The Grounds Of Brooklyn Flatbush

Great food. Updated menu. Our server, Alex, was wonderful. 10/10 recommend 👌

I just had my first lunch here today after seeing several post on social media about this place. It looks like right now they are still not doing indoor dining, which is fine. The little "pods" outside are super cute, clean and very warm. The food and service is really good as well. The only issue (which is not major) is that they don't serve any alcohol. The menu looks limited, but the prices are very reasonable. I will definitely be back again!

The setup of this restaurant is very nicely done and is Halal. They have a cute little heated Cinderella carriage outside the restaurant that’s def an eye catcher. However, I have to say I was extremely disappointed in everything they had to offer. The owner named either Matt or Max seemed very annoyed and had no clue on what was going on and apparently it’s the same owner as Milk & Honey. First off, we called and asked for reservations but the waitress named Stephanie said that there are no reservations due to covid. We get to the restaurant, requesting to be seated in the nice Cinderella carriage and she tells us that we need reservations. Then, we proceeded to be seated in a shed where “there was heat”. The room was ice cold and definitely could’ve used more heating because their “strongest” heater wasn’t bussin’. As the day went on, they brought out one dish of lamb chops that was ice cold @6:45pm. We didn’t get the other four dishes til @7:27pm. At this point we request to be seated inside due to the room freezing off which they did accommodate but were very upset doing it. It’s okay the servers had little to zero experience as Stephanie expressed she works on the cafe side so I started to expect the most inadequate customer service received. Taylor was the only one that was super friendly and efficient. Now, that we were seated inside and waiting on the rest of the food, there are no plates given or proper utensils. The rib-eye steak was a bit burnt that it tasted like charcoal. The spicy chicken jalapeño pizza wasn’t spicy and was burnt. The Gnocchi with pesto and Mac and Cheese were good but mediocre. The food was awfully cold for the most part. I will cut them some slack because they do look like they just opened. Proper staffing is ideal especially if you’re advertising halal Italian food. I do not recommend it with the current customer service they have. I will be back in 6 months to do another review.