Passed by Brava numerous times and always thought to myself... "I gotta try this place out". I'm in the shopping center regularly. So last night we decided to try it out for the first time. I ordered a couple pizzas. One for the kids, half pepperoni & sausage the other half just cheese. The other Pizza was a vegetarian that I built. We also ordered a small salad on the side. Let me start by saying wow! The dough was light, flavorful, and crispy. The pizzas were cooked perfectly. The toppings were very fresh on my vegetarian. My only issue was that the jalapeños were long strips as opposed to slices. I like the round slices. The sauce on the pizzas was delicious. Not overpowering, but you can definitely taste it. What I like most was the cheese on the pizza. Never had anything like it. It was creamy and did not solidify. Everyone hates when you take a bite of your pizza and the Mozzarella comes off with the bite. lol. No, I worked in the pizza industry for about 10 years. The toppings, including the mozzarella, are very high-quality. The salad was fresh and the small size we ordered was perfect for just my wife and myself. Their Italian dressing was very tasty as well. Would've liked some shredded mozzarella on my salad. Just a recommendation, of course. I happened to have some here so I was happy. Service was very good. I ordered over the phone and it was 100% correct. I was quoted 30 minutes. The pizza had just come out of the oven when I got there. Perfect! The lady at the counter was very professional and nice. She even asked if we needed plates! Don't know many pizza places that do that. Two pizzas and a salad cost us about $50. Definitely worth it. Seating is very limited. One 2-top inside and I believe three or four 4-top tables outside. read more

Great food and portions. Minimal seating outside but there are tables if you want to eat there but for takeout it is a great choice. Friendly service from a small hard working staff. read more

We started coming here a couple of months ago, and I'm now totally addicted. We found this easy-to-miss spot by looking on Yelp and were so glad we did. Brava Cucina doesn't have a restaurant, but it does have a couple of tables and some chairs outside. On our first visit, my son and I ordered our food to-go and waited on the patio. The owner was so nice and brought us out some delicious soup. It was a chilly night, and the soup really hit the spot. We ordered the chicken parmigiana and a spaghetti with meat sauce on this first visit. Our entree came with a soup or salad, and we decided on the salad. Everything was great here. My husband and I both agreed the chicken parmigiana was the best we'd ever had. The garlic bread that came with our meal was amazing. The salad was fresh and delicious as well. Since then, we've ordered the barbecued chicken pizza, which I thought was wonderful. My husband said he thought there was a tad too much barbecue sauce. We also ordered the spaghetti with meatballs, and we all agreed that this was great. This is now our favorite spot to order food to-go. The service is wonderful, and the food is always made fresh and delicious. For a wonderful meal to-go, Brava Cucina is great stop on the way home. read more

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I drive to this place from Irvine as often as I can. If you love thick crust pizza, this is your place! So good! Customer service is awesome. It's a tiny place with just a couple of tables outside. Oh and do yourself a favor and get a salad so you get the garlic bread! Sooo good! Notice there is no photo! I ate it up real quick!! read more

Brava Cucina - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

Best place for Italian! Everything is made fresh and its ALL so yummy Its a hidden gem There isnt really a place to sit. Theres a couple of tables outside My fave is the eggplant involtini The white pizzas are bomb and they always give more alfredo sauce on the side for dipping read more

The food is delicious at Brava Covina. We have tried it half a dozen times in the last 4 months. Best Italian food to go. eggplant pa, chicken scallopini, meat balls, sweet spicy penne. Pizza, all delicious. Lentil soup Soup. 5 star read more

Love all their food. If you ever frequented Conca D' Oro in Orange, this is the takeout. Fabulous entrees that are huge. Our favorite Italian takeaways! read more

The best Chicken Parmesan and Salmon Fillet I've ever had. They take their time making the food so allot 20 minutes at the very least after you place your order. But oh my it's SO worth the wait. Wholeheartedly recommend this place. I would give 10 stars if I could. read more

Pizza-only review Medium margarita is about $25- pretty pricey and uncharged $20 for ordering via Uber eats even though we picked it up. Crust is pretty doughy and flops when lifted. There's no tomato sauce so the pizza is a bit bald without it. There is a ton of cheese - gobs of it. If that's your thing then You're in luck. We found it sliding off the doughy crust and full of oil. The few shreds of basil and pale tomato didn't help it much. The overall 4 1/2 stars this place gets is indicative of the SoCal pizza situation. Perhaps their pasta is a better choice? read more

Update: We have used them twice now for small catering jobs and everyone raves about the food! This restaurant has always surpassed our expectations. We've been here several times and every time it's absolutely delicious. Authentic food and quality ingredients. This place is better as a take out joint but they do have a few tables outside. Highly recommended and kid approv read more

Brava Cucina - Pizza and some spaghetti & meatballs. - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

