Just the best restaurant in the area.
We always have a wonderful evening and dining experience. The food is always fantastic, and service is wonderful. Meatballs are the best you'll ever eat . Best veal parmigiana of your life. Rigatoni Bolognese is amazing. Great Chicken Piccata. You can't go wrong (good cocktails too!). Our favorite; we always bring friends and family.

Very nice meal, but nothing exceptional. My veal chop was good, but dry even at medium rare. My wife loved her halibut.

The service was sub par and food was bland. Server has no insight into wine list.
Coffee and Desert were great.

Really nice to go to a local favorite that has maintained it's standard of high quality year after year.

This place is great. Excellent everything. The food and service were top notch. Shout out to our server Bruno, helped to make a great night out.

Our third time here. Never disappointed. None of us eat meat yet there is so much to choose from. Fish and vegetarian made delicious.

Excellent food and service. The only negative was a large table of extremely loud and annoying women in the same room. We could barely hear each other talk.

Not one thing to complain about everything was perfect. Many options to choose from on the menu and so many appetizers I wanted to try! The mozz and tomatoes were really fresh and they give ricotta cheese with the bread🤤

Our server Theresa was amazing. Food amazing. Fun evening

Great appetizers, both authentic Italian and modern dishes...Fun for sharing. We really enjoyed the quality of the food and the diverse entrees.

Been there several times and loved it in the past. Took my husband there for our annoand sas disappointed in the food and felt rushed.

Loved the atmosphere! Great for a date night and the service was top notch. The steak was fabulous as was the martini! Highly recommend!

Brando’s never disappoints. We always recommend Brando’s

Don’t get me wrong - We love Brando’s. It’s certainly one of the top restaurants at the shore and we have been multiple times.

However...Shame on me for not asking the price, I get that, but it would have been nice if we were told that the 32 oz dry aged bone in ribeye was $80. It was described to us devoid of price. I was slightly annoyed by that. I’m giving the service 3 stars for that reason. The server is a great guy and we tipped as we normally would have, but receiving the bill prompted some sticker shock.

Also the hostess ensures you’re getting ready to leave on time with a gentle “thanks for coming, have a nice night.” We hadn’t received our dessert menu yet - I’m happy to leave at the conclusion of the meal, when it is in fact, concluded.

I don’t appreciate being hustled along when I’m spending $350 for the two of us for dinner. I’d still go back but we’ll ask about steak prices next time. Asbury has lots of amazing restaurant choices.

I would be remiss if I did not update this review of Brando. After posting this, I immediately received a phone call from Susan the General Manager of the restaurant. She was incredibly professional and apologized for the misunderstanding. Susan also very graciously sent us a gift card towards Our next visit to the restaurant, which will be soon.

The way Brando responded to us and went out of their way to rectify the situation is just another indication of why this is the best restaurant in Asbury Park. Highly recommended.

The food was excellent. Our server Dillan was fantastic. Answered all questions thoroughly about the food and was able to accommodate our food request above and beyond the menu. Also made recommendations for our appetizers, and he was spot on. Look forward to going back for the excellent food and outstanding service.

We have never had anything but the best meals and service. When we use Open Table, we always request Theresa as our server. She is the best. Great personality, bubbly and spirited and calls it like it is.

Too dark for our taste. Quality of bread mediocre. Pricey and noisy.

Great food and service. Our waiter was very attentive, engaged us in conversation and didn't rush us. Once our orders were placed, the food arrived hot and within a very reasonable time. This was our second visit to Brando. We will definitely return.

The service was very good. He made recommendations that were informative. The polenta and mushroom was the best I had. The courses were spaced very well and I never felt rushed. The ambiance and atmosphere was very well done.

I was one of 6 diners at my table the food tasted delicious, I had the seafood fra diablo also delish dessert also delish. Here’s the negative I had to stop at a rest stop on the pkwy, (emergency) apparently something was not right with something I ate. Maybe a bad piece of seafood. Hard to recommend when that happens! I would go back and will go back obviously a freaky 1 time situation. Our server was terrific the bartenders were terrific we enjoyed until that moment on the parkway. Lol

Our waiter was very attentive. The employees filling our water were in top of their game. The food was delicious. I have zero complaints.

Absolutely wonderful night! Food was outstanding! Our waiter, so sorry I can’t remember his name, but had a DEEP voice like Wolfman Jack (for us slightly older people) apps=clams oreganata - Delish. Calamari -really good. spedini (sp) - outstanding!! We had veal chop parm, chicken francaise, chicken parm, the seafood special, and the 3 different pasta dishes offered as an entree. I must say every dish was really perfect!! Def go!!

The food and service was excellent. The place was beautiful. I would highly recommend.

Had my family Christmas dinner here a couple of years ago. Returned with family who were in town. The food was excellent, but our waiter, Abraham was the star of the show. His knowledge of the menu and recommendations were spot on and his attentiveness to our every need was over the top. It is the waiter/waitress who makes excellent food even better!

Just ok wanted to love my dad said the scallop shrimp special was tasteless we couldn’t read the menu without the light from my I phone clams oregonato mushy

We had guests visiting from out of state and wanted to dine with them at a restaurant we knew they would enjoy. Brando's always fits the bill for exceptional dining.

Brandos was lovely, as always and food was delicious.
My husband and I shared the polenta and wild mushrooms appetizer which was out of this world, and then we had the rigatoni bolognese - delicious, and a huge portion.
The noise level was also out of this world, but it's a great people-watching place.

The service was as good as the food . Hands down the best restaurant in Asbury Park and I have been to them all.

Professional service, authentic, creative food, great drinks and fabulous desserts! Well done!!!!
Wait staff exceptional!

Great place! Love The Godfather movie on at the Bar!

First time at Brando’s and we were all so impressed. Beautiful restaurant, exceptional menu, and outstanding waiter (Abraham). He knew that menu so well that he was able to make excellent recommendations. Our choices of appetizers & entrees truly made for a top notch dinner.
All these were a 10+:
Meatball appetizer
Eggplant tower
Antipasto
Stuffed Veal Chop
Veal parm
Spicy shrimp
Only eh, was the Key lime pie.
Definitely a new favorite place!

Good food in a delightful ambiance.

The food was outstanding. Our waiter was not. Definitely get the linguini sinatra. And the appetizers we had were excellent- beggers purses and the eggplant tower.

Fantastic food, great cocktails, wonderful service!! Always a great evening at Brando’s!

Food and service was outstanding. The only negative was the noise level in the dining room, which improved after the party behind us left.

Very good meal
Great service
Chicken francaise exceptional

Had a bad experience. Waiter presented specials that turned out to be untrue and then we were upcharged for what he included in the entre descriptions that were not included. Additionally, the waiter never informed us of the exorbitant prices of the specials! He then lied about the charges. On top of that, when I emailed the owner, I received four or five emails where I was berated and called nasty names to the point of harassment! I will never go back!

Very thing was just perfect. Thank you for a memorable Birthday celebration

Everything about this restaurant was amazing. The service was above and beyond the normal as we had several employees coming throughout our dinner to make sure we had everything we needed...every request was satisfied. Will definitely be back!!

Great food and service