Bucci’s Restaurant

My gf had the cavetelli. I had lasagna. Both were very good. The salads were refreshing and their Italian dressing with red vinegar had the proper amount of vinegar so add not to overwhelm you like many other restaurants.
Took a small pep & sausage pizza to go. The pizza had good Italian sausage and joins only three other restaurants (Frankie’s, Angie’s, Barbarino’s) that I order Italian sausage on my pizza.
My Italian gf had long been familiar with Bucci’s as it’s perhaps her favorite. This was my first visit and I have to say, well done!

I think it’s sad what a horrible abrasive waitress we had there. Told us if we ever stop talking we can order. This place is the same as Carrabas honestly. It is nothing special but will never go back after tonight.

We decided to go to for a family dinner tonight and wanted to get pizza. After being turned away with an hour wait at the new Mellow Mushroom in Rocky River, we decided to give this Bucci’s location a chance and I’m glad we did.
I must say, I felt like I was in the Sopranos when I walked in. It’s actually a tiny one room restaurant. You are close to everyone, and can see the whole floor which was quite interesting and nice to be honest. With the laughter of the patrons and everyone seeming to be having a good time, it really felt like a great family location.
It smelled great when we walked in and we were seated quickly. Every table in the place was taken (although there is only about 15 tables) and there were 2 servers working their butts off.
We received complimentary bread with garlic butter which was nice. We had a calamari appetizer that my 3 year old son devoured. The marinara sauce and sweet sauce that accompanied the calamari was wonderful.
My son and I split a pepperoni pizza that was AWESOME. My only gripe would be that it could use more cheese but to be honest that did not matter as the crust on this pizza was exactly how I would want my perfect pizza’s crust to be. It was almost like a pan thin crust. I would definitely recommend the pizza!
My lady ordered the Chicken Parm and it was HUGE. 2 large breast drenched in cheese and sauce with a side of rigatoni marinara. It tasted great and was more than enough for 2 meals.
Our server was an older lady who was very sweet. It would have been nice if she would check on refills for drinks a little bit better but I’ll admit she was very busy.
I will 100% be back mainly to get takeout pizza but I did enjoy my dinner at this establishment and will be back to sit down again as well.

Are you kidding me? The only reason why this joint is in business is for two reasons. One Italians go here and two people from Cleveland NO NOTHING ABOUT FOOD regardless if it is Italian or any other crap they serve in this town. Sit in a booth to pay these farmers big money. Three of us $ 94.00 with a 20% tip. Get this junk out of here. BRUNO’S by far blows any of these want to be Italian food joints away. Yes and Frankies sucks in Westlake and North Olmsted. Now this place Bucci’s is for SUCKERS. Are you one of them? Are you over 45 years old bowing your head in this joint? Go ahead sit in a booth like a clam and pay over priced for garbage. You want good Italian food here in the city==BRUNO’s or go to New York city. Bucci’s is a lamb and for suckers of Ohio. Go ahead, sit in a booth like a pigeon. Screw THIS JOINT!!! OVER RATED PRICES and garbage food! It is a over-​rated joint that is hyped by people of Cleveland/​Northern Ohio. Go ahead and sit a booth to get over priced food, you deserve it!!! And the farmers clog up the parking lot to get in to eat the garbage so Ican’t get my dry cleaning clothes. What a joint this is… Put your name on list for garbage!!!

Good food, marinara is great on wheat penne with meatballs. Reasonably priced. Mussels were good.

Totally old school. You can’t pass up homemade cavatelli with marinara sauce. The meatball are good, too. House Italian dressing on the salad didn’t disappoint. The garlic butter with the basket of bread was so, so good. Very good service with a smile and a family-​friendly atmosphere. Will definitely go back and join the other regulars!

Never eat here! The worst customer service in earth! And the food is not awesome. Also they will not honor gift cards purchased on THEIR website that state they can be used at the Rocky river location. I wouldn’t send a bum here. I have eaten all the United States, I’m from Texas, and never in my life I have I had such terrible terrible interaction with a restaurant. They should have purchased a computer to take the gift cards they sale instead of several flat screen TVs that belt out the four tenors so loud you can’t even talk to the people at your table. Save your money — go to Olive Garden at least they are consistent.

I’ve been to this Buccis location several times and have always had great food and excellent service. I have had the lasagna, cannelloni, veal and chicken picattas. All were excellent. Flavorful and large portions on all my selections. Even the salad that accompanies the meals was really good. If you like bleu cheese ask for crumbled bleu on the salad — you won’t be disappointed! Our waitress’s are always friendly and quick. Heck, Kevin Costner ate here while on town filming a movie so it has to be good! If I have a complaint it’s that the waiting area is small so when they are busy. It’s a tight fit.

My girlfriend received a Bucci’s gift card so we decided to make use of it this evening. I had been there before, and I seem to recall lackluster gnocchi, but I was hoping for better results this time around.
The experience was worse. First, I had forgotten that the place is located in a strip mall on Hilliard in Rocky River, so it almost feels like you’re about to step into a Geppetto’s walking through the door.
This might be forgiven if the food were authentic or otherwise decent, but it is not. My spaghetti tasted like it had come from a cafeteria, and the cheese ravioli came out as grainy. My girlfriend had the pasta primavera, which was tasteless. We both agreed that we could have cooked better pasta at home (which my girlfriend just reminded me is saying a lot, since I never cook).
The mediocre meal was not that bad of a deal, though because we had the gift card… until we were told that we couldn’t use ours. Our server informed us that she had no way of knowing how much was on the card, so she couldn’t take it. I asked to speak with the owner and she gave the same lame excuse. An argument ensued in which the staff kept vacillating between the «we’re not a participating restaurant’ (despite no apparent mention of this on the web site) and «we would take the card but we don’t have the ability to do so».
After I continued to protest for some kind of recompense, the staff suggested that I call the number on the back of the card… which did not exist so that they might verify how much was on the card. I think they got the «you want me to do what?» message, and finally one of the servers graciously agreed to make a call to verify the card’s amount so that she could run the card.
I gave Bucci’s 2 stars for having mediocre food and not completely stiffing me on the gift card (even though I had to work in order to get them to accept it at all).