The food and cocktails have unfortunately gone downhill at this classic Oakland spot. Our server/bartender at the bar was great, but my first cocktail tasted like perfume, super strong in flavor and sweet, not balanced. He was very quick to replace it and super nice about it. We had steak frites, mussels, and burrata salad. Everything was just ok. The fries on the steak frites seemed like the bottom of the batch, they weren't hot and seemed like they were fired in a large amount and left to sit too long before sending out. Mussels were the only thing that seemed seasoned and prepared as intended. The burrata was extremely simple as burrata dishes often are, but still under seasoned.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Arkadeb Ghosal
Fantastic food - special mention, the melon salad and the fried chicken. Service was equally nice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lee M
Great place delicious food and drinks. The Hungarian menu was really fun and so good.The waitress was very helpful and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sandy Barnett
We sat at a patio table right next to open garden . Very pleasant. Apricot Flatbread was excellent
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Venus Zhang
The service and ambiance were both excellent, attentive staff and a lovely setting. However, I found the food underwhelming. From the pork belly appetizer to the melon salad, French fries, mussels and pork chop, none of the dishes really stood out. Pretty disappointing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Sayra
This is a very nice lovely restaurant. The only problem is this girl who works there. This bussgirl. God have mercy! Please provide her with a deodorant! It's honestly very unpleasant to have her near by! Mainly when the weather gets hot. I mean no need to wear perfume but deodorant please! Make your servers wear deodorant!!!! It's just way too much! 🤢
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jacqueline P
Consistently excellent. Food, service, atmosphere are all great!
Kristin Dwelley
Great small plates
Casburn Spencer
I had a fantastic dinner at this place. The food was prepared in a way that made me feel like I had my own personal chef. There were many flavors to discover, each offering a delightful experience for the taste buds. Everyone greeted me with a smile, making it feel as if we were old friends catching up after a long time apart. My date and I were thoroughly impressed by the ambiance and the lively neighborhood outside. I’ll definitely return to enjoy more of this delicious food!
Joshua Fischer
Ambiance and food all spectacular. Solid food, try everything, we sure did!
One of my all-time favorite restaurants! The food, the service, and cozy ambience are all topnotch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Soup, Mussels and Pommes Frites
P Hornick
They broke a glass of red wine when we sat at the bar splattering my white shirt, and only wiped up the glass. Bad form. Food OK but not special.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Mostafa Baghbanzadeh
Good food, and nice atmosphere! I had the steak and it was OK! Nothing really special about it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Sharon Ross
Dietary restrictions: Nothing is labeled for Glutens. A vegetarian could get a meal here, vegan would find it hard.
Parking: There is parking to be found, but a lot of it is neighborhood parking so it could become a challenge.
Kid-friendliness: If you were to get there at kid hours, you could probably sit outside with your kiddo. The menu doesnt seem to have much kids would be interested in. However in my experience, where there is pasta, restaurants will usually always make kids off menu butter noodles, if asked.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: House Marinated Olives, Grilled Hanger Steak
Lawrence W
After having read reviews below, I just realized they already added tip to my bill without telling me, thereby getting an additional tip. This should actually be considered criminal. Outrageous.
Let's talk about the wine service. I brought a $200 bottle of Pinot noir. They opened it away from the table for some reason. They came back, and in front of my date, made a face and said the cork was moldy, as though the wine had gone bad or something. (For people who know wine, a cork will get moldy in a cellar due to humidity and dark conditions). Let's move past the unnecessary embarrassment in front of my date, the wine then tasted off. Mold often grows on properly stored bottles, and is not known to effect the flavor at all. I consulted a Facebook of wine industry and hospitality professionals, suggested the possibility that it was just an off bottle, and everyone seems to agree that the more likely scenario is exactly what I suspected and feared, that my bottle may have been switched out for a cheaper bottle so that they could enjoy my bottle after service. Indeed it is very coincidental that I've never ever had this happen before, and it happened to happen the one time my wine was opened not in my presence (one hospitality industry member on Facebook advised that it was highly unusual that they would not open the bottle table side, for this very reason).
