If you've got an hour to throw away then this is a Must go for you. Â If you're hungry expect to wait a while even for bloody drinks. Â The pizza is fresh, the mozzarella is fresh and good, but its too damn cold in this restaurant and the wait is ridiculous that it almost kills any positive mood you have about the place.
Review Source:I've been a customer to Brother's for many years. The restaurant recently had an awesome face lift and really helps with the overall feeling of the place. More cozy and more Italian flare.
The food is pretty good, the pizzas aren't anything to write home about but they hit the spot. I normally get their Philly sandwiches (either chicken or steak) which are pretty awesome and big! The wait staff is decent though pretty forgetful and absentminded which can be frustrating. Also, when you check out (either dinning in or picking up) you have to go up to one of two cashiers up front and sort of fight your way up to them because the front is normally very congested with people either waiting to pick up food or pay their check. As you can imagine it's very disorganized and the cashiers are usually short with you.
Besides that it has decent prices, not the best pizza or Italian in general but it's not bad.
I'm not going to comment on how authentic the food is, because I have never travelled to Italy and I'm not pretentious enough to care if a restaurant in Dinwiddie, VA is serving up the purest version of marinara or whatever, but I work nearby and come here when I can't decide what I want or haven't packed my lunch-I can always get a great value with their lunch specials (around $5-6 for a pasta dish/soft drink or sub, fries and soft drink, less for a pizza slice and soft drink and you can add a salad for a couple of bucks more). Â I've never tried the pizza because the pizza special they have is dine in only and I would want carry out, but I usually stick with the lasagne lunch special, chicken roll or philly steak sub or a grilled chicken salad, all of which are fine, the lasagne being my go to. Â
The service sucks. Â The servers are all perfectly nice women but do not care for extra requests, are hot and cold about being good about refilling drinks and definitely don't want to hear about a problem with your order. Â The blond woman who is often at the register also has a bad attitude, but since it's convenient for me, I ignore the bad service. Â Make sure to allow a few minutes to stand in the long line to pay your bill if you're on your lunch break!