Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant

My first time coming it was good the service was friendly the food big and great its a bit pricy but its ok we had the Colossal sunday and OMG that thing was huge believe it or not me and my husband we eat it all cuz we love ice cream the only thing that bother me was that i subscribe for emails and that was like 3 months ago and nothing yet.

Always pleased with food. Portions great for family size. only thing I wish they could have is more crafted beer

Oh boy what a disaster. On a slow Tuesday night, the place is empty yet I waited over half an hour for my meal! The pizza came out like warm and had clearly been sitting out. Terrible service and terrible food, no wonder this place was empty!

Been here many times. Very flavorful southern Italian cuisine. Lots of garlic. Live the buca salad then just about every dish. Love the chicken saltinboca. Also the kids meals are great. Dessert ok service great. All in all we keep coming back. Fun fame place.

The service at this location is poor at best, the décor of the place is tacky and flat out disgusting to say the least. If you make the mistake of eating there try not to be unlucky enough to sit at the «Chefs Table» in the kitchen as there is nothing «chef» about the place. Not only will they irritate the hell out of you by showing you EVERY sad dish that comes off the nasty, dirty line, you’ll get the pleasure of seeing employees texting and walking around with mouthfuls of food while they bash the customers. Back to the line, I know it’s common to scrub and clean at the end of the service times but seeing old trash and food that has obviously been sitting on the floor for days that has been smeared into the tile is enough for me. Stay away, far away. You can find better, fresher Italian food in the ethnic food aisle at your nearest Giant Eagle.

Place is a bit overwhelming but not unexpected from any Italians point of view. Great options on the menu, they have thee best salad but a bit high in price for a dinner salad with nothing in it. And it says serves two, not the case.
Dinner was great, shrimp pasta dish could have used a bit more garlic. It was not as spiced up. Gnocchi was to die for!
Server, WEIRD woman.

If you’re loud, Italian and proud, you will love this place. If not, I would probably stick to a place like Macaroni Grill or Olive Garden. Food is served family style… of course! How else is Italian food ever served? The food is good, the prices, well, you get what you pay for and you’re paying to feed a family. Love it!

Something to keep in mind when deciding whether to go there: they serve meals family style. The 2 person size feeds two very well. The décor and atmosphere are very eclectic and cool!

What’s not to love? Really great food served family-​style with attentive service, a great atmosphere and all of those pictures to look at, to boot!
We always get the mozzarella garlic bread, the 1893 salad, chicken Parmesan, spaghetti and meatballs, and another dish which today was the baked stuffed shells. Everything was top notch!

Went here with my bf for our anniversary. It’s not bad. When I arrived we were seated after about 5 minutes. It was so cold in the dining room you could hang meat in there. When the host who sat us say me shivering he offered to turn it down. Which was greatly appreciated. The décor is pretty much like R rated tilting towards erotica. There is a picture of a man picking a piece of spaghetti off of a woman cleavage, a topless Mona Lisa, and some Italian ladies deep throating pasta with their cleavage showing. So I would not recommend taking kids. But it was OK for a date night.
Meals are ordered family style. Me and bf shared a Penne San Remo which had artichokes, sundried tomatoes, and peas in a cream sauce. It was tasty put mostly pasta, it needed more of the veggies. We also got the lasagna, it was the size of a cinder block. The meat in in I have to say was really low quality. It was too finely ground beef, almost powdery, like from a can or something. I was not a fan. We got the cocktails in the glass you get to take home. I had the pink posey it was pricey but really good and pretty strong.
Overall not a bad dinner but I have to say it was pretty expensive. We spent $ 75 without tip on 2 entrée to share and 2 drinks. Our service was also very good and our waitress was very attentive and knowledgable.

