It's not fully dipped or there was a lot less meat then normal a lot missing ,but it's nice and hot . read more

Bravo - Where's my beef . I am so disappointed there beefs where always full and delicious. If I wanted less meat I should of went to Taco Bell - Pizza Near Me - Poplar Grove, Illinois

Ordinary Italian fare. Tastes prepared in advance by rote. Atmosphere is neither charming nor hip. Strip mall in every way.

Tonight was the last time I will order from Bravos. It is the second time it has taken almost 2 hours to get a pizza. To make it worse, the delivery driver was a complete ass and the pizza was burnt. Quality has gone out the window. read more

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Food is never the same over cooked or ok and cold they change prices and staff like every month. I'm not paying for overpriced overcooked and cold food anymore. I'll get it from Belvidere read more

This is both pizzas I got delivered to my house they were very rude when we called to tell them about it and hung up on the phone and did not want to refund our money read more

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Food mediocre at best. Staff pleasant. Went to pay, amount seemed high, place charged $1.75 for a slice of cheese & $3.25 for a styrofoam glass of pop. Asked the nice girl to tell the owner that I would never be back. read more

Pizza is not the same They over cooked and burned the cheese and crust on my pizzas on three separate occasions. Wish I had took pictures before going up to the store to get my money back. Don't go here you will be disappointed. Adios Bravo! read more

This Bravo's location is currently under new ownership. As with other businesses which get new ownership, changes take place but not always for the better. I was a patron at this location and a customer came up to the bar and said her mixed drink was lacking amaretto. The bar tender said, "I mixed it myself, it has a shot of amaretto." The patron disagreed and the bar tender said in a sarcastic tone, "Are you calling me a liar? I'm the new owner of this place." She replied with, "Yup, I figured this must be under new ownership because this place is not the same." Instead of calming the situation, the owner escalated it. Not good for business and certainly a display of poor people skills. Personally, I have noticed that they have changed the quality of some menu items since new ownership. Their spaghetti meat sauce does not have visible meat, although when questioned, they said it is meat sauce. It appeared to be regular marinara sauce. Bottom line, there was no meat in the meat sauce. I also ordered their once famous Italian Beef Sandwich. The size of the bread has become smaller with a much smaller portion of meat. I no longer recommend the Italian Beef sandwich. I will be spending my money at The Hydeout from now on. --------------- Update: COVID is subsiding and local businesses are inside and outside open for business. Hydeout was quite busy so I thought I would give Bravos another chance. (What a mistake). A sign outside their door said that due to Illinois COVID rules, they will charge a 3% fee on all credit card transaction. (Well, that is total BS). So I decided, I will pay cash. I walked in and found the bar and restaurant sitting area closed ON A FRIDAY NIGHT! I asked if their bar is open and they said, "no." I told them that Hydeout is packed and I don't know how they compete to stay in business. With a snotty tone, the employee said, "Then go to Hydeout." Dale (Owner), if you are reading this, you have successfully trashed a once well establish, well run restaurant. And it shows because you had absolutely zero customers on a Friday night, while your competition is rocking. When your business hits rock bottom (I'm sure you are about there), I am looking forward to new ownership so they can bring Bravos back to a thriving restaurant again. For the rest reading this post, I suggest you do not go to this Bravos in Poplar Grove. With the little amount of business they have, I am sure that there food shelf life is near their limits because they simply are not making restaurant sales. As far as the pizza for carry out?......... I doubt the pizza is what it use to be because they are pinching penny's to survive. I don't know why I tried Bravos again because I was even more disappointed than last time. This time, I didn't even got 4 steps into the place and was rudely told to, "Go the Hydeout." BTW, have I said that Hydeout is the place to go? I'll say again, Hydeout (right next door), you rock! Duane Disclaimer: I, in no way have any financial interest, ownership or am I an employee of Hydeout. I am simply a very satisfied customer of Hydeout. read more

Nice, clean place with very friendly staff. I had the spicy Buffalo wings (very juicy), soup, and pizza. All great. Will be stopping by again. read more

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We have been loyal customers of the Poplar Grove Bravos for almost 10 years. Unfortunately the recent change in ownership has not maintained the same level of flavor or quality. While the pizza is still okay, I cannot say the same for the salads or sandwiches. The salads are mostly just lettuce where they used to be full of toppings...used to love the Greek and chef. Lettuce is not so fresh. Another favorite was the chicken philly pita. Last time I ordered it was skimpy on the cheese and the pita tasted stale. Will miss the convenience of being so close but think it is time to move on. read more

First pizza we ordered was great. Ordered a second time with cheesesticks. Awful. Overpriced small. Cheese sticks awful. Time to find a new pizza place read more

Portion sizes decreasing by the week. Staff unfriendly. Extra charges for using debit card and COVID despite being well into 2 years. I would order twice a week and now will spend my cash elsewhere. Avoid at all costs. Many other businesses deserve your money more than this ungrateful establishment. read more

Great pizza place with good service, at least at pickup counter as I've never eaten at this location only pickup and delivery. I feel it's the best in the area;) when visiting from Chicago this is my go to place for pizza. Only thing missing personally is banana peppers as a topping. read more

Love the people ! Love the food!!!!!!!!!!! Great people making great food!!! Loveee3 itttt!!!

