Reviews of Bravo Cucina Ristorante (Restaurant)

Robert Logan

Service is phenomenal! Walton is a expert at customer service

Emily Dunlop

Lobster bisque is divine

David St. John

North Shore gem and great place for lunch with friends or business colleagues. Daily specials are usually a good choice, as well as tiramisu for the sweet ending. Their bread is fantastic.

Shaina D'Souza

Great experience, excellent food and good service! Our server was very pleasant and even helped put my friend's baby to sleep! Great restaurant!!!!

Salim Jiwa

Take out

Parker Lawrence

What a great restaurant. Best local Italian food I have experienced in Vancouver and surroundings. Service is relaxing and perfectly slow, as it appears a turnover of tables is no priority at all. My recommendation is for you to enjoy the appetizers, the mains and the desserts. All of them are of exceptional quality. The choice of wines is more than sufficient. This restaurant makes for the perfect place to have a lovely time and meal with friends. Bravo indeed!

Jonathan Freeman

Place was busy! Food was impeccable. Couldnt finish, had to take leftovers home! Served by Trevor, super friendly fellow. Be sure to have your BC vaccine scan handy!

Cavan Stevens

Enjoyed an incredible dinner at Bravo Cucina. The mushroom risotto was delicious, my partner enjoyed the penne arrabiatta and our wine was great. The atmosphere was great, Italian music, brick walls, Italian decor. Service was excellent, quick food, respectful, never had to ask for refills on water and free bread with delicious garlic butter! Can not recommend it enough, what a great evening!

K S

The entire block is gone to make way for residential towers

Clifford Donovan

Service was terrific and some really excellent dishes. The Carbonara are a great way of getting into the mood, with nice variety and some really delicious, stimulate the appetite. Mains were hearty, tasty and wouldn't have been out of place in Italy. Fresh, quality ingredients and a decent wine list also.

Neil Martin

Came here on a Sunday night and they told us they were booked for the night. They had lots of empty tables. So I called in to see when we could next get a table. They said they would have one ready in 20 minutes. Such rude service. I’m not sure why they turned us away.

Rahamatullah Siddique

When I went the food was excellent. The service wasn't the best but too be fair there were only two servers working and it was super busy. Overall really good experience.

Robb Davis

Lovely atmosphere, terrific food, attentive staff

L M

Pleasant atmosphere, good food and good value

Jérôme Decq

Decent fare and a reasonably good wine selection.

Jen B

Nice environment and great service but the food was nothing special. Dessert was good.

Michael Epp

(Translated) Yummmm (Original) Yummmm

jackie turner

Great food, good service

Michael

Myself and my fiancé just finished eating here, we shared muscles (both of us are from the east cost) and they were the best muscles we've ever had. My fiancé then had the veal cannelloni and I had the muscles, snapper, clam and shrimp pasta and they were to die for. The best seafood and itiallian cuisine you could ask for, service was impeccable and the setting was the icing on the cake.

Pauline Dionne

Fantastic food. Great service. Cozy atmosphere. Have the piccata.

Rob Whitzman

Good food and service.

Josh den Engelsen

Great Dine Out night

henry nagel

Linguine Vongole was fishy and server had a bit of an attitude. Will not be back.

Sebastian Munoz

This place never fails to provide an excellent fine dining experience.

Jonn Jonn

We drive by Bravo all the time but yesterday we were looking for a patio for a bite. We saw the available patio and grabbed a seat. Have to say the food and service were exceptional. Really impressed with our experience. I had the Penne Bolognese with extra sauce and they were very accommodating of my request. My partner had the Angel Hair Arriabiata with some extra Basil and once again they accommodated. Walter was our server and he was fast and efficient and very personable. They are working on improving their patio and we will be going back again shortly.

Athena Robichaud

Great food, great service, great value. What more could you want? *chef's kiss*

lhadi adel

Expo 86!

Alb Vas

Came here for valentines day dinner and was a little dissapointed.. the food was absolutely amazing ( so no complaints there ) however service was below average. I ordered a glass of wine and there was a giant hair in it - i told the waiter and they barely acknowledged how gross that is..especially for a higher class restaurant. They didnt even apologize but just brought me another glass ( and charged me for that as well ). It also took soooo incredibly long for us to get our food (which I understand that it was valentines day) but they had a preset menu so it definitely shouldnt have taken as long as it did. Anyways im not a picky person at all and probably wouldnt come back here considering this experience.

