I hadn't been to a Bravo in 5+ years but I remembered it being decent for a chain. This one opened up nearby so we decided to check it out.
They did a great job changing it from a gigantic fake Mexico into a gigantic fake Italy. I'll give them that. But everything else was pretty lame.
Our server was clearly new to the job and awkward. I think ours was the first bottle of wine she had ever opened. It took approximately 5 painful minutes.
From the salad on the food was more sizzle than steak. Whoever wrote the menu is clearly more talented than the cook in the kitchen who actually made the food. It was under-seasoned and generally bland. We ordered a salad of mixed greens, apple, spiced pecans, gorgonzola, and balsamic. It read really well on the menu and wasn't bad but it wasn't that good either. The portion was triple what it should have been, it was drowning in dressing, and oddly, the greens were all chopped up making it harder to eat. We also ordered a Pasta Bolognese and a Pasta Pomodoro. Both were under-seasoned, bland, much larger portions than necessary, and uninteresting. The Bolognese looked and tasted like Hamburger Helper, which is a plus in my book. The Pomodoro tasted like a can of tomatoes dumped onto some noodles with unseasoned chicken.
We ordered a bottle of Sketchbook Pinot Noir which was pretty good. This was definitely the highlight of the meal.
All in all we concluded that for about $10 more we could have had a wonderful experience at
Basi Italia or for the same money could have had much better food and service at
Lola's in Gahanna. Sadly, both are closed on Mondays so we settled for Bravo.
Sadly the wonder pups had to wait until almost 9:00 for us to get home and give them their much-anticipated bowls of dry kibble.
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