Buca King Street West

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   Talin

   Toronto

   5 reviews

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   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   With the pasta, they could have added a spoon or two more felt like I needed more food just saying very tasty. The pizza was amazing we shared one with three people
   

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   AtzelaKK

   Las Vegas

   16 reviews

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   5.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on May 31, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   We have not been here since before the Covid shutdown. The restaurant is refreshed and the food remains top quality. The radichio salad was a flavour bomb - so yummy. The zuchini flowers were delicious. We had a pasta and pizza and both were tasty. The tiramisu knocked me over - such decadence and intense flavours - very original on an old classic. Well done Buca ♥
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Toronto

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 28, 2023

   overall3food2service5ambience3

   The staff were great!!! But the bathroom is too dirty And the food was average And the cocktail wasn't good for me
   

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   KarenT

   Toronto

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 23, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Bets meal in a very long time! You must go eat here!
   

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   Ottawan

   Montreal

   16 reviews

   5.0

   16 reviews

   Dined on May 21, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Superb experience from start to finish. Hospitality, knowledgeable staff, exceptional ingredients/dishes. Outstandingly tasty charcuterie, eggplant/ricotta, best tomato sauce my Italian husband has ever had, delicate flavourful branzino and the piece de resistance - mille feuille dessert.
   

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   yuliyak

   Toronto

   8 reviews

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   3.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on May 21, 2023

   overall3food4service3ambience3

   Food is ok. Service is slow, nice staff and attentive but slow, and place was not busy so unsure why. Wine selection is fair. Noisy
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   New York Area

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on May 21, 2023

   overall4food4service5ambience5

   Always a nice experience! Setting is beautiful and service is excellent. We each ordered pizza and it was really oily - more so than usual - but eggplant appetizer was amazing!
   

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   CarlosP

   New York Area

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 20, 2023

   overall4food5service4ambience4

   Great food and nice service but it was not an experience. The cocktails were dull.
   

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   JoelT

   Toronto

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on May 13, 2023

   overall5food5service5ambience5

   Great food and service, had a very special and personal touch.
   

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    OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 13, 2023

    overall5food3service5ambience5

    Great service great people. Hope less density on the dining floor
    

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    BreanneM

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 11, 2023

    overall1food2service1ambience4

    The service was bad and the seating choice was worse. We were practically sitting with the people beside us and the rest of the resturant was empty.
    

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    Markf

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 9, 2023

    overall2food2service4ambience4

    It’s just trying too hard to be authentic Italian and missing the beauty and simplicity of Italian food.
    

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    DaneelT

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Love the hidden location vibes and ambiance. Definitely one for the books.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Toronto

    4 reviews

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    2.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 29, 2023

    overall2food2service1ambience3

    Disappointed in this place. Food was nothing interesting or exciting. Felt like food that wanted to be different vs wanting to taste good. Our server was never to be found. We kept having to flag down another server walking by for any request
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Toronto

    1 review

    vip
    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 29, 2023

    overall1food3service1ambience1

    Food was good but the service was terrible. Very loud as well.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Toronto

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 28, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    AMAZING. Service was great and the food was to die for. Will definitely come back when i don’t break my bank over it again!
    

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    DeanG

    Caribbean

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 22, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    It is located in the back of a renovated building. Long walk down an alley to a back door entrance. Need a bit bigger sign out on King Street to know where to go. Neat use of an old building. Steep stairs to get down into the restaurant. Greeted very nicely. Coat service. Energetic atmosphere and with a medium level of nois. It has quite a buzz to it. Nice dinning rooms in the front and back. Busy kitchen with lots of cooking staff. Food was very good. Daily menu has really good selections. Service was really good. Wine selection was decent. Need to expand the wine by glass options as the bottles of wine are very expensive. Great experience.
    

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    BrianS

    Toronto

    48 reviews

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    5.0

    48 reviews

    Dined on April 22, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Perfect as always! Best pizza in the town . Can’t wait to go back again
    

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    Silvia

    London

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 9, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    The service was excellent and outstanding, the servers explained the courses carefully to us. Food was amazing, everything made from scratch. The starters Melanzane, Orecchio di Maial and Nodini were amazing. The pizza is so so good, and pasta is also amazing. Desserts are delicious, highlight to the Millefoglie and the Tiramisu. From 1 to 10 Buca deserves a 20
    

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    Kitty

    Calgary

    5 reviews

    4.0

    5 reviews

    Dined on April 9, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience3

    Exceptional service. Food was good. Will go back again :)
    

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    IsabelleV

    New York Area

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Perfect evening. The food, the ambiance and the service.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Washington DC

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4

    Great dinner with amazing dishes and thoughtful services! Will be back.
    