I would give this 0 stars, both times I went I've found HAIR in my pizza. The first time it was in the pizza dough and sausage. The second time I decided to give it one last chance. I actually went in and saw the kitchen, NO ONE was wearing a HAIR NET!!!!!!!! NO ONE and it was a packed kitchen.. This girl walked in front of the fan and ALL OF HER HAIR WENT FLYING EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!And sure enough after a few slices we started finding hair in our pizza. Never again. read more

Foods very inconsistent, and very ok overall. The pizza however I would not recommend :/ its pretty wretched. The prices are pretty affordable however. read more

Besides the fact that all the food is horrible as you can tell from all the other reviews any food orders from here has been disgusting and multiple aquantinces who worked there have said there are ants crawling around by the food work space, please save your time and money and don't eat here the boss dale has no want to improve work at the place and food will only go more downhill read more

Beware this location is under new ownership. Have been going for years, will not again after the service tonight. Waited over an hour after salads came. I never got my side, another in the party didn't get his main. Drinks were not refilled, apologies were not offered. Stay away. read more

I used to love this pizza at Bravos in Poplar Grove. The pizza quality and taste has completely changed. Very salty sauce, crust has changed and toppings were minimal. It is a shame to have the loss of a decent pizza place. read more

We've had decent pizza at this location. Delivery is usually within the hour or we go pick it up. If you like the wood fired taste, then you'll like this. But sometimes it can taste a little dry and over burnt. But I usually like a thin crust. We've Also had the bread sticks, cheese sticks and side salad. They are decent as well. I'm only giving it 4 stars, due to receiving it cold, a few times. read more

This place is as mediocre of a restaurant as you could ever imagine. There food is not bad by any means, but nothing I've had here (I have tried a large number of items on their menu) was exceptional. They have pretty good specials that makes certain menu items extremely affordable. Other than that their prices ok. The staff have never been very welcoming, it appears they are there only to collect your money. We typically only order from here when we are too lazy to cook. There are much better options in the area and I would recommend those over this place. read more

We have been Bravo customers for years and loved it. Yesterday we stopped in for a quick (?) lunch that really disappointed us. We arrived around 1:10pm and as we entered some customer left so we then became the only customers they had. Since time was an issue, (we had to get to the airport to pick someone up) we asked if pizza slices would be quick and she said it wouldn't take too long. We got some cheesy garlic bread which came kind of quickly and was great. About 20 more minutes went by when the waitress came and said she was sorry but the pizza was burnt by accident and the put new ones in which will be ready quickly. We were the only customers in the restaurant. Another 20 minutes still no Pizza and we were out if time. We explained we had to go. They apologized but by then it was 1:50 and it was too late. Very disappointed with the service. Young staff who lacked focus to customers. read more

This is the first time I've ever had such a disappointing meal that I have to share. I placed an order after 7:00 on a Thursday, I ordered 1 Italian beef with moz,and peppers. 1 Italian beef combo with moz and an order of mushrooms, the bill was $ 30. 88. I picked it up and brought it home and there were no peppers on the beef, I was charged but no peppers. I called to tell them my problem and they were closed ,they did answer the phone but didn't really care about my problem. I've been ordering from bravos for close to 20 years but for a while now the food and service is lacking alot! read more

Are food was cold and the order was wrong spaghetti had no sauce and lasagna was end of pan and tasted burned they also didn't do anything to try to help fix the situation 0 stars if it were an option read more

Honestly there food fucken sucks and there pizza taste like shit all soggy and the sauce is to water down and just falls off the pizza

Horrible service and they will forget your order. Doesn't matter what time they give you, just add 30 more minutes. Save yourself the trouble for ordinary food. Go somewhere else. read more

Since the new owners the restaurant has gone down hill. They have lost my business. I recommend not to eat here.

