Great food and excellent service. Very crowded on Sunday lunch and noisy. But food compensates!read more

Kitchen Story is a great place with Filipino-fusion flavors, I've gotten dinner take-out as well as…read morehad brunch their a couple times. Apologies for those who for various reasons don't eat pork, but I love their Millionaire Bacon which is thick seasoned bacon. Their KFC, their version of Korean Fried Chicken is also really good, I've never had a bad experience with them. When I've gone for brunch somtimes they have been waits, but there is a lot of seating and their staff work pretty hard at turning around orders and turning over tables, they have seating outside on the sidewalk or parklet in addition to inside the restaurant, which I've utilized when I brought my dog. Kitchen Story fuses some good flavors together and their portion size is healthy relaive to the price. Check them out, and oh yeah.. try the bacon.

Of course the roti were so good. Vegetable curry with brown rice and that delicate pea shoot salad,…read morealmost perfect lunch. The new place on Piedmont is light and peaceful at lunch. I'll be back soon. Very nice service as well. .

New space, new review! The new space in front of KP and in the center of that pleasantly created…read morefood-mall-courtyard is hoepfully giving you more guests as I find, you deserve it! I loved the pea shoot salad in the past and my husband still does, and he really enjoyed also the tea-leaf salad and the coconut rice. I had the steak (of course) Very calming deco, fast and kind service, quick seating even for bigger groups (we were 6). Teni is a reliable restaurant when we have out-of-town guests or when I'm just too tired to cook after an event at the archive.

Food / Taste / Portions = B+ Service = A…read moreAmbience = A Solid dinner from start to finish with great value for the money. We'll be back!

Theres no really qualm I have with this place. Service was good, garlic noodles were good but very…read moreTop Ramen-y. It's a restaurant. However, with so many dining options out there, it just doesn't stand out in my mind and likely won't make it near the top of my list

truly one of my favorite brunch places in Oakland. the crispiness of the roti, the juiciness of the…read morechicken, and then the creaminess of the avocado creates harmony in every bite. let me stop gate-keeping and put you on to this halal Malaysian spot. grateful this is in Oakland.

Upscale Malaysian brunch spot. Excellent roti met with otherwise standard fare…read more The roti really is the star of the show. We ordered the roti comfort and garlic noodles. The flatbread was crispy and tender, with an enough chew to make it into a real meal item. It was served with a coconut curry with tofu and veggies. Unfortunately, both the curry and the garlic noodle dish were unremarkable. Competently executed but not unlike the versions you can get at any number of places around. My hunch is that the best meal here is the simplest: roti with fresh fruit. Crisp and sweet would pair well with the chewy bread. Or maybe just order the roti side for a snack.

The Crispy Branzino was AMAZING. The prices on the specials are a little high but the portions are…read morevery generous. Could easily share between two people. We also ordered the Panang Neua which was very good. Overall had a great experience. The food was good, service was good, and the atmosphere can't be beat when sitting outside. Will be back.

Farmhouse Kitchen is one of those places in Jack London Square that I don't think enough people in…read moreOakland think to go to. My office is right above it, so I've been here a bunch, and the service is always incredibly cheerful. The whole place is fun. The food is great, the presentation is clever and inventive, and it's especially good for a big group. There's a lot happening on the table, and it feels like part of the experience. And the spice is serious, which makes me very happy. If you order something spicy, they mean it. Come prepared to have your face burned off in the best possible way. Great food, great energy, genuinely fun people. I really like this place.

Delish food, fast service and everyone was incredibly kind! We did family style and it was perfect…read more- four entrees for four people was just the right amount. Also, fun bonus, the decor is just super cute. Will be coming back!

Secrets of Tiger is one of the best Thai restaurants in the bay! It's a quaint restaurant with big…read moreflavor! I couldn't put my fork down. The steak was seasoned to perfection, the curry was so flavorful that we asked for the recipe and the eggplant dish was perfect! The one single waiter was on top of everything! We didn't know how he served everyone and refilled water glasses as the place was packed from the dinner time rush and he handled all the tables on his own. If you're looking for flavor, delicious Thai that is by far one of the best, try this place out and thank me later!

Great food Great service…read more Great ambiance 10/10 recommended This a a great place to enjoy with friends and family!

The food was amazing and the staff was very kind! It was all very flavorful and delicious! Highly…read morerecommend!

Came here for dim sum and there was a long waiting list. The food was mediocre…read more There must be lots of MSG because I kept drinking water afterwards.

