The Grounds Of Brooklyn

1117 Newkirk Ave, Brooklyn
(718) 676-0373

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Shana-kay McDougall

This hidden gem has become the go to spot for me and my seven year old son. We had the Pizza alla parmigiana, the margherita pizza, both were SOOOO delicious. On other occasions we tried the meatballs, the chicken parmigiana and salad. The mocktails are amazing as well. My favorite is the lychee mojito and my son loves the blue lagoon. The rose Martini was ok. George appears shy or timid, but he's super sweet and provides great service. My son never forgot his name. I highly recommend this place

Kathrene Gofman

Great food and great service, perfect summer spot!

Gina Harris

The pizza, the seafood pasta, and burger was magnificent! It’s a great neighborhood restaurant. George is so kind, he convinced me to try the pizza and I’m happy he did.also mocktail was 10/10.

Kyle Anderson

The place has decent food and is great for kids, as it is usually not very full or, if it is, the clientele are unpretentious.

Farzona Mirsagatova

It was so yummy 😋

Shokhrukhkhon Abzalov

Great place. Amazing food and service. I tried Rigatoni Bolognese, it awesome. Better than i expected. Thank you!!!

Nolisha Clarke

George is just a chill dude 😅 what some would consider timid but he is good! He recommended great options and held great convo. I had the paperdelle pasta (great) and the cacio w/chicken parm on top (light, buttery and great). Also the rice balls for appetizers. 10/10 EVERYTHINGGGGG oh and the lychee mojito is a musttttttt.

K R

Really nice atmosphere, cool wait staff Jorge was attentive and friendly! Food was really good and the music was chill. Highly Recommend

Lisa P

Love the food 💕

Imani W

This place is definitely a hole-in-the wall. Very cozy atmosphere and great service, our waiter George, was very attentive to our needs especially as a bigger party (8 of us). Definitely recommend the lamb burgers that come with fries! They were absolutely delicious and the fries were amazing. The place is beautiful and definitely slept on! Would recommend!!

Lauren LaMack

One of the best mocktails I’ve had!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Valentina Grisafi

They didnt bring out my food until like an hour later so I was able to start eating while everyone else was finishing up. They decided that the person who ordered extra food to go in the group should get their burger before me so I was left all alone awkwardly waiting for my burger. Then on top of that the burger tasted bad and under cooked so even though I was starving I didnt want to eat it. They didnt bring out the receipt for everyone so I was left to go to the counter and request the oppertunity to pay. And the bathroom situation is a nightmare that looks like a maze someone who get murdered in.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Zanaib Bhutta

The food was really good. The drinks were probably the best mocktails I’ve ever had.

Britania M

We went there with the family, and we each ordered different items: the ribeye, seafood fra diavolo, salmon, and gnocchi al pesto. I definitely would not recommend the salmon as it was very dry, and the mashed potatoes were buttery but bland. The gnocchi was overpowered by too much Parmesan cheese. The seafood fra diavolo was good, with great flavor, as was the ribeye. We decided to give the margherita pizza a try and took it to go since we saw it advertised as wood-fired pizza on one of the logos outside. When we opened it, we were disappointed as it was not a true margherita pizza. We still gave it a try, but it was not great as the sauce was very sour and there was too much cheese. I hope to see improvements.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Marielena Ramos

I’m sad to write this review as this is a restaurant we frequently visit. My boyfriend and I have been coming here together for a year. Separately about 3 years or so. The food is amazing as always, the creamy tuscan gnocchi is perfection *chef’s kiss*. My boyfriend usually gets something different every time, each time turns out great. This time he got the pesto potato gnocchi that he says he would absolutely go back for! As for appetizers we loved the fried calamari, rosemary fries and the cauliflower steak w/ hummus-(that has sadly been discontinued ?). As for drinks, we have tried the; Blue lagoon (tastes great but might be too sweet for some as it was for us), as well as the Rose Martini a few months back this drink was delicious and absolutely our go-to whenever we came here or ordered for pickup. The Rose Martini had crushed dried roses that gave it it’s signature flavor and mint leaves, as well as citrusy and sweet flavors, and whatever they used for carbonation (might be Sprite because of the sweetness and citrus flavor, whatever it was it was great) fast forward to now (05/25/2024) the Rose Martini is nothing but water and a whisper of rose essence…no dried rose petals, 2 mint leaves, no sweetness, barely any carbonation, no citrus, it was awful. This actually made me sad. Even the drinks that they added were not cutting it. The watermelon lime was just watermelon, barely any lime… and the lychee pineapple was just too sweet, tasted more like pineapple than lychee, and the crushed lychee didn’t look too appetizing in the glass since it looked like shredded calamari…idk what happened but ever since our good waiter left us (tall very light brown haired young man) the quality in both the service and now the drinks has dropped significantly. Every time he served us we left satisfied with the drinks, food and service. The new waitress that attended us could barely hear us, brought us cute glasses for water sans the water all the way up until we asked for it and our order was already brought out. The other waiter we had the time before last was also new, and he seemed high as a kite the whole time we were there. Very unprofessional. I wouldn’t recommend the pistachio gelato either, it tasted like slightly barely there nutty wet shaved ice. We left that day very unsatisfied and sad that many things have changed. The only thing I have left now is the gnocchi I love this place so much, and it saddens me at how much is different. We even recommended this place to a bunch of our friends and now we’ll have to alert them to the changes. If the Gnocchi’s were to ever change, I would have absolutely zero reason to return.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Gnocchi, Crispy Calamari

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