Il Buco Cafe & Pizzeria

Incredible restaurant. The food is divine. It's a true Italian restaurant with local flavors!! A taste of Italy in your mouth. A real pizza dough from Italy 🇮🇹 The welcome was great, pleasant, and kind. I recommend it and would happily return✨

Decent pizza place in the heart of Byron Bay, good menu, inside & outside eating available. No alcohol as it is BYO, but that isn't an issue for us service was efficient as the place was very busy, both eating in & takeaway. Our pizza was mushroom, cheese & parama ham, base was nice although was a little soggy in the middle due to the tomato sauce. The crust was fresh & tasty. Kids menu is limited with only a small Margarita available, but was a good size & fresh when it came out. I would recommend it as the food is nice, I would say more suited to an early family dinner or takeaway.

Tiny restaurant with more seating outside than inside. Fantastic pizza and antipasto. Also had an outstanding Caprese salad. BYO. Friendly professional service from the Italian owner. Our last visit was in 2015 and nine years later it is just as we remembered. Highly recommend!

this place is a must do when you’re in Byron - we had the burrata and pizza, so delicious! The girl serving us was so lovely but the place is small so the food did take a bit longer. However we didn’t mind as we were relaxing, taking in the atmosphere while drinking our BYO bottle of red wine!

Really great value pizza for the price and so delicious! We split 5 pizzas among 8 people and it was plenty. Lots of options for pizza toppings! We sat outdoors on the pedestrian street and the vibes were immaculate. Perfect for a group dinner.

Proper Italian pizza, one of the best I have had. Do not understand why this place only has a 4.4 rating, should easily be 4.9. Well worth a visit. Staff are very good and friendly.

Was happily surprised, best pizza I have ever had. It was perfect. Generous with the toppings, and the wood fired crust and taste were delicious. We had a Margarita and Quattro Staggioni Four Seasons. Thanks!

Had a great pizza for dinner tonight. It’s only very small pizzeria but the outside tables only add to the atmosphete. The pizza was absolutely delicious and although they dont normally do it, they accommodated us with a 1/2 1/2 pizza due to conflicting taste on having slow cooked pork belly!! Setvice was very friendly and quick. Def recommend!

Guy working tried to fight us for sharing 1 pizza between 5 people, made us leave, followed us down the street and got in our face two more times. Told my friend he was going to come back with scissors and cut his hair. On top of that they gave us the wrong pizza and it taste like absolute dogsh*t! Please take your money somewhere that deserves it.

Finally found a good pizza place here. So good for an even better price. My friend and I split a margherita pizza and it was gone it seconds. Will be coming back soon.

Authentic Italian pizza, this place is amazing. Very small, Don't let that put you off. There's options to dine in or takeaway- on this occasion we squished into a seat in the corner and what a good choice it was. Place gets warm, but hey that's Byron. Staff were lovely, friendly and accomodating. They have BYO with no corkage fee so best to grab some beer or vino from the bottle shop around the corner. Food wise we ordered the pear, rocket and Parmesan salad and shared a porchini, prosciutto and Parmesan pizza. Salad was delicious and the pizza was so damn good- super crispy, perfect amount of topping and really big. No complaints here. Also sampled their gelato (vanilla was so good). All of that for under $45, we were very impressed. Would recommend this place to everyone!

An excellent BYO spot in Byron. Small but cozy, with only about 16 seats inside and a few outside, this was one of my favorite places I ate along my trip. The staff were so friendly and welcoming, and really into their food. My friend and I ordered just a garden salad and a vegetariana pizza to share and finished every last bite of both. Pizza was loaded with veggies, super filling, and wonderful crust. The place was jamming all night, and the atmosphere was great. Definitely would come back!

Small place, almost a hole in the wall. They have tables indoor and outdoors. Very casual and BYO. Overall, the food was great, we had the bruschetta to start and the tomatoes were very fresh and flavorful. The pizza was also great-- highly recommend the bufala and the prosciutto funghi ones-- the tomato base is light and the crusts thin. Their pizza sauces are homemade and make all the difference. For dessert, don't miss out on the nutella ricotta calzone-- super yummy!! Service is a little slow, but definitely worth it.

This excellent small and cosy pizzeria is doing great food. It only accommodates around 15 people at one time.....it has lovely laid back but caring servers who make the occasion a genuinely intimate experience. Do not let the diminutive size of this place discourage you in any way from eating here. The pizzas are sensational.....generous with the filling offerings and based on tasty thin crusts they represent great 'Italian' comfort eating. We had the Quattro Stagioni which had it's true four seasons, and the Il Buco Calzone with it's mozzarella, spinach and mushrooms. And we added the 'Picco' salad which is fully of flavour and fresh ingredients. It was a terrific casual dining experience. This is a great eating house .... it is excellent value for money .... and a fun experience too!

Fantastic authentic Italian pizzeria. Such a gem. The owner, Umberto is very passionate about his craft and took the time to help guide us on the best choices. The calzone was fantastic, topped off with prosciutto. Can't go wrong with a BYO spot. There is a bottle.shop right outside for you to pick up a wine.

Simple small place with great quality pizzas and calzones (there are also some options of salads and starters)! Highly recommend if you are looking for a casual place to eat. It's located on a cool street full of small restaurants. They don't sell alcohol, you can bring your own wine or beer (there's a liquor store just around the corner).

We had some really good pizzas and salads for takeaway. They have perfect crust, fresh ingredients, and not too greasy. They were really busy, but service was friendly and took as long as estimated by the man behind the counter. I would definitely come back, either to eat in or for takeaway.

Not impressed with this place at all. Quite small and pokey, and our experience was probably not helped by heavy rain especially as we were outdoors albeit undercover. Our pizza was quite bland which was surprising given some of the reviews we had seen. As a BYO eatery I would have expected to drink a nice bottle of red out of proper wine glass and not a jam jar with a screwed lid! Our expectations unfortunately were not delivered and we will not be returning.

Small place but WOW!!! Delicious authentic pizza! I think you have you pick your pizza. They passata and cheeses used are indicative of the region - just beautiful. We ordered 3, and one of them was so-so. It was the 4 seasons. The other 2 were sensational. If in Byron be sure to visit IL BUCO!

Excellent wood fired pizzas - perfect crust with fresh toppings. Beautiful bruschetta and gorgeous green salad. Service was fast. Very small, we sat at a higher table, it was very cosy but we were seated right away. BYO which actually worked out really well, we were able to get a bottle of red to enjoy with our pizza from the store conveniently located across the lane.