Pizza Bruno College Park

We had dinner here last night and it was delicious! Sarah was amazing and super attentive and all the food was delicious! If you’re thinking about getting the garlic knots, get them!!!

Went to lunch today and had an awesome experience with Sarah our server. The food was amazing. You must have the garlic knots. I highly recommend this place for lunch or dinner.

Michele Bellavia

Brandon. Thank you for making my garlic knot and Stetson pizza order just right. We will be back. Much appreciated. We love the flavors here and it’s our family’s go to for pizza. Thanks again Brandon and crew tonight!

Thomas

I’m surprised to see some of the negative reviews for this place. As a native New Yorker it’s a challenge to find good pizza in Orlando. This is one of the few spots that gets it right in my opinion. They also have a really good marinara sauce that surpasses many of the actual Italian restaurants in the area. As far as service, we’ve never had a bad experience. More recently, tonight, we had Sarah, who was super attentive and nice, and great with interacting with our kids. Overall, this is a consistent spot and totally worth it if you’re looking for northeast style pizza that’s actually good.

This was our first visit to Pizza Bruno (Edgewater). We dined for lunch on a Friday. Staff was welcoming, friendly and attentive. Started with pepperoni bites which were perfection…that hot honey was a nice touch. Tried their street corn wings (May special) but found they fell short of their name…something was missing to give it the street corn flavor. Two of our party shared a Spicy Stetson pizza (added meatballs) which was delicious! Excellent flavors and nice crust. The third in our party ordered the Rigatoni Pesto w/Buratta (added a meatball). Pasta was tasty as was the buratta. Overall we enjoyed our meal and would return for another one.

Made for a quick lunch, easy in & out. Friendly staff and quick to get food. Overall, pizza was good, not my favorite, but would eat again.

We decided to stop by after the Wine Walk and it sure was a good option! We were seated outside and enjoyed the cool weather (it was very hot inside, so this was a plus). We were greeted by the host and sat right away. Our server was nice, attentive and more than happy to answer any questions we had and made a good suggestion. We got a plate of olives as a start instead of bread which was a nice touch and pleasant surprise. We ordered the fried knots (fresh garlic!) and the Kissed by a Rose (KBAR) pizza which was pretty tasty. We will be back and glad there is a good pizza place in College Park!

I love the pizza and meatballs, this place has one of the best pizza in town. Just keep in mind that the have no restrooms for guests, so if you are going with kids (my case) that’s a problem. I literally a place just to stop eat and go.

Brittany T

Made for a quick lunch, easy in & out. Friendly staff and quick to get food. Overall, pizza was good, not my favorite, but would eat again.

Caroline Tomon (Carrie)

This was our first visit to Pizza Bruno (Edgewater). We dined for lunch on a Friday. Staff was welcoming, friendly and attentive. Started with pepperoni bites which were perfection…that hot honey was a nice touch. Tried their street corn wings (May special) but found they fell short of their name…something was missing to give it the street corn flavor. Two of our party shared a Spicy Stetson pizza (added meatballs) which was delicious! Excellent flavors and nice crust. The third in our party ordered the Rigatoni Pesto w/Buratta (added a meatball). Pasta was tasty as was the buratta. Overall we enjoyed our meal and would return for another one.

Mel Z

We decided to stop by after the Wine Walk and it sure was a good option! We were seated outside and enjoyed the cool weather (it was very hot inside, so this was a plus). We were greeted by the host and sat right away. Our server was nice, attentive and more than happy to answer any questions we had and made a good suggestion. We got a plate of olives as a start instead of bread which was a nice touch and pleasant surprise. We ordered the fried knots (fresh garlic!) and the Kissed by a Rose (KBAR) pizza which was pretty tasty. We will be back and glad there is a good pizza place in College Park!

Maximo Ceron

I love the pizza and meatballs, this place has one of the best pizza in town. Just keep in mind that the have no restrooms for guests, so if you are going with kids (my case) that’s a problem. I literally a place just to stop eat and go.

The pizza is best when you eat it immediately. After warming up, it can become a bit bland and hard to chew. I really did enjoy the big buffy with the sauce which was different. The customer service was very friendly and attentive. Great lunch special prices.

