Brickland | Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Sacramento

Glad we had reservations for a Saturday night! We showed up a little early and the place was packed. Parking is in the lot behind the restaurant which is great due to how busy it gets and the street parking can get tight. Inside is simple contemporary with that comfortable 'brick' feel since it IS "Brickland". The room is loud and where we were seated in the thoroughfare was a bit buzzy so be prepared to talk loud to your fellow diners. The hosts (owners) were very nice and noticeable as they toured the floor checking on things throughout the evening. There is also a large bar area in the back of the dining area.

Brickland is a combo Afghan, pizza/pasta and American faire restaurant. We of course choose to enjoy the food of the owners, and went with Afghan. Started with the house soup. Good and rich, but just needed a little something else to give it that extra kick of flavor. Next we had the Kadoo Bolani - Crispy grilled philo dough with butternut squash and spices. These were pretty good For the main course we both had the Kabuli Palow - "Loaded" basmati rice with beef shoulder cuts and sauteed cauliflower. This dish was excellent on all points. Very good.

What didn't go right was that we sat waiting for someone to come to our table for quite a while. I was reaching that 'twitchy' mode just before the server finally came over to greet us. I ordered a cocktail, and we decided that we had better get the appetizer order in now... Our orders were placed, and the food did come out as it all should have. The appetizer plates were not cleared before the person serving the main courses came out, which made it super awkward to negotiate all these plates on a tiny 2 top table. And our server never did come back to check on us until we were completely finished with our meals and waiting for the check.

Overall, it was a 'good' evening, but there certainly are some missteps that could have...

Awful. 1st visit and last. We had a reservation for dinner, waited for 10 mins at the podium only to be finally greeted by a younger man and told there were no tables in the dining room even after I explained we had a reservation for dinner and it was our first time. We were then sat in, what looked like, the bar area, promptly brought water, then waited 40 mins for the bartender/server to come, finally, while my husband was in the restroom. He rushed me to order drinks even though my husband wasn’t sitting there and then he never brought them. He then returned 10 mins later with 2 more glasses of water, clearly forgotten our drink order. When I expressed we were waiting for our drinks and we had 2 different menus, he argued with me without letting me show him and explain how I just wanted to know which one to order from. He was dismissive and so rude. After sitting 50 mins, we finally got our drinks (which were mediocre at best and $15 each), I just asked him to bring our check, I paid and we left. I could tell it wasn’t going to improve. My husband and I have a dinner date once a month without the kids and I wasn’t wasting it on the experience we were having. We went to another local east sac restaurant and it was fantastic. We will never go back. Not sure who Shiela is but the server suggested I should “just talk to Sheila”. Never once apologized and clearly didn’t care that we weren’t staying for dinner. Don’t waste your time. There’s so many great restaurants in East Sacramento, don’t bother...

I have been to Brickland Bistro at least 5 times since they opened. What keeps me coming back is the beautiful ambiance and friendly service. The food has been good so far. We have not had anything that was bad like the other bad review. I think the people that write bad reviews about a new restaurant are upset for other reasons beyond the food. This is not a Afghani restaurant. Although I love Afghan food. This is a Bistro which incorporates American food and offer other dishes. This is not a pizza place. They have chefs that have experience and have been in fine dining all around Sacramento. There is only 1 Afghan dish (Kabobs and rice). Just because the owners are Afghan doesn’t mean that’s all they are allowed to offer. I talked to another couple sitting at the bar and they were saying that they used to come here before when it was a different restaurant. They said they are so happy to see the new updated version as well and were happy with their food and drinks. I don’t believe the owners are competing with any other restaurant near by. I DO believe This restaurant will be here for many...