I had the most wonderful lunch here the other day. Â I got their 5 oz filet with vegetables (spinach, red peppers, asparagus, and sweet potatoes). Â This entire meal came out to less than 400 calories and was extremely filling. Â I absolutely loved this meal. Â The only downside is the fact that I have 2 young children and all the tables felt a little close to each other for my liking. Â I will definitely be back again some time soon!
Review Source:We had not been to Bravo in at least 3 years, having found equivalent or better Italian dining at lower prices, but we got a promotional card (up to $15 off a second entree) in the mail, and it was $5 martini night  ;)  so off we went.
Got there just before six, place has some business but we were seated right away. Â Our server promptly greeted us and took drink orders. Â She was cheerful and helpful, but not overly familiar, a very good waitress.
Wife ordered one of the new items (just added day before) on the menu, Chicken and Shrimp with vegetables and Arugula over Faro and Orzo with "Red Peppers Gastrique" sauce. Â Unfortunately the chicken was somewhat dry and the four shrimps, although adequate in size, were just a little "old" tasting. Â When the waitress asked how we were enjoying the meal, we mentioned this, and she immediately offered to replace the dish with something else, as did the floor manager a little later - I consider this a good sign, but we did not want to wait for a replacement so we declined.
I ordered a Caesar side salad ( which was excellent, still good as it always was) and  meatball and spicy pepperoni stuffed manicotti in a tomato cream sauce.  This was three good-sized manicottis and was quite tasty.
By the time we were finished, the restaurant had filled up considerably - the place always seems to do good business. Â I gave it three stars because of the poor entree and somewhat high prices, but it would have been four if that wasn't the case.
It's fine for what it is.  The menu is perhaps a little more interesting than similar places.  The olive oil dip with the focaccio is actually  very good.  The Caesar salad is overdressed, but still tastes decent.  The tortelloni with sausage was actually quite tasty.  An adjoining table had the pizza, which looked delicious.  The servings are quite ample.  Our server was nice and attentive, but he seemed to be really new, or at least uncertain.  We were there on a Sunday night, and the place was almost empty.  I'd probably choose Amalfi again if in the neighborhood, or drive a little farther to Capri or farther to Sangiovese.
Review Source:Not bad for a chain that I have not been to before, reminds of Olive Garden but of course a different menu. Â I ordered fettucini with a 'spicy' arriabta type sauce.. it was not close to spicy at all. Â
I also ordered a mixed drink which was OK, refreshing as we had a long drive behind us and came to Indianapolis from Chicago burbs for a wedding. Â
They were very accomodating, we had a large party and they gave us the party room in the back... they didn't have to do that considering when reservations were made they said they could not seat us there. Â
Don't want to forget to mention dessert was great... Â I love the trio option!
I would return, it has a great menu!
My mother and I decided to try some Italian in Indy on the weekend she was visiting. The restaurant wasn't very busy for a Friday night, so we were seated right away. The restaurant seems like a lot of Italian places, very open and fairly noisy. However, our food was very good, and the leftovers were quite good too. Our waitress was friendly and decently attentive. I did think it was somewhat expensive, but the food was very good.
Review Source:It's too bad. I actually make it a point to come into this place whenever I travel into town for work (which is quite often). Â This time I walk in and rather than sit at the bar, I decided I'd rather sit at a table. Well I sit down and wait for a minute....then two...then five. No one talked to me or even registered that I was there. There were probably 5 tables total for a Thursday night. Not busy at all. In fact several waiters/waitresses just past me by. Â One fella actually cleared two tables adjacent to me with no word. I walked out. Would only consider coming back if I get the slightest urge for their food which is its only saving grace.
Review Source:Have not been to a Bravo in years. Tonight we wanted to go someplace that was not showing the Super Bowl. Driving by Bravo it was quite dead so we went there. Very nice inside, considering it's in a strip mall. We got  fried cheese ravioli. It was good, not great. I got sausage tortellini. Way too much chunky sauce. The pasta itself had very little flavor. Other dish ordered was Chicken Parrm. Looked really really good. Very little taste. The side of spag had more flavor then the chicken. 65 + $ for Sunday dinner . No alcohol and no dessert. Waiter was friendly and kept our cola full. I go out to eat a lot. Eaten from NY to Wash state to Hawaii to Egypt to the Caribbean. I just don't know why people like Bravo?
Review Source:I've always been pretty fond of Bravo! in the past, but the past couple times I've been I was less than charmed. My server was excellent, on the ball with the foccacia and seasoned dipping oil, all around pleasant, but the food was sub-par from what I remember.
I've always been a big fan of the bruschetta with mushrooms and boursin in the past, but it seems they changed their recipe a bit since I last had it, the bread tougher and there seemed to be a little lemon zing in it I hadn't noticed before. But, it still got the job done in my belly.
The main disappointment was the plate of Penne Med I split with my wife. If I were to guess the ingredient list for the dish, it would go: salt, salted pasta, salted butter (menu said olive oil, but it definitely tasted more like butter), less than 2% of spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts, and feta. We were both gulping down water afterwards.
Like I said, I've enjoyed Bravo! in the past. I think the pasta Woozie is a pretty safe dish, and their pizzas are solid. But, someone in the kitchen just seems a little heavy handed with the salt well when it comes to entrees.
I was never a huge fan of Bravo. I preffer The Cheesecake Factory for the menu choice over it. Anyway, my mother dragged me into Bravo and I went with her and my 7-year-old son.
The waiter Steve was not very friendly. He never made an eye contact I found it to be odd. I told him that I had a coupon. He looked at my coupon and showed me which choices I could make from the menu. I placed the coupon near my plate on table. A few minutes later he walks to our table, without saying a word, picks up my coupon and takes it elsewhere.... We were sitting there looking at each other.