Robert Leupen

We were having a few beers in the patio of the restaurant right beside Bravo. It was 5:25pm on a Tuesday. The patio only had one table occupied. I walked up and asked the server if they would have room for a table of 4 on the patio in 30 minutes. The server went inside to check availability and came back out stating that they didn't have any availability on the patio. I said ok and went back to our patio seat at the adjacent establishment. I'm mid 30's, male, and am heavily tattooed. I only mention this because I feel in this case I was profiled. After sitting down, I called Bravo. They were very polite on the phone and said they could definitely accommodate our table of 4 on the patio in the same timeframe. When we arrived, the server who told me there was no availability looked very embarrassed when I gave him my name for the reservation. He quickly mentioned "we had a cancellation". Ya I'm sure there was a cancellation in the 49 seconds between asking in person and calling. The rest of the experience was not great. We didn't feel welcome and the server who did take care of us seemed like he couldn't be bothered. The food was great, wish the service was on par with it.

Midhath Mahir

Beautiful experience. Finally able to get out of the house to get a sit down meal. Service was amazing, food was great though more expensive then I normally do. However the entire meal, service and atmosphere was worth every penny. Thank you for a great night.

Michael “The Building Manager” Thompson

Food was delicious but we were concerned and a little perplexed as to why the servers were not wearing any face coverings...

Lindsay Bell

Best Italian on the north shore

Owen Thomas

The best spaghetti bolognese I have ever had. So traditional italian and so worth it.

Jamak Golshani

A longtime North Vancouver staple in Italian cusine. The restaurant itself has ample seating inside and out, and the atmosphere is cozy and intimate. The menu includes the italian classics you'd expect, as well as many in-house creations, and a notable seafood offering. The quality and freshness of the ingredients is always top-notch, portions are generous, and baked-in-house foccacia style (served with oil & vinegar/tapenade/bean spread) is included with your meal. The wine list and dessert menu are excellent, and they also have an espresso machine if you want coffee after dinner. What sets this place apart is two-fold: First is the value. When you combine the quality, portion size, and prices, it's no wonder this place has been business as long as it has. You get excellent bang for your buck. Secondly is the service. The servers as well as the manager are so good at their jobs, and love what they do. Whether you're there splurging on a multi-course dinner, or simply there for a $25 lunch, they go above and beyond. These folks are genuinely friendly, courteous, and true professionals who make you feel welcome, and keep you coming back. I highly recommend Bravo, and advise to call ahead and make reservations.

Ryan Pak

Caesar salad was good, veal was really good, creme brule was really good and the service was good too. I would definitely go back.

Jamie Reynolds (Jascrey)

My favourite restaurant on the North Shore. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

Jetcellar

Great atmosphere!

Z.Ä.S

I have been here many times and its generally very good. But last night I ordered a Cesar salad as a starter and it was dreadful, it was obviously prepared much earlier in the day and was sitting in a fridge. The parmesan was in long stringy bits, the lettuce was chopped and there was little to no dressing. The salad include some kind of wafer that was inedible. The veal marsala was very good, the service was a little slow but we were in no rush. I will be back but will not be saying Heil Cesar

Zoe Capps

Food is delicious! Cocktails are too sweet for my taste and the lighting at supper just sucks

David McAdam

Local, fresh mainstay on Lonsdale. The menu doesn't change much, but it's quality is consistent.

Yosari Fuentes

Negligence

spydermcfly

I have to say that this is one of the best places on the north shore ! Will definitely come back!

Peter Classen

The best Italian in the city!!!

Zoe Leung

On a dreary wet night Bravo Cuccina was so warm and cozy. A nice old fashioned Italian restaurant with terrific food and service. Great menu selection and reasonable wine prices....very rare these days. The chicken Parmesan was very good. I highly recommend this terrific local spot.

Bill and Dorothy Bell

It's cosy and the service is great! Execution of meals is meh, tasty but not stellar.

Sammi Jane Watson

Nice little Italian. Food's consistently good, and so is the service.

North Shore Eater

Dinner

Julian Noel

Nice. Love the atmosphere. Food is tasty and staff friendly.

Maret Christiansen

Vastly overpriced Plate of veal tortellini $22 Ok but Special No! Can of steamworks beer(Good) 500 ml $10 yes $10 Will not go again

rob hedley

If you want authentic Italian cuisine then this is the place to go. Very high quality food and an excellent wine list. I had the Halibut Rissotto - it was awesome.

