Bravo's - East Victoria Park

Took 9 people there on 22nd July 2017, and were underwhelmed, at least compared to the reviews. While it's a nice place, and the service is indeed great, the food was "Meh..." at best. Servings were undersized and flavours were lacking. My kids said "Dad, you make better pasta dishes at home". We had 8 different meals served to us, and the experience was consistent across the board. Not a bad place, but certainly not much better than what a novice could turn-out at home with a little googling of recipes.

I had the Vegetarian Breakfast, swapping out the poached egg for a side of beans. The beans were lovely - a mix of cannellini, pinto and chickpeas - and the spinach was well seasoned. Overall very good, but I was disappointed that the hash brown was very much the sort you'd get out of a packet. My partner had Food From The Gods - salmon and quinoa - which he enjoyed. The service was excellent, and I was particularly impressed that I wasn't charged for my vegan swap.

Most enjoyable environment. Great decor and the owners are really nice friendly people to chat to. Food was lovely right up my sons ally which is great. Intent on returning when near the area again.

Nice pasta, not the best I've had but not the worst either. Gnocci was pillowy and nice. My friends had other pasta dishes and they were nice too. Their desserts look amazing but fall a little short when it comes to taste. Chocolates pudding was extremely dense and heavy. Lemon meringue had lots of cream but not enough meringue. Having said that, the coconut panacotta was the highlight of the evening. Absolutely devine and highly recommended.

From the outside this looks like a generic Italian joint so we went in expecting the basics. Wrong! Great service, interesting options and specials like duck ravioli, and a pretty decent Aperol Spritz.