Family of four — enjoyed the atmosphere with all the photos and art work. Love the Italian music and kids thought it was fun. Ordered ceaser salad — a little soggy, calamari was hot but not as good as carabas, spicy chicken rigitoni was taste but was cold when served, side of fettuccini alfredo was also cold and not great. The highlight was chicken parm that was served hot and was very taste. $ 100 bill and not very happy. I was very excited to go but may not go again

Ok, so Buca felt bad that we had such a bad time and kindly invited us back for another try. They didn’t know it was me until after the meal. I have to say it was excellent this time-​we didn’t make reservations but were sat immediately, our waitress came by frequently to see if we needed anything, the chef and the manager also stopped by to make sure everything was going well. Our food and beverages came out quickly and were edible this time. Every staff member that we spoke to were extremely friendly and attentive. I actually would have given them five stars this time except I think its a bit overpriced. We ended up getting two small salads, a small order of meat balls, small eggplant parm and a side of spaghetti and 2 non-​alcoholic beverages. The total was about $ 76 bucks but we did have enough leftovers for like two days. I don’t know if they were just extremely understaffed last time or what but it was a much more enjoyable experience the second time around.

I have been to Buca’s all over the country and generally love their food, so I stopped by here tonight and ordered a carry out salad (di Bepo 1893) to take back to my hotel. They packed it with a nice, warm loaf of bread which was great. But when I opened the salad, I noticed that the salami and pepperoni were no where to be found. I called the restaurant about 5 – 10 mins after closing. The manager actually answered the phone, apologized profusely for the error, and then sent a new, correctly made salad over to my hotel! Plus more bread! (He made the guy who screwed it up do the delivery.) Maybe I shouldn’t give them five stars for a screwed up order, but hey, everybody makes mistakes, and they really went above and beyond to make it right.

Bucca Di Beppo never fails to provide good friendly service, food at fair prices, and an atmosphere unlike anything else anywhere you go. From walking to your table through the kitchen the whole experience is a trip to an Italian family type restaurant. The portions are family style which serve 2 to 4 people so you need to divide the entrée price by 2 or 4 when comparing to other restaurants. Although I do not normally like chains Bucca Di Beppo is an exception — I will go there at any port of call that I find one — FANTASTIC!

Attended a pre-​wedding private party at this establishment this past weekend. I had trepidations about this restaurant as a native New Yorker and Italian, I was not sure of the authenticity of the Italian food. Boy was I wrong!!! It was amazing!!! The food tasted authentic, delicious and plentiful. The drinks were superb. The service was fantastic!!! I know there is now one in NYC and plan to bring friends and family there!!!

Uuuuuuuugh.
If vegetables, pasta sauces that don’t taste like generic canned marinara, and any peace and calm are high priorities in your dining experience, don’t go to Buca. It’s a vegetarian’s nightmare (you can eat salad or desperately search the menu for something devoid of meat). The family style setting kind of defeats the purpose of going to a restaurant anyway («Instead of all eating the same meal in, let’s go out so we can all share the same two dishes!»). The rooms are loud, the food overpriced, and the experience is stressful.
Again, uuuuuuuugh.

We made a very expensive mistake choosing Buca to provide food for our two Market Update meetings for our clients. Be aware that the portion sizes they advertise are no where near enough to feed the number of people that they represent. We had to DOUBLE the size of the order, beyond what they suggest, for our second session.
The chicken was ok, not great and the baked penne was TERRIBLE. Dry and over cooked. The green beans and broccoli were good but the bread was stale.
VERY DISAPPOINTING! ! !
VERY EXPENSIVE! ! !

Meh! Brought the family here due to a gift card that I received as a gift. Hostesses and wait staff was friendly enough. We got seated right away and got our food relatively quickly. The kids ordered off the kids menu, which listed that drinks are included. They both got chocolate milk. The food was bland and unimpressive. But what irked me was that we were charged separately for the kids chocolate milks. I reminded the waiter that they’re supposed to be included, but he explained that only the fountain drinks are included. REALLY? It did not say that in the kids menu and I, like many parents I know, don’t even give my kids any carbonated beverages. Disappointing.