Vishnu Gupta

We had our New Year's meal here last night. Just to be clear, I have eaten here many times prior to last night, and have really enjoyed it. For starters, three of our four meals had to be returned to the kitchen to be reheated. The vegetables were basically raw, and the Halibut was less than appetizing. Service was acceptable under the circumstances, but not stellar. I feel the price point was too high for what we experienced. All in all a disappointing experience.

Mas Kanegae

Never had such great Fettuccine before. The best in North Van. ????

Jasmine Davis

Awesome food, great service. A little pricey.

Vick Albusel

Tried this Italian restaurant recently and were delighted with the menu choices, the wine selection and charming service. A pleasure to wine and dine here. Recommended and we will come back.

Davina Ma

Meal type

Blitz Auto Spa

Do not go here! The cook (and owner I believe) is an ignorant, mean man. He mocked my friend, who has ALS, for the way he was eating. Disgusting behavior.

Gerardo Otero

Amazing fresh Italian food. Friendly staff. Hard to get into on weekend so book early.

Chris Johannsen

Nice atmospere. Great service

Ayden Duffy

I had the red snapper in lemon sauce while my friend had the red snapper in tomatonsauce. Dessert was lemon honey cake and creme brulee! Excellent service and the dinner itself was outstandingly delicious! Will come back for more Italian food! Thank you Trevor and Walter!

Christophe Van Cauwenbergh

Good service and quality veal dishes as well as pasta and Seafood

Derek Gullmes

They fit us in despite the last minutes reservation request, the food & service was great. Would happily go back.

Ron Notron

Good food. Seafood select and quality is excellent. Pastas are good and plentiful. Service and staff knowledge and professional.

Mishgan Hakimi

Wonderful food, great environment, family oriented, great people

Judith McLean

Of a party of 6 we all thought the same... It was disappointing. The food was poor, atmosphere and service was OK.

Trini Kels

One of the best restaurant in North Shore, very good food and wonderfull service. The waiters are excellent, very professional and friendly. A real nice place to come and enjoy a good dinner.

Danielle Leung

I grabbed the spaghetti Carbonara, it was nice. I have yet to experience Dining @ Bravo Cucina. But the staff seemed really nice, overly friendly exceptionally helpful. My baby Goose loved licking the pasta container after I’d finished so that’s a really good Sign.

Erin Holtz

Classic Italian dining on Lonsdale. Proper service and some fine Italian dishes.

Synthesis Design

Dine Out @bravocucinanorthvancouver in 2020! According to my memory, this was the lamb rack, pate, titamisu, and chocolate mousse! It was a great meal in a quiet, romantic setting. Follow me @vinaeatsandtreats on Instagram for more honest restaurant and baking recipe reviews!

Alison T

Absolutely terrific. The food was delicious, the service superb, and it being Christmas Eve, the streets were practically empty, so parking was ideally close by, and free.

Perry Reinhardt

Please package your takeout/to go pasta in a container that is healthy for humans to eat from. Styrofoam containers leach toxins in to our take out food, especially hot pasta. No take out for us again, till you change your containers. Think of your customers and perhaps the environment too...Please

Milo Groundwater

Bravo Cucina is a wonderful place that we have been to many times. However on this occasion we were at The Bridge, a pub, that is next door. Had a great time sitting on the Patio in the sun sipping on some excellent Kraft Beers.

Mario Varandas

Best restaurant on the North Shore

Richard Earnshaw

First time at Bravo this evening. New to Vancouver. Was delighted by mix of ambiance and energy. Busy and full but still able to have good dinner conversation. The waitstaff were outstanding in their attention to us. Delightful! We do not eat carbs often but this was worth it! The food was delicious from the pasta to the veal. Excellent. Will be back for sure!

Alan Moulton

Having seen all the 5 star reviews for this restaurant we had dinner from Bravo last evening. All I can say is that this absolutely could not have been the same chef -- pardon me -- "person". He most certainly could not be categorized a chef. The angel hair pasta was overcooked, the prawns were actually "mushy" -- I threw it in the garbage. My husband's was ok until he put more parm on it and because "cheap" parm is so salty it ruined that. So all in all a terrible experience never to be repeated.

Grant Bowen

.y favorite restaurant in north van

Shelly Smee

We went tonight to celebrate and as always the food and service was absolutely amazing. Yo can't go wrong here. The only thing missing was the Dom????

Amanda Horne

Best restaurant in North Van

Lyubomir Radev

The owner/ chef working here made this the last place I’d ever want to go to again. He dragged a man through the restaurant swearing at him and pushing him (borderline punching) and yelling at him to pay his bill. It was the absolute worst way for someone to handle a (drunk) customer. They should not serve someone to the point of drunkenness and then berate and get physical with that customer. It was a huge scene and he made a young girl cry. The whole restaurant was disturbed and in awe. I couldn’t shake the feeling the whole night and it was terrible...