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    Nadial

    Toronto

    8 reviews

    2.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on April 7, 2023

    overall2food1service4ambience2

    Unfortunately this is not the Buca I remember. I used to easily say that Buca was the best Italian in the city of Toronto, but that is not true anymore. Some signature items, have been altered. Even the olives used for martinis have been downgraded. Service was good but even impeccable service without good food, especially in todays climate when going out is so expensive, you have to preform with outstanding food, and unfortunately Buca did not. Staff was lovely and accommodating.
    

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    PaulM

    London

    4 reviews

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    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Delicious food from start to finish. Creative cooking with an innovative combination of Canadian and Italian ingredients. The mains we had (pasta and pizza) were both exceptional. Highly recommended. The waiter was absolutely top notch too. Bravo!
    

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    Alexareigh

    Toronto

    12 reviews

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    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on April 4, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Incredible!!! Service was amazing, I would go back in a heartbeat
    

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    Jinny

    Toronto

    2 reviews

    1.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on April 2, 2023

    overall1food5service1ambience4

    Our server was rude and condescending. Made for a very unpleasant experience. I am sure Buca could review the feedback and rectify the issue. Its sad that the kitchen staff make such an effort to deliver quality food and ingredients all to be supplanted by a poor and rude attitude from the front of the house. Given the state of the industry, most other restaurants are happy to have clients, especially regulars. @Buca - I wouldn't worry about this review, I would worry about all the others who had the same experience, but didn't bother to let you know, but you will never see them or people in their network again.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Toronto

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 31, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    chef Jorge food was incredible. service was great!
    

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    Capitain

    Toronto

    4 reviews

    1.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on March 27, 2023

    overall1food2service3ambience5

    The kitchen has no flexibility for modifications ,
    

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    RonC

    Toronto

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 24, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience5

    We have enjoyed Buca for many years and make it into Toronto 1-2 times per year. This time we found our dinner not as enjoyable. We love the Eggplant parmigiana, one of the reasons we coming back. Our appetizers were both luke warm to cool this time and not that enjoyable, we should have sent them back. Our main server disappeared 3/4 into our meal and he only came back to out table for the bill payment. The rest of the meal was ok, not the usual wow!
    

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    AudraS

    Washington DC

    11 reviews

    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on March 11, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Delicious, nice ambiance, excellent service.
    

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    GuillaumeB

    Toronto

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Fancy authentic Italian food with great wine selection
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    New York Area

    10 reviews

    5.0

    10 reviews

    Dined on March 8, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience4

    Great food! Everything was very good, service was a little slow but friendly. Will be coming back when I’m in Toronto
    

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    Yasir

    Toronto

    2 reviews

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    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 7, 2023

    overall2food4service1ambience3

    This was my second time at this restaurant. My first time, back in November 2022, everything was great and i would give it a 10/10. However this time, I’m not sure what happened with their service/management. The food was good (8/10), however the service was 2/10. Our server had an attitude and wasn’t very attentive. Even something like Boston Pizza has polite and attentive servers. Also my drink’s ice cube had a fly in it that I only noticed until the ice cube melted just enough to reveal the stuck fly. The server argued that it fell into the drink after the fact and had gotten stuck, which didn’t look like it since the fly’s body was half frozen in the ice. All management did is remove the drink from my bill but no apology or anything was given. A restaurant, even with good food, is not good at all with poor service and unprofessionalism. I will not be coming back.
    

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    EricC

    Toronto

    7 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on March 7, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Absolutely incredible, haven't been back since the pandemic but I'm glas to see it is just as good as I remember if not better! Pizza Tartufo still reigns supreme as the best pizza in the city! Chef Jorge is KILLING it!!!
    

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    AnnaT

    Toronto

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 24, 2023

    overall2food2service3ambience4

    Our food was lukewarm at best. My first bite is oso buck was 1/2 fat… ugh. My partners eggplant was also only warm, but tater fine. Defiantly not up to standard. Very disappointed
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    London

    2 reviews

    2.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on February 18, 2023

    overall2food3service1ambience3

    If you are not familiar with toronto this place can be difficult to find. The service was quite poor with long delays between the staff checking in on the table. The food was decent with small portion sizes, but certainly not offering good value. Overall there are better Italian restaurants around.
    

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    Dman

    Calgary

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great food and service. Front desk remembered my umbrella.
    

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    HeatherH

    Atlantic Canada

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on February 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    We had an amazing evening with our two son’s. Great vibe and the wait staff went above and beyond. All the suggestions from our lovely waitress were spot on. The food was amazing. Looking forward to going again next time we are in town.
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    Toronto

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 12, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Food, staff, and service great as always!
    

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    OpenTable Diner

    E. Tennessee

    11 reviews

    5.0

    11 reviews

    Dined on February 12, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5

    Great food and service!
    

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