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What diners said about this restaurant:
Gert M. • 2 reviews
September 18, 2024
9.5/10Romantic atmosphere, excelent food and fine service. Unfortunately high music from nabour restaurant limits total experience! Food tasted fantastic 👌
Lucy L. • 2 reviews
September 6, 2024
10/10Vibrant atmosphere-delicious local cuisine especially the Ragu, highly recommend
brian h. • 1 review
September 6, 2024
9.5/10Location, excellent food and ambience
Claire B. • 1 review
August 14, 2024
10/10One of my favourite restaurants in Bologna. Visit every year. Steamed octopus is the best. Very friendly staff and front of house
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Elvira O. • 1 review
August 17, 2024
8.5/10Food was super good! Service was fast, little bit to fast.. Would love to have had a longer sitdown time. Ambiance was really really good.
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Melissa S. • 8 reviews
August 8, 2024
6/10Service not very attentive had to ask for extra drinks and then they forgot the extra large bottle of water. Food portions small. Advertise hamburger but when vines up just the burger near with no bun. The location is lovely but pint of beer is expensive so think you pay for location over food and service. Although asked twice if we had a reservation they also forgot 20% discount
jeff D. • 1 review
July 31, 2024
6.5/10Food was good, however the service was terrible, wanted to order dessert, took 15 minutes to get the waiter to stop fooling around with the other staff to get the menu, then after a further 30 minutes add our order not being taken, we decided to leave and eat elsewhere, do yourself a favour and don’t go here.
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JOHN S. • 5 reviews
June 15, 2024
4/10Food may have been great but we’ll never know. We made our reservation about 7 weeks ago asking for a table on the terrace and followed it up with a visit the day before to confirm our request. We arrived 10 minutes early and noted there were still empty tables in prime positions while being escorted to a table in a gloomy position at the far end next to the kitchen… a huge disappointment. We are given some water but then totally ignored for the next 20 minutes while watching waiters attending other diners. To say we felt forgotten and taken for granted would be an understatement. Finally we’d had enough, got up, explained ourselves to the waitress and reluctantly left. I think she may have wanted to make an offer but after so looking forward to this dining experience we were no longer in the mood. On our way out I noted that some of those prime table positions were still vacant - really annoying given we booked with a special request so long ago.
Anuhea F. • 1 review
June 11, 2024
6/10Food was okay. but I booked using this site and they seemed like they didn’t know what I was talking about for a while. Luckily I took screen shots of my reservation. After showing them and explaining a little further they let us in and it was okay.
Sally B. • 4 reviews
May 20, 2024
10/10We had a lovely and delicious dinner and the ambience in the breezeway seating was just beautiful even though the weather was rainy. Our server was attentive and friendly, he remembered to give us our discount for booking with The Fork automatically. Don’t miss the bruschetta with anchovy or the Franciacorta wine. Such a lovely evening!
Erdal Y. • 2 reviews
May 15, 2024
10/10Buca San Petrino is an excellent restaurant serving Italian food. Staff is helpful and atmosphere of the old building is charming
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Jessica H. • 2 reviews
April 10, 2024
7/10The pasta was on the saltier side, service is amazing, but dessert is meh.
Mattia D. • 3 reviews
March 12, 2024
7/10I have already been there in another occasion, I think the food is in the average, the service nothing but well organised and prepared. The vibes are quite good there, however I found the place nothing special and the retro style as for the menu, let me judge nothing more than a 7
Stephen B. • 1 review
January 5, 2024
10/10Excellent upscale local food. Good intown location.
Poul Duus G. • 7 reviews
October 14, 2023
7/10Fine food. Well placed in the center of Bologna
Alessandra M. • 7 reviews
October 7, 2023
10/10Location bella e suggestiva
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Stuart M. • 9 reviews
October 6, 2023
8/10We booked via TheFork for a 20% discount on our food and were impressed by the reviews before we booked. The food arrived quickly and was very tasty. However, the servings were small. Service was friendly and efficient although took a long time for our bill to be given to us. The only complaint is that despite the seating being in a covered area, smoking is allowed and so our meal was slightly spoiled by a chain smoking woman at the next table.
Kris C. • 2 reviews
October 5, 2023
10/10Lovely spot . Gluten free pasta was delicious.
Lucy M. • 1 review
September 17, 2023
10/10A restaurant with a special view. My husband said it was the best spaghetti bolognese he’s ever had! We enjoyed just one course but the food being served around us looked very good too & lots of empty plates going back. Not the cheapest restaurant (can’t go back to correct my previous answer) but we were very happy with our choice.
