• Eataly: Eataly is a global Italian marketplace-restaurant concept combining retail, food counters, sit-down restaurants, and wine bars under one roof. It shares Barlucca's integration of restaurant + wine bar + curated Italian assortment, but at a much larger marketplace scale.

Emerging players

• La Place (Vanderlande): La Place is a Dutch chain of full-service casual restaurants within hospitality and travel locations. It overlaps with Barlucca on full-service Dutch sit-down dining, à la carte and market menus, and family/individual guest capture, but operates at chain scale with limited event/private dining focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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