Then he comes back and with an ink pen underlines are two words ":Sunday-Thursday" and we were there on Friday. So he said the coupon is not ok to use on Friday. So we decided .....Fine, we were already there.
My mother and my son love their hot tea. It cost $2.65. So he brought cups, several packets of tea choices for each person and tea kettle. After my son had used 2 tea bags (he likes to mix his teas) the waiter comes in, without a word picks up tea bags (unused ones) and takes them off the table. My son goes ":where is my tea?" - I am sitting there blinking don't know what to say.
The restaurant had only 2 other tables to serve and we waited for our food for 25 minutes at least. Then the waiter comes and I ask him ":where did the tea go?": - his reply was : ":I removed tea packets because you are supposed to use only ONE tea bag and you've used more than one". I figured you would not want to pay an addition $2.95 per tea bag......
That was the first time I heard such "policy":. I don't know what else I would call it. I gues he could've said "I am taking your tea away" to my mother (who's a senior citizen) but taking tea bags away from a child who's 7-years-old is beyond me.. were they really trying to make a few more bucks on us for using extra tea bags? If those tea bags cost $2.95 each then why not just give ONE tea bag with tea per customer? Why bring a whole array of 10 tea bags to choose from?
The waiter never refilled my iced tea. He only asked if I wanted a refill when I paid my bill! Rofl!
It was a horrible experience. I shouldn't have left any gratitude for him the way he treated us. For me Bravo is over. I am not going to a restaurant that counts how many tea bags you are using with your tea for which you paid the price listed on the menu!
I have never been a HUGE fan of Bravo...I always thought it was super loud and hard to hear who you were talking to. Â I used to go here a lot when I was in my early 20s. Â It was a good "date" spot, but the older I got, the less I enjoyed how hard it was to hear in here. Â First of all, all the tables are SUPER close together so it's just difficult to not hear your neighbor's conversation, especially b/c they have to yell at one another. Â In addition, this makes it harder to hear specials, etc.
However, that being said, I had a baby and I always think of loudish places to take him, so in case he melts down, we won't interfere with others' eating. Â I have never been a fan of crying babies while I'm trying to eat, so Friday night, we ventured out to join the in on one of the noisiest restaurants in the city. Â We went with my sister and her hubby. Â We made a reservation and were seated immediately. Â The staff is always very polite, so that is a plus!
Our waitress Bonnie was very good. Â She brought more than enough bread, served us our drinks promptly and we were able to get in and out in about an hour. Â Big plus, since Max wasn't really enjoying it and was ready for bed.
I got the shrimp/chicken scampi. Â I thought it was a little too lemony and I would have preferred just chicken, as the shrimp were kind of chewy with not much taste. Â My sister got the lobster ravioli and it was good ...I grabbed a couple of tastes. Â Very flavorful. Â I don't really like lobster, but it didn't have a strong taste so it was pretty good.
We ordered a $23 bottle of Pinot Grigio. Â It was very sweet and didn't really go with my lemony sauce, but it was a nice treat. Â
My favorite item is always their chopped salad. Â I think it's the vinaigrette. Â It is just really tasty so if you enjoy a pre-starter salad, definitely get this! :) I also LOVE their bread. Â I'm still dreaming about it, even though it always ruins my appetite! Â It is just so delicious! :)
All in all, this is definitely A-OK, but I'm not sure I'd go back regularly except that it is baby-friendly :), so that's a plus now that we are in a new stage of life and would hate to give up eating out all together! :)
This is one classy joint. Â Lots more upscale than the walk-up Chinese restaurants, or Mexican restaurants in strip malls that I normally go to.
Food quality is high, as you would imagine with the high quality decor. Plenty of attentive wait staff. Â Upscale clientele too.
Their fresh bread baked on site is excellent, as is the seasoned dipping oil. Â Prices are a bit high, but so is quality. Â There is a more cost-conscious specials menu for both lunch and dinner.
I'd rate this restaurant both "worth it" and "worth going out of your way for" if you're in the mood for high quality Italian dining.
When the very first Bravo restaurant opened years ago near Castleton Mall, I was among the crop of servers. Honestly, I liked the menu better back then...there was this amazing wood-fire roasted eggplant, tomato and fresh mozzarella stack..
Anyway, I do like Bravo and I do like the newly updated digs of the Lake Circle location. Actually, it would be cool if the landlords would renovate the  rest of this strip mall to make it match Bravo, which now stands out like a sore thumb. While the food at Bravo has pretty much been consistent, especially the salads, calamari fritti and pasta dishes, the service and pricing here has left me thinking something less than "molto bene" on a few occasions. Let's just talk about my most recent visit: a shared order of bruschetta and two bowls of Italian Wedding Soup. Though my girlfriend did specify that this was our dinner, the soup came out first and was followed some 30 minutes later by our bruschetta...I still haven't figured that one out. Unfortunately, our server didn't seem to notice that we were letting our soup get cold because we were hoping to get our bruschetta to go along with...meanwhile, we devoured the focaccia bread. And (insert fave server name) didn't heed our requests for more bread and oil. In the end, most of the bruschetta went home to my friend's better half because it arrived to table too late for us to enjoy it.
Now, top that off with a $23 bill for the lot and you can color me ______ (does anybody know the Italian word for "pissed?"). Â Before you yelp back at me for being mean, let me stipulate that we drank iced tea, not wine.
I will not abandon Bravo just yet, but am hoping my next dining experience is of better quality. Our server was, in fact, very nice and apologized profusely about the timing of our order and his lack of attention to our table. My take on the entire event was that he had too many tables to provide good service, so managers, this Yelp is for you!
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