Brusco Italian Restaurant

Excellent mom and pop food. Has a great family feeling and the food is fantastic. One of the best Italian restaurants in the area and the prices are great too. The Sunday sauce is delicious.

Place is small but for a mom and pop style restaurant everything is amazing from the staff to the food. The food is amazing!!! Great portions and even better prices!!! Great quality Italian food and the pizza is wonderful!!! That’s why I’m a regular customer, I admit I could eat here more often but it wouldn’t be good for my waistline. Keep up the great work!

Manager/​owner needs to learn people skills and not be such a fouled mouth buffoon. Never again

We always come here at least once when we are in town and tonight we enjoyed another great meal! The fresh snapper in a puttanesca sauce was absolutely perfect!!! The wine and service made us feel at home there again!

We just discovered this little hidden gem this Sunday. Great place to hunker down. The food was good, the Sunday sauce reminded me of my grandmother’s sauce. Giants game was on, and the owner came to each table and made sure everyone was happy. Dessert was on the house, and my wife was happy she just found our new holiday caterer. We will be back.

We went to Brusco as a party of six and were placed in the back right corner. It was nice to be able to talk, as the acoustics were fine, at least in that spot. We all ordered off the early bird menu, which was handed to us as we sat down. The food was generally satisfactory, although their tomato sauce/​red sauce tasted like chef boyardee; straight out of the can. That alone can kill an otherwise good Italian restaurant. The service was rather lackluster. I was given the standard menu size plate for my dish and charged 4 dollars more than the early bird size. I didn’t order this and wasn’t informed of this until I received my check. The same thing happened with my wife. We both found this to be a bit disconcerting. To the server’s credit, she offered to adjust our bill. We decided to pay for our larger orders, feeling that was the honorable thing to do, as we had eaten the larger portions. Another couple at our table ordered soda which came with the early bird meal but was told that they had to pay for the canned soda because they didn’t order a «fountain beverage.» But this was neither explained by the waitress nor visible on the early bird menu itself. That seems a bit unfair. This miffed our friends so much that they didn’t leave a tip. The third couple found that their bill had so many mistakes on it that it took a substantial amount of time to deconstruct it. Any one issue would have been OK, but the accumulated amount of billing mistakes did end up detracting from an otherwise satisfactory experience.

We had delivery! Food was decent, nothing to write home about! Was looking forward to the stuffed shells and they were a little cheesier then I prefer, but others may enjoy! I was also unimpressed with the mozzarella sticks, seemed like they were previously frozen. Still on the hunt for ‘our’ Italian spot!

We have been to Bruscos 2 times this year. Both times the 3 of us have been happy with everything! The place is a hidden gem in Deerfield beach!!! It reminds us of home (Rochester ny) I had the Zuppa di pesh
My wife had mussels marinara and my daughter had a shrimp dish all were outstanding ! The salad was a bit small but good! Last night 11−7−14 we ordered the antipasto and a Sicilian pizza half margarita and half pepperoni another awesome meal !!! The staff is always friendly. Prices are average. And food is AWESOME !! We will continue to visit this restaurant! thank you for making us feel at home!!!

Had the pizza all dough, minimum cheese and sauce won’t go back

I went to Brusco’s twice. I found the restaurant to be quaint with a decent homage to Italy. The owner and his mom were nice people, especially the mom. But the staff leaves much to desire. I noticed when we first walked in and sat down that the staff seemed pre-​occupied. Although the wait person came to take our order I still couldn’t help but notice everyone else hanging around. Although we dined early — 6 pm it came off odd.
This review is based on my second time at the restaurant. First off there were only two tables occupied including us. The other group was pretty much finished and was just chatting. When we were ready to order I found the waitress rude and not very accommodating. We ordered a calamari appetizer and two ravioli dishes. When a different server brought out the calamari — he dropped a few off our plate when trying to put the plate on our table. I’ve never seen that happen in all my years of dinning. But I didn’t make a fuss over that but unfortunately that was not the first issue we had. When it came time the waitress brought out ONE order of raviolis which by the way (6 count) 14 dollars is pretty pricy. Yes only ONE plate, she stated that the other would be coming right out. Well 5 minutes went by, 10 minutes went by, 15 minutes! Finally after 20 minutes — I asked the waiter «hey what’s up with my raviolis’? He went to the back to find out. Then the owner came over with a worried look and cleared my father’s long finished plate away, I told the owner hey forget about my order. He said oh it’s coming right out which it FINALLY did. I even ordered a dessert after all that (cannoli 7 dollars!) which was average.
In the end can you believe that no explanation was given for my late arriving order! No apology! The waitress had a serious attitude and was defiant in her mannerisms. And to top it all off no discount was given for the dropping of our appetizer or the extremely late arriving food! Unheard of!!! To top it off my father is a regular!
Who treats their customers this way? By the way the restaurant was empty! How do you forget to place an order when only one table with two people sitting there are ordering?!
I was in town visiting from Los Angeles and I’m not sure how long this place has been around but I’m betting they won’t last with this level of service at these prices!

