Buca di Beppo - Redondo Beach

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   Ralph VIP

   Los Angeles86 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 3 days ago

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

   Always a fun time! Family style Italuan food & good service.
   

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   Michelle VIP

   Los Angeles58 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 19, 2025

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

   Very good service and delicious food. The whole group enjoyed it
   

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   Nena

   Los Angeles1 review

   2.0

   Dined on February 15, 2025

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

   We got there (had a reservation) we still had to wait 30 minutes to be seated. Then we are shown to our table which was where the access area is and it’s freezing cold because the doors keep opening and when we asked for the heaters to be turned on the reply was we don’t do that until later. They had no hot tea which they advertised on their menu (I needed it to try to get warm), the server wouldn’t get back to us, and seemed to not be worried about us at all.
   

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   Elvira

   Los Angeles6 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on January 9, 2025

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

   I came to Buca di Beppo today with my husband to celebrate my birthday, and while the experience had its moments, there were a few issues that left us disappointed. Our waiter, Christopher, was nice but could have been more specific when offering food. He asked if we wanted breadsticks and a salad (in addition to the food we ordered), and we agreed, assuming they were complimentary or included with our meals. Unfortunately, they weren’t, and we were charged $20 each—an unexpected $40 addition to our bill that could’ve been avoided if he had clarified upfront. To make matters worse, we discovered a long black hair in the salad toward the end of our meal. It was disgusting, and we didn’t want to take the leftovers home. Being overcharged and dealing with that kind of hygiene issue has left us hesitant to return. We’re now considering making the drive to the Buca di Beppo at Universal City Walk instead.
   

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   Lisa VIP

   New York City1 review

   1.0

   Dined on December 26, 2024

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

   I’m not even sure where to begin…My husband and I were visiting from NJ and decided to take the family out for Christmas dinner as our daughter’s house is undergoing a renovation. Our grandkids are 3 and 7, so family style Italian made sense and Buca di Beppo was highly rated. The service was terrible only second to the food, which was over garlicked and basically just bowls of pasta with little else. After an excruciating wait, the waitress plops our order on the table and runs away. We ordered lasagna and were not warned that the plate was extremely hot. The lasagna was dropped on the table in front of the 3-year-old. My husband went to move it and was severely burned (blisters immediately formed on both hands and he was in extraordinary amount of pain). He cooks regularly and is used to handling hot things, but he said that this was like holding hot coals. It upset the entire evening. He was in pain; the kids were upset and neither the server nor the manager were anywhere to be found. I approached the manager (Antonius Vandermosust) to let him know what happened and he looked at me and giggled. When I asked him for the owner’s information, he gave me a stupid answer that ownership has recently changed and that he didn’t know the new owner’s information. REALLY??? He could tell by the look on my face that I was deadly serious, and his tone changed. He started to apologize and then the waitress saw me speaking with him and joined in the apology. They offered to discount the food, but that was hardly the point. I was most upset about the fact that my granddaughter could have been severely injured and that my husband was. Having dinner out on Christmas is not ideal. I anticipated the service to be slow and the food perhaps not to be 100% delicious. I get it. BUT, what we experienced was beyond unacceptable and completely irresponsible. The manager’s reaction was abhorrible and showed his level of incompetence in dealing with the public.
   

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   Griselda VIP

   Los Angeles18 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on December 26, 2024

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

   Food was delicious and very clean restaurant. The service was very good.
   

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   Frankie

   Los Angeles1 review

   5.0

   Dined on November 23, 2024

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

   The food was really good. Everything came out hot and on time to feed the entire party.
   

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   Melodie VIP

   Los Angeles1 review

   2.0

   Dined on November 10, 2024

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

   Food was not good.Chicken Marsela sauce was really thick and didnt taste right.Lettuce on salad was wilty not cold like before .Garlic bread just ok.Spaghetti marinara sauce was on the sour side.Not what it used to be.
   

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   Elvira

   Los Angeles6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on November 3, 2024

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

   Our server Kayla was awesome! The whole experience overall was great! Just wish the pictures taken weren’t so expensive but that’s fine.
   

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    Moises

    Los Angeles1 review

    1.0

    Dined on October 26, 2024

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

    Made a reservation here to celebrate my birthday with my family and were very disappointed with our overall experience. Service - 1/5 Staff not very welcoming, waitress wasn’t very enthusiastic or attentive and didn’t provide the same level of service as others such as offering us anything complimentary or asking if we were celebrating a special occasion. Another group comes in, same waitress showed more enthusiasm, offered them complimentary bread on the house and asked them if they were celebrating anything special today. It’s a shame to be treated differently especially with the group sitting right behind us. Food - 1/5 was terrible - garlic bread wasn’t toasted well, mozzarella sticks had a nasty oil aftertaste, chicken parmigiana was hard like cardboard no flavor (seemed reheated), lasagna was actually ok, pepperoni pizza was salty and greasy, fettuccine Alfredo pasta was undercooked and tasted worse than microwaveable frozen fettuccine meals. Ambience - 1/5 smelled like sewer, outdated decor, definitely not a fine dining experience for the price. All in all I don’t recommend this place it’s sad to say but Olive Garden is much better
    

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