Dave Roskell

Great food and service

Nick Weston

Good service. Good food. Better than Quattro in my opinion.

nolan-newsome Bev

They DO NOT serve dine out menu on Fridays or Saturdays. Did not say anywhere on the website. I made a reservation 10 days before and specifically asked them if they're doing dine out and they said yes. When I got there they just said "oh somewhere on the website it says we're not offering dine out menu on Fridays or Saturdays." Waste of time.

Anthony Fortunaso

Dinner was great and service excellent.

Sherrie Busswood

Really good Italian food

E MONTY

I wouldn't think North Vancouver would have a great Italian Restaurant, but they sure do. Great menu, good service and nice wine. All what you need from a restaurant. Had the fresh halibut and it was so fresh it tasted so good. Excellent service and very nice ambiance! Highly recommended!

Geoff Johnston

Great friendly staff. Lots of specials. Fish really good. Very quiet at lunch time.

Kat H

Delicious and fresh bocicini salad, and amazing pasta. Best pasta on the North Shore, possibly the city.

Donald Reeves

Always fabulous! Excellent service and food. Prices are a bit high but the quality is beyond expectations every time.

Rick Fortunaso

Great food and good service.

Arturo Tejuco

Service was fast. Mussels delicious ????

Steve Arns

Great Service, ample portions of very good Italian....the Lobster Bisque is a must have...only drawback depending which table you get its a bit cramped..made up for with the friendly staff and excellent wine list for a smaller place.

Erak Sinclaire

Great service, great food!!!!

Steve McEneany

We love this local Italian restaurant and come back time and time again. The food is always spectacular and the service is a perfect match. The atmosphere is warm and comfortable with a homely feel. The Carbonara is our favorite but last time we got the lamb shank special on the recommendation of our server...wow!! It fell off the bone and was soon delicious! We got the antipasto platter to share as a starter too and it was a decent sized portion for 2+ people. Good wine list with reasonable prices is the cherry on top for the whole experience. We will be back again soon!

Easton toth

Awesome Italian food and price/value.

spencer torpy

Best Italian restaurant on the north shore!

Spencer Torpy

Love my pasta. Love my salad. Love my pana cota. .

Mariusz Drazkowiak

Incredible Italian food that I’ve even brought Italians to who gave it the full stamp of approval. I’ve been here a few times and always loved it. The server was extremely friendly and even accommodated our small puppy on the patio. Their carbonara is my go-to

Dante Hadlee

I've been here twice, and both times were excellent. Hospitable, attentive and friendly wait staff; diverse and yet authentic menu, delicious quality dishes served fresh, hot and with great attention to detail; lovely atmosphere. We'll be returning again and again.

Doug Jeffery

Fantastic food and service!

Graeme McCrodan

Great food, nice atmosphere. Excellent Italian meal without having to cross over into Vancouver.

Richard

Amazing

Galib Bhayani

We have always had wonderful lunches at Bravo Cucino with lovely salad specials. There is a very nice ambiance and the servers are great!!

Lisa Kamdar

Came here during Dine Out. Really enjoyed the appetizer and main, but I could have done without dessert. I'll definitely go back next time I'm in the mood for an Italian dinner.

Doug Misener

This is the best food on the North Shore

Darlene M. Kurtz

Lovely smallish Italian restaurant with a great menu.

FA

Always a good sensory experience. Vallee is fair and service excellent.

Dennis Cain

Amazing food and service. Food was fresh, high quality, and meticulously prepared. Extensive wine list. Great restaurant in Central Lonsdale. Will definitely be returning!

Colin Rogers

Awesome place for a date night.

kim vickers

Service has been inconsistent recently. I've been here several times and some nights I would rank it a 5 and some nights I would rank it at 2. The prices are too high if it's a two-star night or 3 star night. We waited well over an hour for our meal last week and the service was terrible. This was definitely a two star night.

Alex Harvey-Wickens

Good food, friendly waiters, clean, food was fairly quick. Excellent experience.

Braelyn Stewart

My favorite Italian in the lower mainland. Authentic and feels like mama cooked it! I've been going here for 15 years... never been disappointed!

Chris Thorson

Excellent Italian restaurant

Kevin Bruce

No COVID protocols in place, other than reduced # of tables - no sanitizer at entry, menus were reusable, no sanitizing, no masks, and 3 staff were all in close proximity - not safe. Service was slow, food was rich but good.

