Bravissimo Houston

Went there to use a coupon, but me and my best friend were the only ones there. The waitress was confused about how to use the coupon, so the manager had to come out and help her. We ordered apps, and when they did come out they were cold. We sent them back and got fresher food, once they were hot, it tasted pretty good. Our entrees were good as well. They need to promote their restaurant more, and liven up the scene. Might go back, but no time soon.

Have been here often — not always perfect, but always good. Great tomato bisque soup, calamari, lasagna, & truly the best meatballs ever! And we love their pizza, too. Highly recommend it!

Let me preface this by saying we LOVE Cullen’s. We’d eat there weekly if our budget allowed. We also recently enjoyed the half price appetizers at the bar area and they were amazing.
This place however was awful! Everything was either burnt, tasteless or both. The staff was super nice and friendly. My daughter’s spaghetti order can be confusing but they got it just right. However her pasta was actually burnt! My chicken parm was over cooked and dry. My husband (who salts nothing) basically had to pour half the salt shaker onto his lasagna to make it palatable. Nothing had flavor at all. And the chunks of tomato in the sauce were a bit much.
Honestly, we probably should have sent it all back to be recooked. But we were starving so we are it. Even Olive Garden is better. So sad. You’d expect better quality from a restaurant that shares a kitchen with Cullen’s.

This place charges so high for so little. Terrible. The taste is not good. The quantity isn’t good. There was no one there when I went (peak dinner time). Save urself time and money coming out here.

Totally not an offensive experience here guys. Yall had me really trepidatious.. .
I got a coupon at work for buy one get one half off so me and my bro hit it up. After the coupon our food was $ 35 for 1 app, 2 entrees, 1 drink, and a dessert. Definitely a little pricy but it’s tucked into Cullens armpit, you kinda expect that.
Ambience is cute, with a few tweaks it could even be pleasant.
Cons:
it was freezing. I like it cold, so I was down but another table complained and were told they’re at the thermostat mercy of the adjoining America bar. Huh?
As soon as you walk in, there is a row of tables barracading your entrance to the dining room. Fix that shit guys, it’s awkward.
The chairs really do blow. I understand the concept and casual feel but these are terribad. I wouldn’t have enjoyed our visit nearly as much if we hadn’t scored a booth seat.
It’s disturbingly quiet. There was music, but just annoyingly low, we could hear every word spoken in the whole place.
You can’t substitute ANYTHING on the menu. «You can basically JUST ADD MEATSAUCE. Because we share the kitchen with Cullens.» How the bleep does that make any sense? You have veggies on other menu items, and Cullens has that shit in the kitchen. Figure it out bro
Pros:
I really enjoyed the broken plate wall and weird plastic field of clover wall by the restrooms.
The food was tasty! My caprese salad had super fresh mozzarella. The tomatoes were a little crunchy for my taste but the micro basil was fun.
I ordered the chicken piccata with pasta al dente on the side for my bro and he got spaghetti and meatballs.
The al dente pasta was *gasp* AL friggin DENTE and my piccata was delish. The chicken was ever so slightly over cooked but the crunchy sear on the outside and drippy Parmesan laden butter sauce totally made up for that.
Bro was happy with his plate as well except for how chunky the red sauce was so I got to eat all of his big tomater pieces! Winning! He raved about the canoli.
They’ve only been open for 4 months, and for sure have got some kinks to iron out. Check it out, but adjust your expectations accordingly. And use a coupon.

