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Buona

3.7 (181 reviews)
Open • 10:30 am - 10:00 pm
Updated 1 month ago

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Moderate noise
Casual
Good for groups
Good for kids

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Beef Sandwich
Ann C.

This is our favorite Buona location. Food is always prepared fresh and hot when it hits the table. The staff is always super pleasant and the restaurant is always clean. Their beef is one of my favorites because I like my sandwich to be super dipped, and they are not afraid to dip here! My son really likes the pepperoni pizza too!

Well done fries. Yummy
Amanda G.

Got my sandwich and they had not put the sweet peppers on it but fixed that asap for me. Way to go team. Thank you. Was a nice clean and kept up store

Cheese Fries, Cannoli, Chocolate Shake
Steven J.

Pretty yummy! Thought I'd DoorDash Buona because it's my last day in the Chicago area and we don't have one near me in AZ. Got cheese fries, a chocolate shake & a cannoli. Everything was delicious. Beats Portillo's for sure. But now I feel like I need to work out. LOL.

Vegetarian approved!
Todd G.

Being vegetarian for almost 25 years there are certain things I just miss... and Italian beef is on eod them. I have to hand it to Buona and uptons to join forces to create the vegetarian beef sandwich's I was lucky enough to be able to get my order In today for 4 of those bad boys and first off I was impressed with the staff and order process. Very smooth on my preorder ... pick up was a breeze and food was ready within. 10 mins from ordering. Now I brought them home and the smell in the car was like blowing me away! Smelled amazing and couldn't wait to get hole. When I open the sandwich it was Boom... better than I thought. I got the Giardiniera on mine and 3 with sweet peppers. I took a bit and my taste buds went bonkers. Honestly it was so amazing and lived up to the hype. I'm a big fan of Uptons (in Chicago) and they really make High quality food for folks like me and my family. This was a match made in heaven. If you couldn't tell... big fan of the special menu item. It's a must. Everyone in my family is giving thumbs up on this one! Oh and the fries were good to!

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9 years ago

The staff is wonderful and the food is just as great. When you have that combo who wouldn't want to keep coming back

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9 years ago

I loved Buona Beef when it was in Hoffman Estates and I love it now that it has moved closer to me!

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10 years ago

Great loaded beef sandwich. Great service and definitely with be our choice for the family.

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10 years ago

Best beef in chicago area! I thought it could never get better than portillos but yes it is!

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10 years ago

For the best beef ever, you have to go to Buena. The BBQ beef was amazing! So glad you're in Algonquin.

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Great Italian Beef and Combo! The pizza could be better, but it is an individual size.

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I am having issues with my login and password. I have reset the password multiple times without success. I have emailed and called the corp location just to leave a message with no response. Any suggestions?

Go to your local Buona beef location & talk to Manager of store. What area do you live in? We had some problems with same but they rectified everything

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