They are thief, cheater. They charged me for 4 pound goat which is $36 and then I weighted it was only 3.4 pounds they hide scale, so they can cheat. Be careful and see the scale. Later when I told them, he added an other half pound meat. As Muslim this Haraam Money......Very disappointed. read more

Saba Live Poultry - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

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Shady place with even worse customer service. Pros: Decent poultry price. Freshly killed birds, rabbits and sheep. Conveniently located in a questionable industrial block of warehouses. Cons: The place seems like it is teetering on a healthcode violation shutdown. Rude employees and staff. Not sure what they hate more, the chickens or their jobs. Rough handling of the poultry. Salmonella central. Just my two cents. Definitely not a place for everyone but ya'll are free to form your own opinions. Personally I'd rather support good old fashion american businesses that build good rapport with their customers. read more

Happens twice to me! Don't bother placing online orders or phoning in to place your orders. Because even if you did and you arrive 30-1 hour LATER to pick up your order, you will still have to wait another 30-45 minute for your orders. It's like they don't bother or don't care to put your orders in. Why bother giving customer an online order option if you don't honor the allotted time for pick ups? read more

Most of the negative comment here is before they had a huge overhaul as a result of the coronavirus. I have to say I am impressed by how much they have improved to keep the place clean. Staffs were always nice and friendly. The negative thing about this place is that it looks like most over the phone orders don't actually gets processed until you show up in person and pay so I am finding myself spending extra 10-15 mins when I arrive. If you want to avoid this, just order from their online menu and you should be good to go once you arrive. Its is also possible they don't actually process over the phone orders because the buyer may not show up and they dont take your card information on the phone. All of these are assumptions. Anyways somehow, as soon as you show up, they remember your order and take care of you. Another negative thing about this place is price. Saba dont really have competition and animal rights and humane society are giving them hell to close from this location so all of these makes it a tough business so i can also see why most entrepreneurs avoid this type of enterprise due to city will always monitor for disease spread etc. But they are really enjoying their monopoly and it shows in the price. On the good side, the price is steady and has not changed for years. It is in a prime location in the heart of the city so easily assesible read more

I didn't find a second place to buy live poultry in the bay area. As a Chinese, I like fresh killed poultry such as chicken, ducks, etc. The poultry in the ranch 99 supermarket is not that good. (You can tell from the soup of chicken stew. If the soup has a yellow oil layer about it, it's good.) I ordered a hen and the staff executed the chicken for me (excuse me that I used the word execute :D ). Wait time is less than 15 minutes. The staff is very friendly. Will definitely come again. Another two place that I've bought good chicken is Campbell farmers market and Olivera Egg Ranch at San Jose. The chicken is not *freshly killed*(may be killed several hours ago) but still pretty good. read more

Saba Live Poultry - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

You are not handling nothing safely and the meat you give me is so dirty. You need to clean this shit. I don't even think if you guys are really selling halal and clean meat. If it's not clean how can you call it halal and we are paying two times more than other stores to get unclean and unsafe meat? read more

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I do not recommend this Business, went inside one time and the living conditions of the chickens and other live animals is horrible. You can hear screams coming from the back and not much food or water available for the live ones in cages. They were really cramped and surprisingly the place was busy. Don't recommend. read more

I had an excellent experience here. I heard about this butcher from a client and was intrigued. Freshly butchered chicken, no preservatives and no additives. I was game to give it a try. The facility was in an industrial part of East Oakland, it was clean. I mean it smelled a little but to be expected there's hundreds of live chickens clucking away in cages. I decided to try a red hen and a white broiler. I had no idea what to try, after a quick google search I picked the red and white chickens. The meat would be what you would get in a grocery store. The process takes about 10-15 minutes. I didn't go to the cages and pick a chicken on my own, i just told the guy the type I wanted and he picked. You pay at the window. Then wait for them to slaughter your chickens they call the number on your receipt to tell you it's ready. I got my chickens, they are plucked of all feathers and the inside is cleaned out. They add the giblets back in the carcass along with the feet and head. Freshly butchered chicken shouldn't be eaten right away. Chickens go through rigor mortis just as any other critter does. You have to let the meat rest for 24 hours or the meat will be tough. I brined my chickens in a bag with salt water and put them in the fridge. read more

