I'd be here all the time if it was OPEN more, especially at night! Feels like dinner food for me, or even late night, but it's never open then.
David A.
I absolutely love Burmese food and was really excited when Bear reopened. But even though I have been 3x since, it's more a matter of convenience than preference. The food just seems underwhelming. The coconut rice barely taste of coconut. The curry chicken tends to be dry. The items just seems to lack the love once felt in the dishes.
Tom J.
An absolute Gem in Uptown Oakland. I don't care if the place is only open for an hour or two a couple times a week... if I see the door open, I stop! Everything, and I mean everything is just strait up yummy!!!
Rose G.
This place is awesome. Everything on the menu is excellent just super delicious full of flavor. My favorites are the ribs, the grilled salmon and the garlic noodles. I try to pre-order online the night before or go early. The guys that work there are super nice and provide great service. This is definitely a place to go for lunch.
Jake Auby
Super Yummy, I got the salmon with garlic noodles! I wish this place was open more. It would be really good if they gave a little side of hot sauce with it too!
Albert Wong
Oh man!!! The brisket and coconut rice. The sauce and brisket is melt in your mouth... Combine that with the coconut rice its out of this world!!!
Max Silver
Delicious fushion of BBQ (brisket, ribs, pulled pork etc) meets Burmese cuisine. Their hours are sparse right now, so on the rare chances I find that they are open i order whether hungry or not. One of the best hidden gems in downtown Oakland!
Phyllis
Good service
Viet Le
I got the curry chicken with coconut rice (for $11.02). The chicken needed a little more curry, but the dish was overall pretty good - the coconut rice and chicken were cooked perfectly and the small side of pickled vegetables just made the dish more "interesting." This place has few open hours and certain items were sold out when I got there at around 11, so I'll be back to hopefully try their brisket
The plates here were really good, and the garlic noodles are delicious! I'd recommend preordering your food online the day before and earlier so they don't run out of what you want. Pulled pork plate: The pull pork was very tender, and the bbq sauce on it was the perfect amount of sweetness. I would recommend getting the garlic noodles with this, because the garlic noodles were the best part! It wasn't too strong or too weak in garlic flavor. Brisket: I tried some of my friend's brisket plate. It was very tender and cooked well. The chimichurri sauce was unexpected to me at a Burmese place, but it flavored the brisket well. The hot sauce they give you tastes great with this. California tea leaf salad: This was the only thing that disappointed me, and unfortunately tea leaf salad is my go-to at Burmese restaurants. This salad is called "California" for a reason. It's slightly different that what you might get at other Burmese places in that it has much less of the fermented tea leaves. It has a few leaves mixed in and a separate non-tea leaf sauce. It lacked flavor to me, and it also wasn't crunchy enough. I hope in the future they offer a non-California version.
Joey Trautner
Great brisket and pulled pork.
Katherine C.
Tried this place for the first time and was so impressed! It's a small shop and you have the option to pre order the night before. It will probably be better to pre order or go early, cause as soon as I came there was a long line out the door! But the line actually moves pretty fast and they get your order done pretty quickly. I think I only waited for like 5-10 minutes for 6 different things! Love the flavor for everything, although some things are necessarily that Burmese (but that's okay!) Beef brisket (8/10): love the texture of the meat! Wasn't too dry or anything and chimichurri sauce was good, but not my favorite Chicken curry (9/10): surprisingly I liked this more than the brisket! I liked the curry flavor of the sauce on the chicken Tofu curry (10/10): okay idk but this one was my FAVORITE out of all of them and it wasn't even meat! The flavor of the curry was so good I'm still craving it right now HAHA Tea leaf salad (6/10): wasn't as authentic as the regular Burmese salad, but I guess it was nice to have the veggies on the side? Overall I would definitely come back to try the other things on menu and the pricing is pretty good too!!
Angelina Tai
Curry chicken on coconut rice might have been better than Grandma’s ?
Bunny Brooks
I’ve walked past this place a hundred times and finally tried it today. So freaking delicious. The brisket is covered in a green sauce with an amazing flavor. The coconut rice is fluffy and delicious. I’m not usually a salmon fan but that was good too! Would highly recommend.
