Bandera Restaurant

(916) 922-3524

2232 Fair Oaks Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95825 38.574 -121.4129

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Neighborhoods: Sierra Oaks, Central Sacramento

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The Scene – Waiters heave mighty plates of ribs, steaks and mile-high mashed potatoes past 30-somethings looking for love at the crowded bar. Dim lights accommodate soul-mate searchers, while mahogany booths shelter the meat-loving masses. Unless your appetite rivals that of Paul Bunyan, expect to take half your plate home. Empty tables are scarce on weekends, so arrive early and come hungry. – – The Food – Start with the deeply satisfying roasted artichoke. Its smoky flavor and creamy aioli will likely win over the most ardent vegetable-hater. Pass on the cheese dip…

4 Star Rating: Recommended

12/20/08

the BBQ Pork Tenderloin it was delicious

by DBrose69

Order the corn bread or the grilled artichoke appetizer or the hot queso cheese dip. Ever appetizer there is fab.

I had the BBQ Pork Tenderloin it was delicious. So was the Rotisserie Chicken I had the first time I went to Bandera's. Oh Yeah, The Oreo Ice Cream Sandwich is the best.

1 Star Rating: Poor

04/27/08

What's with the little table cleaners??????

by madelaineg

What a truly godawful place, and excuse the blasphemy, but sometimes it has its uses. Overpriced would be a vast understatement for this restaurant. I echo so many here, with the paramount complaint being the stratospheric prices. Reprehensible, and shame on this place!!! What sealed it for me were the servers (this place must be a commune, no one server!) with their little scraper things to flash across the paper table covering to herd food onto, I think, the floor (done so adeptly and swiftly, I couldn't tell!). How phony and hoidy toidy and excuse my French!!!!! And that, I suppose, is supposed to make up for the obscene prices. What a cheat of a joint, belied by its exterior which advertises American food, as if it's reasonably priced and/or even good. This place's fourteen to twenty five dollar entries could have been better prepared at the Baker's Square next door. What a place, and again, it should be ashamed.

1 Star Rating: Poor

04/27/08

PRETENTIOUSLY Expensive!

by holden822

What a ripoff of the first caliber, horrifically pretentious, with a menu of nearly no selections that made you feel trapped and desperate to choose something cheaper (which wasn't there!). Trapped is right: sure, my two teenage sons and I could have walked out, and in retrospect should have. We were in the area from out of town for a sleep study for one of my sons, and thought, ok, good, solid American food (as it advertises itself). We were in a dungeon after that. The menus have to be slanted to catch sparse rays of light to be read, and then what a proverbial ticket shock. Wow! I didn't want to complain or whine to my boys, so we persevered. I even ordered two appetizers. Get this: a plate with fewer than twelve chips with two little piles of dip for five bucks, and that was the cheapest thing on the menu. Whoops, a mistake: the sodas were THREE DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE CENTS each! Pretentiousness permeated the place, and I walked out nearly one hundred dollars lighter (yes, I tipped at the prevailing rate: I at least at some honor). A RIPOFF. The food was anything (or worse) you could pick up at any restaurant for far fewer bucks. Why isn't there a choice here for NO STARS? And the Angela Somebody here whose headline review for this restaurant raves about it: what universe do you live in?

  • Pros: Drawing a real blank here
  • Cons: Dark, exorbitant and extortionist prices, pretentious

The Details on Bandera Restaurant

What to Drink:

The drinks aren't cheap, but they do the trick. Try the Dean Martin martini or one of the best cosmopolitans in Sac.

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