Best Fresh Meat - Available in Bay area. Animals are handle after order made. Taste of meat are awesome. Meat lover - this is your destination!!! Cash or debit card only. ****If you are non-meat eater, don't try it. Shop smell horrible as they kept live animal and slot them inside the store.***** read more

I love this place. I get my chickens here. They live a long time without any illnesses. After about 2 months they start laying eggs. I don't have them kill the animals, I bring my own carrying case. They always get the chickens that I want. read more

They have very friendly staff, the wait wasn't long at all and I received fresh meat. I would have never came to this place if the Grocery stores didn't run out of meat in this pedantic but guess what.... yes your right I'll be going there from now on. I bought chicken and steak read more

Good for country chicken (natu kodi) and whole lamb/goat. Seriously, DON'T waste money if you want few lbs of goat/lamb, as it is mostly fat with little meat. read more

I've been twice. I was hoping to get a goose for Thanksgiving dinner, but was unable to find one at my normal meat spots so I was in a bind. Some thorough internetting yielded a review of this place from someone saying they saw geese in the cages. I went in to check them out a couple weeks ahead so I would know what I was getting into. My first experience there was a bit surreal or the suburban-raised white boy I am. That said, it's obvious that there is a high turnover of animals. They are open every time I drive past, and a couple of days between my two visits the stock of animals was totally different. So anyhoo, I went with my roommate to get a chicken to try out. It was a "sex link" chicken, with copper feathers which were soon removed. I opted to keep all the bits since I had never been given that choice before. So, you have to wait a few days before you cook a chicken from here, or it will be tough. This is a fact of life, the chickens you see in the shrink wrap were killed some time ago. Also, they were pre-brined, usually without being washed 'cause that takes time and fresh water (as evidenced by the poultry industry's expensive fight against proposed regulations over the matter), so supermarket chickens are literally marinated in feces. Feces and salt. So anyway, wait a few days, brine, cook, rest, eat. It was good. Real intense chicken flavor, definitely more connective tissue than a Safeway bird, which tells me they had more than 2 feet to move while living their life before the abattoir. The give and take of conscious eating. For thanks-g we came back for what I had also thought was a goose at first glance. The fellow who helped us that day called it a "Canadian Duck, the best we have." Cool, bought, waited, brined, roasted, crisped the skin, rested, ate. Delicious with pineapple and lemongrass. For the ornithologists out there, obviously there is no such thing as a "Canadian Duck," this was a Moulard (or Mullard), a cross between anas platyrhynchos (the mallard, from which the Pekin and others are derived) and cairina moschata (the Muscovy duck from South America). It was leaner and larger than your standard Pekin duck. This one was at least 10lbs and had maybe 1/3 inch of subcutaneous fat. Go there, unless you're a vegetarian. read more

Great products and very fresh. Highly recommended from lamb, chicken to quails. Best in the Bay Area

Have you ever ordered your meat alive? Well if you are into the freshest meat possible, this be the place for it. No, it ain't pretty but it does serve it's business purpose: Freshest butchered Halal meat ever. There are many choices, rabbit anyone? Lamb, goat? I chose a healthy looking 20lb turkey. They grabbed and took in the back, fifteen minutes later I was holding a heavy bag of cleanly butchered Turkey. It costs a little more than your average super market, but there really is nothing fresher unless you are raising and butchering yourself! read more

Do you want your meat fresh? Ah ....wait ...I just happen to know the place! It's Saba!!! Yes ..you can even get it alive ! I bought 10 quails this morning ..I was assigned to a staff that took me to where the caged birds were..he asked me if I want it alive..I kinda smile and I said thank you but no...he was friendly and answered most of my questions...anyway..he picked my 10 birds and took it to staff where they are going to "slaughter" the birds. Then he gave me a piece of paper with numbers ...he told me that they will call my number if my birds are ready to be picked up...I also noticed eggs on the counter...there were quail eggs, duck eggs, and chicken eggs. ..I took 6 packages of those quail eggs and took it to the cashier..I also paid for my birds which was not ready yet...I paid cash because they don't take credit cards and only take debit cards with fee ..the place can be smelly but you can get used to it if you're there for awhile lol..the price was very reasonable IMHO. ..I will definitely come back...I didn't redeem my free chicken though ...maybe when I come back :) read more

Saba Live Poultry - That's the back building.. - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

