Buca di Beppo - Carlsbad

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   peoplez

   San Diego12 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 9, 2025

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

   Always a fun experience. I think that for pasta and pizza it’s on the pricy side. However the large portion is still great value when you compare individual meals at other restaurants .
   

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   Rafael

   San Diego2 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on February 23, 2025

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

   Not bad. Stuffed Shells were definitely not close to the description image on the menu. Food is mostly bland, but portions are still pretty large. The value is the take-home food you get.(avg. of 25$ per selection/plate) I'd say. The staff was friendly and performed the birthday song for us and offered to take a group picture - they were nice. 3.4 outta 5 overall. Was thinking what the lunch menu experience might be like.
   

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   Riina

   San Diego5 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on February 17, 2025

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

   Awful. Smells like sewer and food was bland and just felt like restaurant lost their charm. Never going back
   

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   Sara VIP

   San Diego2 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on January 26, 2025

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

   We had a group of 11 and picked Buca due to their popularity with large groups. We only had one waitress who had us bus our own table. Who asks everyone to pass their plates? She could walk easily around all of us. We passed out the plates. She dumped all the drinks in one spot and ran away and we had to get it to the correct person. Seemed too stressed and rushed to be bothered with us. No water refills. No drink refills- she never came back to check on us. We had to ask other wait staff for help several times. Ask for boxes. Took 15-20 mins for our wine to be served. If the place was full of people I would understand but it was mostly empty and several other waiters walking around. Food was bland at best. $700 meal was not enjoyable.
   

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   Charlie

   Hawaii1 review

   3.0

   Dined on January 19, 2025

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

   As of January 2025, the elevator was not working, forcing my disabled grandma and mom to leave the restaurant anytime they needed to use the restroom, as they are upstairs. They brought out the kids food way before the adults food. When discussing my dissatisfaction with the manager, the solution he offered was delivered sarcastically, describing how they were going to fix the elevator, rather than how to rectify our unsatisfied experience. They ended up removing 2 entrees off our receipt after asking a second time how they were going to compensate for a poor experience. Food was great tho.
   

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   Jillian VIP

   San Diego1 review

   1.0

   Dined on January 5, 2025

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

   Did not enjoy. Not clean, confusing and expensive for the quality.
   

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   Jessica

   Orange County1 review

   1.0

   Dined on December 26, 2024

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

   The food was disgusting and the service was horrible. All the staff was grumpy and rude
   

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   Christen

   Denver1 review

   1.0

   Dined on December 26, 2024

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

   We were seated quickly (had a reservation), had no menus for 10 minutes then took a long time for our drinks to arrive, only 2 of our 3 kids got drinks the first time, the food came out one at a time instead at the same time and they forgot 2 of our kids meals and when it did come out they only brought one meal for my twins instead of two. The bruschetta was large chunks of tomatoes with nearly no basil, or balsamic marinade. And it was near impossible to get a drink refill for anyone.
   

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   Kevin VIP

   Palm Springs28 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on December 25, 2024

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

   We dined here on Christmas Day and we were a party of 12. Four of those individuals are 90 or older and the two oldest are 95 and 98. They failed to tell us when we confirmed the reservation that their elevator was inoperable and that our table was upstairs as was the restroom. We would have gone to another location had we known that their elevator was out of order.  The food was just OK, but the server Matt did a good job with our large party considering he was the only server for all of us.
   

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    Joey

    San Diego3 reviews

    5.0

    Dined on December 14, 2024

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

    Awesome staff and great atmosphere for family, food was excellent
    

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