We like the vibe and our waiter is very friendly and fun. Food is extremely big portion as they claimed to be family styled, which creates some problem when your party is small. Food tastes better than most chain Italian food. We will come back when we are hungry.
Feliciana Garza
A beautiful restaurant. Food was pretty good. We went this Saturday April 27th for my mom's birthday. It was around 2 pm. It was very empty there. We had a party of 7. They say us by the bar in a table where they added a chair. Not at the bar but next to it. It was very tight seating. We asked several times to please sit us somewhere else so we can have elbow room. There were so many other tables. We finally gave up because they kept saying that there was no other seats. It was a very disappointing experience for the amount of money we spent. 434 and I gave the waitress a 40 tip. She was nice but I had to keep cleaning up our table re arranging plates so that we could all have room. It just could have been so much better if they gave us other seats. They sang happy birthday and gave my mother a beautiful desert. Just very disappointed for such a beautiful place.
Dan
I placed an order over the phone and the guy said it should be ready in about 15-20 minutes. I arrived shortly to pick up my meal and the guy said he forgot to put in the order. The people that work here aren’t serious and the food was no better than a 6.5 / 10.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
K S
Today I suppose to celebrate my house closing and I choose this place just cause it was close to Austin Title, this was our first time (party of 3) we order sangria (extra bitter) fry calamari was chewy, hard and super breaded, the spaghetti meat balls was extra simple no salt and at one point I thought I was eating dog food sorry but I can't give more than 2 star to this place only to the server who try, None of us would ever refer anyone here besides the place smells bad as old as it is ??
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
karen rivera
The food was so bad. Could not eat it. The dishes were not washed. I don't recommend this place. It sucked.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Martin Andresen
Love this place ... great Italian food served family style ..which is a fun way if you have a small or big group of your family or friends.. just overall great experience. And join their reward program. You get that Sunday for free.. for your birthday....very cool.
Went for my girlfriends birthday. The seats of our booth were ridiculously far from the table so we all had to lean way in to eat, the waitress dumped my entire water glass in my lap, the food was mediocre and the idea of family style ordering meant we had to order way more than we wanted for each of us to eat what we chose.All in all I wouldn't recommend it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Elizabeth Guerrero
I called and asked prior to our visit if 1) they did birthday celebrations & 2) if we would be walked through the kitchen like they did years back. I received a yes to both questions. It was my daughter’s birthday and she chose this place because she wanted to walk through the kitchen. That did not happen, I asked the host and she said they don’t do that anymore. Then when we told the server it was my daughter’s birthday nothing happened. The food was not worth the price. Pasta was over cooked, the carbonara tasted like ham and cheese mush. Extremely disappointed.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
Victoria B.
Unique. Every item ala carte, every portion is family sized, the food is extraordinary and the service is amazing. Every tiny room resembles an Italian basement (think Frank Sinatra, underworld connections and floozies). We were a party of - 30? - and we were all happy with everything. I loved the broccoli (others found it too spicy). Best eggplant Parmigiana of my life. Go with friends and take cash if you're going to split the bill. Very much worth the effort!
Kailyn Helma
I came here in February when I was visiting family. I was staying at the Hyatt hotel next-door and wanted to check this place out for dinner.I sat at the bar (which the hostess said was just fine), as I just wanted to have a drink and get my food to go. Not only was it absolutely freezing, but I was ignored for about 15-20 minutes by every single staff member that walked by. I finally got a drink and sipped on that while I waited for my food.The staff seemed annoyed that I was there, and I left feeling quite frustrated.. especially considering the amount of money I spent on my order.The food was definitely decent, but rather somebody is getting their food to go or eating there, this type of service is not acceptable.Super disappointed!
Excellent place, good food and the quantity is absurd.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Big Jum
Loved the experience
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Beaman
My kids love this place, but the kids meals just jumped from $7.99 to $10.99 - nearly a 50% price increase!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Crystal Ellerbe
The spaghetti and meatballs was reminiscent of school lunch spaghetti except the acidic seasonless marinara sauce had no meat and the huge 1/2 pound meatballs tasted like vienna sausages. The table bread was expensive and tasted like reheated little ceasars. My sister and I have been trying out different Italian restaurants lately so we have recent experiences for comparison. The service was super great. The decor is chaotic and off putting (celebrity photos and murals with multicolored string light all over~ and this may have been perceived better if the food was decent. This experience was spiritually dissappointing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Grace Swift
Buca’s is a family friendly Italian restaurant near the domain. The staff is friendly and accommodating. Jon T was the best hostess/manager! The portion sizes are worth the prices. Drinks were amazing and so was the dessert! Highly recommend, but be prepared for to-go containers and go on pay day
We like the vibe and our waiter is very friendly and fun. Food is extremely big portion as they claimed to be family styled, which creates some problem when your party is small. Food tastes better than most chain Italian food. We will come back when we are hungry.
