The atmosphere and food was amazing!! However, the unfriendly and grumpy guy who was working the counter that couldn't take the time to force a smile or say hello (had lunch on 4/19/21) while taking our order was the absolute downside to our first visit. This sort of experience makes it very difficult to consider going back. I've owned a restaurant and know that if the service is bad it doesn't make up for how good the food is.
Bricks and Birch is one of my favorite restaurants in the entire Inland Empire! All of the food they offer - pizza, salads, pastries, coffee - are all delicious and use high quality ingredients.
The pizzas are all wood-fired in a brick oven and have a perfectly crispy yet still chewy crust. I usually order 1 pizza and 1 pastry to split between me and another person and the total comes out to around $20. You can even order half-half pizzas but they'll charge at the price of the more expensive pizza. Some of my favorite pizzas are:
-Mushroom brie: sooooo good but I'm probably biased because I love mushrooms & brie.
-Rocket man: comes with prosciutto, arugula, burrata, and pine nuts. It's a great choice and you can't go wrong with this one.
-Thai pie: a unique pizza that tastes kind of like pad thai on a pizza. Even though it has both sweet chili & peanut sauces, they weren't overpowering.
Their pastries are also really good and I really like their cheesecakes.
For their coffee, they actually use Stumptown coffee beans. Stumptown isn't a local roaster, but it's still a high quality one. I've had a lot of coffee both here and at Augie's close by, and I actually think they're comparable. Interesting fact about me: the first cappuccino I had here was so good that I started getting into espresso and even purchased an espresso machine.
Overall, this is a great restaurant and you should definitely try a bit of everything here!
Great everything: coffee, lattes, sweet treats made in-house, friendly service...
A little pricey for what it is. $15 for one pizza (only about 6 slices) The baked goods are also overpriced. Overall decent quality for a high price. The atmosphere is nice. Nothing that I would go out of my way for. The cashier was not very friendly and seemed like she either didn t want to be there or didn t care.
Wonderful local coffee house. Lots of tasty treats and good pizza. There are lots of vegan options too.
Old Redlands atmosphere. Coffee, teas, food especially pizza. Great place to be
Great local spot to start the day. Amazing scones & breakfast pizza!
Place is nice, coffee is high grade ppl are nice tried the nutella banana scone
Pizza was great! But the prices are stupid. 12" pizza $17.00 (Ron Swanson) and $3.50 for an 8oz cup of tea. And service was so so. I can say I had it,and the pizza was good(don't get me wrong). But not again sorry
That's a 5. The place has a history of different owners during different decades of Contemporary Redlands. Definitely is not the guilty party as to why the Redlands area has a job shortage and all people can't afford to dine there on a regular basis while making rent.