I'd be here all the time if it was OPEN more, especially at night! Feels like dinner food for me, or even late night, but it's never open then.
I absolutely love Burmese food and was really excited when Bear reopened. But even though I have been 3x since, it's more a matter of convenience than preference. The food just seems underwhelming. The coconut rice barely taste of coconut. The curry chicken tends to be dry. The items just seems to lack the love once felt in the dishes.
An absolute Gem in Uptown Oakland. I don't care if the place is only open for an hour or two a couple times a week... if I see the door open, I stop! Everything, and I mean everything is just strait up yummy!!!
This place is awesome. Everything on the menu is excellent just super delicious full of flavor. My favorites are the ribs, the grilled salmon and the garlic noodles. I try to pre-order online the night before or go early. The guys that work there are super nice and provide great service. This is definitely a place to go for lunch.
Super Yummy, I got the salmon with garlic noodles! I wish this place was open more. It would be really good if they gave a little side of hot sauce with it too!
Oh man!!! The brisket and coconut rice. The sauce and brisket is melt in your mouth... Combine that with the coconut rice its out of this world!!!
Delicious fushion of BBQ (brisket, ribs, pulled pork etc) meets Burmese cuisine. Their hours are sparse right now, so on the rare chances I find that they are open i order whether hungry or not. One of the best hidden gems in downtown Oakland!
Good service
I got the curry chicken with coconut rice (for $11.02). The chicken needed a little more curry, but the dish was overall pretty good - the coconut rice and chicken were cooked perfectly and the small side of pickled vegetables just made the dish more "interesting." This place has few open hours and certain items were sold out when I got there at around 11, so I'll be back to hopefully try their brisket
Soooo good, pork and garlic noodles are bomb
Restaurantji Recommends
The plates here were really good, and the garlic noodles are delicious! I'd recommend preordering your food online the day before and earlier so they don't run out of what you want. Pulled pork plate: The pull pork was very tender, and the bbq sauce on it was the perfect amount of sweetness. I would recommend getting the garlic noodles with this, because the garlic noodles were the best part! It wasn't too strong or too weak in garlic flavor. Brisket: I tried some of my friend's brisket plate. It was very tender and cooked well. The chimichurri sauce was unexpected to me at a Burmese place, but it flavored the brisket well. The hot sauce they give you tastes great with this. California tea leaf salad: This was the only thing that disappointed me, and unfortunately tea leaf salad is my go-to at Burmese restaurants. This salad is called "California" for a reason. It's slightly different that what you might get at other Burmese places in that it has much less of the fermented tea leaves. It has a few leaves mixed in and a separate non-tea leaf sauce. It lacked flavor to me, and it also wasn't crunchy enough. I hope in the future they offer a non-California version.
Great brisket and pulled pork.
Tried this place for the first time and was so impressed! It's a small shop and you have the option to pre order the night before. It will probably be better to pre order or go early, cause as soon as I came there was a long line out the door! But the line actually moves pretty fast and they get your order done pretty quickly. I think I only waited for like 5-10 minutes for 6 different things! Love the flavor for everything, although some things are necessarily that Burmese (but that's okay!) Beef brisket (8/10): love the texture of the meat! Wasn't too dry or anything and chimichurri sauce was good, but not my favorite Chicken curry (9/10): surprisingly I liked this more than the brisket! I liked the curry flavor of the sauce on the chicken Tofu curry (10/10): okay idk but this one was my FAVORITE out of all of them and it wasn't even meat! The flavor of the curry was so good I'm still craving it right now HAHA Tea leaf salad (6/10): wasn't as authentic as the regular Burmese salad, but I guess it was nice to have the veggies on the side? Overall I would definitely come back to try the other things on menu and the pricing is pretty good too!!
Curry chicken on coconut rice might have been better than Grandma’s ?
I’ve walked past this place a hundred times and finally tried it today. So freaking delicious. The brisket is covered in a green sauce with an amazing flavor. The coconut rice is fluffy and delicious. I’m not usually a salmon fan but that was good too! Would highly recommend.