Reviews for Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant in Carlsbad, CA

Idk who the chef was tonight but the service was awful. Food was dry and room temp. Very slow service, took us 40 minutes to get... a seat in a nearly empty room. I feel like it’s hard to mess up on spaghetti, except I guess you can hear! I made better pastawhen I was 10. The best part of my dinner was the gum I chewed to rid my mouth of the awful flavor from the garlic bread. Superexpensive for poor quality food and slow service:) Read more

Great food and service! We had rigatoni, broccoli, limone chicken, salad and Chianti. So many pictures and sculptures to look... at. A real character restaurant! Read more

We love Jessica and the crew!!! They have been amazing supporters of San Marcos High School Football!! They feed our boys and... entertain the parents! We look forward to coming back time and time again! Read more

The food used to be better than this - doesn’t taste great for what they charge. The portions are large and I get that, but if... you’re gonna pay $50 for pasta it should be amazing. Not impressed and the service wasn’t great. Read more

Everything tasted really good and the drinks were very refreshing. The staff is super friendly but some of the customers that... came had an attitude that makes me wonder why do they go out of their way to treat the staff like servants. Jesse, Will, Dan,Amanda, Angelica and Mariana are killing it out there! Read more

If your eating at this place it's (hopefully) because you like or love Italian food. My family (which when we get together,... there's usually over 12 of us) and I like going here due to the availability of getting seats for a big group and the portionsare generous for sharing. We come here perhaps twice a year, specially when we have large gatherings. The food is good (Itdoesn't compare to real Italian food, but then again, that's usually the case with most other ethnic food restaurants). Overall,the service is usually an 8 out of 10 and it's a great place for large groups. There are smaller tables to choose from if yourparty is small. Read more

MEDIOCRE AT BEST!! The food here is very forgettable. Menu items are overpriced for what you get. Buca di Beppo used to be much... better before they got bought out by Planet Hollywood International in 2008. After they got bought out, the menu completelychanged from good to bad. Prices increased and portions got smaller. Kind of what happened to Claim Jumper. It was a lose, losesituation after that if you ask me. Had the bread here today, it was very stale and no flavor. Had stuffed pasta shells and itwas very bland. It seriously tasted like frozen pasta you buy at the grocery store and put in the oven. NOT GOOD at all. Thechicken tasted undercooked and I didn't care for the cream sauce they used. I also ordered the sausage which had no flavor andthe Italian cake I had here was nothing special. Was very disappointing. The ONLY FOOD I liked here was the antipasto salad andthe Margherita pizza which was pretty good. Just thought the pizza should have been cooked a little longer and be servedhotter. The ONLY THING I like about this restaurant is the atmosphere here. Which I find to be unique and fun. Service here wasslow. Very short staffed for a big restaurant which is unfortunate. I would recommend the Mexican restaurant next door, "Casade Bandini" if you are in the area. That place is very good. Read more

The food looks delicious and people spoke highly of it so imagine my surprise when we received our food and it was bland. Yes it... looked delicious but the flavors were not there. It truly missed the mark. Except the salad. The salad is packed with so muchlively, bold, and intense flavor that ordering that alone is sufficient to make the trip here worth it. Read more