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| - Two stars...seems harsh, I know. But let me explain.
When we arrived at Buca, we were blown away by the beautiful space: high ceilings, brick walls, cozy lighting, open kitchen...it was all stunning. It's also tucked away in a back alley, making you really feel like you're walking into a hidden gem.
Truth is, in many ways it is. The space is lovely, the wine list extensive, and the food creative. The only problem is, I didn't really find the food to be that wowing. And, even after communicating our food restrictions, we were still served meat - not once, but twice.
We let our waitress know early on that we're vegetarian as the menu was quite meat-heavy and we wanted to be sure we wouldn't inadvertently eat meat. We started by ordering three cheeses and the selection of fresh baked breads. Much to our surprise, one of the loaves had little pork pieces in the bread. It wasn't until we asked our server what the little pink stuff was that she said it was pork. She quickly realized her error and apologized, but didn't even offer to take away the breads and bring us a new basket. Instead, we had to push the meat-stuffed buns off to the side and continue eating the non-meat ones. I was quite surprised that she wouldn't think to bring fresh buns that weren't mingling with the pork-based buns - not very accommodating to a vegetarian, or pork-free crowd.
Trying to remain excited about our meal, we shrugged off the first problem and ventured on. We then asked our server for her suggestions for mains. I was shocked when she suggested a main that had beef in it...like, hello, did we not just have the whole no-meat discussion?! Anyway, we continued on and ordered a squid-ink pizza with calamari on it (ok, ok, we admit, we are occasional pescatarians), an order of gnocci - asking that they hold the meat (which she told us was possible), a salad (sorry I cant recall which one), and an order of the spaghetti pomodoro.
What do you know, but our mains come out and the gnocci has meat in it. Suffice to say, we were at this point quite fed up. We quickly let our waitress know the mistake, she again apologized, and we were at least this time given a fresh plate of gnocci. By this point, we had lost all trust in the competence of the staff at Buca to not inadvertently serve us some meat. It put a bad taste in our mouths (literally) and made the rest of the meal and bit uncomfortable.
We stayed for dessert and coffee, paid our bill and left. The company was lovely, the space amazing, but the food -- not really worth it. I'm sorry to say that I am not a fan of Buca and I likely won't come back, certainly not for the food.
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