A beautiful restaurant. Food was pretty good. We went this Saturday April 27th for my mom's birthday. It was around 2 pm. It was very empty there. We had a party of 7. They say us by the bar in a table where they added a chair. Not at the bar but next to it. It was very tight seating. We asked several times to please sit us somewhere else so we can have elbow room. There were so many other tables. We finally gave up because they kept saying that there was no other seats. It was a very disappointing experience for the amount of money we spent. 434 and I gave the waitress a 40 tip. She was nice but I had to keep cleaning up our table re arranging plates so that we could all have room. It just could have been so much better if they gave us other seats. They sang happy birthday and gave my mother a beautiful desert. Just very disappointed for such a beautiful place.
I placed an order over the phone and the guy said it should be ready in about 15-20 minutes. I arrived shortly to pick up my meal and the guy said he forgot to put in the order. The people that work here aren’t serious and the food was no better than a 6.5 / 10.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Today I suppose to celebrate my house closing and I choose this place just cause it was close to Austin Title, this was our first time (party of 3) we order sangria (extra bitter) fry calamari was chewy, hard and super breaded, the spaghetti meat balls was extra simple no salt and at one point I thought I was eating dog food sorry but I can't give more than 2 star to this place only to the server who try, None of us would ever refer anyone here besides the place smells bad as old as it is ??
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
The food was so bad. Could not eat it. The dishes were not washed. I don't recommend this place. It sucked.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Love this place ... great Italian food served family style ..which is a fun way if you have a small or big group of your family or friends.. just overall great experience. And join their reward program. You get that Sunday for free.. for your birthday....very cool.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Baked Ziti, Chicken Marsala, Chicken Carbonara, Fried Calamari, Plates, Chicken Parmigiana, Salmon Sorrento, Colossal Brownie Sundae
Went for my girlfriends birthday. The seats of our booth were ridiculously far from the table so we all had to lean way in to eat, the waitress dumped my entire water glass in my lap, the food was mediocre and the idea of family style ordering meant we had to order way more than we wanted for each of us to eat what we chose.All in all I wouldn't recommend it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
I called and asked prior to our visit if 1) they did birthday celebrations & 2) if we would be walked through the kitchen like they did years back. I received a yes to both questions. It was my daughter’s birthday and she chose this place because she wanted to walk through the kitchen. That did not happen, I asked the host and she said they don’t do that anymore. Then when we told the server it was my daughter’s birthday nothing happened. The food was not worth the price. Pasta was over cooked, the carbonara tasted like ham and cheese mush. Extremely disappointed.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 5
Unique. Every item ala carte, every portion is family sized, the food is extraordinary and the service is amazing. Every tiny room resembles an Italian basement (think Frank Sinatra, underworld connections and floozies). We were a party of - 30? - and we were all happy with everything. I loved the broccoli (others found it too spicy). Best eggplant Parmigiana of my life. Go with friends and take cash if you're going to split the bill. Very much worth the effort!
I came here in February when I was visiting family. I was staying at the Hyatt hotel next-door and wanted to check this place out for dinner.I sat at the bar (which the hostess said was just fine), as I just wanted to have a drink and get my food to go. Not only was it absolutely freezing, but I was ignored for about 15-20 minutes by every single staff member that walked by. I finally got a drink and sipped on that while I waited for my food.The staff seemed annoyed that I was there, and I left feeling quite frustrated.. especially considering the amount of money I spent on my order.The food was definitely decent, but rather somebody is getting their food to go or eating there, this type of service is not acceptable.Super disappointed!
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent place, good food and the quantity is absurd.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Loved the experience
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
My kids love this place, but the kids meals just jumped from $7.99 to $10.99 - nearly a 50% price increase!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The spaghetti and meatballs was reminiscent of school lunch spaghetti except the acidic seasonless marinara sauce had no meat and the huge 1/2 pound meatballs tasted like vienna sausages. The table bread was expensive and tasted like reheated little ceasars. My sister and I have been trying out different Italian restaurants lately so we have recent experiences for comparison. The service was super great. The decor is chaotic and off putting (celebrity photos and murals with multicolored string light all over~ and this may have been perceived better if the food was decent. This experience was spiritually dissappointing.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Buca’s is a family friendly Italian restaurant near the domain. The staff is friendly and accommodating. Jon T was the best hostess/manager! The portion sizes are worth the prices. Drinks were amazing and so was the dessert! Highly recommend, but be prepared for to-go containers and go on pay day
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5