Buona

Lake Geneva, 393 N Edwards Blvd, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, United States | ★ 4.6 (325 Review)

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Chicago-based family-owned brand known for authentic Italian beef, street food, fresh salads, pasta and more. Diners receive sit-down service.

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spitinsk8er

★ 5

Everyone was super nice in here and the food was awesome. Fantasia was super helpful and nice!

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Andrea Smith

★ 5

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Maria T Garcia Ruiz

★ 5

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Charles Lambert

★ 5

Unique experience in a good way.

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Wen Wu

★ 5

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Ron Bass

★ 5

Clean

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Bob Spencer

★ 5

Great food when your in the mood for a quick bite.

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Caleb Creech

★ 5

We're in Lake Geneva for a little over a week. We just had Buona for the second time and plan to eat there again before we leave. The food and service have both been great!

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angela donlea

★ 5

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Michael Enders

★ 5

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Brian Cohen

★ 3

We waited for about 15 minutes for someone to come to the counter and take our order. One of the ice cream cones we got the ice cream wasn't pushed down and the scoop rolled right off the cone. They replaced it free of charge.

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Fadi Ladaa

★ 4

The Italian beef classic is my favorite, I did not fall in love with the fried stuffed balls. I enjoy my sandwich evertime I go there or to any other branch.

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Tony & Jennifer Aranda

★ 5

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Kathy Prince

★ 5

Food was hot and delicious

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Chris Elwell

★ 5

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Amy Noonan

★ 5

Hi! We had delivery direct from you and I didn’t see a place to tip the driver - is that normal ?

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Dianna Nugent

★ 5

Food is always good and fresh and reasonably priced. Staff is always friendly and fast.

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Maddie Teddie

★ 5

Not the best beef I've ever had but probably the best I've had in Wisconsin! Good food, great service, relatively good value. The store was clean and inviting. In all, a very enjoyable experience!

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Michele De La Paz

★ 5

Everything was just as I ordered, the drive thru staff was pleasant and helpful, my food was hot and fresh!

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Iain Wilson

★ 4

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Jim Rea

★ 5

If there were more stars for the food I'd give them

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Catherine Parrilli

★ 4

I picked up regular beef and a chopped salad . Service was lovely as always. Salad chicken was grisly and gross. Not happy with it at all. And we love that salad!! The chicken wasn't edible. Beef was great

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Gary Halvey

★ 5

Food and service very good

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Doug Stone

★ 5

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Michelle Hamm

★ 5

Drive up order went smoothly. I had questions and the gal was patient and helpful. Food was hot and delicious 😋.

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Al Reich

★ 3

Not fancy, but an enjoyable atmosphere. Food was acceptable - my hot dog was lukewarm but eatable. Pasta was hot in the center and cold on the edges. Sauce was good!
Ice cream the best part of the meal....mint chip excellent.

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Jeannine Clark

★ 5

Food was delicious. Everything was perfectly made

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Tim Boss

★ 5

Great Place

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V C

★ 2

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Bob Robinson

★ 5

Great food great service no issues

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Marian Lewandowski

★ 5

Went to Buona in Lake Geneva,WI for dinner. Ordered 1/2 beef, small French Fries and small drink. Restaurant very busy mostly couples and families. Dining room very clean, well lit and lots of employees cleaning, delivering food to tables and a well staffed behind the counter preparing food. Was impressed by the employee behind the counter, her name was Connie, as she could not be any nicer and knowledgeable of your menu. Connie was out in the dining room cleaning tables and wiping down tables and booths. She asked me how was my food and listened to what I had to say.

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Debbie Noble

★ 5

The strawberry salad was fresh & delicious!

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David

★ 5

Lake Geneva, Wi. Great place.

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James Wright’s

★ 5

Great food

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Tina Kofler

★ 5

Always clean with attentive staff.

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bryan & dawn

★ 5

Great place

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Ricky Tessman

★ 5

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scott storms

★ 5

The food is excellent !

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Cyndi Lipka

★ 3

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Christopher Casey

★ 5

Delicious. App order ready when promised. Cheerful window delivery. All I could ask for. A personal touch at a busy time.

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Mark Lemke

★ 5

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jenny rodriguez

★ 5

Thank you anions team! Every time I order food it’s the bomb. Words can’t suscribe the team effort but it’s awesome. Thank you for being kind and generous with food servings I hope Gregor the company that it grows and expands more. God bless you all Buona team.

