BRAVO! Cucina Italiana

Went for Valentine’s Day dinner an my bf and I loved it! Food was amazing. The lasagna was pretty good and the dessert with the cannoli was out of this world! We also had a great server, Dominick… He was super nice and very efficient :)
We are totally going back

My husband and I have been here several times both as a couple and with our teenage kids. When the service and food are good, we have a great time. When they are off, it’s not a great experience. The ambiance is very relaxing and the décor is a dark wood with white linen tablecloths and nice heavy, large dishes, utensils and glasses. I have a favorite dish: Pasta Fra Diavolo, spicy tomato cream sauce, campanile pasta with chicken. The chopped starter salad is excellent with lots of veggies and a light italian vinaigrette dressing. My husband enjoyed the filet mignon and mashed potatoes about a year ago, but when we returned recently, the filet was comparable to a hockey puck. He asked for medium-​well, but there was no pink. The mashed potatoes were dry and clearly had been sitting around for some time. He returned the dish to the kitchen and did not ask for a replacement. The dish was removed from the check. The manager gave us coupons for free appetizers next visit. One more thing to know is that the cocktails are really good; however, my husband and I sat at the bar last night and saw that the way they «wash» glassware is less than hygienic. Not sure if this is normal, but they dipped glasses into to different sinks containing solutions and then put them back into the inventory for use. We stopped ordering drinks after than. Looked like a cold sore waiting to happen. Overall, if you’re there on a good night, expect delicious pasta.

YUCK! under cooked eggs and bad SLOW service? no thanks… cheesecake factory is much much better… dont waste your $

Awful service … 45 min wait for a table … Ordered and waited another 40 minutes for our meal. Waitress couldn’t even give us the time of day. Left without dinner! Ridiculous!!!

Really nicely done baby shower at Bravo Cucina Italiana! I have had lunch here before when shopping with my gal pal and it’s always good.
The servers were really attentive and the food was delicious as always. Family style salads and buffet dinner. Great venue. Everyone really enjoyed themselves.

Came here with my sister in law for lunch and the foot was pretty good. It was a slow day there so the service was pretty good too. We started off with strawberry and raspberry lemonades. They were so damn good! Then I ordered the berry balsamic chicken salad, chicken fra diavolo (pasta in a tomato cream sauce), and the roasted tomato pizza. I ordered everything for me and her to share, so the waitress was kind enough to have the salad and pasta split in two separate plates for us. The salad was very flavorful, but they were a little heavy on the dressing, where it kind of weighed down the salad. So if you’re like me who doesn’t like too much dressing, you might want it on the side, but other then that it was still very good. The pasta was good too, but I wish the sauce was a little spicer and flavorful, but still very good. The pizza was so damn good. I love crispy crust pizza and you can’t beat fresh sauce, cheese, and basil. Out of everything we ate, I lovedddd the pizza the most. First time going there, and will def go back.

The Good:
The food was very good. I had the lasagna, and it was amazing!
The Bad:
The service was VERY slow. I would hate to go there on a busy night. There were only three tables in the place and it still took almost 45 minutes to get our pasta dishes.

My daughter and I frequent Bravo! often. Each and every time we have come here, the service and the food has been excellent.
However, tonight’s experience was exceptionally poor. Starting off, the hostess seemed in a word, grumpy. Now I know we all have our bad days, so I looked past it. My daughter and I were seated in a booth furthest away from the kitchen. 15 minutes into being seated, our waiter comes by and apologizes for not coming to our table sooner. Now at the time, it was only 5pm so the restaurant was fairly empty so I wasn’t sure what took so long but again, I overlooked it. He brought us our drinks and asked if we were ready to order. I ordered the chicken and pesto spaghettini without tomatoes and spinach, my favorite dish, and my daughter ordered chicken fingers. When our order came out, my daughter’s was correct, mine was not. Mine was spaghettini in an Alfredo sauce with spinach. I had it sent back and in about 10 minutes, my correct order came out and it was delicious. After our meal, my daughter had to use the restroom so I walked her past the waiter and to the bathroom. When we got back to our table, our drinks had been cleared and our table had been covered with other people’s empty drinks and plates. Someone came by to clear them and my daughter ordered dessert. It took about 20 minutes to get her dessert, which is a long time for a small brownie, so the waiter brought me one as well, which was a nice thought. Overall I spent about 1 hr 45 minutes dining tonight because of a lot of simple mistakes. Nothing was comped on my bill, a manager never apologized, and I left with a sour taste in my mouth.
I’m not sure if I will come back to this location again.

