Buca di Beppo - Universal City

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   diana

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Been a long time since I’ve eaten at Buca it was good and Leo our server was great.
   

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   dian

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   16 reviews

   5.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on December 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a great time! Great food and great service. This is our first time dining at Buca di Beppo, celebrating our daughter’s 19 years birthday. We truly appreciated Alberto, who’s very attentive and provided us with best customer service. Will definitely return soon!
   

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   Nancy

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 30, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Had an amazing time as I was there for my bday with family. Food was delicious and the staff is great!
   

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   mark

   VIP

   Los Angeles

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined on November 30, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Always Love Bucca, my favorite go-to place when I have out of town guests😎
   

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   Coral

   San Francisco

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 30, 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   The food was nothing special. We got the chicken park, spaghetti and meatballs, Caesar’s salad, and mozzarella cheese bread and it cost $200 for 4 people. The spaghetti had very little marinara and we had to ask for more, and it took over z45 minutes to get our food. Nothing special
   

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   Kyler

   San Diego

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on November 29, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great food Awesome server Fun atmosphere Five stars
   

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   Pia

   Las Vegas

   2 reviews

   1.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 27, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   We have been going to Buca di Beppo for over 20 years. I have never experience such a horrible service just now. We went for a surprise birthday celebration. I mentioned it to my reservation and reminded the hostess to let our server know. After we eat I asked the server discreetly about the note in my reservation as I was sitting next to the birthday celebrant. Server replied he didn't get the memo and asked me loudly what is it??? I just said never mind since it’s not going to be a surprise anymore! Totally ruined our surprise!
   

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   Damian

   Orange County

   7 reviews

   5.0

   7 reviews

   Dined on November 25, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   As always the food is great. Whole family enjoyed the dinning experience.
   

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   Michael

   Los Angeles

   5 reviews

   2.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on November 24, 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Short version: It was… edible. Long version: Barely. Buca de Beppo would get booted out of Italy serving what they did. If prison offered Italian for a holiday meal, I would imagine it to be like this. We were less than five minutes late, but waited another 15 to be seated for a very early reservation… and the restaurant was less than half full. We were told that they were still preparing the table for our large party, and putting food on it, (i.e. bread). The bread never arrived until the entrees did half an hour later. We were ushered through a weird, fluorescent-lit ‘hallway’ to see the kitchen on our way up two flights of stairs to our table… that lacked the bread, or any water for that matter. And then waited another fifteen minutes. As we had movie theater reservations, we ordered everything at once, and began with fried calamari and a chopped salad. The calamari was the ‘star’ of the meal, but was served with a cold marinara that tasted like something bought at Albertson’s… and in the refrigerator for over a month. Ugh. Next was an unintentional ‘wilted’ salad drowning in an Italian ‘dressing’ that tasted suspiciously like bottled Kraft, but worse. Next was the chicken parmigian. The crust resembled the skin from a bucket of KFC original recipe, but was disappointingly flavorless and not crispy at all. The chicken itself was just okay. This was followed by what was described on the menu as ‘lasagna.’ Ugh, ugh. This was basically a mush of overcooked pasta formed into a really long loaf to resemble its name, and covered with a warm version of the earlier, aforementioned marinara, but this time with beef. It looked more like a crime scene. And should have been investigated as one with the lack of texture and flavor. I started and finished with their ‘signature’ old-fashioned cocktail. Which was a seemingly pre-made bottled version, but with a ‘fancier’ name and a higher price tag. BdB was basically a poor man’s Olive Garden. And significantly inferior.
   

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    Torian

    VIP

    Los Angeles

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on November 22, 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3

    Food is not food unfortunately. Waiter was nice however.
    

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