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jtnowicki Nowicki

★ 2

Eh...nothing special...not much i would eat there.

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Karen Graham

★ 5

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William Tucker

★ 5

This place is excellent. Been here around 10 or so times, have ordered the italian beef every time except for 2 times when I ordered their ravioli. You can easily tell the pasta is homemade and the marinara sauce, which I get with my italian beefs, is delicious. Drive thru is always efficient as well.

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Mike Mulloy

★ 5

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Ethel McBroom

★ 4

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Kimberly Lyn Winkelman

★ 5

The Pistachio with almonds was delicious 😋
Along with the Mint, Strawberry 🍓, & triple deckers !!

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Zachary Jones

★ 5

The team helped after there was a disconnect from our app order. And we will be back again in the future ~ ty Buona Team.

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Donald Terry

★ 5

Always excellent service and the food is incredible!

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Zman

★ 5

This place is fire! Enough said!

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Mike Marse

★ 4

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Taylor Hill

★ 5

Fav beef spot

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Nick Cekosh

★ 5

Fast, friendly service. The food was great, and my order was prepared accurately

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jerome meyer

★ 5

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Gina

★ 5

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Jasmine Hedrick

★ 5

The people the food everything was wonderful, quick hot and delicious

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Bethany Elvin

★ 5

The service is fantastic, the employees are well trained. The food is always a very fresh, their app gives great deals daily, and their chopped salad is awesome!

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Tyler Anderson

★ 1

Terrible, missing 2 fries, and chicken sandwich was really bad and tough to chew

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Pauline Bishop

★ 5

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Mark Rhodes

★ 5

I've been coming for a year. Scott one of the managers has always made sure we have had not only great food but exemplary service. I bring my 165 pound Pyrenees and we sit on the deck, people love petting him and he has become a fixture her

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Dan Cornue

★ 5

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Chris S

★ 5

Great beef! Hot G was beautiful. Baptized is the way to go. Good fries and cheese, sausage was good too. Recommend.

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Lucille Kagehokousha

★ 5

Easy access parking free. Good food, clean dining area, good staff

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Donna Lynn

★ 5

Great food! You are the only restaurant that kept your food portions consistently the same over the shrinkflation era. Thank you

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Richard Guasta

★ 4

mom wasn't thrilled with Buona.
Beef sandwhich was fairly plain
and overly drenched for her liking.
the rest of us thought everything was fine.
the team members were very Polite.
We'll be back.

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Rakesh Rapaka

★ 5

Lake Geneva location - We got kid's scoops and chocolate obsession cake along with dinner. Simply delicious and great customer service.

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Sheeba Thallury

★ 5

Lake Geneva location - excellent food and great customer service. Our kids also enjoyed the free rainbow cone with their kids meals.

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Heather Nicpon

★ 5

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Gary Shupe

★ 1

burnt chicken sandwiche

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Dawn Elwood

★ 5

The food is hot, fresh, delicious, and fast for a non-ish fast food restaurant. We usually get takeout (2 miles away) at least once a week.

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Tim Stanton

★ 5

I eat at Buona in LG at least 2X a week... great beef, combo and daily/monthly/Senior discounts are appreciated...

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Dave Mariani

★ 5

Awesome beef.

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Rosemary Holtz

★ 4

My hotdog was all squished together not the best one I had from there!

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Kathy Reczek

★ 5

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debbie belongia

★ 5

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James “Gio” Giovannetti

★ 5

Have always enjoyed the beef sandwich but today combined it with the sausage for the combo and it was terrific!

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Geri Cooper

★ 5

Great food, nice employees.

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Ronald McChristy

★ 4

The food was fine.

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Martina Sullivan

★ 5

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Cheese Bug

★ 1

THEY TOOK 17 MINUTES FOR SMALL DONUTS..... Half a dozen.

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kit k

★ 5

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Thomas McKinney

★ 5

Whoever’s was in the rainbow cone changed my life for the better I love this place

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Daniel Smith

★ 5

We are traveling and decided to pick a place we weren't familiar with from Google reviews. The food is definitely not disappointing and was a great value.

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Jeff

★ 5

Great Italian beefs,

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Carrie Sweeny

★ 5

Great service!! Food was delicious!!