Awesome. We’ve now eaten here twice within a week. The best veal and shrimp parm in town.

My family and I went on Unilocal to find a good Italian place for dinner tonight. We are new to the area, and were relying on reviews. The service was awful. All the waitresses were rude and barely waited on us. They forgot our appetizer. And the food was sub-​par and over-​priced. Will not be eating there again.

This is second time eating here. First time was good but nothing special. Second time just killed it forever, sad to say. The waitress had a major attitude and everything seemed to bother her. The food this time was also very bad. 3 out of 4 of our party had stomach pains after the meal. Based on the other reviews I’m not sure. They were eating in the same place that we did. Are there new owners? or just a lack of consistency and integrity in their. Food. If I could give no stars I would have to.

Really great authentic Italian food! We travel a little bit to come here and it’s worth it. Friendly service and excellent dishes. Everything is good!

Based on Unilocal reviews, I decided to try this place… VERY glad I did! Quaint, cute décor. Not busy, but got rather busy before we left… mostly local regulars. And, that speaks well for Brusco’s. Maximillan was our server… so nice and helpful. Salad was crisp and fresh, and not too much. Bread was average… I would have preferred more crustiness and good oil to dip in. My mom had Chicken Parm/​pasta side… very good and large portion. I had Snapper Francais’…YUMMY!!! Excellent! Light, melted in your mouth. Linguine with Lemon Butter Sauce al dente and good. We’ll return here, for sure. And, Max…“Thanks a-​million”!!!

Had pizza and salad and loved it. Great service and staff

Very good. We had the special which was a carbonara with a little red sauce to make it pink. It was amazing. It’s our new favorite.

Very nice service… quite apologetic when food took a little longer to come out of the kitchen. It wasn’t, however, really worth the wait. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing to make you come back, either. Good, warm bread to start, followed by uninspiring salad. The lasagna and baked ziti were average, while the calzone crust was as tasteless as can be. Again, nothing wrong with this place, but I have to believe there’s better Italian fare out there.

This place would have gotten three stars because overall it was average but the fact that I paid 9 bucks for two skunked beers did not help the cause at all.
The atmosphere of the place was really cute and very little Italy. Small but cozy. The large pizza with three toppings was 17 bucks. That’s gettin way up there in price for the average quality of this pie.
First pet peeve, I hate canned mushrooms. But, they are so few and far between at decent pizza places that I never rememeber to ask which ones they have, though I really should. The only thing with flavor on the pizza was the sliced tomatoes. Other than that, skimpy sauce, skimpy cheese and barely any fresh basil. The crust had zero flavor. I felt like I was eating pizza chow for dogs. I could have literally gotten a better pizza at the papa johns right next door. By the way, we were starving when we ate this, so if we couldn’t enjoy it then, I couldnt imagine eating it when you just have a little grumble in your tummy.
As I mentioned earlier I got two beers that tasted soo strange. I know what that particular brand should taste like and it was not right. Unfortunately, this was takeout so we couldn’t drive all the way back with two opened beer bottles.
So, this place gets two stars. There are way too many pizza places around that trump this place for me to rate it any higher than that. My bf and I totally agreed on this.

Always a sure thing, eggplant awesome and real fried spaghetti .
Atmosphere is very comfortable