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a new favorite. another winner in the new spotsy towne center! the inside is huge, spacious, and beautiful. the wait staff was a+. very professional and knowledgeable and with just the right amount of attention. being our first time, we tried a little of everything. they start you off with some garlic bread sticks and some dipping oil, which sounds cliche, but i can't tell you how good it was. we ordered the calamari for the appetizer. perfectly cooked, and i actually passed on the marinara in lieu of the horseradish sauce, which i never do. of course, they were great without the sauce, too. my wife and i split the margarita pizza and the shrimp diavolo campanelle, which is a shrimp & rotini dish with a sauce similar to sun-dried tomato with a spicy kick to it. the pizza was very light and thin but with a lot of flavor. delicious. maybe not amealon its own, but a great appetizer to share with friends. the pasta dish was equally fantastic. the best part of all? the calamari, two entrees, kids meal, wine, dessert and drinks all came to just over $60. the only downside is that due to its location, there is always going to be a wait to be seated, but if you're patient (or call ahead) it's worth it.

average at best !!. this evenings experience was a 3 out of 5. we made reservations, therefore we were seated right away. our server was excellent and the atmosphere was cozy. but, as for the food i think it could have been hotter and my chicken romano was average. the chicken did not have enough romano cheese taste and the chicken was sorta like a frozen chicken patty with a slice of mozarella cheese on it that was not melted that good. the bed of pasta was fine with a red sauce. i pictured the entiremealdifferently and i guess i should have sent it back. i thought it would be a much fresher piece of chicken in a light sauce with angel hair with a cream sauce. my bad i guess! i should have talked with the manager but did not want to make a scene for my husband, children and daughter in law. our bill was close to 150.00. don't think i would rush back any time soon. we had dinner at olive garden last week. better prices and it includes all you can eat salad or soup with your meal.

last night me and my fiancee went to the bravo for our 4 year anniversary in the waterfront in pittsburgh,pa where i had the worst expiernce in my life we were sat in a section with a waiter who had a table of 22 people and then another party of 5 we never recived our complimentary bread and when our appetizer finally came out we had to ask for our bread to be brough to the table we were completly ingored not only by our waiter but by the manger to she was rude and did not care to help or step up in any means to make her customers have a good experience at her restaurants we asked her to get us a new waiter when we recived nasty stares and felt very un comfortable that then took 10 to 15 mins for her to come to our table then she brough my fiancee diet pop when we asked for regualr pepsi so then he had to wait longer for the right drink then ourmealcame out and mymeallook like this ...... burnt all are very black over done over cook and my fiancee crab cakes were burnt also. we paid our 50.00+ some bill and tip our waiter 9 dollars we wanted nothing more then to get outta that place it completly ruined our dinner, anniversary, our way we look at bravo as a professional business & restaurants and our mood i called the store this afternoon and talked to a nice manger chris who was willing to listen to me and apologize on behalf of his employees who clearly did not do their job last night & he also offered me gift cards so i could come in a try them one more time to deicied on if we will ever return there again with the new changes he said they will be making.

try the bar bites!. i've never had a regular entree here, but my friends and i will go during happy hour and get a drink and their bar bites. these bar bites, which i think are regular appetizers, are only $2.95, and if you get two you have a good meal. i get the same two every time, the crispy shrimp napoli, and the chicken bacon artichoke flatbread. both are extremely tasty and have great flavors. the white peach sangria is sweet but delicious. the bartenders were extremely friendly as well. if you want a cheapmealwith a classy atmosphere, this is the place to go!

this bravo is on a downward spiral. just finished dinner here. it's clear that management has started to cut corners at this location, to save money, i guess. two examples: 1) they don't have lime juice at the bar. how you do run a bar without lime juice? 2) mymealwas incorrect when it came out. i pointed it out to the server, but nothing ever happened to fix the problem. now, lime juice isn't a big thing and everyone makes mistakes, but, these examples are indicators of bigger issues. clearly management has started to cut corners. it makes you wonder what other corners they're cutting? what about in the kitchen? what about in the area of sanitation?

i used to be a semi-regular visitor. now, i'm done. dine at your own risk at this location!

hate bravo with passion. hated it 10 years ago, tried again with group. tool 1.5 hours to sort out the check, they refused to split. everyone had badmealbut we still had to pay the required large party tip. complained to manager who was useless. staff were snooty (as they were 10 years ago in mcknight location). small salad, cup of soup, creme brule = $27 and attitude from staff. seriously, never going back! not even with free coupons.