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erin hisaw

★ 5

visited for the first time tonight, and it did NOT disappoint!

i had the original chopped chicken salad. others in our group had the combo and the big joey.
my salad was INCREDIBLE — HUGE portion, at least two meals’ worth.

the fries were GREAT — get them well done.
SO. GOOD!

gio was the manager on duty and helped us with a difficulty we had with our gift card. his customer service was remarkable.

we are local, and we WILL be back!!!

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TC L

★ 5

I just discovered this restaurant as it is new in Lake Geneva. I have to say the Italian Beef sandwich is unbelievable. I didn't think their food would be as good as it is. The food is outstanding Chicago style beef. The restaurant is new, clean and service is friendly. If it is busy you may need to park and wait for them to bring out your food, but worth the wait.

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Corrinn Favaro

★ 5

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Edward Landers

★ 5

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A D

★ 3

Takeout was fresh and hot when I received my order. Food was average to me and nothing crazy stood out.

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Tammy Smith

★ 5

Very fast and delicious!

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Susan Juntunen

★ 5

First visit and DEFINITELY will be a returning customer! EVERYTHING was delicious, fresh, and so delicious!

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Jennifer Vear

★ 5

Love the food! It’s nice to have a better tasting fast food option . They are always pleasant and efficient. The beef is awesome but so is the beef bites I think they are my favorite !

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David Fellers

★ 1

After three time of coming here they screwed up my order three time. Today on July 4th I decided to pull over to check out the order and it’s messed up again. Glad I checked before I got all the way home again. Get better quality control or management.

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Amanda Petsch

★ 5

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Lyle

★ 3

Decent beef sandwiches. Could use some hot beer mustard. Excellent onion 🌰 rings.

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Nathaniel List

★ 1

This is just kinda sad

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Sairatvm.n Santos

★ 5

Staff was really nice and food was great.

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Michael Kinder

★ 2

I'm not sure if I've ever had an Italian beef that was so lackluster, even ordered it baptized but it had almost no flavor. Prices were normal, service was decent, but I can get a more flavorful beef at the hot bar in a grocery store.
I don't plan on going back to Buona.

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Tim Hartt

★ 5

Such good good and service!

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Lanigan Elvin

★ 5

Here's the beef.

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Nadine Harris

★ 5

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Mehar Mandher

★ 4

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Dawn E

★ 5

Food is great. Tried the beef bites today- we didn't care that much for them to order again. They were ok just not something we like. Everything else we've tried is great- love the salads! 3/31/25- love their shakes and we got it 1/2 price @happy hour! 6/23-App needs to have dine in as an option!

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Joanne Leach

★ 5

Always good!

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Mike Wekony

★ 4

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Traci Harris

★ 5

Always enjoyed food from Buona. From the beginning.

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A G

★ 5

Better than portillos

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digital digits

★ 5

My first pizza from y'all. Tasty!

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Ed Truhlar

★ 4

I heard they were going to open a Buona Beef in Lake Geneva, honestly I was disapointed I really, really, wanted a Portillos. However I said that without giving them a chance and I'll admit I was pleasantly surprised. Food was really good, right on par with Portillos so I can reccomend them, service was good not great, but neither is Portllos. The thing Portlillis beats them out in is Atmosphere. If you have been to Portillos and come here(not that its ugly or anything)you will know what I mean.

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andrew

★ 5

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FunLuvr “MusicJunkie”

★ 5

Connie is Always so incredibly helpful And sweet! She always tries to apply my reward points to anything I purchase. She helps me with whatever silly questions I may have and always does it with a smile!
She is one of the main reasons I keep coming back over and over again. The food and the service at the Lake Geneva store is absolutely fabulous.
I just want to give a big thanks to everyone at the Lake Geneva store. So glad to have you guys in town! ☺️

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Michael. J Olson

★ 5

Food is made to order 😋 and good prices

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Alicia Bryant

★ 5

We have ordered from Buona and the Original Rainbow Cone since it opened in Lake Geneva. From Chicago and lived near the flagship store on Western avenue. The Italian beef sandwich (always dipped or baptized) with giardinara and cheese is delicious. The onion rings, Mediterranean chicken salad, chicken parmesan, and meatball sandwiches are also really, really good. We top off our orders with a pint or quart of the rainbow ice cream. Don't walk, RUN to Buona for awesome food and yummy dessert. Worth every penny! Thank you Buona beef in Lake Geneva for giving me a taste of home.

