Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers

5819 College Ave, Oakland
(510) 601-0444

Recent Reviews

Heather Zulim

So it’s not the most affordable burger joint in town, but it’s good and the portions are huge! I should’ve opted for the single serving of curly fries to share, they were great though. Ranch was homemade and delicious, lots of dill. The Chinese chicken salad was huge! Lots of chicken and fresh Napa cabbage finely chopped which I love. Could’ve used a little more flavor in the dressing, the one they used was on the sweeter side. Aside from that, really good! The Turkish coffee milkshake was incredible, not too sweet but really creamy and a lot of it. My husband had the gastro burger which he enjoyed but thought the chips were a little weird on top. Overall, we enjoyed it! Service was great and super fast. Food wasn’t anything life changing but it was good for the amount that as provided.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Full Curly Fries

Emma Anthony

Not a bad spot, but the burgers for the cost and being advertised as 'gourmet' have been pretty lackluster. The maui burger just tasted like they slapped on a canned pineapple slice and covered it in teriyaki sauce. The curly fries were minimally seasoned. The spicy chicken burger wasn't very spice nor flavorful. The online menu has now increased in person and the cost for the food quality seems unreasonable.The location itself is nice, clean and staff was good!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Christopher Buck

Average burgers, poor value. The french fries are fantastic, we had the seasoned curly fries. A "Full" ($7) is plenty for 2 people. The burgers however landed far short for what their name suggests. I ordered my burger medium, which the server advised means it is fully pink inside. Instead my burger was well-done, so it tasted dry and charred. I would have said something, but the server didn't come back to check for quite a while. Very poor value for $19 just for the burger.We were also interested in the milkshakes, but we couldn't find them on the menu.Also this restaurant is not a counter serve joint, despite what the Google Maps descriptions says. So be prepared for a full sit-down experience.Bummed because this place had been on my list to try for a while. Overall, we might come back for if we're in the mood for fries, or perhaps to try the shakes. But certainly not for burgers.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Olivier Chaine

Good overloaded burgers, chili fries. Quiet on a Monday night but that was expected.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cyrus Nazarian

Delicious, but the burgers should come with fries. Service was great!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Voodoo

A G

Burgers are smaller but taste is still

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Beejae64

Food was ok...not as good as the Piedmont district, the service was lack luster!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Filmon Aron

I loved the food, the service was great, Jaqui was super professional & gave us outstanding service! the dishes were just delicious, I'll recommend it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wes Patterson

Burgers taste great but very expensive if you're not into gourmet

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger

hdtag31

RUDE AND NOT CLEAN. While waiting for my food. I watched some very unsanitary kitchen practices, wiping a knife on jeans cutting a sandwich with it multiple different meat and non-meat same utensils being used not wearing food gloves, and the host was very very rude. Will never be coming back here again. Street parking is metered and quite expensive and lots of broken glass from car windows been shattered. Not a safe area to leave a expensive car.

Debra Montgomery

Great burgers as always and really good soup. Berm going here since 1980s, still so good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Todd Run

Watched a kitchen staff guy wipe a knife on his jeans and then use it to cut a sandwich.Most of the staff is not friendly they do not talk to you say hi bye thankyou has gone downhill over the years.

Nanette Mocanu

I ordered a BLT. It was drier than the Sahara. I ended up only eating the bacon. I was VERY, VERY disappointed in Barney's. It's usually a sure thing. My vanilla milkshake was PERFECT.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

Griffin H.

I had a Bacon Cheeseburger, a Caesar salad and onion rings, and all of them were great. However, the onion rings (and all of the portions in general) are much larger than I expected, so be aware of that before ordering. Overall, 5/5 stars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Bacon Cheeseburger

callistocharon (callistocharon)

I've been occasionally going here for years, I always think it's going to be better than it is. It's not. It's constantly understaffed and it's hard to get anyone's attention. The food is fine, but overpriced.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

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