Leslie Gallon

Wide choice of Italian dishes. The Expo86 pasta dish is a favourite as are the veal entrees and the Tiramasu. Never disappoints.

Andrew Bacon

Had a reservation and arrived 10 minutes early. We were told there would be a 10 minute wait but the restaurant was 3/4 empty. Four other parties came in after us over a 30 minute period and 3 parties were seated each in turn before us. We politely ask about our seating each time a party was seated. We were told they were waiting for people to leave so that we would get a table. They just seated about 12 people ahead of us. We walked out looking at the empty seats that we could have sat in that were not occupied. We were a party of only 2!

Siobhan Calnan

It was a wonderful place to take my wife on a date. The food was great And so was the service

Marin Lain

Bravo Cucina has been one of our favorite restaurants on the North Shore for many years. Sami and his crew go the extra mile to make sure everyone's order is prepared to perfection. We recently made a large office lunch order for 12 people, and they executed perfectly. It was delicious. Thank you Bravo Cucina!

Jim Wilson

Excellent food, great service from our waiter Trevor. Clean toilets (very important) we were the first to arrive and last to leave. Will return most definitely!

Caitlin McCaulley

Always a special place and a treat even on a Sunday night. HIGHLY recommend the antipasto platter for two. Jen was also a ton of fun to be served by. Love it when a server can make you smile in a classy restaurant

Maureen S.

This is one if the best restaurants on the North Shore. Excellent food, servers who are knowledgeable, polite and efficient, so refreshing when compared to the West coast Earls/cactus et al model. And all at a moderate price.

Irvine Sky

Love the menu

Nathalie Garcia

Loved seeing everyone having such a great time here. The food was terrific. My pasta was fresh but could have used a little more sauce. It turns out that was my particular plate. It's served light on the sauce. But it's okay. I aim to try different things when I come back.

Jim beattie

We did a recent take out dinner for 4. Thank you to Trevor and all the staff for providing such a special dinner. The food was incredible, even when packaged up for us to bring home. The only thing we missed was the ambience of Bravo Cucina but this was the next best thing during Covid. If you are looking for high quality Italian food, then consider coming and picking up your dinner at the restaurant and support this excellent small business. We couldn't have been happier. Thank you all!

Nix

Loved the place! The smoked salmon fettuccini dish I had was delicious and the service was very nice. The waiter gave many recommendations and was friendly and helpful :)

Roger L

Great food, great service always a pleasure.

Tommi Muller

AMAZING food and service!!!!

Aamin Okhovat

Service

Maureen Todd

Delicious. Really good. I highly recommend.

Jim Lee

My husband and I had dinner at Bravo Yesterday. The restaurant was full however the food & service was outstanding. Best penne all' arabiata and snappers ever eaten before. Thank you all the staff for that memorable dinner.

foody nvan

Friendly waiter and waitress, delicious food.

John O'Hara Jr.

Excellent, excellent food. I recommend going here.

Trung Ma

(Translated) Zina adel Malek marem chihab mouhamed (Original) Zina adel Malek marem chihab mouhamed

Анна Самойлик

Great food and service. Among the best on the North shore.

Suzanne Martin

Taste good

Karen Wong

Consistently good Italian food, warm atmosphere and friendly service

Patrick Labron

I have been at Bravo many times and have always loved it. Great food and service and reasonable prices for fine dinning.

Barbara West

(Translated) Excellent and delicious food (Original) Excelente y deliciosa comida

Sarah Parker

Great atmosphere and delicious food! I recommend the linguine carbonara, it was amazing.

Christopher Smith

Absolutely amazing food. Service was great. It was a perfect evening. Will be back!!

AL HARTMAN

Amazing food, Excellent service, and very professional servers. Can't go wrong with any occasion and one of the best services you will ever get in town! Great job everyone.

Beverley Eger

I came in for lunch today and the owner was building a deck, sawing and being sweaty right where I was eating. They are closed between 2pm and 5pm so I can't believe he wouldn't wait until his customers left. Also, the tables were not socially distanced and no dividers.

Shane Luke

Great food quality, service and ambience. Very reasonable $$$

Sal Pres

If you like real Italian food this is the place to go. It's on Lonsdale in the 1200 block in North Vancouver. Parking can be at a premium but that aside what a treasure. They usually do about two table turns in the evening so you are not to likely to feel rushed. Do be sure to make a reservation. Cost wise plan on spending $50 to $150 per person depending on what you have and drink. Try it you will have a wonderful meal.