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tom kneipper

★ 5

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Catherine Thomas

★ 5

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Denise Stoerp

★ 2

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Patrick Hackett

★ 5

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Jessica Strong

★ 1

Watching an older male employee yell at a young female employee…I won’t eat here again.

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Jennifer Dimzoff

★ 5

We went through the drive-thru in Lake Geneva and Mya was the employee who took our order and delivered our food to us. I just have to say how incredibly kind she was and a well-mannered human being. Good service is what keeps people coming back!

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J Edstrom

★ 1

As a customer, I watched a manager completely destroy a young female employee by embarrassing and yelling at her. I’ve frequented this establishment numerous times and this girl is a good worker(never seen her standing around doing nothing like the managers.
I’ve stopped using DoorDash with this place because apparently the DD drivers don’t get their tips when ordering off the website. Theft is no bueno!

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Diane T

★ 5

This was my first time at Buona. The staff and the atmosphere was awesome. The food was top notch. I will definitely be going back.

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Nancy Smith

★ 5

Love the food l!!! Friendly staff and great service!!

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Kimberly Weston

★ 5

Everything on the menu is fantastic! I’m there 1-2 a week for their chopped chicken salad. The customer service team is always so friendly and polite.

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Greg Weber

★ 5

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Brian Bonogofsky

★ 5

salads are very good

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BILL GARBACZ

★ 5

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John Hayes

★ 4

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Drew “Drew” F

★ 5

Just a nice place

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Brandon Haller youtube

★ 5

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Ramin Yazdaanpanah7

★ 5

Very good place. It was much much better than what I expected. Very good variety of food, delicious recipes and helpful staff. I really recommend here.

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Kevin Walter

★ 5

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Kellie Hall

★ 5

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Roberto Pena

★ 5

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Anthony Tostado

★ 2

Food fell short.

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Benjamin Glogovsky

★ 5

Not sure you'll find a better Italian beef outside of Chicago. Absolutely delicious.

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Denise Erickson

★ 5

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Rebecca Williams

★ 5

Food is always great and the Milk Shakes are AMAZING. Get the Large. Totally worth it.

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Kyle Dornbusch

★ 5

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Dayna Erickson

★ 5

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Angela Schubkegel

★ 5

Greek salad is the bomb. Looking forward to strawberry salad!
Angela Schubkegel
Bridlewood Insurance
Medicare Specialty

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Lauren N

★ 5

We did take out tonight and the staff is always friendly. Tonight they accidentally forgot one item on our ticket that we paid for so we decided to call and let them know so maybe we could get that item the next time we visit. They went above and beyond to fix it and couldn’t be nicer. Thank you guys!

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alicia rexford

★ 5

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Michael & Sharon Enders

★ 5

This was our first time having food from Buona. It did not disappoint for sure. We picked up a couple Regular Beef sandwiches with sweet peppers and was delicious. Definitely our new place for beef sandwiches.

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kevin skinner

★ 5

Great Service

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Terri Hall

★ 5

Love the food and their customer service is 👍👍👍🙂

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Oscar Romero

★ 5

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Brian Steadman

★ 5

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Ben Carey

★ 5

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Terry Walloch

★ 5

The cheese on the pizza was thick and stringy. Perfect.

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Brian Betts

★ 5

Buona has been a great addition to Lake Geneva with great food, daily specials, app points for freebies and clean, fast service. Would highly recommend!!

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Tina Rivera

★ 5

We ordered vanilla shakes , chicken ,avocado protein bowl minuse the green onions and peppers add mozzarella cheese very good ! also ordered the regular beef with mozzarella dry gravy on the side was oily and spices but the sandwich was amazing! had an Italian sausage with mozzarella and marinara sauce that was super yummy !!! Overall experience was great !!! We had it delivered food was hot and arrived quickly .

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Kimi Lynn

★ 5

I had a great experience at Buona in Lake Geneva. The employees were very pleasant and the honey mustard salad I ordered is so delicious. 😍 The restaurant is very clean and comfortable. I would highly recommend going to Buona if you are in the area! 🌟

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Shirley Kohl Mayer

★ 5

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Ken Krause

★ 5

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Tony R

★ 5

Lake Geneva Buona Beef really does a great job. 2 thumbs up.

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Lisa Salazar

★ 5

Very good 👍

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Michael Rozario Sr.

★ 5

Great food, great staff, every one of them are very kind and curious. I love the point system.

