Barbusa

Barbusa reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   scott

   San Diego16 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Nice restaurant. It’s been here for years. Very attentive wait staff. Very popular place and it fills up quickly. Just one note of caution though—if what you want is a nice quiet dinner you may want to go somewhere else because it can get loud inside.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   San Diego1 review

   4.0

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was delicious! Our server was on point making sure we had everything we needed
   

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   Beth VIP

   Orange County10 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   I’m celiac and the waiter was knowledgeable, the pizza was delicious. We sat by the kitchen so the noise level was quite high, but it was great to witness how efficiently the kitchen was operated! One other observation- the staff seemed to all get along. Great experience overall!
   

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   Vanessa

   San Diego21 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Food and service was great. It was a little loud for my liking.
   

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   Krose123 VIP

   San Francisco2 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   Food was incredible- service was subpar from our waiter. Didn’t introduce himself, tell us about anything on the menu and barely stayed long enough to take our orders. He was hardly present or interactive and was overall disappointing.
   

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   Cathy VIP

   Phoenix6 reviews

   4.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was great! Vibing place on a Friday night! Our group had the chicken, carbonara, and burrata pizza
   

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7. OT

   OpenTable Diner

   San Diego3 reviews

   3.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 2

   Always a fun vining place. More like a club than a restaurant. Not the restaurant for a romantic dinner as the noise level is high and you’d be screaming to hear the other person. Food was decent. Our server chose the best wine for me. Food took 45mins to reach us though (including appetizers) so that was a damper and the place was extremely busy. Overall experience was ok
   

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   OpenTable Diner VIP

   Seattle2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 6 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We are regulars here and this time we came earlier than normal and actually preferred it as the music and noise was much lower than normal also the food was a bit better than normal
   

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   Jesus

   Baja California9 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 5, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   It's my second time here. I loved the food, and the service was excellent. I will be back.
   

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    OpenTable Diner VIP

    Greater Boston1 review

    4.0

    Dined on March 4, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4

    If it wasn’t for the staff supporting the waiter the service would have been terrible. The waiter was rushed and never came back to check on us . We sat there waiting to order more wine .. thank goodness the other staff ( busters etc ) were on it
    

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