Got goat meat today and almost everything was a fat. When I ask them to take off the fat , and they we're not ready to do so and I could not return it either. Worst customer service. I don't go to this store read more

Saba Live Poultry - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

Went here for the first time a few days ago - to purchase live birds for eggs - I was looking for a couple of extra bantam hens and we saw the "Live Poultry" sign from the bridge near Saba Live Poultry and stopped in - we bought one hen - only one worker spoke very good English and indicated he could sex the birds - and went back a day later for another hen - which was picked out by the same person. I guess you could say this was a "mission of mercy" since these hens were destined for slaughter. I would also recommend their "red" hens for anyone interested in "point of lay" laying hens - these birds are young, close to mature and ready to lay. Right now our two new bantams are in quarantine to make sure they are disease free before going in with the rest of our flock of juvenile laying hens. Would give them five stars if I could contact the source of the birds to find out if they were vaccinated for Mareks Disease prior to sale (most birds from hatcheries are). Might go back sometime for a roaster or a duck. Bantams either sex were $12 each which is reasonable for Point of Lay prices. Large red hens and roosters are $12 and $14, and can be purchased live for your coop or dressed and ready to bake - same price. I was really happy to be able to find mature live poultry for sale in Oakland! If the management reads this and can give me contact info for the source of the birds, I'd appreciate it. read more

I checked in with Yelp where it said one free chicken with 5 chicken and the owner doesn't understand the Yelp check in process and flat out denied it. Very rude owner ...needs to take down the check in offer or say it's only valid on Thursday. read more

Been going here about once a month to get chicken and duck. The poultry always taste great, what you would expect with fresh meat. For what they do, the place is fairly clean. Service is no nonsense and good. We keep coming back read more

I found this place when I made a delivery across the street. As a truck driver I don't mind the industrial area. They were helpful and fast. I picked out a couple of pheasants they were whisked away to the back room. A few minutes later the clerk came out with a black plastic bag with my birds butchered to my request. I dropped them into my ice chest and took them home to cook. They were excellent! I will make the trip back there just for the poultry and maybe some rabbit. read more

Ten days ago I went to this place Saba Live Poultry at 845 Kennedy ST Oakland and I asked them if I can buy Qurbani animal from here? There was a man he said it will cast $350. And he also said that I have to pay some money in advance too. I agreed and I paid some money that day. Today is the July 31st I went there to see the animal I bought and after they Slaughtering it take the meat home. I told them at first day that I went the animal's head and feet's too. They brought me some meat in the plastic bags and the guy said I don't need to wait they already finish the job and the meat is ready and second they can't give me the sheep's head and the feet's. I told him In the first day I asked the guy who took my money and he said it is ok even he wrote it on the receipt. The guy Who was helping me he said yes he says that on the receipt however he is not going to give me the head and the feet's of the sheep's that I already paid for it . After long argue he brought me the rest of the animal. While I was waiting something else caught my attention. In the place that they were keeping the animals was very small and some of the animals were already dead or maybe they were taking their last Breath. Here is a photo of the place and the animals. I hope the management of this place do something about it. read more

Saba Live Poultry - Some animals already dead. - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

I bought two female silkies from here, its been a few months and they haven't laid. They are so friendly that even if they werent in a broody state all I did was toss a few chicks under them for a few nights and the hens adopted them! I paid 12 for each of the silkies. read more

Went here with my dad, boyfriend, and daughter to check out chickens (not to eat, but to raise for eggs). The place is fairly clean except for the feathers that sometimes float around or the smell of the poultry that is there. The employees that work here are friendly and the service is fast. I wished that they had like a cardboard box to keep them in instead of plastic bags when we got them, but since this is a slaughterhouse, there is no point to keep boxes. We will definitely come back the next time we purchase live chickens! read more