I came here for a family birthday dinner. It's located in greenhouse so there's plenty of parking…read morearound, even if it means just a tiny bit further away. The restaurant is really big and we sat at a table for 14 pretty comfortably. We were also here on a Saturday night and the restaurant was full. The service is your typical Chinese restaurant vibe where you leave a little bit emotionally abused after paying for overly priced menu items. We did the à la cart and easily spent up to $1500. Better off with the family plan meal but nothing was of interest to us except one or two dishes. It took forever to come out and I mean FOREVER to a point where we almost cancelled a few dishes and called it a night, but they kept saying it's being made. With as many people and as massive as the restaurant was, and the price tags, I was expecting a more efficient service. A couple of times we saw our dish being brought to the wrong table and the people going "oh we didn't order this." With all of that out of the way, I am giving them an average score of 3 starts because the food did bring them back up. It was actually really good. My favorite of all things we ordered was their sea bass with string beans. The sea bass was fried crispy, garnished salty and still soft inside. It paired really well with the string beans. We ordered a bunch of other things that I couldn't tell you what the name was in English and they were above average taste wise. Their complimentary dessert however, was mass produced and tasted like they added too much water to it. This was the only one I was disappointed in. I still say this place is extremely overpriced but for a family meal experience and if you ever want to impress a date, why not.

I have decided that the temescal neighborhood is one of my favorite places to eat in Oakland. There…read moreare just so many delicious restaurants here! I have been super excited to try hawking bird, and it did not disappoint. We got the satay chicken salad, curry fried chicken rice bowl, pickles, and the calamansi soda. Satay chicken salad -- very fresh and flavorful. the grilled chicken was very well marinated, and had lots of flavor. It came with a vinaigrette and a yummy peanut dipping sauce on the side. We thought it could use a little more greens, as the portion felt somewhat small. Curry fried chicken bowl -- this was our favorite thing that we got! The curry was flavorful and there was the perfect amount of it over the chicken and rice. There was a healthy portion of fried chicken and rice, which we appreciated. The chicken itself was super crispy and yummy. All of the components went very well together, and we really loved this one! Pickles -- this was just okay to me. the pickled vegetables consisted of assorted veggies including green beans, peppers, and cabbage. The veggies had a slight sweetness to them, but also were spicy! Not my favorite, but still pretty good. Calamansi soda -- honorable mention because I love calamansi and was so excited to see that they had this as an option! If you are a calamansi lover, you definitely enjoy this. it was crisp, refreshing, and had an authentic calamansi flavor. I'd definitely get it again! Overall, we really enjoyed our meal! We thought that the portions were the perfect size for sharing, which we loved. Next time, I'd definitely get the curry rice bowl again because it was so good! The decor was super cute, and the staff were friendly and attentive. If you are craving a chicken dish, we recommend you check this place out!

Went Sat 7/18 around 5:45pm…read more Food was okay but does not compare to the food they used to serve at hawker fare (used to go to the prior location way back in the day in Oakland, and then the hawker fare location in SF). Order at the counter and they bring food to you. - kmg: The sauce did the khao mun gai did not taste as flavorful (less funky, more watered down). - green beans: similar to above, more watered down flavors. Was expecting more funk and spice and sweetness like what they used to serve. - tater tots: crunchy with a hint of tom yum (I think) seasoning - Lao sausage: a tad dry, again would want more flavorful seasoning Slow service (took 20 mins for us to get our soup broth that came with our rice dish, and prob 30 mins for us to get a side of pickles). Ambiance as loud and echoey and it sounded like a large fan or blender was going for a long time (which was still decently loud despite us sitting furthest end from the kitchen).

Viridian on Broadway Uptown, one of the most awarded bars in the country and it earns every…read moremention. Esquire best bar, World's 50 Best Discovery, Tales of the Cocktail nominated year after year. Got the Tomato Beef which is their signature, savory and bright and not what you expect from a cocktail, in a good way. Soy Sauce Old Fashioned is the move if you want to understand what they're doing here. Umami tots with chili crisp sour cream disappeared immediately, Szechuan salt and pepper wings were the best version of that dish ive had in Oakland. The whole room feels like a Wong Kar-wai film set which sounds like marketing until you're actually sitting inside it. Get there before the line on weekends, worth every minute either way

I've gone four times and each time it's been soooo hard to pick a responsible number of cocktails…read more They have so much variety and a lot of unconventional combos; the staff is very good about helping guide you to something that matches your preferences, but everything I've tried there was really good. The bites are generally really good too, though I wasn't a huge fan of the chili cucumbers. Try the Tomato Beef cocktail-- it's really yummy! The Li Hing Ramos is a good go-to if you like egg white drinks, and the seasonal milk punch has always been good. The ambiance is very cool, not bright inside, but bright colors, very hip. Great date night spot.