Great Italian food, very friendly staff!! Every item on the menu is recommended. Big portions. read more

We've purchased numerous tasty pizzas in the past, but there seems to be changes now. Our pizza was supposed to be a thin crust sausage with light cheese, but they didn't follow directions. The pizza was loaded with cheese, much more than normal to the point that it seemed all cheese - it was quite thick. The crust was normal and certainly not a thin crust. When we said something to the new counter person, she gave us a blank stare without any notion of what to do. She weakly began to take the pizza as if to take it back to the cooks, but that would have been a worse choice. Their waits have become excessive. Since the plandemic began they've had trouble preparing the pizzas in the stated timeframe, and this last order was no exception. Several customers were also waiting, and some were clearly irritated by the wait well beyond what they were told. One customer was waiting at least 15 minutes more than the likely 60 minutes he was promised. Obviously we had no desire to have them make a new one. I'm sorry to say this has soured us on future orders, and knowing there's so many pizza choices, we won't be considering this place first. read more

I love this place.. the food is great people are nice and I would recommend it 100 percent. My only problem is that when you Call the phone is always busy and it makes me not want to eat here. I wish they had another line or a better system. I heard that when they use the credit card machine it uses the same line to call and order. I hope they read this and fix it. read more

This is my favorite Italian restaurant. Likely the best the OC has to offer. It doesn't matter what I order it's always good and consistent. read more

Brava Cucina - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

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I think I've ordered from this place about 50 times since moving to Orange Park Acres 2 years ago. This is our go to place every few weeks. A local gem. All dishes we have had are always amazing! Lucky to have them in our neighborhood! read more

Excellent pizza, especially the Margherita pizza. Wish they had someone to deliver the food though.

Great food but only for take out, only a few tables outside, can be a long wait for food to come out around dinner time but well worth it especially their pasta dishes :) read more

Simply amazing! Their pizza is fresh, delicious, and one of a kind... the chicken piccata, rotelli with meat sauce, and meatball sandwiches are phenomenal.... Once you try a dish you'll keep going back!! read more

I really do not get all these high mark reviews on this page!? I went here last night got a garden salad, cheese pizza and chicken parmigiana with spaghetti. The best part of this meal was the salad and the garlic bread that came with it. The pizza was under cooked and too doughy and the chicken parm was normal but the sauce was so sweet! The spaghetti was done just right. read more

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We weren't happy with our order... First the base of pizza was so watery. The onions didn't bake at all... The espionage was too raw. Overall no taste...I was hoping it will be much better while ppl commented positive about food quality here! read more

Brava Cucina - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

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Life changing pizza. The crust was crunchy, airy, and perfect. It wasn't too saucy or oily.. it had the perfect amount of pepperoni. Will absolutely be coming back. My only regret is not having tried Brava Cucina earlier. I also appreciate the customer service, everyone was incredibly nice. read more

Brava Cucina - medium pepperoni pizza - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

Found this gem through Uber Eats and it's now a favorite! Top quality, reminds me of "real" pizzas I had growing up, not the commercial franchise stuff. I crave their meatball sandwiches! read more

Brava Cucina - Meatball sandwich, absolutely delicious! - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

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Very good food, a little pricy but worth it. Costumer service need a lot of improvement, but the food is worth dealing with the bad service, I will keep ordering from them read more

I would give up my first born for this place. Pizza is amazing, salads amazing, pastas are amazing. What more could you ask for, and for the price, you can't beat it elsewhere. I do like wise guys pizza, but this place tops that both in price and taste. So if you're on the fence about which place to head to, pick this one. You won't be disappointed. read more

This review is a few weeks belated, but necessary to share the goodness that you can only experience at Brava Cucina, especially when you want authentic Italian. We came here after a long day of doing outdoorsy stuff and had a craving for pizza - just not the ordinary pizza you generally find at other... pizza places. We ordered a 'Build Your Own' pizza in a large, with a perfect combo of mozzarella, italian sausage, pineapple and olives. The crust was perfection and is blatantly a family-recipe kind of dough, that was baked just enough to add a slight crisp along the top, but just chewy enough on the inside to get your indulgent carb fix. The garlic bread here is not run-of-the-mill, and if you're anything like me and are a fan of buttery, toasty bread that's soft in the middle... you'll appreciate at least one side of it here. Lentil soup isn't something we'd thought of when we arrived, but are so glad we tried it. There's just enough depth to the flavor that it pairs great with the garlic bread and doesn't overwhelm your tastebuds or appetite when pizza or another entree is on the way. And you won't go wrong with the Garden Salad, here. The lettuce was fresh, clean and crisp. The shredded carrots were equally as fresh and the sliced tomatoes were ripe, crisp and clean. The house vinaigrette is amazing - tangy, savory and just enough herbs to make it memorable. Price points are great here, and you could enjoy what we did for around $30-35, depending on what sizes you order. Parking isn't an issue in the shared lot. Seating is outside of the restaurant under a covered patio area. Mark, who you'll likely be greeted by, has been in the business for years and years and doesn't skimp on great service. Go at least once, and, likely you'll want to go back anytime a good pizza or homestyle Italian cravings call. read more

Brava Cucina - Lentil soup - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

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This place is delicious. We had a pepperoni pizza and it just melted in our mouth's. The sauce is amaze balls!!! read more

Brava Cucina - Pepperoni - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

Great food, it's pricey and takes a long time if you're willing to wait. Love their fresh salad and margharite pizzas.