Emma W. • 1 review
August 27, 2023
10/10We booked this at very short notice and must have been the last table to sit down for the lunch service. The staff couldn’t have been more attentive, the food was excellent - significant portion sizes and we ordered salads, pasta and meat dishes, all of which were delicious. A great little find.
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Xionghui C. • 1 review
August 25, 2023
9/10the atmosphere was great, the wait was much more than expected, the food was okay but not great, the service though was superb.
Hanie M. • 29 reviews
August 20, 2023
10/10Romantic and very cute location. Food was good, service was very fast. Highly recommend it for a nice dinner date. It was very busy .
Derrick M. • 2 reviews
August 14, 2023
9.5/10Really superb food, efficient service and an enjoyable night
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cristian g. • 1 review
July 20, 2023
10/10The place it’s really nice and in a great location. Service very fast and the food great, grilled grill with nice wine and amazing dessert!!!!!!
Chee C. • 1 review
July 10, 2023
10/10Every time we go to Bologna, we always come here. Friendly staff, awesome food and always made to feel so welcome. But above all the food is always amazing
Barbara F. • 8 reviews
June 26, 2023
10/10Very nice ambiance and cool breeze, eating in the middle of the square! Very proactive service! Great tortellini and balanzoni!!
Diane S. • 2 reviews
May 18, 2023
10/10Walked by the restaurant and made sure to book a reservation for the next day. Great menu, great service and the atmosphere was terrific. Would go back
Anthony M. • 7 reviews
April 30, 2023
5.5/10I did not get the 20% discount on food! They knew nothing about it. The food was good and the service was good. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CHRISTINA S. • 2 reviews
April 19, 2023
8.5/10Nice place, had a tagliatelle bolognese. Very tasty.
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Galina R. • 1 review
March 6, 2023
10/10Perfect, beautiful, delicious place, top notch service! I liked everything, wine, appetizers, grilled meat and a magical dessert. I recommend to everyone.
Dora T. • 1 review
November 27, 2022
6.5/10The food was quite good. However they charged the bottle of wine twice. They changed the receipt when I told them. Such a nice restaurant should not make such “mistakes”
Buca San Petronio • Owner
Dear Dora, our sincere apologies for the mistake. This has been an oversight on our part but we reassure you that next time it will not happen again. Best regards,
Louise F. • 1 review
October 16, 2022
8.5/10Friendly staff, good food, nice ambience. It was good to have some meat options in addition to pasta and we all took advantage. Waiters helpful and friendly, would return
Avery M. • 3 reviews
October 14, 2022
2.5/10This was our worst dinner in Italy. I’m honestly not sure how it stays open. All the food we had wasn’t very good. The octopus was over cooked. The bolognese wasn’t great. The lamb was also over cooked. Ambiance was terrible because clearly others knew not to come.
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Buca San Petronio • Owner
Dear guest, luckily the answer to your review is given by the 800+ positive reviews we have. The reason why we have been open for more than 20 years is testified by our other guests who have always appreciated the food and the ambience of our restaurant. Kind regards.
Roxana T. • 1 review
October 7, 2022
2/10Didn’t give us a table outside - offered us a table inside where there was no air and was really stuffy. Meanwhile, there were at least 2 tables available outside!
Buca San Petronio • Owner
Dear guest, we are sorry for the inconvenience but our tables are almost always booked, that’s the reason we prefer to receive our guests by reservation. This way you can easily choose the table you prefer the most. With warmest regards, the team.
Nayana S. • 1 review
September 14, 2022
9/10This restaurant is in an amazing location in the centre of Bologna very close to Piazza Maggiore. The staff were friendly and relaxed. We were a large group of 8 and had a lovely evening!
Marc V. • 1 review
September 11, 2022
9.5/10To give a small summary: Buca has really great food, a good atmosphere and nice staff who are very friendly. We had a lovely night at Buca San Petronio!
Catalina U. • 1 review
September 4, 2022
9.5/10Great location fabulous food!
Patrick S. • 15 reviews
September 4, 2022
10/10Tolle Location, super Essen
Andy F. • 14 reviews
August 9, 2022
10/10Excellent place with a lot of charm
Camilo C. • 2 reviews
July 20, 2022
8.5/10Nice setting for a dinner, just behind the Basilica de San Petronio. Food was good, just on the edge of price/service ratio. You'll enjoy. Just a note that copertos were charged to my little 1 year old kid, which had not happened anywhere in Italy. Though they didn't remove it from the check they served us limoncello as compliment.
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