My husband and I ordered the bread, white anchovies, crispy calamari, grilled sirloin steak, and the daily special paella. Unfortunately, both the calamari and paella were way overly salty, leaving us with stinging tongues after the meal.
It was hard not to speculate about the intention behind such heavy seasoning. As a bar, I understand the tactic to encourage more drink orders, but this went too far.
Service was okay, but it took a while to receive the bill and get our card back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Chris Kielb
Very good wine and beer selection, great food and the two people running the place(short staffed) did a great job keeping the food and beverages flowing to our table.
It's a tapas restaurant with a nice outdoor space. We each had a salad which was very good. We had two shrimp dishes, boom boom shrimp which we both liked and garlic shrimp which was bland. We also had the calamari which was good and the mussels which were just OK. Our meat dishes were the lamb chops which we liked and the meatballs which we didn't.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Julie's bites
August 2024: Brava is a tapas restaurant with 15 tapas choices. We ordered 6 of them: Calamari - good, pleasant sauce Boom boom shrimp - good, flavorful and slightly spicy Garlic shrimp - bland, did not enjoy it Meatballs - generous amount, but with a sauce we did not like Lamb chop - overdone, not interesting, ok not not good Muscles - bland, not flavorful
The Arugula salad was flavorful and fresh.
The outside deck was pleasant, the service friendly and attentive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Jeff Hirsch
Wonderful and friendly place with delicious food. Great customer service. We mistakenly left our credit card at the restaurant. They were nice enough to mail it to our home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sarah Garrison
Lovely restaurant and bar with great atmosphere and service. Wine list and cocktails and apps were excellent. Would recommend to anyone visiting Lenox.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Swiss Chard Pine Nuts Black Garlic
Bradley Cardozo
The food was ok, a little pricey for the quality and presentation. The dishes were very basic and came without sides.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Shuang Liu
Their Grilled Lamb Chops charged $23 ONLY 2 Lamb chops. But the yelp showed $17 for 3 Lamb chops. So bad!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Sheri Rossi
The food was all pretty good. We tried arugula pizza, arugula salad, Rosemary fries, calamari, and chimichurri steak. We also tried kale salad and kale pizza because they got both those orders wrong. The kale salad was actually one of the tastiest things we had. Steak was least interesting to me. It was a little dry and chimichurri was not very punchy. Calamari sauce was addictive. Calamari was cooked ok, a tiny bit chewy but nicely breaded. Pizzas were both great. Crispy and slightly chewy/buttery crust. We ate all of that with 4 pretty hungry adults. All that was left was one slice of pizza.
I think it's pricey for what you're getting, but you're also 5 minutes from Tanglewood so I guess you're paying for location? But $22 for a pizza seemed high to me. They're definitely shareable if you're getting another plate with it. They're the size at which its too big to eat by yourself but you're going to be hungry if you're just splitting it with another person.
Service was just ok. Like I said, our waitress got 2 of the items wrong and there were an additional 2 times that they tried to deliver us something we didn't order. And the timing was definitely off. I know it's tapas style, and maybe the timing was due to the mix up of our orders. But we didn't get the fries until about 35 minutes after everything else had already been delivered to our table. The arugula pizza also came late into our meal but that's probably because they brought the wrong one first. The food that did come out initially came out quite fast though.
Nice location close to Tanglewood and its a cute street in Lenox. We walked in for a table of 4 without reservation on a Tuesday around 5:20pm with no wait. Nothing super fancy inside and very tastefully decorated. I'm not a fan of the aluminum chairs but it's not a sticking point for me.
Great experience at Brava. Excellent service, friendly and diligent staff. Good wine list by the glass. Very good tapas. Busy, but enjoyable. Would return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Patatas Bravas
steve Ratner
Brava is outstanding! We just celebrated my mom's 90th birthday and all 21 members of my family can't stop raving about Brava's wonderful tapas style food and atmosphere. Thanks to Whitney for helping us pick the perfect menu, covering all the details (and snapping a perfect family portrait) and Rachel for the excellent service and treating us so well. My wife and I can't wait to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bob B
Great place. Wonderful food and drink selections. We all loved our tapas and wine choices. Top notch service too!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Howard Jaffe
Excellent food and service, delightful atmosphere
Amit Anand
Been here twice with the family. Restaurant is busy during the summer season...plan accordingly. We were seated in the annex both times.....hoping next time we can sit in the main dining room. Food and drinks are excellent. Will come again!
Not recommended.
