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Buck's American Cafe strives to serve good food in a comfortable setting. Established in 1986 in the Swalwell historic building in Riverside Square, the decor combines the building's 19th-century bank and later rumored speakeasy past, renovated with a touch of the future. Diners at Buck's American Cafe can enjoy appetizers like the baked brie of steamed Manila clams, or jump right to their meals for roast duck or pork osso bucco.
Buck's American Cafe also offers a small plates menu with choices such as baked eggplant and fish tacos. There is also a Friday and Saturday night menu that includes prime rib and the crab cakes appetizer. Vegans can even join in the fun with a black bean burger, making sure there is an option for everyone in the group.
I wasn't as thrilled with the food as I was the first time we went there, about a year ago. Our waitress was friendly but not as knowledgeable about the menu and specials as I would have liked. Cool old building but the ladies restroom could use some spiffing up and the big fish in the dining room obviously hadn't been dusted for a while.
Osso bucco is fabulous!
Best ambiance, service and food for a nice relaxing Sunday breakfast. Great place to go for any occasion or no occasion at all!
Always a great meal and great service
Great place. The servers are very nice. Food was excellent. I've never had a bad experience. And, they never complain, when I add ketchup on my Ribeye.
Great food specials !
Great staff. Fun dinner. Great music. Returning tonight with friends
Buck’s is the perfect get together place! It’s got a warm, cozy, classy atmosphere and staff are always friendly. I love how they don’t hover but make sure all your needs are met. I never feel rushed. Best of all, they make a great martini!!!!
Love this place: cozy, friendly, quiet, and great food and service!
The prime rib and the hot seafood salad were both exquisite. My mouth waters again thinking about it.
We celebrated my birthday at Bucks. Food was good. service was excellent.
Went for lunch on me and my wives 2nd anniversary this past Monday. Good food, better service.
Service was excellent
Wonderful place for dinner. Our reserved table was ready to go when we arrived and the service and food was top notch.
Our waitress, Stacy was nonexistent. Waited a long time to order and a long time to pay our bill. Very disappointing dinning experience.
Great spot! Solid food. Great service. Good location.
I met friends for brunch. The place has a very nice atmosphere and Jake, our server, was very attentive. I ordered the salmon cakes and eggs. Delicious!
I recommend Buck’s as a place where food, conversation and good times belong together.
Always great food and service! We will definitely come back again when we are in the area.
Love coming to Buck’s. The food is always so fresh and tasty. Perfect for any occasion.
Buck's is one of those places we keep returning to and are never disappointed.
Unlike so many establishments these days they have avoided the trend of destroying the charm and ambience. Plenty of rich grained wood, exposed brick walls and traditional warmth. NOT the boring black and gray interiors with black vinyl chrome plated furniture that seem to be in vogue.
Good menu choices, well prepared, delivered by cheerful, knowledgeable servers.
Good craft beer selection.
After dining at Bucks I truly understand why it has been so challenging to secure a reservation! The food was wonderful and the service spot on. We can’t wait until our next opportunity to spend an evening there. A special thanks to Jasper for taking such good care of us!
Great food, service, atmosphere. Would return in a heartbeat.
Great food, friendly staff. Easy to get to. Eat there often.
Great homey food. I love the fish tacos and hot seafood salad and my husband went crazy over the ribs. Wines are very good and service is friendly and attentive.
We received very friendly service. The salmon was delicious & my husband really enjoyed his hot seafood salad. We return to Bucks especially when we have out of town guests to show them an excellent local restaurant.
The online menu they have is a fake, the menu inside the restaurant is different then the online menu. I wanted the blue plate special (pot roast) on Friday night.
I ask the waiter who has only worked there for 2 days and he did not even know there was a online menu. The baked potato with chives, butter and bacon I order had all the ingredients in separate this plastic cups with a unseasoned empty baked potato waiting to "do it myself".
The raspberry lemonades we ordered did not taste that good and I had to order flank steak instead because they had no pot roast. I though the flank steak was OK but my mom who is a master of making flank steak at home can make a better flank steak then them for less then the 82 dollars it cost us for 2 people.
Discovering that what a restaurant menu has to order is completely different from what you though they had is a major turn off for me so my mom and I have no plans to go ever go back there!
Loved this place even though it's not downtown! Took us a while to walk there from where we stayed. Safe and good for us, though. Lovely staff, very nice menu. Baby back ribs were great; steak salad very good too. The veggie=pasta entree was a hit with our guest. Nice wine list of many glasses as well as bottles. We will absolutely go back. A special place.
Our waiter was excellent & most of the food was, as well. The only criticism is that our halibut was a bit over-cooked. It was dry & the lemon herb butter ran right off into the rice below, not moistening or flavoring the fish.
The wait staff was great! We initially got seated next to a family that was loud and obnoxious. One of the family members was sitting at his table right next to us talking very loudly and aggressively on his cell phone. Then at one point he put his cell phone on speaker while he was waiting for someone to answer. They were also repeatedly arguing over who had the baby's pacifier. When I asked our waitress if we could be moved there was no hesitation or questions asked. We were moved to a better seat and our service continued seamlessly. Thank you!!!!
We discovered Buck's when we couldn't get into another restaurant and decided to stop in since we pass it all the time. It has become one of our favorite restaurants. Great food, friendly staff and great food. We've never been disappointed.
Food was great, servers were cheerful and I loved all the wood and lively conversation.
Perfect pre-Storm game meal!
Wonderful Service and food! Our second time to go to Bucks and it’s on our list of favorite area restaurants!
Our food was great - wait staff was very friendly. We will return for sure.
Great food! Great time! We loved the atmosphere and salmon and steak was incredible!
Ordered the Reuben sandwich, it was terrible. Corn beef dry, couldn't taste any cheese and not very much sauerkraut.
We love Bucks, usually head over for brunch after Church and thought it would be a good place to bring the family for Mothers Day. Everyone enjoyed their time, the staff was attentive and the food was phenomenal (as usual). This may very well be the family's new regular spot.
Excellent food & Service as usual😀
The attention to every detail at Buck’s is what makes it a perfect spot for a night out or an anniversary dinner. Thanks for making it a special night.
Great meal and service
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You can order delivery directly from Buck's American Cafe using the Order Online button. Buck's American Cafe also offers delivery in partnership with Uber Eats.
Buck's American Cafe is rated 4.5 stars by 120 OpenTable diners.