I was put on to Saba from a friend of mine in passing, and was happy to see that the location wasn't this packed warehouse that was confusing and hard to understand. They have a menu that you can see right when you go inside that had costs and descriptions written neatly, and you were allowed to pick and choose which birds you wanted, as well as exchange them if you decided you didn't like the ones you got. The man who manned the station of birds was friendly, fast and very helpful. The downside was the smell, but I can understand the difficulty in keeping the smell of bird poop out considering that the cages were full and stacked on top of each other. But it was clean and the floors seemed like it was regularly washed. I went there to get 12 live quails, although not for the purpose of eating (which is usually why people go there for) I went there to get live quail so that I can have quail eggs available to me for when they begin to lay. Paying was easy, they accept cash and debit, luckily I had both- but had I not had both, it would have been an inconvenience to not be able to use my credit card. Maybe they've had issues with people and credit card use. So if you plan on getting birds for whatever reason- don't use your credit card. They don't accept it. I would go back to Saba for more live birds if need be, I do believe they offer to kill and defeather the poultry for you, so that's good for anyone who needs that to be done before cooking their meal. I don't think the animals were kept in an inhumane way, they weren't overly crowded in their cages and there was food and water for them. Overall the experience did not deter me from wanting to go back. read more

Like to get the chickens from this place they even let you pick if you ask One thing I like is that even in the holidays it always seem to have enough of everything they sell there read more

Great people Fantastic service Waited only 15 mins for 2 Ducks and one Rooster..roasted,cleaned and cubed I was amazed with their business model Lots of variety to choose from.No sales pressure.Would go back.Few of my friends have already tried them and are very happy read more

Goat on Saturday and Sunday. Veal, pheasant, and freshly halal chicken. I get crates of eggs for cheap. EBT accepted:)

Excellent place to get fresh chicken. Yes, English is not their best skill, but, communication is always respectuous and nice. Clean place. read more

Saba has a friendly staff and great product. Saba always supports the 4-H, and its members, when we need their service and we appreciate that very much. read more

All employees DO NOT wear a mask! Still affordable live poultry. I will not return until after the pandemic is over

I wish i could give zero bought a whole goat!!! And when we made it and ate it stinks so bad!!!! We spent more than $400 we still havent touch those meat after trying for once!!! And the thing is they dont even recieve there call. Its hight time that these people should be reported! I am doing it!!! If you cant pick call and talk to your own customer why run the place? read more

I like to alert the owner of Saba that they could be in legal trouble for advertising halal Zabihah hand slaughtered chicken . I found out that Saba is not slaughtering chicken according to Islamic code . Saba is using Non Muslim workers to chop the head of chickens and selling to Muslim people ,making them believe it's slaughtered according Islamic code . Saba needs to take action right away to remedy the problem or else they will loose their business license . Muslim people be aware that you are not buying chicken slaughtered By islamic code . Owner needs to contact people whom they sold the chicken as halal according to shariah . I'm not going to contact authorities at this time but if Saba owner continues this manner of selling chicken , then I will be compelled to take action . The chicken from Saba is excellent, very good in taste , you can't buy better chicken then saba's . I m very disturbed when I learned that Saba is deceiving Muslim people . I can slaughter my chicken . I don't need anybody else to slaughter for me . Please be aware . Saba needs to compensate me and my relatives who have been deceived by Saba poultry. read more

I was stocking up on the carcass section of my diet during the coronavirus quarantine. Saba had best practices for keeping down the viral load. Line was outside and kept social distance. Orders only taken outside while in line, order delivered outside. Very clean place and animals look healthy and unafraid. Couldn't be safer. read more

Animals are handled with respect, and the slaughterers know how to do the job quickly and humanely.

Poor customer service. Not the cleanest place and I have seen some questionable practices that I would rather not see again. Would not recommend. read more

Want live, fresh, hormone free poultry, this is the place! They will clean it and cut it up for you while you wait. It is quick and the meat is delicious. read more

Nice people, clean place,reasonable price and good location . The place might smell little bad but it's not the smell of some bad thing it's of caged birds there. They make the order ready in a minute!! Always recommend and always come back here! read more

Saba Live Poultry - Butcher Near Me - Oakland, California

They sell healthy chickens and roosters both live and butchered while you wait. Sometimes they have ducks, rabbits and other little critters. Cash and debit cards are accepted there. read more

Watch your money people make sure to pay attention I got charged an extra bird. I guess that's my fault for not paying attention but that's a little shady. So unfortunately did not have a good experience with this place at all was going there for live chickens ended up bringing two Home,Had to search through for a while to find chickens that didn't have bumble foot and their beaks weren't horribly crooked. If you are looking for meat birds it wouldn't matter. Realize chickens don't get bumble foot overnight it take some time they advertise that their chickens come from free ranging properties from what condition their feet were in is definitely not true these birds have been brought up in cages. read more