My husband and I ordered the bread, white anchovies, crispy calamari, grilled sirloin steak, and the daily special paella. Unfortunately, both the calamari and paella were way overly salty, leaving us with stinging tongues after the meal.
It was hard not to speculate about the intention behind such heavy seasoning. As a bar, I understand the tactic to encourage more drink orders, but this went too far.
Service was okay, but it took a while to receive the bill and get our card back.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 4
Very good wine and beer selection, great food and the two people running the place(short staffed) did a great job keeping the food and beverages flowing to our table.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent overall experience
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Patatas Bravas, Tomato & Basil Soup, Grilled Lamb Chops with Minted Sauce, Meatballs
It's a tapas restaurant with a nice outdoor space. We each had a salad which was very good. We had two shrimp dishes, boom boom shrimp which we both liked and garlic shrimp which was bland. We also had the calamari which was good and the mussels which were just OK. Our meat dishes were the lamb chops which we liked and the meatballs which we didn't.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
August 2024: Brava is a tapas restaurant with 15 tapas choices. We ordered 6 of them:
Calamari - good, pleasant sauce
Boom boom shrimp - good, flavorful and slightly spicy
Garlic shrimp - bland, did not enjoy it
Meatballs - generous amount, but with a sauce we did not like
Lamb chop - overdone, not interesting, ok not not good
Muscles - bland, not flavorful
The Arugula salad was flavorful and fresh.
The outside deck was pleasant, the service friendly and attentive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Wonderful and friendly place with delicious food. Great customer service. We mistakenly left our credit card at the restaurant. They were nice enough to mail it to our home.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lovely restaurant and bar with great atmosphere and service. Wine list and cocktails and apps were excellent. Would recommend to anyone visiting Lenox.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Swiss Chard Pine Nuts Black Garlic
The food was ok, a little pricey for the quality and presentation. The dishes were very basic and came without sides.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Their Grilled Lamb Chops charged $23 ONLY 2 Lamb chops. But the yelp showed $17 for 3 Lamb chops. So bad!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
The food was all pretty good. We tried arugula pizza, arugula salad, Rosemary fries, calamari, and chimichurri steak. We also tried kale salad and kale pizza because they got both those orders wrong. The kale salad was actually one of the tastiest things we had. Steak was least interesting to me. It was a little dry and chimichurri was not very punchy. Calamari sauce was addictive. Calamari was cooked ok, a tiny bit chewy but nicely breaded. Pizzas were both great. Crispy and slightly chewy/buttery crust. We ate all of that with 4 pretty hungry adults. All that was left was one slice of pizza.
I think it's pricey for what you're getting, but you're also 5 minutes from Tanglewood so I guess you're paying for location? But $22 for a pizza seemed high to me. They're definitely shareable if you're getting another plate with it. They're the size at which its too big to eat by yourself but you're going to be hungry if you're just splitting it with another person.
Service was just ok. Like I said, our waitress got 2 of the items wrong and there were an additional 2 times that they tried to deliver us something we didn't order. And the timing was definitely off. I know it's tapas style, and maybe the timing was due to the mix up of our orders. But we didn't get the fries until about 35 minutes after everything else had already been delivered to our table. The arugula pizza also came late into our meal but that's probably because they brought the wrong one first. The food that did come out initially came out quite fast though.
Nice location close to Tanglewood and its a cute street in Lenox. We walked in for a table of 4 without reservation on a Tuesday around 5:20pm with no wait. Nothing super fancy inside and very tastefully decorated. I'm not a fan of the aluminum chairs but it's not a sticking point for me.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Kale Salad Roasted Tomato Carrot Cheese, Arugula Prosciutto Fontina Onion, Parmesan Truffle Fries
Restaurantji Recommends
Great experience at Brava. Excellent service, friendly and diligent staff. Good wine list by the glass. Very good tapas. Busy, but enjoyable. Would return.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Patatas Bravas
Brava is outstanding! We just celebrated my mom's 90th birthday and all 21 members of my family can't stop raving about Brava's wonderful tapas style food and atmosphere. Thanks to Whitney for helping us pick the perfect menu, covering all the details (and snapping a perfect family portrait) and Rachel for the excellent service and treating us so well. My wife and I can't wait to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place. Wonderful food and drink selections. We all loved our tapas and wine choices. Top notch service too!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food and service, delightful atmosphere
Been here twice with the family. Restaurant is busy during the summer season...plan accordingly. We were seated in the annex both times.....hoping next time we can sit in the main dining room. Food and drinks are excellent. Will come again!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
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