text: My son chose Buca for his birthday dinner There were of us total and the toal bill was around No alcohol was ordered I was surprised how expensive it was The food was soso I think the schtick here is the family style entrees When you order spaghetti and meatballs you get a huge bowl of spaghetti with or meatballs the size of of a softball The meatballs were not very good and it was kind of awkward dividiing them up I would rather have smaller meatballs to sharennThe atmosphere of the place is great very Italian feel Cannot rival a joint in the North End of Boston but they trynnSuggestion to the restaurant move your dumpster It sits prominently in the parking area on the same side as the main entrance And if the wind works against you you get a full blast of all kinds of wonderful smells Not good going in and certainly worse going out