So it wasn’t the best and it wasn’t the worst. I want to say I love the location, I love the atmosphere, the people who were working and the unique menus ! You get all thumbs up on this ! I even love the decor :) . Now for the food . GARLIC KNOTS : the BEST yes THE BEST garlic knots you will ever have in your freaking life. If you are not a true Italian though and you dont love a lot of garlic these aren’t for you but man I would go to Bruno’s just for those ! Spicy vodka with chicken : had to send it back. The chicken was rubber and had no taste to it unfortunately. The vodka sauce had no flavor either. If this item is going to be 30 dollars you have to do better . Maybe someone wasn’t making it correctly but everyone in the kitchen that night seemed to be in good spirits. It was a Saturday and it wasn’t awfully busy . The gentlemen helping us did remove this from our bill and was very prompt about this which I can appreciate. Thank you unfortunately I just don’t know your name. The ATOMIC ELBOW: okay okay so this pizzas flavor was spot on my only issue which I feel like is a big one :( is that the center portion of the pizza was soggy . The toppings due to cooking unfortunately go more to the center due to oil pulling but I do believe there is a simple solution. Cook some of the pizza first with only cheese and sauce then add toppings towards the final few moments of cooking. I will be back to try a different pizza and the garlic knots and when that time comes if I have a better experience with the food I will definitely give higher stars. Overall this is still a really great place. I will definitely want to check out the curry ford location too as it has more options. Thank you !

It's always tough when you've been anticipating a place to be better than it was. But that was the sad reality. On the positive side, the service was phenomenal. The staff was friendly and the place was clean. The meal was an incredible value, too. Two slices and a drink for $10 bucks. You really can't beat it. On the "cons" side, the pizza was just average. It had the nicely charred, thin Neapolitan crust, but all of it lacked flavor. It would be a lot easier to critique if it were just one ingredient, but it was the whole thing. College students trying to save money? You'd probably wear this place out.

I am spoiled by “The Nona Slice House” in Safety Harbor (near Tampa). They are the undisputed pizza champs in my humble opinion. I think they serve 6 different varieties as a flex, but I dream about the Detroit style 😍

The pizza and the garlic knots were ok. We ordered the rigatoni and vodka sauce to-go, and it was SUPER dry, but also had a good amount of oil on the bottom of the plate. I just threw it out. The service was the best thing about this place. A girl with longer blonde hair was our server and she was fantastic!

The pizza was ok. Kinda dry. Kinda salty. Not many pepperonis. Found it weird that the little bit of sauce was on top of the cheese. For the price, I expected much better. My pic is post adding Parmesan and oregano.

Donna Robinson

The pizza is best when you eat it immediately. After warming up, it can become a bit bland and hard to chew. I really did enjoy the big buffy with the sauce which was different. The customer service was very friendly and attentive. Great lunch special prices.

Bob Statler

I am spoiled by “The Nona Slice House” in Safety Harbor (near Tampa). They are the undisputed pizza champs in my humble opinion. I think they serve 6 different varieties as a flex, but I dream about the Detroit style 😍

Cocoa4L

So it wasn’t the best and it wasn’t the worst. I want to say I love the location, I love the atmosphere, the people who were working and the unique menus ! You get all thumbs up on this ! I even love the decor :) . Now for the food . GARLIC KNOTS : the BEST yes THE BEST garlic knots you will ever have in your freaking life. If you are not a true Italian though and you dont love a lot of garlic these aren’t for you but man I would go to Bruno’s just for those ! Spicy vodka with chicken : had to send it back. The chicken was rubber and had no taste to it unfortunately. The vodka sauce had no flavor either. If this item is going to be 30 dollars you have to do better . Maybe someone wasn’t making it correctly but everyone in the kitchen that night seemed to be in good spirits. It was a Saturday and it wasn’t awfully busy . The gentlemen helping us did remove this from our bill and was very prompt about this which I can appreciate. Thank you unfortunately I just don’t know your name. The ATOMIC ELBOW: okay okay so this pizzas flavor was spot on my only issue which I feel like is a big one :( is that the center portion of the pizza was soggy . The toppings due to cooking unfortunately go more to the center due to oil pulling but I do believe there is a simple solution. Cook some of the pizza first with only cheese and sauce then add toppings towards the final few moments of cooking. I will be back to try a different pizza and the garlic knots and when that time comes if I have a better experience with the food I will definitely give higher stars. Overall this is still a really great place. I will definitely want to check out the curry ford location too as it has more options. Thank you !

