BRAVO! Cucina Italiana

This is a great Italian restaurant! I used the curbside pickup and my order came out perfect. I ordered the pepperoni and banana pepper pizza and the spaghetti and meatballs. The order included Rosemary focaccia and an olive oil dip that seemed to have sun-​dried tomato in it, very unique! The pizza crust was soft, tender yet crispy and bubbly on the edges, just how I like it. The quality of pepperoni was good too. I am so impressed by the spaghetti and meatballs. The pasta was made fresh, this is what prompted me to write a review. It is rare that an Italian restaurant makes their own pasta and if they do it is either pappardelle or tagliatelle. The sauce was light and fresh yet had enough depth to stand alongside the meatballs. The meatballs are clearly made with high quality veal, they are super tender and moist just like the meatballs I make at home. They are not dense or heavy they have an airy quality about them, like they should. I highly recommend this restaurant. I am traveling through Little Rock on a road trip from Orange County, California. I have access to great restaurants and cook Italian often myself. Bravo exceeded my expectations, I wish I could bring it home with me!

I don’t know if the culinary gods were smiling down upon us tonight, but we just had one of the best meals we have eaten in quite some time! The chicken marsala was expertly prepared. The filet was extremely flavorful. Our server was nothing short of fantastic. This combination made for the perfect birthday dinner/​date night for my husband and myself.

Terrible curbside service. Avoid this place. Order promised in 30 minutes, food was finally in my car after 70 minutes. Abysmal.

01÷08÷16. Our party of twelve had a reservation at 730 that had been made nearly 3 weeks prior. We were finally taken to our table at 758. The bread was delicious but took another 20 mins to come out. My friend ordered the mini calzones. I tried one and can say it was decent. Deep fried not baked. I ordered the Sicilian pizza and the lobster ravioli all a vodka. The ravioli has heavy on the grape tomatoes and needed more lobster inside of the ravioli. Garnished with plenty of shrimp. The pizza was also good but the best. Over all it was above average food. The portion sizes almost met the price which was nice. At least you are (almost) getting the size you pay for.
Calzone ⁶⁄₁₀
Pizza 7.5÷10
Ravioli ⁷⁄₁₀
It’s worth a try but I won’t be a regular.

I love how the place looked inside, it was very decorative. When I first walked in, we had to wait 3 – 5 minutes before being seated. The place wasn’t packed at first but started to get there. I ordered the steak strip and asked for it to be medium well done, it turned out to be well done and also dry. They have a complimentary birthday desert for customers that have birthdays, I was impress with that. Over all I wouldn’t mind coming back to try other things.

I love Italian food. I couldn’t wait try this place out. I was not impressed whatsoever. I normally do not order lasagna when I eat out for Italian but the waiter said it was the best seller and was delicious. Apparently the waiter and I have very different taste (he was great by the way, as far as personality and service). But I couldn’t even finish it my lasagna. The texture did not appeal to my pallet at all. The flavors meh not so much either. If I were to ever come back it would be for coffee and dessert only. That was good.
If you do decide to give this place a try, my suggestion is –as good as the lasagna looks in these pictures, try something else!

I only give five stars to places that I have eaten at multiple times and know that good experiences are not one off events. This is, by far, one of our favorite Italian places to go eat — I have liked every dinner I have ordered & I’ve been there enough to try quite a few entrees.
I’m not going to sit here and say you can’t have a bad experience at this eatery, but I think if you do and you say you do — it will be handled accordingly & professionally. Thus far, our servers have been excellent, our drinks enjoyable, our meals finished with few crumbs left behind. When in the mood for Italian style food — this place often gets mentioned. I brought my family here when they came in from out of of town for a visit and they greatly enjoyed it, too.
This place is «sorta» family orientated. I see this as more of a place for couples, friends getting together for a few drinks/​dinner or families with older children who don’t mind the process of drinks, appetizer, dinner, dessert, etc. It’s not so upscale you can’t bring kids — and the volume isn’t super muted during their busy times — but young kids just get too restless too quick. I (personally) would not want to be the mother of the screaming two year old in this place. But it’s not like I haven’t seen families in here with young kids, either. Unlike some Italian places, the dinner’s come out of the kitchen in a moderate time frame. Far, far superior to Olive Garden (comparing chain to chain) food wise — with higher prices & more upscale atmosphere.
They have nice outdoor seating and I am pretty darn sure this place also has a private dining area for private parties (not sure how many it accommodates). I have had a few dishes that I wasn’t as crazy about as some others, but overall my boyfriend and I have been very pleased when eating here and have not had any truly «bad» experiences.

I loved this little place. I would have given 5 stars buy we didn’t receive our appetizer so I have to take off a star for that. BUMMER!
We stopped here while traveling from Magnolia to Fort Smith, AR. Great Choice.
This is a newer restaurant and they seem to be working out the employee schedule kinks. However, the food was fantastic.

Absolutely awful food with even more terrible service! Fettuccini Alfredo tasted like a lean cuisine zapped in the microwave. We did not get bread until we had to ask for it. Ordered a Cabernet Sauvignon and when I received it, there was a large amount of sediment in it. When I notified our server, she stated she would tell the bartender so that it would not happen to anyone else. She took my almost full glass of wine without comping it or bringing me a new one… Will NEVER done here again.

