Buca Osteria & Bar

Exceptional Service on New Year’s Eve!

I celebrated New Year’s Eve at Buca Osteria, and our experience was unforgettable, thanks to our incredible server, Zamira. Despite the busy atmosphere, she was attentive and made us feel valued. Her menu knowledge was impressive, and when my duck dish wasn’t what I expected, she compassionately offered to comp it off the bill, demonstrating outstanding customer service!!! Hope to see her in Sudbury this summer <3

I also want to highlight our busser, Betta. She was the happiest and friendliest worker, quickly coming over to assist with our menu questions and ensuring our table was well taken care of. Her proactive approach and cheerful demeanor truly enhanced our dining experience. She was so cute!!! Made the energy in the room so much better, she’s a ray of sunshine.

Thanks to Zamira and Betta, we welcomed 2025 with smiles and satisfaction. I highly recommend this restaurant for anyone looking for fantastic service!!!

Food was very good and good value for money. Service was excellent but the sommelier came across as condescending.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Salumi Di Mare, Mushroom and Cheese Pizza Bianci, Tiramisu, Lobster Pasta

they state on the website they close the kitchen at 10 pm. I called 4 times to make a reservation and no one answered the phone.
We arrived at 9:10, valet’d our car and when we walked in a woman said the kitchen was closed. I told her someone should be answering the phone and that’s very unprofessional. She said “that’s hilarious because I never heard the phone ring once”
I pointed and asked is this your number? She said yes. I told her that’s cool and we just walked out.
Went to Sofias instead and it was fabulous.

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Always a good experience at Buca. One of our favourite pizzas in the city - The Burrata pizza with truffle. Tried the black cod and it was incredible. Great service, great food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Garlic Bread Knots, Burrata Pizza Funghi, Bigoli with Duck Ragu

Used to be a good place, not anymore , food with not flavour, expensive for the experience, server never suggested sides or help us with the menu, not attention. There are lots of good restaurants this is not one of them .

Food: 1

Service: 1

I recently visited with my family for a birthday brunch and it was a great experience. Alex was our server and accommodated a lot of our requests and was extremely helpful. He consistently provided great service for our table. All staff as well were kind, quick, and friendly. I would come back again for just the service alone, and obviously the delicious food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

You can never go wrong with Buca! One of the best places I have ever had the opportunity to dine at.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Risotto is so salty that it is barely edible without water to wash it down after every bite. The pasta in bigoli is too hard. And most importantly, the food gave us diarrhea.
Service is okay compared to other fine dining restaurants.
One can get much better food at nearly any other restaurant in the area.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

The service is excellent but I was very disappointed after 😔 my stomach wasn’t feeling good ever since after, thought it was gradually consuming at first, but it turned out suffering with stomachache and eventually vomiting everything I had before in the midnight. 🥲 this now pretty much looks like a food poison to me…..

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Food was great, service was amazing and will definitely go back again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Burrata Pizza Funghi, Tiramisu, Lobster Pasta

I visited Buca Yorkville for a dinner with a group of four. It’s your typical mid-to-higher-end Italian spot, and overall, the experience was pleasant. The cocktails were delicious, and the mains had a unique flair. I particularly enjoyed the Barbabietole e Rucola. But I wished the portion was just a tad bit bigger.

However, the dessert selection left something to be desired. The Tiramisu was just average, and the Pizzelle was a real letdown.

If you're here for the mains, it's a solid choice, but I wouldn’t recommend saving much room for dessert.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Branzino as appetizer was fantastic for 2, lightly finished with Prosecco and olive oil. Only trouble is that it's so dimly lit for dinner; table voltives could have solved the problem easily.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 4

We sat at the counter where the server called the Chef's table. However, the chef did not even make eye contact with us throughout this not busy night.

We had an arugula beet salad and squid ink ravioli. The portion is way too small. You cannot taste the unique flavour of the squid ink at all.

If I am driving all the way to downtown and spend $20 in parking. There should be a lot more better option than this.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

We came here for our anniversary dinner and everything was fantastic. Delicious food, fantastic service. We look forward to our next meal here

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Very salty. There is no other taste except salt. Please eat it.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3