Ordered through Postmates for pick up. Super easy. Food was ready when I arrived. Ordered lasagna, garlic bread and salad. All I can say is YUM!! Food is delicious and tastes fresh. Would absolutely go back. read more

Brava Cucina - Lasagna and garlic bread. - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

Pizza is the best in the area. Ordered online and picked up. Fresh ingredients, and lots of them. And the crust is delicious!!! Wise Guys is good. This place is better. read more

This is our go to Italian take out. There's limited seating so we always do take out. The portions are good and the taste is divine. We love it and really wanted to gate keep. But yeah, you should try the chicken and eggplant parm and their sweet marinara is soo good. Love it. read more

If you are missing the Best Lasagna in Orange Ca. that was at Conca D' Oro Italian Restaurant which is now permanently closed. You can still get it to go through Brava Cucina. They make the most wonderful amazing Lasagna ever! The same exact delicious Lasagna! It is so so Good! read more

Brava Cucina - Spectacular lasagna at home with homemade salad and iced tea. - Pizza Near Me - Orange, California

I've never waited less than 40 minutes for food here. Tonight we decided we wanted to order at 6:24. I had to call six times to get someone on the phone. It was either busy or went to a machine. Finally someone answered and at 6:38 they said my order would take 25-30 minutes. I got there at 6:11 and they said it would still be a few minutes. Other people were also there waiting (and looking annoyed). Although, during that time a Postmates driver came in and got their order right away, so maybe the secret is Postmates. I had to wait another 13 minutes until I got my food at 6:24. 45 minutes after I placed my order and a full hour after the first time I called. I figured it was a Saturday night, they're busy, so I didn't say anything (even though this is not the first time this has happened to me here). But the worst part was, after all that time my order wasn't even right! I waited all that time and I didn't get what I wanted. The guy on the phone even repeated what I said when I called and it was still wrong. When I got home and realized what had happened, I called back and they did refund the two dishes that were wrong (after a lot of embarrassing yelling on my part), but the thing is this is not my first bad experience here. I've waited an extra 20 minutes over the estimated time on a Thursday too. TL;DR the food is fine (don't order anything beyond the basics), but it will take a long time and they will not give you an accurate estimate of the wait either. Not worth it. read more

We went in to order for take out. It took an hour and unfortunately it wasn't worth the wait. I ordered the Tilapia and although it was sautéed in butter, it was beyond extremely greasy. My BF ordered a pasta with 2 sausages. Upon arriving home and unpacking he discovered that only one was included (yes, charged for 2). He called the restaurant to ask for a partial refund and we told that the manager would call him back. No return call. read more

The barbecue pizza was amazing. They have the perfect crust/dough for their pizzas. We came at the last minute and they still took care of us. Lovely spot, please give them a try if you're in the area. read more

Love the place because it is quick and delicious. I order a variety of different Italian dishes and just adore the food.

Delicious food! Everything on the menu is tasty. The pizza and eggplant are my favorite.

Delicious pizza and pasta with generous portions! Though the wait is a little long, it's absolutely worth it.

Brava is the best Italian in Orange, always fresh and delicious. The family has operated their original restaurant Conco d Oro in Orange for over 50+years which unfortunately closed a few years ago. Luckily the family opened this location read more

The food here is great. Don't expect speed out of this tiny little kitchen as they get slammed with orders and there are two, maybe three people working back there pumping out meals. I don't mind waiting for great quality products. The old rule of cheap, fast and good applies here. You only get two of those things and I'll happily wait for my food to arrive or be prepared for the quality that you get. Love this place. read more

This place exceeded the hype. Mark was really friendly and went out of his way to help out his guests. I had a BBQ chicken pizza (amazing!) and my kids ate a cheese pizza ( they loved it). Looking at other guests' meals, it looks like all the food is on point. We ordered food and killed some time at the nearby Albertsons. When we came back, Mark gave us the food for free (for taking "too long" to make the pizzas). I have never been comped food and it was really weird -- especially considering the experience was very good (and the wait wasn't long anyway). Mark -- I will be back with friends and I will pay you back!!! Thanks for a great dinner!!! read more