Best Family Style Restaurants in Downtown Cleveland / Playhouse Square

Excellent meal! Great service! Beautiful ambience!

What a wonderful evening! Service was five star, food was delicious, table-side service was top notch! Menu had something for everyone, and the profiteroles for dessert was the cherry on top. Highly recommend, you will not be disappointed!

We came for our anniversary diner and it was exceptional, really. Our server(Rachel) was amazing, my wife has celiac, so no wheat, they were very accommodating, I still had some of their hot bread from the oven, I’m so glad I had some of it and I usually don’t eat the bread so I can enjoy other food I order. I had an appetizer and a salad, they were both fantastic. And my wife and I shared the chartaibland, or I’m sorry but I couldn’t pronounce it. I also had 2 martinis. Everything was exceptional. The only thing was I had a hard time reading the menu, we were tucked in a little nook by a steel beam, and it’s not very bright to begin with but it was really dark in the corner still loved it, but I had to use my phone, and I have old man eyes. Thanks for a great evening. Oh and we had some complimentary spomoni, and the pistachio one OMG!

The ambiance, food, wine and service were all amazing! Our server was so nice - she even came outside with us to take our picture. Terry came to our table and gave us some complementary, delicious pasta! We really enjoyed our experience there!

Always a fun place to eat but bring your appetite! Generally speaking food at dinner is served family style so you'll need to agree to an entrée or two or plan to take home massive leftovers. Fortunately this visit they were not particularly busy and were willing to accommodate making their Buca for One (lunch) sized servings. Recommend the fried mozzarella for a starter. Enjoyed the salmon entrée and the baked rigatoni entrée very much. Our server was sweet and most accommodating. (Pro tip: the latches on the stall doors in the women's restroom could use some work.)