BUCA Reviews

3.2

38% would recommend to a friend

(658 total reviews)

Robert Earl

33% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

BUCA has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 658 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BUCA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Restaurants and food service industry (3.7 stars).

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658 reviews
2.0
27 Jun 2026

Management is awful

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The other servers were nice, and since it’s all family style, there’s less to carry and fewer orders to keep track of.

Cons

Customers are often demanding and weird. A lot of your tables are big parties, which can take up most of your shift, so if they tip poorly because the check total is high and they’re scared of it (which happens— my friend was a great server, super personable, everyone loved him, but about 30% of the time he’d get a really kind note and a garbage tip), you work all night for $30.

5.0
12 Feb 2026

good

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

it is a serving job

Cons

you work long hours and weekends with no benefits

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