Brava Restaurant & Cafe

1217 Marion Rd SE #500, Rochester
(507) 258-7334

Recent Reviews

Nick W

Chicken steak and rice meal with sambusa. Best food I've had in a long time. I've been there 4 or 5 times now. Healthy, very large portions, very family friendly and welcoming. Very professional. Authentic east African food. If you want to try something new, trust me and try it. Amazing! Around $20 for my meal with 2 pops extra sauce and that's getting two meats steak and chicken instead of just one. Plus they let me try sambusa for free a couple times!Parking: Large parking lot with front row parking.Kid-friendliness: Yes, and my 1yr old niece liked the banana and rice. I think they have height chairs I wasn't looking for them tho because I just waited for my food and ate at home.Wheelchair accessibility: If I remember right, there is accessibility. Wasn't looking at the moment.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sambusa, Family Rice Meal, Rice Meal 13 with Steak

JACOB DANIELLO

Amazing food! Wonderful flavors and fresh!!Friendly and welcoming staff and ownersI asked them to just keep bringing me food to try and I’d buy itMy mistake… I didn’t eat the banana with the meal.. next time!Overall a super great experience in every way. If you are debating…go there!

Nick Whitesel

Chicken steak and rice meal with sambusa. Best food I've had in a long time. I've been there 4 or 5 times now. Healthy, very large portions, very family friendly and welcoming. Very professional. Authentic east African food. If you want to try something new, trust me and try it. Amazing! Around $20 for my meal with 2 pops extra sauce and that's getting two meats steak and chicken instead of just one. Plus they let me try sambusa for free a couple times!Kid-friendliness: Yes, and my 1yr old niece liked the banana and rice. I think they have height chairs I wasn't looking for them tho because I just waited for my food and ate at home.Parking: Large parking lot with front row parking.Wheelchair accessibility: If I remember right, there is accessibility. Wasn't looking at the moment.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sambusa, Family Rice Meal, Rice Meal

ellerae3113

Whenever we go out of town we like to try someplace new to eat, and Brava did not disappoint! Great food and friendly service. The Sambusa and the Jabati with Suqaar were absolutely delicious! That green sauce was the perfect compliment to everything as well. Next time we're in the area we will definitely be stopping by again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sambusa, Chicken Wrap Combo

Thomas Grothe

sambusas are really good and contain a good amount of

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sambusa

Nick Whitesel

1st time eating there tonight. Very helpful, very friendly, food was amazing! Definitely going back! Steak chicken rice number 12 i think.

Mirwais Qader

Nice local establishment. A very "niche" place. East African/Somali dishes. The food is great. Very large portions. The lady that took the order was super nice. We came here once before COVID, then it closed. I'm glad they reopened and have renovated. I will be bringing co-workers and my family over next times.Kid-friendliness: Family-friendly place. Make sure to tell them "not spicy" if you need that.Parking: Parking is shared with Burger King and other small stores, but I have not found any parking problems.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Family Rice Meal, Rice Meal

Phil Albu

Delicious food! Super friendly staff as well :-) Definitely will be coming back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jonathan Choi

Place just reopened recently after renovation and it was spectacular!!! They’re still fixing up some grill issues so some foods weren’t available but the kind service and food made up for it! Food may take a while to cook but I it’s one or two people doing everything and they do make it fresh to order and make it with care!Ordered the family rice meal with a mix of all the meats for $35. May I say it’s the best deal ever?? Flavors were very good and they gave sooo much rice, we took it home and ate it for like 4 separate meals cuz there was that much rice left which was so flavorful already. Also their Somali tea is fantastic! You can opt for it with or without milk and it’s definitely a tea I’ll crave. The sambusas were very delicious too, they tasted very similar to fried dumplings!Overall, a very nice local establishment with even more amazing staff!! Please give them a try!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sambusa, Rice Meal

Elizabeth C.

Outstanding service! Amazing food! Large servings--enough for 2-3 people. If you like African food, don't miss this place

Py1948

Pictures of food looks good but went there at 6 pm and it was closed. Sign said its open, called the store no one picked up either. No sign signaling why doors are locked.

Chris W.

Great flavors and delicious. Tried the #8 Jambati and #12 Sambusa and wasn't disappointed. The Jambati appeared to be made from scratch, so took a bit to make, but worth it.

Cameron Billings

Chicken and rice was delicious. Service was great and the sweet cinnamon tea was delicious. Fair prices, drinks included. Awesome place!

Stijn De Langhe

Very nice people. Sambusas are ok. Steak dinner and Jabati with suqaar are very bland.

Emily L.

Fantastic! A hidden gem! So many wonderful, perfectly-balanced flavors!

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