Dan Dowling

It's always tough when you've been anticipating a place to be better than it was. But that was the sad reality. On the positive side, the service was phenomenal. The staff was friendly and the place was clean. The meal was an incredible value, too. Two slices and a drink for $10 bucks. You really can't beat it. On the "cons" side, the pizza was just average. It had the nicely charred, thin Neapolitan crust, but all of it lacked flavor. It would be a lot easier to critique if it were just one ingredient, but it was the whole thing. College students trying to save money? You'd probably wear this place out.

tami lindner

The pizza and the garlic knots were ok. We ordered the rigatoni and vodka sauce to-go, and it was SUPER dry, but also had a good amount of oil on the bottom of the plate. I just threw it out. The service was the best thing about this place. A girl with longer blonde hair was our server and she was fantastic!

Kay V

The pizza was ok. Kinda dry. Kinda salty. Not many pepperonis. Found it weird that the little bit of sauce was on top of the cheese. For the price, I expected much better. My pic is post adding Parmesan and oregano.

Vern Renzette

As much as I want to love this place, because it's so cherished by the local community and it's a small business, I can't honestly write a raving review for either the food or the service. But, I do want to start by mentioning what I thought was great about Pizza Bruno. My boyfriend and I tried to go to two pizza places on a Monday night, both of which were closed, before we decided on PB, which was open and only a short walk away from where we had originally wanted to eat. I like that PB is located within walking distance of other College Park main street staples, and that it very much carries itself like a small business, with some grungy art on the walls, dim but warm lighting, and a bustling back of house within view of the patrons eating at the restaurant's few booths. I loved the kale salad, which was delicious and hearty, generously topped with nuts and cheese, and also delivered in a big enough portion that my boyfriend and I could split it and both have plenty. On the flip side, I wasn't crazy about the restaurant's main offering and namesake, the pizza. I can only speak on the quality of the pizza from the College Park location, which I've eaten at twice, and I wonder if the pizza at the original location is better. For me, it was too thin and crispy. The toppings were scarce, and on the white pie that we ordered (the KBAR), most of what I ended up tasting was salt, rather than the meat and herbs on top. After leaving, we realized that the KBAR is supposed to come with a red sauce swirl on top of the white base, but for some reason ours didn't. The marinara would have (hopefully) helped alleviate some of the saltiness of the pizza, but we'll never know since it wasn't made correctly. That said, we still ate it all because we don't believe in wasting food, and it definitely wasn't the worst pizza I've ever had. But as much mess as I'm talking about the pizza, my main gripe with this place is actually the lack of reusable cups. When the waitress seated us, she gave us two plastic cups of water. We both drank our respective cups (the salty pizza immediately parched us), and then asked for a refill. This probably sounds melodramatic but I was honest to god shocked when the waitress came back with two more disposable cups filled with water, instead of a pitcher to refill the two plastic cups we already had. I mentioned above how neither of us believes in wasting food, and in the same vein, we thought that the compulsory use of 4 plastic cups for a half-hour dinner was horribly wasteful and a terrible example for other local businesses. This is especially true for a business operating in Central Florida, where we're surrounded by bodies of water that are impacted by plastic pollution. If our own local businesses aren't committed to treating their home like it's worth respecting and protecting from ecological degradation, how are we supposed to expect tourists to do it? It made no sense to be given a compostable straw, but then also 4 plastic cups in the same sitting. I really want to see Pizza Bruno step it up in this department and do better, and if they need the help to do so, I recommend they check out surfrider.org, which has resources to assist businesses in transitioning to low-plastic to help reduce plastics in our marine environments.

