Brendali Italian Ristorante & Catering 2

Neighborhood Italian restaurant.
Solid food. Excellent service.
Bar and restaurant area.
Street parking.
I particularly like the eggplant. Children love the pasta.
Easy and comfortable. Hope the place does well.

Anywhere in pikesville that has a rooftop deck is a good place for me - oddly enough, Brendeli does AND there's a bar up there too. What more can you ask for, honestly?

Pair the above with wonderful staff, including the owner who personally attended to us, delicious food, and you literally have the perfect dining experience.

Menu has everything you could really ask for when visiting an Italian restaurant. Rolls to start the meal are amazing. Had trouble deciding between eggplant and chicken parmesan and they combined both into one dish. Paired with pasta topped with the most amazing red sauce. What service! Fiance got the chicken Diego and he was literally "mmmm-ing" after every bite, including the next morning when he finished his leftovers - it reheats that well y'all! Friend got the linguini with crab sauce and loved it as well. Plenty of lump crab meat in a red sauce with Old Bay - bringing Maryland vibes into my Italian roots.

Can't wait to return and spend summer evenings sipping wine and enjoying the views of......downtown pikesville (lolol)!

We took our friends to Brendali and the timing was greatly improved. The restaurant had a nice vibe. It was quiet enough for us to have good conversations. The food, as usual, was super. Mattie, our server, took excellent care of us. We had fried calamari, chicken Francese, angel hair pasta with olive oil and garlic, and fettucine bianco. We enjoyed our Valentine dinner!

Great food! Awesome service and hearty portions. Rooftop view! Looking forward to returning for more menu exploration.

Do you remember where Mara Luna Latin grill was on Reisterstown road? Then you probably remember ot closed, and another restaurant went in and failed. I don't know why several restaurants couldn't make it in this location, given that there is a decen sized parking lot in the back, and a shared one a half a block away. All you need to add is a restaurant that serves good food at decent prices.
Enter Brendali. They have a Federal Hill location that is popular, but for those that dont want go downtown to eat, Brendali 2 is the answer.

The space is nicely decorated, the drink menu wine list, and food menu have interesting choices. Two of us had the server recommended minestrone soup, and enjoyed it. I had a crab linguini that was generously sprinkled with lump crab meat. The others jad salads, shrimp scampi, and pasta dishes. We all enjoyed our dinner, and will be back again

We really like this place! I didn't want to trust Pikesville Italian. But everything folks said on Yelp was right! Good food, great service, nice environment. It's not gourmet. It's comfort.

Recommend by another hotel guest. She couldn't quit talking about how great this place is, so I had to try it. Not dissapointed in the least! The waiter told me everything was made in-house. I had the shrimp fradiavoli. What a treat! Best sauce I think I have ever had, the pasta was cooked perfectly, and the shrimp was a great size. For desert, Tres Leches cake

Try this place, you won't be dissapointed.

They say they are an Italian restaurant. If defrosted seafood with a crappy aftertaste is your idea of good food. It is perfect. If paying your bill and asking the server to let the chef know he needs to rinse off the seafood of what taste like soap. Get the owner to act like a complete twitt. Well it is your kind of place. I had to laugh. Being so stupid she (Brenda) decided to get loud rather then having a private conversation. Won't be back. Definitely only recommend sending people you don't like there.

I had a hard time trying to come up with a balanced, fair review of this new offering in Pikesville. In a decent restaurant-starved area, I would like Brendali to succeed.
I know that the staff and the kitchen are both going through a shakedown that any new restaurant location must endure. However, how do you explain such an uneven performance?
Our food selections were very good. My Veal dish was excellent with the quality of the preparation of the veal and sauce a real standout. But how can you explain the poor preparation of our waiter? He lacked even a basic knowledge of the menu, and he was way late on follow-up. This points to a management problem. Bad wait staff will kill your new restaurant.
If the management can do a little more training with the staff, then, Brendali is off to a great start.
Note: Don't look for ambiance here. Brendali is very loud, and, the guests circulate through the restaurant like it's their local clubhouse.
4 Stars for the food.
Minus 1 for the ambiance
It's a 3.

This place has such a nice atmosphere and kind staff. The barbecue chicken pizza and Margherita pizza were very tasty and our waitress/bartender made great mimosas. Will definitely come back when I'm in the area!