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Brugos Italian Bistro, Cave Creek, AZ

Brugos Italian Bistro

4.8
4.8
363 Reviews
$30 and under
Italian

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 10 times today
  • Neighborhood gem
  • Great for outdoor dining
  • Dog-friendly
Welcome to our award winning pizza and Italian bistro! Brugos was lovingly built to give that cozy, Italian bistro feel. Family owned for 17 years, we are kin to many famous restaurants in San Francisco and Milwaukee and it's those same true Italian family recipes you will find here! Everything is made to order fresh, from scratch, locally sourced when possible. In addition, we offer ecletic, trendy fare that is not so traditional! Dine in our beautiful restaurant and choose from one of gorgeous booths or sit outside on our open air patio with the bar door open so you can hear our beautiful music coming from within. We are in the heart of downtown Cave Creek in glorious Stagecoach Village, easy parking too. Voted Best Pizza a few times over you won't want to miss those or the family lasagnas, marsala, or picattas! Take n Bake pizza or To Go for home too! We are small, family owned and not pretentious and want you to feel like you are coming over to the house for dinner! Ciao!

Order delivery or takeout

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Italian, Pizzeria, Sicilian
  • Hours of operation
    Daily 4:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (480) 575-3044
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Executive chef
    Christina Luisa Cefalu
  • Catering
    We are excellent at providing true authentic dishes that are easy for you to serve for your private event!
  • Private party facilities
    We love creating special private events and are happy to discuss and make your event wonderful!
  • Neighborhood
    Cave Creek
  • Cross street
    Galloway
  • Parking details
    Private Lot
  • Public transit
    Cave Creek Rd.
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cafe, Cocktails, Dog Friendly, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine

Offers

  • Wednesday Wine Night All wines bottle and glass of

    Multiple dates available
    Sun - 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM,Tue - Thu - 6:00 PM - 8:45 PM
    Join us every Wednesday! Half off ALL wines by the glass and the bottle all night! Just dine in! Starts at 6pm! Ciao!

    Wednesday Wine Night All wines bottle and glass of Photo
  • Happy hour at our indoor outdoor bar! 4-6pm

    Multiple dates available
    Sun - 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM,Tue - Thu - 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
    We have a GREAT Happy hour at our beautiful indoor outdoor bar! REAL pours, real portions! Everything $8.50! 4-6pm. Try our wines, craft draft, margaritas, absolut martinis, and more! Then go for our rigatoni and crumbled sausage with my family's red sauce! Or our BBQ Chicken pizza! Many other dishes to choose from too! Bar only. Ciao!

What 363 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.8
4.8 based on recent ratings
  • 4.8Food
  • 4.8Service
  • 4.8Ambience
  • 4.6Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Phoenix / Arizona

    Neighborhood gem

  • Scottsdale

    Neighborhood gem

  • Scottsdale

    Italian

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Brugos Italian Bistro is a cherished neighborhood gem offering "consistently delicious food" and "amazing" service. Guests rave about their "best pizza," particularly the chicken club and Frankstown varieties. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, with standout servers like Patrick and Shannon ensuring a "wonderful" dining experience. Highly recommended for Italian cuisine lovers!

363 Reviews
  1. Mark

    VIP

    San Diego

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 1 day ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 4
    Dined here for Valentines Day recently, had great service from waitress. Dined again last night, MUCH different experience from same waitress. Unsure if she was having an OFF night or if short-staffed (restaurant not full). Took 12 minutes upon sitting down to get water. There was a generic apology for the wait. Considerable time taken to receive our wine, and salad thereafter. Concerned pizza could come too early, expressed concern and delayed that order. It actually came out too early afterall. Afterward, waitress stopped by in a timely fashion (only time that evening, even though "touched" other tables on the patio more often). She looked at our table and asked how pizza was, to which we pointed out we were still eating salad. Response was "I hadn't noticed"....not from afar nor after standing at our table for 5 seconds. Did not get water refilled nor more wine poured all evening, as is the norm here. Our tip is normally 30% (before wine-night discounts), and only decided 15% (after discount) was appropriate and probably too generous. Forgot to note, we were not remembered from our prior visit just 12 days prior, when the waitress clearly had more interest and capacity to "move us along" given a full reservation list. Perhaps one only gets good service here if a weekly "regular". We will not be back.

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  2. Michael

    VIP

    Phoenix

    41 reviews

    5.0

    41 reviews

    Dined on February 20, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Always have a good meal there. Staff is great., friendly and offer suggestions on menu items.

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  3. Tausha

    Salt Lake City

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 16, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Amazing food with GF options. Lots of unique pizza flavors.

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  4. Anna

    Phoenix

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 15, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    The food was great! The pizza tasted really good. The servers were amazing. 10/10 would try.

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  5. Heidi

    VIP

    Phoenix

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Highly recommend!!! Consistently delicious food served by friendly staff in a warm welcoming environment. The chicken club on thin crust is one of my favorite pizzas ever!! Thank you Brugos!!

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  6. Joseph

    VIP

    Phoenix

    20 reviews

    5.0

    20 reviews

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Great experience, food and ambiance was excellent. Owner was a delight very helpful and extremely engaging. Already have reservations in 2 weeks.

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  7. Jill

    VIP

    Minneapolis

    21 reviews

    4.0

    21 reviews

    Dined on February 13, 2025

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 3
    We love Brugos pizza! Our server was Jay and he did a great job!

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  8. nancy

    VIP

    Indiana

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on February 12, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Despite the lack of waitstaff… Donna did a great job … we watched her hustle and wanted to help her!!!

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  9. Peter

    VIP

    Seattle

    55 reviews

    5.0

    55 reviews

    Dined on February 9, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    The service, drinks and dinner were excellent. We always like sitting at the bar, very entertaining.

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  10. Eva

    VIP

    Phoenix

    27 reviews

    5.0

    27 reviews

    Dined on February 8, 2025

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    We love Brugos! Best pizza and great atmosphere. We love the lasagna and chicken piccata too.

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FAQs

Brugos Italian Bistro offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (480) 575-3044.

Brugos Italian Bistro is rated 4.8 stars by 363 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 10 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Brugos Italian Bistro

7100 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Cross street
    Galloway
  • Neighborhood
    Cave Creek
  • Hours of operation
    Daily 4:00 pm–9:00 pm
  • Price
    $30 and under
  • Cuisines
    Italian, Pizzeria, Sicilian
  • Dining style
    Casual Elegant
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Private Lot
  • Public transit
    Cave Creek Rd.
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Executive chef
    Christina Luisa Cefalu
  • Additional
    Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cafe, Cocktails, Dog Friendly, Full Bar, Gluten-free Options, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Phone number
    (480) 575-3044
  • Catering
    We are excellent at providing true authentic dishes that are easy for you to serve for your private event!
  • Private party facilities
    We love creating special private events and are happy to discuss and make your event wonderful!
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