It was our first time here and when we walked in the hostess were very nice. The ambiance is cute and I thought it would be a great restaurant for kids. They had paper lining for the table over the white table cloth so kids cool doodle. well at least mine did. Our waitress, Hannah was really nice. The menu looked good, a bit pricey for the quality of the food.
We ordered:
Calamari: Big portion — OK
Kids Lasagna: Disgusting — my son didn’t even want to eat any of it!
Chicken tenders, fries, and fruit: Loved the fruit as it was pineapple, strawberry, and blueberries.
Pasta Woozie: I did feel a bit woozie from the pasta that was drenched in sauce (I asked them to go light on the sauce and didn’t want to bother my waitress when it came out)
Spaghetti with 3 huge meatballs: Mediocre and the meatballs. umm idk. I’d rather have 3 delicious small size meatballs than not so good huge ones.
Not sure I’ll be back — Sorry, although service was fine so Hannah gets the extra star!

Food wasn’t good. Service wasn’t good. We sat for 15 mins before we got water. Our server used his pen to point at us after we had to repeat our order. He just tossed the straws on the table. I’ve had better service at Cracker Barrel, not joking. The pizza was gross, the food is expensive and we won’t be back. Disappointing, slow, boring, tasteless. No thanks, I’ll pick any other restaurant in the promenade next time.

Yum! I had the lobster bisque (which was the most flavorful I have ever had! And only 5 $?!) And a grilled shrimp ceaser salad! It was a really nice and filling lunch, the atmosphere is beautiful but a bit sterile feeling, but I’m sure it wouldn’t feel that way in a busier dinner service. Excellent service and delicious food.

Came in on May 22. Sons graduation dinner
1^st time
Family loved it ! Atmosphere was lovely! Hostesses was lovely.

Came here for my birthday and it was great! I had the shrimp fra diavolo and my husband had the veal Parmesan and both were delicious. I had the white peach sangria which was also very good. Service was great as well!

Delicious. Came in for late lunch on Saturday. The food was very tasty and presentable. We had the spagettii and meatballs — great portion and very tasty. The mahi mahi — this was deliciously refreshing, highly recommend and light meal for those who are watching their weight ;) We definitely plan on coming back to try other entrees. 4 stars bc they can use some help with customer service. I dont think that the staff was very inviting and kind of stand-​offish, not really paying too much attention to their patrons. Service with a smile was lacking here. Otherwise ambiance and food was very good. Just don’t mind the service.

Wow… we were blown away last night. My friend and I are passing through Little Rock and found Bravo. Based on the Unilocal reviews we decided to stop in. We are so glad we did! It was happy hour so we sat at the bar. We both ordered the blackberry Cosmo at 5.00 each and ordered some happy hour apps to share.
We ordered the chicken bacon spinach flatbread, Crispy Shrimp Napoli & burger. Our server Michael was amazing. Best service I can remember ever having… he just blew us away. He brought our drinks and timed bring out the apps so we could truly enjoy them one by one. His timing was perfect… also with our 2^nd round of drinks. Very attentive but not overly.
The drinks were perfect and the Flatbread and shrimp were off the charts good. I will be dreaming about that shrimp and counting the days until I can have it again!
I googled and found out there is one in Fort Worth! Very excited to check it out and get my shrimp fix. Wish Michael was in Fort Worth too!
Go here during Happy Hour if you can and ask for Michael!

Our server was very nice and knowledgable about the menu. My boyfriend and I ordered the calamari as an appetizer, then the pepperoni pizza and lasagna. Everything was great! Pizza is very thin, but that’s what we like. Would visit again!

Went to the bar around 3 ish and service fell short. My food was not hot and super salty. I also ordered soup that seemed to the last bit of the batch or was horrible and cold.
Usually this place is amazing but yesterday ¹⁰⁄₂₆ was a big disappointment,

Thanks to Unilocal for recommendation. We loved this place. 6 of us went to this place for dinner. We had to wait about half an hour to get a table but it was worth it. We got a private room right by the entrance. The waitress was super friendly and with an awesome personality. We all felt really comfortable talking with her. Food was really good. We started with appetizer. The bread and the EVOO dip was out of this world. 6 of us ordered 6 different items from the menu. We ended our meal with desert recommended by our waitress and we all loved it. Over all we are glad that we picked this place for dinner tonight. I would go back to this place if I visit Little Rock in future.

Initially, my husband and I were going to eat at another restaurant around the corner. However, the wait was 2 hours and we did not have that kind of time. Luckily, BRAVO! was able to set our party of 6 right away. Not sure why they had no wait time, but we were starving and it was available.
Walking in, however, the restaurant is HUGE and was mostly full. The décor was elegant, and what I could tell, very clean. The have an open-​air kitchen, which always makes me smile because that means it is cleaned and polished on a nightly basis since it is in full view of customers. No secrets allowed!
We had a very attentive and pleasant server. He filled our glasses in a timely manner and checked on us often. Definitely makes a difference in the whole experience.
Delicious, warm bread was served with a very flavorful olive oil. I could have sat there an ate the entire serving. My entrée was the Balsamic Glazed Chicken with asparagus and spinach atop a side of orzo and farro pilaf. First of all, the portion was very good — too good — as I could not eat all of it. Secondly, the pilaf was amazing. Loved all the flavors in it, mixed with the veggies, balsamic, feta and olive. This truly was a great dish.
My husband got the special of the night — mahi mahi wrapped in pancetta. He said it was very good, cooked well. I believe everyone at our table enjoyed their meals. Every one left satisfied with no room for dessert.
I was unaware BRAVO! is a chain restaurant. I am not from Little Rock, and where I am from, we do not have one. So now that I know this, I can compare it to what we do have, which is Olive Garden. I’d say BRAVO! is definitely more of an elegant, slightly more upscale, restaurant with a great menu and very tasty. I’d go back for sure.