Fast-​casual and has tasty pizza.
Don’t let the bad reviews scare you off as long as you are aware of three things: (1) located OTL, (2) order at the counter instead of having a gentlesir waiter, and (3) the pizza is amazing so u are on ur own if you order anything else that is not pizza.
I was here for a birthday dinner; not entirely sure what to expect. Bravissimo is from the same three people responsible for Cullen’s. Cullen’s is an experience, because of the exuberant grandiosity involved with it all. For what is moderately priced simple American casual food they built a building roughly the size of an indoor football field out in the middle of nowhere, glitzing and glamming it up inside as a further curiousity for the area that was previously a big empty field out back behind the Neutral Buoyancy Lab. I was curious whether they built a literal outhouse for Bravissimo or maybe another glitzy building to match Cullen. It’s the same building actually as Cullen, they just walled it off so it feels like a distinct entity.
The menu is pretty simple, on their biz website and also from a little sconce on the wall to your left when you walk in to Bravissimo. I don’t want to tell you how to live your life, but get the pizza and ignore the rest of the menu. This area (depending on how 7 fast and 7 furious you drive) is 30−45ish minutes away from our inside the loop area offering the divine pizzas from Dolce Vita, Piola, Tiny Boxwood, Gotham, and Luna Pizzeria. For this area it is mostly just Angelo, Pomodoro, and the megacorp chains like Domino. The competition is pretty weak in this ‘hood so Bravissimo’s pizza easily blows them away. And more — it is even much better than many of the ITL pizza joints. I vastly preferred my pizza experience here over Pizaro, Solario etc etc. For less money than Pizaro I got more pizza, better pizza, with my favorite toppings, and unlike Pizaro messaging me from a private shill Unilocal account (not their legitimate biz Unilocal account as they are supposed to do under the Unilocal TOS) Bravissimo and/​or Cullen’s offered no online sass or Unilocal faux pas in person at the register or online shortly afterward.
My catch of the night was the Farmers Market pizza. For $ 11.95 this bad boy brings squash, zucchini, red onion, eggplant, mushrooms, and a 5 cheese blend to the party. Eggplant and boomers on a pizza? I must be dreaming to get two of my favorite toppings on the same pizza — the melanzane at Dolce Vita meets Gotham’s best late night/​post-​bar pizza topping. It is just as fannnn *jazz hands* tastic as you think it could be if you would order a pizza called the Farmers Market AND enjoy receiving both eggplant and mushrooms on said pizza.
I have three complaints that I think Bravissimo/​Cullen should know about.
Gripe 01: Drink menu is a bit disappointing. The draft menu doesn’t include any Karbach or other standard ITL pizzeria beers I have come to expect as accompaniments for a pizza experience. The draft menu is limited to four: Bud Light, Shiner Bock, XX, and Stella. C’mon ladies. For the house red their menu put chianti into quotation marks, which is slightly unnerving to have «chianti» if you want to wine it up after the draft menu has finished disappointing you. Quotation marks are suspect around certain words — sure lady, I am not a «convicted» serial killer; or sure lady, this tiger is real «friendly» — but for chianti, sometimes you just need to roll the dice. It was not my intended order but they were «out» of the first two wines I wanted to order. So house «chianti» it is. For a $ 7 glass of wine I was expecting it to not be awful. It was not the best nor the worst chianti I have ever had. Since it did not come out of a box of wine, this prevented the April Rhodes-​fun of «Can I get you a drink? I just cracked open a fresh box of wine …» but we make do with what we have, house «chianti.»
Gripe 02: They do not give you enough time to eat through your salad before they bring out the pizza. After dropping $ 5.50 on a side salad (that is a huge salad) I want to have two seconds to eat some of it before the ‘za comes. This salad takes some time to work through. I want some time to eat it. Once the pizza comes out it is just going to sit there in time out cooling off and getting cold before I am ready to play with it. Gotta finish the salad. Maybe give a brother two seconds between salad and pizza appearing.
Gripe 03: Even when you are not drunk it is very easy to knock your pizza saucer off of the raised metal pizza holders. There is no catch or other method of securing the saucer to the holder. Secure the pizza!
It is decorated pretty «upscale diner» with heavy wood tables, booths on one side and metal chairs on the other. The walls are decorated with «broken plate» artwork which is colorful and unique. The guy bringing the food out isn’t a waiter but is polite. «Service» is fine for fast casual.
If you find yourself in the area: come grab your slice of ‘za and enjoy!

Horrible food! Worst Italian food I’ve ever had. Would have been happier eating a frozen TV dinner. Don’t waste your money.

1. No table service,
2. Cold metal folding chairs,
3. the only good food out of four entrees was the salad,
4. this one is the best: my friend sent back her entrée because it was so bad & her money was NOT refunded-​the chef was“too busy” to come out to our table.
Will never go back here. DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME & MONEY

I think that the key is that this is a quick serve concept, so things like to-​go cups make sense in that context. We went in with a group of 6 and all had wonderful meals. Some had pizza, the crust had great flavor, I believe they brushed the crust with oil and herbs, it was delicious. One had salad, the portion was huge portion and I heard it was fresh and flavorful. Lasagna was multilayered and one of the best I have ever had, a great marinara and bubbly cheese. I have been many places where they get the outside hot and the inside cold but this one was consistent throughout. One of us had spaghetti and meatballs, it came with a great sauce and 5 meatballs. This is a unique concept for the area. Great food which was well worth the price. Grab a bite and sit for a little bit or grab a great lunch or dinnerl to go.

Whatsup with bad reviews? Me and my Family agreed this was the best lasagna we have ever ate. If your fat and too lazy to get up and get your own drink and expect table service then this isnt place for you. very nice atmosphere here and relaxing. I love it and recromend it!

This is an open letter to those who own and manage Bravissimo. I’ll start by saying that the two entrée’s my wife and I had last night were very good indeed. This was our first time in Bravissimo so we decided to stick with the basics: spaghetti and meatballs and chicken parmesan. I can say that compared to your worthy competition in the Clear Lake area – when it comes to food – you win hands down. Both entrees were excellent. What was lacking was pretty much everything else and you can’t succeed unless you address these things. Firstly, not having table service is just silly. The space is small enough that the two people behind the counter could have easily serviced all the tables. Secondly, the seating is cold… literally. Metal chairs in an over-​air conditioned room just don’t go well together. Then there is the background music. Recent rock hits don’t contribute to a cozy dining experience in an Italian restaurant. The successful Italian restaurants in the area stick to the classics, i.e. Sinatra, Martin, etc. Also, ten dollars for a glass of Hob Nob Pinot Noir is ridiculous and what about serving some decent beers besides the usuals. Dos Equis in an Italian joint? Really? A few craft beers or even an Italian beer like Moretti would have been nice. Also, a bread basket would have been nice. It’s the little things that have proven to work for your competition that will sink you if you don’t make some changes. The food was A+…everything else was an F. We will return so that we can try the pizza. Hopefully, things will have changed a bit by then.

Oh no, do not waste your time. Went with my husband and a group of friends on a Friday for lunch. It’s a walk thru where you order and pay then sit and wait for them to bring the food. They have to go next door to make the alcoholic beverages. I ordered the caprese salad which came out different than described on the menu and the waiter got all huffy because I didn’t want it. My friend’s Cosmo was horrible, I had a Limencello martini that was OK and Hubby didn’t like his mimosa. We all ordered lasagna and no one liked the food. My friends salad also came out without chicken like she ordered. They have better lasagna at chain restaurants. I will not be back and neither will any of my friends…