I sat at the bar and was greeted immediately. Got a cosmo to start then ordered their chicken and pesto spaghetti and it is delicious!

Went for happy hour and everything was all amazing and so affordable! Sangrias and creative tropical drinks were $ 4 with premium liquor and so delicious. Loved the mozzarella raviolis! Definitely coming back for more.

It saddens me to write this review since exactly a year ago I was this restaurant’s biggest fan. The waiter we had last year was amazing! Anticipated our needs, knew how to handle a large party and we had an amazing experience.
On to this year. First off, my mom arrived before anyone else and told the hostess that she was meeting a birthday party group here. Instead of asking for a name the hostess assumed she was with another party already there solely because they happened to be African American.
One of the two waitresses that served our table was absolutely clueless. It took over 45 minutes for the food to come out. We had to prompt them to clear the table after each course. Very limited wine knowledge. Overall very disappointing: especially since we had a really great time the year before.
To the manager’s credit she definitely was proactive and stopped past the room where we dining to extend apologies for the long wait and if we were satisfied.

Eh. I honestly feel eh…
We just had dinner here for the first time since they have opened and it was eh. We waited about 25 minutes for a table for 6. We sat down and out waiter was a bit abrupt, but we assumed it was a cultural thing. We asked to have some time to look at the menu and he was suggesting of appetizers, which we decided against. We asked for some time to look over the menu and then he disappeared for about 15 minutes. Finally he came back over we ordered and didn’t have to wait to long for our salads and soup. The waiter knew our kids were very hungry and thankfully brought out their food with our salads and soup. A few minutes later out entrée’s came out. The food looked pretty, but it didn’t have any taste? So I asked my husband and brother to try mine, because maybe I lost my tastebuds? Sure enough they agreed my food had no taste and then we were all trying each others food commenting about how tasteless it was? My brother got the wrong dish, that was 6 more dollars then he was planning to spend, but ok, language barrier.
We all left, besides the kids, feeling very unsatisfied. It was very expensive for what you got. We will not be back and will wait the extra hours for cheese cake factory next time.
I wish it had been better.

Just finished an excellent lunch at Bravo!
I had the lobster bisque soup and I highly recommend it.
It was delicious.
Also had the turkey with avocado and bacon sandwich that was served with a great tasting and unique side salad that had arugula, cucumbers, feta and couscous Mmmmm good!
The only thing better than our food was the sweetest server that I have had in a long time. Her name was Sarah. She took time to explain the different menu items and she was the one to recommend the bisque. A beautiful restaurant with great food and service. We will definitely be back for dinner soon! :)

I wish I could give this place .5 stars or maybe even a zero. We went here for a friend’s birthday on a Saturday night. I was skeptical about it — didn’t hear rave reviews going into it but thought, «why not?». It was the only place around that could accommodate a group of our size that night and our friend wanted to try it out for her birthday. I thought it might be very «commercial-​style Italian» similar to Olive Garden but honestly, I think this place might be WORSE than Olive Garden… if that’s even possible. Note to self: stick to the BYOBs of Italian cuisine.
My friend and I got there early so we thought we would sit at the bar and have a drink before everyone arrived. The bartendars looked very crazed and anxious and were not communicating with each other at all. We were told, «We’ll be right with you several times.» They must have gotten their signals crossed because we sat and sat and sat some more for about 10 more minutes. Then, a couple sat down next to us and were served right away. So we said, «screw this» and got up. The bartendar saw us waiting for our table and came out to apologize but at that point it was too little, too late. I was already turned off by the service.
Now to dinner: Our server was awesome. Very attentive, friendly, honest about the menu options — no complaints with him. My friend and I split a bottle of Riesling which was great. I had the caesar salad which tasted of chemicals and the parmesean cheese looked like it came from a plastic Kraft cheese container instead of freshly grated. The manager came over to us after 45 min of waiting for our meals and apologized for the delay. Our entrees — when they finally arrived — came out staggered and luke warm. I had the chicken pesto/​basil pasta with grape tomatoes. Gross. The sauce was too thick, the spinach wasnt even cooked down. It was just laid across the pasta like it was a garnish. The chicken was questionable as well. I couldn’t even finish it. I didn’t want dessert and the chocolate cake our birthday girl got was disgusting and flavor-​less.
It’s really a shame. I try to give fair reviews and I really do think this is fair. They are in such a prime location that they should be so much better than this. It was such a waste.

