The Bureau 510

5800 Hollis St, Emeryville
(510) 595-1000

Recent Reviews

Ferret

I've been coming here for years. I love this place. Really good, creative, food. Super friendly and helpful staff. It's a great restaurant. I highly recommend supporting this business!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kim Adkins

Parking: There's not alot of parking . Just street parking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: IPA Onion Rings

RHONI TERRY

Excellent flavors, great waiter, nice ambiance... but why would you serve a whole pork chops on a salad? Presentation should be far less important than function.. trying to cut meat on a flat plate of greens makes a huge mess..not

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish N Chips

Aletha Sheena Madriaga

The food is good and addicting. It's a bit pricey but with big serving especially the friends and chicken katsu

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fried Calamari with Romesco, Parmesan Fries, Chicken Katsu Curry

Ryan Clifford McMahon

This was my first time in town and I was so hungry.I’m glad I found The Bureau 510, I walked in immediately got a seat. Victor was my server and I told him about my allergies and he was very accommodating and attentive.I ordered a burger with onion rings and ranch. Omg I’ve never had the most crunchy soft yummy beer battered onion rings in my life. I was blown away with the fry and the flavor.The burger was cooked perfectly the a medium rare and was everything I needed.The table offered vinegar, a few hot sauces, (I unfortunately cannot remember which hot sauces) with salt and pepper.The bathroom was clean, well lit, had soap and paper towels.Thank you for the hospitality!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jennifer Franklin

The food was so delicious, and the atmosphere was chill with classic R&B music playing. The staff was extremely friendly. We’ll definitely be back again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

TJ Ladd

Had a great experience. Staff was very friendly and the food was great. Had the Louie Louie, soft shelled crab, sandwich and it was perfectly cooked.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Parmesan Fries

Paola Laurito

Great food and amazing staff! Especially on the weekends, staff makes a difference in your experience, food is very tasty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish Tacos

Stephen G

Try the fries with the chipotle mayo! The burger was messy, had a homemade feel to it, yet was lacking a little flavor.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Parmesan Fries

Lé Chef

I highly recommend this place to anyone that loves seafood and/or burgers. Very well done, the Clam Chowder is exceptional in my opinion. Very well made and the service is great, the music is superb, I’ll be frequently coming by here more often. They serve great food in general, my compliments to the chef

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Coconut Shrimp

Leah Keiser

Great restaurant, good ambiance for happy hour. The food is always good, and their drink selection is very good. Only thing I would not recommend is the shrimp ceviche, since ours came with 3 shrimp. Otherwise, worth a visit.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Lori Washbon

I admit that I like my burgers very, very rare, and a good indicator that the restaurant has quality, fresh meat is that they'll readily fill that very rare request. Bureau 510 easily exceeded my expectations. They pretty much hit trifecta awesome: Best burger I've had in a long time, my server was superb, and the day was so lovely I sat outside.Not a meat fan? They have wonderful Veg options too.Wheelchair accessibility: Ground floor, no steps. Easily accessible.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hamburger

heather gates

Food was good. Tasted fresh. Service lacked. Service was slow and we felt we were an inconvenience. There was nobody in the building. They are very expensive and they really nickle and dime you. Margaritas didn't come with ice or salt and they charged $14. Definetly not worth it. Kids meals were pointless since they charge extra for fries($7 for fries on a kids meal) and no drink comes with it. We won't be back but food was good.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

stthomasc2016

What a great find! On our way to a retreat in Occidental, CA we needed gas and food. Lucky for us, we stopped in Emeryville. After filling up, we drove around a bit but none of the obvious restaurants were mutually agreeable. So, we went to the Internet to see what was around. We were minutes from this restaurant called Bureau 510. Reviews were good. The food looked great. And our vegetarian was happy to have choices. The rest is history. This was this city girls’ delight. The ambiance was perfect. Casual seating. A local kinda place. Menu was full of unique options. I had fish tacos. Amazing!!! They had a touch of a mild tempura flair which I just loved. You get three. Perfect. I also had a cup of clam chowder. Yummy! We had sandwiches, burgers, and a tofu dish that looked delicious. Bottomless water too. The prices were reasonable. The service kind and attentive. Not a large place but spacious. Parking is on the street so this could be a challenge. But you park and pay on an app which is simple and cashless. I can’t wait to be in the area again!

Zoey Anderson

This is for the Alameda location.What's to like? This place feels like the previous restaurant, Tu Tai 2, with a minor cosmetic upgrade. I pretty they have the same plants in the entry way, but on new shelves.We ordered Fish and Chips, Coop De Ville(copy paste from the website: chicken breast, sauerkraut, swiss cheese, alfalfa ,russian dressing, dark rye bread) with onion rings, and chicken strips, for take out.When I arrived they said they were out of dark rye, and asked if whole wheat was ok. I said I didn't think whole wheat would hold up to that sandwich, and asked if they had light rye, sourdough...turns out they don't, so there wasn't really a choice. I paid, and paused, thinking they were going to assemble my sandwich. Turned out it was already in the bag, so the asking was just a show.On the way home in the car I realized I had smelled the chicken strips before, more than once. So they were bought frozen and fried. Kid confirmed, said that they are the same as Ikea.Half of the onion rings were light golden, the other half were dark and greasy like they had been fried twice. The golden ones contained partially cooked onions. The dark ones had been cooked so much the onion was mush. Everything else was astonishingly bland. The table spoon of coleslaw (served in the same size container as the sauce for the rings) was mildly sweet, that was the whole seasoning. The chicken was barely seasoned and rubbery, and for some reason, cut into strips. The cheese was also rubbery. There was a miniscule amount of Russian dressing on the sandwich, and even the sour kraut managed to be flavorless. Did they rinse it? The over-riding flavor of the sandwich was alfalfa sprouts. And as predicted, the bread didn't hold up.And then the fish and chips. The fries were flaccid and pale. The fish was was apparently twice fried, like some of the onion rings, but breading was rubbery, seemed like it was bought pre-battered and frozen.I will be interested to see what restaurant takes it's place when it fails.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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