Buca di Beppo - Palo Alto

Reviews about Buca di Beppo - Palo Alto

• 3 / 5

  By Nicholas Tang
  It's a chain, which I didn't realize until going there. Not bad, considering. They try hard to replicate the feel of an old school red sauce joint, and while they don't entirely succeed, it does have more personality than most chains. You enter through the kitchen (not sure if that's intentional/ standard or just a quirk of this one) and into a series of medium dining rooms. The speakers for the background music in our room were messed up - the volume had two choices, loud or off, which apparently they've never bothered to fix. I do like the fact that breaking the dining spaces up into smaller rooms gives more of a sense of privacy and allows less sound to carry from table to table.
  
  The food is decent, and affordable considering the family-style portions. For our table of 7 we went with three apps and three small entrees and it was just about the right amount of food - so the 3-5 each entrée serves is really only true if you also order apps. If not, it's probably more like 2 for a small, 3-4 for a large. Definitely not my favorite place, but for a large group, I'll probably go back again.
  May 08, 2017
• 3 / 5

  By rigo magana
  Huge portions served family style. But they mix old chicken with fresh in their pasta dishes. I can taste the difference
  October 02, 2016