Buca di Beppo is pretty darn good for a chain in my opinion. The Westlake location is my favorite in this area.
Buca has a great atmosphere. The restaurant has an interesting set up. There are little nooks and crannies to sit in and there isn’t an ounce of wall space that isn’t covered in some sort of knick-​knack, painting or photograph. There is always something to look at, but it can be a bit overwhelming to the individual with ADHD. My favorite room to sit in at Buca is the Pope Room. Basically the Pope room has one huge round table with a Lazy Susan in the middle of it. In the middle of the table sits a case with a bust of the pope. This room is great for parties with families and friends.
The best way to order at Buca is to get a variety of dishes and and share. Each dish come in small and large so don’t expect to need to order one small dish per person. I have never had a bad meal at Buca. For being a chain I feel the food is pretty good quality and tasty!
My boyfriend is on a gluten-​free diet. Surprisingly, Buca has a dedicated Gluten Free menu. It is actually pretty extensive. The wait staff always seems pretty knowledgeable on this menu. Just mention to the hostess that you need to order off the this menu and they will bring one out to the table. Finding a good restaurant with a decent gluten-​free menu can be very difficult when eating out. Buca is a breath of fresh air!!!
I would definitely recommend Buca di Beppo to anyone who likes Italian!

From time to time, it is inevitable. No one can ever be spared the experience of going to a chain restaurant, and quite frankly, sometimes there are hidden surprises out there. I’d like to go on record by saying this Buca di Beppo is one of them.
Immediately upon entering, I felt as though I’d been transported into a movie set. There were hundreds of pictures on the walls, each depicting some famous or wannabe famous person. There were wonderful pictures of the beautiful, stunning Sophia Loren that surely ignited scandal in the fifties. There were knick-​knacks, tchotchkies, statues and signs everywhere, and it felt surprisingly uncluttered, like a grandmother’s living room, each picture a memory long since forgotten but easily reminded.
And then there were the people — To get to the dining room in the basement, you need to go through the kitchen, then down two flights of stairs. Every single person who saw our party walk through the kitchen said hello. And not in the way as to seem as if that it was something they had to say off a script. The cooks, the dishwasher, the cashier each said hello in different ways. We were greeted at the bottom of the stairs by a few servers in a warm and welcoming manner and I had never seen anything like it.
The manager was funny as well, joking with a patron who said he was full by replying «Good. We don’t want you to walk to the car, we want you to do dishes and work it off so you’re hungry again.» Not a forced, rehearsed line — something genuine from his own humor. I love to see that sort of interaction between people, especially when it catches one off guard.
I know what you might be thinking: Peter S., what about the food? Well, look: If you have an italian family, this may not be Grandma Willhemina’s gravy and bread, but it’s damn good. The meatballs were easily as big as my head (and my head is large in it’s own right!) and the pasta was dressed perfectly — there was just enough sauce for the noodles to be coated without dripping all over the plate, just enough to sop up with a piece of bread or three or four. The Chicken Parmesian was exquisite, the chicken cutlet tender and covered with baked mozzarella to form another kind of crust on the existing crust. The Lasagna? Oh, boy. The Alfredo? Oh, please. The Caprese? My belly’s going to burst.
My biggest surprise was the pizza. My son and I have an agreement when we go somewhere, where we both split our meals. I get a piece of what he’s eating, he gets some of mine. His pepperoni pizza was fantastic, the crust thin and stone baked, the sauce sweet and garlicky. And when I asked him how his meatballs and spaghetti were, he just gave and thumbs up and devoured it.
The best part of the meal came at the end, when we were sitting around chatting. The dining room was empty aside from our party, and I could feel the ambiance all over me. Frank was singing, and there was laughter in another room. I couldn’t help but feel as though this was 1958, and the boys yukking it up in the other room were Dino, Sammy, Frank, Joey and Peter, instead of just a family from Bay Village.
Make no mistake, People of Unilocal,and People Who Take Words of Strangers To Help Form an Opinion: This isn’t four stars for a chain. This is a legitimate four stars, mostly for the people and a good bit for the food as well. This Buca di Beppo is one of the better places to grab some italian fare on the West Side of Cleveland. If you’ve got to suffer through a chain, don’t. Go here and feel like you’re part of the family.