Branos Italian Grill — Restaurant in Cocoa Beach

1st let me start by saying that food was very good! However, they really screwed us and called us a liar at the end of our dinner.. let me explain. So my fiancé and I picked this restaurant to have our wedding rehearsal dinner at. Dinner prices were great for a big group so we decided to have it there. Well dinner time came, as my fiancé got ready to order me a alcohol drink at the bar, the bartender said “you don’t have to pay, the owner said that the drinks are included in your price”, of course we were shocked so we thought we’ll maybe he is being nice to the bride and the groom. But then we had other friends that went up to order drinks and they were told the same thing by another bartender.. anyways fast forward to dinner ending, we said bye to everyone and got ready to pick up the bill for the dinner ( which by the way, we had an agreement of food and non alcoholic beverages to be included).. our bill came up to almost 3 times more than we expected! We ended ended up getting charged over 1k for everyone’s drinks. So we go up to the bartender and tell him why are we being charge for that when he said that the drinks were included, he said “the owner said that you were paying for drinks also”. We said no, we have the email right here that says “food and non alcoholic beverages only” … fast forward, the owner of the restaurant gets called and he basically called us a liar and said that his employees didn’t say that and we told him that his bartenders told our entire party of almost 30 people that. How can we lie, and we have the email saying “only food and soft drinks is what we are paying”.. anyways he didn’t care at all, and kept saying we were lying even though we had the email as proof… mind you, my fiancé and I were having our wedding the next day on a cruise and we had just enough money to buy our wedding photos ( weddings are more expensive than we thought), anyways, so basically now we were short over $1,500 to buy our wedding photos.. he did not care that his workers made a mistake and blamed it on us and had no care for the fact we were getting married the next day. The nice thing he could have done was at least cut some of those drinks off for their mistake… by the time all this happened everyone had left and my fiancé and I had to figure it out and it really screwed the start of our wedding… I really like this place but what they did was really messed up ( nice way to put it)…...

The food was beyond amazing. It's all made from scratch with only the finest ingredients and you can definitely taste it. We had the baked brie and seared tuna to start and they were both amazing, I loved their special sauce for the tuna. The only thing I would change is the level to which the bread was toasted for the brie, it was just a little to hard to bite through, other than that it was perfect. I had the coconut crusted salmon and all I can say is my eyes literally rolled back in my head from the sheer pleasure my taste buds were experiencing. The veggies and rice that came with it were also amazing. My boyfriend had the (I can't remember the exact name so this might be incorrect) sausage meatballs and ravioli? It was smothered in cheese (who doesn't love that) and their sauce was so vibrant and delicious. Being full already we couldn't help but get some desert. The sampler was out of this world. They give FULL SIZE portions on this 🤯. We went with the cheesecake, white chocolate torta, and tiramisu. All three were absolutely devine. I was a little disappointed that they didn't have true Italian macchiato to enjoy with desert before the drive home and was a little bummed that the cappuccino machine was down and they were out of Expresso. Not really to big of a deal, I mean stuff happens. The service was awesome on top of it all. Our server was very informative and sweet. I wish I could remember her name so she could get the recognition she deserves, especially since I ask another waitress a question and she was clueless and a little rude. I was so greatful we had who we did. This is definitely a place I will be going back to and telling my friends and family about. Kudos to you guys for running such an amazing authentic Italian restaurant. Maybe you'll be offering macchiato when I come back? 🤞🏻

Side note...if they're offering lobster bisque you have to get it. The chunks of lobster meat on top of the sweet savory flavor of the soup were the best...

1/28/25 - 3680 N. Atlantic Ave, Coco Beach- Fantastic Italian grill. Fine dining at reasonable prices. There are hardly enough superlatives to describe it. — We just missed the 4 - 6:00 happy hour and parking was packed but we snagged the last slot in the lot and slipped in and were seated almost immediately out in their canvas sided patio extension. We started with very tasty and reasonably priced bar drinks along with their soft partial loaf of Italian bread with an oil and spice dipping sauce. We ordered “The Boil” as an appetizer. Wow this was great!! A large platter with boiled shrimp, scallops, mussels, salmon, and sausage chunks which tasted good enough by themselves but they came with three special made sauces, butter, garlic, & spice, a very interestingly flavored cocktail sauce, and a remoulade concoction which may not always be on the menu but was an extreme hit with my wife and I. We tried dipping everything in this stuff. It made it all taste even better and we really like butter& garlic and cocktail sauce. Anyway on to the mains: My wife had a yearning for standard old spaghetti with marinara and meatballs and she got a huge platter full that was both delicious and beyond our ability to finish it all so we got to take home some of Brano’s deliciousness. I was glad I was intrigued by one of the daily specials: the penne seafood bake. This dish had scallops, shrimp and their fish of the day folded over and into a large ceramic boat of penne noodles covered in a wonderful cream and cheese sauce and baked in the oven. Damn it was great. The whole place was great. Good ambiance, hustling, friendly wait staff, comfortable seating. Even the house cabernet was a deep p[our of some pretty good tasting wine. Whats not to like. This was the best restaurant we tried in our whole five day adventure around the Kennedy...