Was recommended this spot from a friend when I was really wanting a good plate of pasta. Heard they also had pizza that was similar to NJ (where I am from). When we got there, was told they stopped serving pasta two weeks ago. So we ordered the special… 2 slices of pizza that came with a soda, 3 meatballs and mozzarella en corrozza. My mozzarella en corrozza came out warm on the outside and cold cheese on the inside! They redid it and this time the cheese was nice and melty but the outside resembled the darkness of a fried chicken cutlet. Back home this dish is served with anchovies. The waitress was nice enough to get me some. The meatballs were good but needed bread to sop up the gravy. I didn’t order because that was a $5 up charge. My husband ordered grandma pizza with pepperoni but it’s not what I’m used to…. This was more like Sicilian pie. All in all the food was ok but what would stop me from coming back were the extra charges: $2: charged for soda that was included in daily lunch special $4: pepperoni charge $5: anchovy charge If these charges had been told to me upfront, I might have been ok with them or maybe not ordered. But I only found out I was charged when I got home and couldn’t question the bill. For 2 slices & a soda (the lunch special) 3 meatballs and a fried cheese sandwich , our bill was $57 (including tax & tip). Do not recommend

Michele Byrne

Was recommended this spot from a friend when I was really wanting a good plate of pasta. Heard they also had pizza that was similar to NJ (where I am from). When we got there, was told they stopped serving pasta two weeks ago. So we ordered the special… 2 slices of pizza that came with a soda, 3 meatballs and mozzarella en corrozza. My mozzarella en corrozza came out warm on the outside and cold cheese on the inside! They redid it and this time the cheese was nice and melty but the outside resembled the darkness of a fried chicken cutlet. Back home this dish is served with anchovies. The waitress was nice enough to get me some. The meatballs were good but needed bread to sop up the gravy. I didn’t order because that was a $5 up charge. My husband ordered grandma pizza with pepperoni but it’s not what I’m used to…. This was more like Sicilian pie. All in all the food was ok but what would stop me from coming back were the extra charges: $2: charged for soda that was included in daily lunch special $4: pepperoni charge $5: anchovy charge If these charges had been told to me upfront, I might have been ok with them or maybe not ordered. But I only found out I was charged when I got home and couldn’t question the bill. For 2 slices & a soda (the lunch special) 3 meatballs and a fried cheese sandwich , our bill was $57 (including tax & tip). Do not recommend

Went there for lunch it was horrible! I ordered at 12:50pm, sat at the bar to wait and the “cook” you have there didn’t put my 2 tiny slices in the oven to heat up until 1pm. They messed up someone else order for not paying attention to what they were doing. I get 2 sad slices one with 4 pepperoni slices in a row no sauce just cheese and a white pizza also no sauce or oil just dough and cheese. Cold as a dead body. I ordered half order of the Fried Dough and it was disgusting!!!! Can’t believe I paid $7 for 2 tiny pieces of burned bread. Then with that they gave me a BOWL of garlic oil and another one of marinara sauce. WTFFFFF is 2 tiny burned bread rolls. Complete disappointment. Keep in mind it was Lunch rush 😂 they had 2 tables nothing else. Curry Ford location is outstanding compared to this horrible place.

Foodie Carolina

Went there for lunch it was horrible! I ordered at 12:50pm, sat at the bar to wait and the “cook” you have there didn’t put my 2 tiny slices in the oven to heat up until 1pm. They messed up someone else order for not paying attention to what they were doing. I get 2 sad slices one with 4 pepperoni slices in a row no sauce just cheese and a white pizza also no sauce or oil just dough and cheese. Cold as a dead body. I ordered half order of the Fried Dough and it was disgusting!!!! Can’t believe I paid $7 for 2 tiny pieces of burned bread. Then with that they gave me a BOWL of garlic oil and another one of marinara sauce. WTFFFFF is 2 tiny burned bread rolls. Complete disappointment. Keep in mind it was Lunch rush 😂 they had 2 tables nothing else. Curry Ford location is outstanding compared to this horrible place.

i don’t think i can give this place another chance & i am VERY hard to disappoint. this is a culmination of 3 visits, so it’s accurate that i’ve come to a negative conclusion. first time. my buffalo pizza wasn’t cut but my pepperoni one was. no biggie. second time. i got the KBar. it was very floppy and not cooked throughly. no problem. maybe an off night. third time. unacceptable. i got a crimson ghost and ordered online. i got there 4 min after the promised time to be ready. when i got there not only was the host aloof, but they said they needed an extra 20/25 for my pie. there was only 4 tables and at the end of their meals. they clearly forgot. it was about 28 minutes when i got my pie. it was missing basil… and it was cold and FLOPPY.. it’s like they’re trying to give me bad experiences. do not recommend going here. trust me. i’ve tried three times. just go to lazy moon instead. regards, GTB