Il Buco In Sorrento

Remarkable experience in a refined but welcoming environment

Do not be fooled by the price that google says it costs. Your meal can cost whatever you want it to but it will be THE BEST CULINARY EXPERIENCE ever! Our food was absolutely delicious. We came for a drink and an appetizer and left filled. We started with an array of incredible breads, pasta with lobster and burrata, and a dessert which was divine. Our waiter Giuseppe made incredible wine and dessert suggestions for us. I wished we had been here for a full dinner. I’d recommend just letting him select your meal for you.

The star-rated restaurant has a very good dining atmosphere. The service staff are attentive and the meals are delicious. Eating becomes an enjoyment. The cuisine of mountains and seas makes people feel very happy and enjoy the delicious cuisine of the chef!

Expectations were high, but the food left something to be desired. The atmosphere is cozy, but the decor is confusing. Dinner was saved by the fantastic service.

Very High End but the Food and the Service are definitely well above Par.

The food was fantastic and the complimentary appetizer and desserts made the lunch so special. I am so glad we stumbled upon this place. What a treat!

It's the fourth time I've gone to Buco and this time I wasn't thrilled with the lunch even though I can't say I ate badly, but this is a starred restaurant... The location is beautiful especially if you're outside.

The service was good and our wine steward was great. Dinner not so much, noodles were way undercooked and bland. Our last course was good and dessert was excellent. But for a 140 euro per person meal without wine I would have expected much more.

Cena alla carta davvero unica. Entre molto particolare che già ci ha fatto capire il resto del pasto ! Abbiamo scelto antipasto di mare quello con astice e tortino di pesce davvero speciali. I primi erano superlativi il risotto fantastico ma anche la pasta mista con astice e burrata era a dir poco perfetta e bilanciata nella sapidità. Siamo passati ai dolci perché sebbene è uno stellato le porzioni non sono mini. Tiramisù unico da provare non si può descrivere e il dolce alla pera era buono e anche bello. Hanno servito mini pasticceria e pre dessert buonissimi da poter mettere anche in carta. Bisogna andare a mangiare per provare perché leggere dei piatti senza gustarli non vi può far capire il sapore! Lo chef ci ha scritto sui piatti gli auguri cosa molto gradita.

Our dining experience was off to a rocky start as soon as we arrived. We were shown to a table buried in a dark stairwell filled with an endless parade of pedestrians exiting the local marina. The space was dark, noisy, echoed loudly of the road traffic below, and really unpleasant. Thankfully, they were kind enough to move us to another table that was also outside along a pedestrian walkway. The setting was much nicer though. The only problem was that we were in the middle of a heatwave. Within a couple minutes, we were sweating like crazy. It was pretty unpleasant to eat in a sauna. By the middle of the meal, our bodies were coated in a thin sheen of sweat. The bar around the corner was also pumping loud techno music with heavy bass. The music was great for a club, but not befitting a white tablecloth dinner. The service was very mixed. A few of the servers were very diffident and had zero politeness. Many of the waiters didn't even look at us as they were speaking to us when explaining the dishes. It felt borderline rude. Our head waiter was nice though.  We paired our meal with a bottle of the Pietradolce Archineri 2018. The complete menu was: 1) Brioche with eggplant mousse  2) Zucchini muffin 3) Bread with tomato sauce and sausage meat 4) 7 different types of homemade bread and breadsticks  5) Steamed lobster on crispy waffle with fennel and paprika cream served with puntarelle salad and confit tomato. The dish was topped with freshly shaved black truffle, a lovely touch. However, This dish should have been much better. It was strange to serve cold sauce over warm lobster. Also, parts of the fennel was tough and the waffle was underwhelming  6) Seared octopus on Luciana saucе, served with black olive soft bread, broccoli, and mandarin mayonnaise. This dish was ok. Good but not really a standout  7) Risotto with sea plankton, mussels and almonds. Another ok dish  8) Linguine with lemon scented scorpion fish roe fish and sundried tomato. The pasta was cooked *way too* al dente (too undercooked for my liking) and the sauce was just a tad too briney. Not delicious at all. Barely edible. 9) Because we couldn't really eat the previous dish, they were kind enough to serve us an alternative pasta: Homemade tagliolini pasta flavoured with red pepper, clams, river chillies and ginger mayonnaise. This dish was quite good 10) Seabass fillet flavored with lemon potato nocerino onion and crunchy vegetables. The fish was super fresh. This just was solid and my favorite of the whole lineup. 11) Apricot cake with caramel topping and vanilla cream  12) Creamy lemon dessert with a froth of limoncello 13) 3 different petit fours