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Terra Bower

★ 5

Team member Austin is super friendly and helpful!!!

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Jake Miller

★ 5

Delicious food every time I’m here, never disappointed.

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Emma Elena “Nena Romero” Romero Renteria

★ 5

Excellent servicio

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Nick Malmin

★ 5

Yummmm

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Vasyl Halyk

★ 5

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Lorena Robles

★ 5

Elizabeth’s customer service was great. She treated us with such warm hospitality as soon as we walked in the door. These things make a huge difference in setting tones for families enjoying meals. We love this place!

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kelly smith

★ 4

Nice place, great food! Helpful staff and clean atmosphere

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P Stephens

★ 5

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Tina Clark

★ 5

Delicious! Good service! We'll be back!

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Judy Speckman

★ 5

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Kim Nightengale

★ 5

The Italian beef is amazing. You can get it wet, dry, or anything in between. Really wish there was one closer to Janesville WI.

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Gina Katrakis

★ 5

The best ever.

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bill kashul

★ 5

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Jeff Pozdol

★ 5

Bouna has such delicious flavorful Italian beef and Italian sausage sandwiches and bowls it's going to be tough to beat this food! Excellent friendly speedy service too!

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TJ D

★ 5

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Andrew Valkauskas

★ 4

Ordered a spinach chicken salad and a sub. The sub was great, but I didn't expect the salad to be HOT. It was still tasty, and mentioned to the manager Scott on the way out that perhaps the picture of the salad should just warn folks that it's not cold. He insisted to make me a comp cold salad desipite me saying that it's ok. Superstar Scott!

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Matt C. Abbott

★ 5

Very good food and friendly customer service! A welcome addition to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin!

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jay carlson

★ 5

Food is great and staff is very friendly!!

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James Hunter

★ 5

We were visiting from out of town for Gary Con and stumbled onto this place. The food and service were excellent, really hit the spot, and I can't say enough good things about the staff! Especially Connie and Scott - both legends!

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Pack Daddy G

★ 5

Fast, friendly service affordable prices

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Sue Wiese

★ 4

We got ice cream cones

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eddiefan97

★ 5

Tried the peppers and eggs sandwich they have for a limited time. Very good and filling. Nice addition to the menu for a short time.

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Andrea Skrypt

★ 5

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Jessica Booth

★ 5

We picked up ours to go. The food was hot and delicious! Thanks!

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William McAloon

★ 5

Great food

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Austin Fleenor

★ 5

Incredible service! Thanks Austin!

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Joy Powers

★ 4

Love the Rainbow Ice Cream place attached to this place!

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Amy

★ 5

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Gary Cohen

★ 1

Food and service is totally inconsistent! I suppose it depends on who is working! WHY is the front counter person unavailable, have to call out for someone to place an order!

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Michael Meshey

★ 5

Thank you Provie, Michael, and Syivia. I might not have spelled the names right my apologies. This is my 5th visit and love coming here! Somewhere between high quality fast food and Italian restaurant! Also love the app. I very rarely give 5 stars.

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Robin Szymkowski

★ 5

Place was clean. Servuce was fast and friendly. Food was fantastic! Best beef sandwich in area!

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Media Financing

★ 1

Everything that’s disgusting about processed nitrate meats, dairy milkfats, corn syrup sodas, seed/corn/soy deep deep fried food acrylamides, and highly processed wheat flour. Barf.

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Ted M

★ 5

Arguably the best customer service I've ever had at a fast food place.

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David Stohl

★ 5

This Place is Awesome!!! Everything I've tried is Excellent!!! Even the catered Italian Beef is Excellent & easy to prepare!!!

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TheDinosaurMan

★ 5

The restaurants atmosphere was immaculate. Everyone was so kind, and the food was quite delicious. I would definitely recommend to anyone in the area.

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Brandon

★ 5

Italian beef and cheese pizza were both very good! The service was above and beyond!

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Jodene H

★ 5

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Asia

★ 4

Turned out pretty good got the cheesy beef

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Joe Catuara

★ 4

Good and better than most

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Sherry Maki

★ 5

Visited today with my son for lunch. I was pleasantly surprised that management came out and around to each table asking how things were, if anything was needed and even cleaned up customers trays when they were done eating. I think that says a lot in itself. Kudos to whomever was representing as management today. He deserves recognition.

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Rick Hobb

★ 5

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