The food and cocktails have unfortunately gone downhill at this classic Oakland spot. Our server/bartender at the bar was great, but my first cocktail tasted like perfume, super strong in flavor and sweet, not balanced. He was very quick to replace it and super nice about it. We had steak frites, mussels, and burrata salad. Everything was just ok.
The fries on the steak frites seemed like the bottom of the batch, they weren't hot and seemed like they were fired in a large amount and left to sit too long before sending out.
Mussels were the only thing that seemed seasoned and prepared as intended.
The burrata was extremely simple as burrata dishes often are, but still under seasoned.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Fantastic food - special mention, the melon salad and the fried chicken. Service was equally nice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place delicious food and drinks. The Hungarian menu was really fun and so good.The waitress was very helpful and friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We sat at a patio table right next to open garden . Very pleasant. Apricot Flatbread was excellent
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The service and ambiance were both excellent, attentive staff and a lovely setting. However, I found the food underwhelming. From the pork belly appetizer to the melon salad, French fries, mussels and pork chop, none of the dishes really stood out. Pretty disappointing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
This is a very nice lovely restaurant. The only problem is this girl who works there. This bussgirl. God have mercy! Please provide her with a deodorant! It's honestly very unpleasant to have her near by! Mainly when the weather gets hot. I mean no need to wear perfume but deodorant please! Make your servers wear deodorant!!!! It's just way too much! 🤢
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 5
Consistently excellent. Food, service, atmosphere are all great!
Great small plates
I had a fantastic dinner at this place. The food was prepared in a way that made me feel like I had my own personal chef. There were many flavors to discover, each offering a delightful experience for the taste buds. Everyone greeted me with a smile, making it feel as if we were old friends catching up after a long time apart. My date and I were thoroughly impressed by the ambiance and the lively neighborhood outside. I’ll definitely return to enjoy more of this delicious food!
Ambiance and food all spectacular. Solid food, try everything, we sure did!
Restaurantji Recommends
One of my all-time favorite restaurants! The food, the service, and cozy ambience are all topnotch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salad, Soup, Mussels and Pommes Frites
They broke a glass of red wine when we sat at the bar splattering my white shirt, and only wiped up the glass. Bad form. Food OK but not special.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 2
Good food, and nice atmosphere! I had the steak and it was OK! Nothing really special about it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Dietary restrictions: Nothing is labeled for Glutens. A vegetarian could get a meal here, vegan would find it hard.
Parking: There is parking to be found, but a lot of it is neighborhood parking so it could become a challenge.
Kid-friendliness: If you were to get there at kid hours, you could probably sit outside with your kiddo. The menu doesnt seem to have much kids would be interested in. However in my experience, where there is pasta, restaurants will usually always make kids off menu butter noodles, if asked.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: House Marinated Olives, Grilled Hanger Steak
After having read reviews below, I just realized they already added tip to my bill without telling me, thereby getting an additional tip. This should actually be considered criminal. Outrageous.
Let's talk about the wine service. I brought a $200 bottle of Pinot noir. They opened it away from the table for some reason. They came back, and in front of my date, made a face and said the cork was moldy, as though the wine had gone bad or something. (For people who know wine, a cork will get moldy in a cellar due to humidity and dark conditions). Let's move past the unnecessary embarrassment in front of my date, the wine then tasted off. Mold often grows on properly stored bottles, and is not known to effect the flavor at all. I consulted a Facebook of wine industry and hospitality professionals, suggested the possibility that it was just an off bottle, and everyone seems to agree that the more likely scenario is exactly what I suspected and feared, that my bottle may have been switched out for a cheaper bottle so that they could enjoy my bottle after service. Indeed it is very coincidental that I've never ever had this happen before, and it happened to happen the one time my wine was opened not in my presence (one hospitality industry member on Facebook advised that it was highly unusual that they would not open the bottle table side, for this very reason).
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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