We have used BRAVO's pizza for the go to Pizza Place for the last 16 years it has had it's up's and downs. For years we raved about not only their Pizza but there ribs, sandwiches and more. Locally owned we have tried to support them during Covid-19 we order about once a month. Last month was amazing the best pizza we have had in a long long time. Last night the pizza was not good and has turned us off from ordering for a long time! First I was told 35 minutes, I always leave about 5 minutes after I call as I want to get the pizza as quickly as I can after it comes out of the oven. The sign says don't enter call and tell us you are here. I called and said, it may not be ready but want to let you know I am here. I could understand if they were packed there were two cars in the parking lot, when I arrived.The young lady (I wont share her name) said hold and I will check, she didn't actually put me on hold and can be heard mocking me calling early to one of the male cooks. She comes back and says it almost done, about 3 min.... I checked my phone and waited 15 more minutes. I watched them serve the last car, that was about 3 minutes but I waited another 15 minutes. It was a 50 minute wait time. The server would not bring the pizza out to the car she made another server do it. The other server did apologize for the wait. I tipped about $7.00 on an 18.00 pizza. Get home and the pizza is not quite burned but the cheese is completely brown, not gooey and melted, the green olives were not fresh. It was okay at best. As I started, it will be awhile before we order again. I keep hearing it has changed ownership not sure if it is true I know its changed in quality. What is clear is the feeling that this was done purposefully to delay the pizza Frustrated in Poplar Grove read more

I realize due to Covid 19 prices have gone up, but when you order 2 large 2 topping pizzas and pay over $40 with tip and its so greasy you have soak up the grease with several paper towels there is a problem. This is the second time it's happened. Food use to be so good. Not anymore. It's a shame, but quality over convenience. I'll go elsewhere I'm done giving them my money and business. read more

opinion: Pizza has the consistency of cardboard. I tried to support your establishment by the occasional order of breaded mushrooms or fettuccine with shrimp (frozen reheat?) . But today I'm afraid I will no longer require your services. I foolishly opened my stapled bag at home to discover mushrooms burned to a crisp. The only other thing we ordered was lasagna. This was a special request from three out of our group who have said it was the only thing they liked there. all three reported the same issue with the lasagna. It was too peppered. I completely understand that things can go wrong, but it was the phone call that followed that sealed the deal. I explained the situation to the manager and to say he was unapologetic would be an understatement. He proceeded to tell me , in a condescending manner, that he was Italian and had been making lasagna for years. I was approaching the situation with the idea that giving him this information would help him improve his business. boy did he shoot the messenger. terrible attitude and not good for business. goodbye bravo. Thanks for the warm bread and zero refills in an hour. read more

Excited about new owners and what they are creating with a new menu. Keeping the popular portions of the former menu and introducing new dishes. Love that the owner Dale has a very strong presence in the front of the house. Always there to greet you and there at the end to make sure you were happy. Great job!! Love what they are doing and looking forward to what the new changes will be. read more

Food inconsistent. Greek salad was like 2 heads of iceberg lettuce, 6 olives, scant feta cheese and NO salad dressing. Waitress was gonna charge me $1 for dressing. Waitress ditzy. 5 people out of 6 got our food, last person got his food when the rest of us were done. Never going back. read more

Wonderful pizza! Every time I come to Rockford I always stop by Bravos. Highly recommend.

Missing food from order. People there are unfriendly and unhelpful. Manager Dale lies to us on the phone. New ownership is horrible. Will never order from them again. read more

This place has the best Italian Beef, Ravioli, and pizza. Would highly recommend this place to everyone

We order from here often and either have it delivered or pick it up. They have good prices and their pizza is better then most places around here. Unless you want to spend a small fortune..... we often order the pastas and steak sandwich. We are totally pleased. In only dropping a star because they forget things or mess up orders often. BUT they always fix it. Oh and the girls taking the phone orders could be nicer.... just sayin read more

We have been ordering pizza from here for a long time now, but never seen this before. Guess driver was in a hurry! I called the manager she was very understanding and offered to have a new pizza sent out to us, however we hungry and some mushed pizza wasn't stopping my kid from eating ( me neither ) so she credit me back some money which was satisfactory me. My daughter who doesn't eat pizza anyway thought this was just hilarious, well I did too..can't even lie ! read more

Bravo - First time for everything! We still ate it wasn't waiting for another one to be delivered - Pizza Near Me - Poplar Grove, Illinois

Great pizza! However, we order about once a week and 50% of the time it's delivered with the wrong order. We always order a pizza and salad with extra dressing. We usually get a salad with no dressing and the wrong pizza. Tonight I ordered a pizza and salad and got the wrong order. I called them and they were unapologetic and actually kind of rude and said they would send a new order out and asked that I return the wrong pizza. Good food if you receive what you ordered. read more

Ordered salad. Tasted stale out of bag. Ordered baked mostaccioli Cold. Sauce loaded on top instead of cheese. Sent back and came back cold again. Tomato sauce has terrible taste. Waitress very nice. read more

I love this place. I've been getting food from here for over five years. They have great pizza and great delivery service for years. My kitchen was being remodeled for several months. During that time I got food from Bravo PG 3X per week. Always good, always on time. Best delivery peeps you'd ever want to meet. Thx Bravo!! read more