This place is soooo much better than the three stars it has on Unilocal!The salad I had was one of the best I’ve ever had. It was the Mediterranean vegetable salad and I ordered it topped with salmon. The salad itself was fantastic, chopped small and full of asparagus and zucchini, in addition to the usual salad vegetables. And the salmon was very juicy and delicious. The dessert I ordered was a chocolate lava cake with vanilla ice cream and it was soooo good. The service here was also excellent. Our waitress was so helpful and accommodating. My dad is a very picky eater and could not find anything on the menu he liked, so I told the waitress that my dad wanted salmon with angel hair pasta and tomato sauce and broccoli, and she said ok, we can do that! It was awesome! We will definitely be back.

Went on the Unilocal rating. Quickly seated, got our drinks and appetizer. Calamari was very good.
Waited over 30 minutes for our meal, which was a salmon salad and a mahi mahi. Food and service were very good.
Would definitely come back.

Something is lacking at Bravo. There was a 40 minute wait at The Cheesecake Factory, so we headed over to Bravo. There was no wait, so we decided to eat there. Hostess was nice. Atmosphere was nice. Our server barely spoke — not sure if she was having an off night or if that’s just her personality.
FOOD:
Bread took a while to get to the table, but it was pretty good.
$ 14.99 Eggplant Parmesan was delicious! The pasta that came with it had a good flavor, but was stuck together & didn’t seem fresh. My friend’s pasta was the same.
$ 3.99 for a side Caesar was a bit steep, as it wasn’t anything special but not bad either.
$ 8.99 Dessert Trio isn’t something Id try again. The crème brûlée was delicious & the mousse was decent, but the berry cheesecake was a soupy mess & just not good at all really.
The server warned us not to get the plain cheesecake because it’s «not good».
$ 5.95 Children’s Salmon with mixed veggies (we subbed fries) & mixed fruit was a hit with my 2 year old. At first the salmon looked microwaved or like it had been sitting under the warmer for a bit, but then I forked it apart & it was juicy & flakey.
I think this place might be lacking personality & passionate kitchen staff.

I gave Bravo 3 chances which i usually do for most places, BUT i am done with them. Went when they opened and it was solid, decent food, staff was friendly… my favorite part was the place its self. Big open kitchen, nice mood lighting. So we decided to go back.
Second Visit: Waited about a half hour to sit down (lots of tables open). Server was a little awkward, didn’t really say much and didn’t really know about anything on the menu. Shrimp was over cooked, calamari was blah and the entrees lacked flavor. But it could have been an off night so we gave it another shot.
Third visit: No one was in the restaurant… server was rude and disappeared for 15 mins at a time… food was terrible and we were sat a dirty table with dirty silverware… yea we are done…
Go to a family owned restaurant where they care about what they serve and how they serve you.

This is my third time here and the food is still great for their happy hour specials. We got the shrimp napoli, caprese salad and the bacon chicken flatbread. Everything was fantastic as usual. Amazing portions for the price. I did have a small issue, I found a lemon sticker on my plate. we told the waiter and the manager came right over to apologize, offered a dessert and when we declined he removed it from the bill. Both he and the waiter were very apologetic, sincere and still warm and friendly. Great recovery Bravo!

Great value for the price. My Fiancé and I wanted to grab a quick dinner after shopping on a Friday night. There wasn’t a wait for a table and we decided to sit at the bar. The interior of the restaurant was very modern and clean.
I had their signature pasta and a Caesar salad. Both the salad and pasta were very good. I forget what my fiancé had but she enjoyed it. When the check came I was surprised how cheap it was even with drinks.
I will be back.