Love this restaurant! It’s a total delight every time
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heather Saarni
Really, really excellent food and service! We splurged by adding the drink pairing to our tasting menu order and were really impressed by how cohesive the entire experience was, everything was delicious and well paced. They obviously put a lot of thought and effort into their dishes and the experience of their guests.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gabe Flannery
Chef Mark makes a mean 7 course meal, and the pairings are very well done. I hope they continue to have the non-alcoholic pairing as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Heather
Really, really excellent food and service! We splurged by adding the drink pairing to our tasting menu order and were really impressed by how cohesive the entire experience was, everything was delicious and well paced. They obviously put a lot of thought and effort into their dishes and the experience of their guests.
Adrianna
A few blips but overall great, menu descriptions need work (beet wedge is actually a kale salad etc). More fries! All yummy and charming people.
Ashley
Our first visit to Mago —We enjoyed all the dishes on Prix Fixe Menu prepared by PETIT AMERICAIN. Will definitely return to try the Mago menu soon!
Geronimo
Petit Americain Popup served one of the best meals I've had this year. The steak tartare was silky and rich with a bright pop from capers and shallots. The chicken liver mousse was impossibly smooth and decadent. Every ingredient felt carefully sourced and every flavor was dialed in perfectly. The intimate popup setting and knowledgeable staff made it even better. Highly recommend.
Paul
Wonderful dining experience right here in Oakland. With its South American slant, Mago's a welcome change from other places. Shout out to the beverage pairings which were sometimes unexpected, but always appropriate to the accompanying dish. Fine, professional and helpful service. Great treat for my birthday dinner.
Balaram
A very creative menu with artfully presented dishes. Also well paced. Had plenty to eat despite seemingly smaller portions. One member of our party would have liked bigger pours with the cocktails and wine but overall we thought it was a wonderful experience.
Tatyana
Beautiful dining experience. Thank you to the beautiful crew who prepared everything that night.
I had a bit higher expectations. The 2 of the 7 dishes were great, but the others were mediocre. As far as the service, the plates came out very slow. For a restaurant that is Michelin recognized, I have had better.
Arielle Albert
Came here to celebrate my wedding anniversary with my husband who is a big foodie. We were really excited to visit Mago but were sadly disappointed. I’ll start with the good though - the service! We were there the celebrate our anniversary and on arrival were congratulated and were served a complementary dessert at the end as well! Our waiter was sweet, attentive and knowledgeable.
The mid - the food. Presentation was great but my husband and I felt that the dishes lacked flavor. We weren’t blown away by any of the dishes, honestly my husbands favorite dish was a pear with jalapeño on it. Nothing blew our mind, or made us want to come back…
The con - we came mid-week (Tuesday) for at 7PM dinner reservation. 7PM with two kids is honestly early for us to get out, and we felt rushed towards the end. We started the night with a cocktail and moved to a bottle of wine halfway through the prefix menu. Important to note we were seated on the bar of the open kitchen. Halfway through the bottle and before we were served dessert the kitchen crew is cleaning up in our faces. Fully brooming the floor, scrubbing the counters, even having an after work beer in front of us. It’s not even 9PM! We felt rushed to finish our bottle of wine and eat the desserts. We noticed it says the restaurant closes at 8:30, but then don’t start a new round of service at 7 if your crew is going to start cleaning up in front of clients (and it’s not cheap!) and our waiter even went home and we didn’t know who to ask our check or make our tip out it. This completely ruined the night. We could have been okay with the sub par food since we have a good evening and the experience was cute, but have the restaurant do the work they should do when the doors are locked in front of Our face after paying so much money was disgusting. To make it worse, there were tables behind us who didn’t even get served their dessert yet, so we can’t even blame it on ourselves for “over saying”. Also music was really soft, felt like we had to speak in whispers.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 4
Tavis McGinn
Mago was a huge disappointment. The food and service were mediocre.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Elizabeth
One of my favorite restaurants in all of Oakland! Have been there for several birthday dinners and date nights and it never disappoints. The wine line is on point too. Its also relatively affordable for fine dining (you get 8 courses for the pri fixe) and the food is innovative -- I cant think of any other place doing specifically Latin American inflected fine dining. They are also down to accomodate virtually any dietary restriction.
Alejandro Troccoli
My family and I drove from more than 50 miles to dine at Mägo for my birthday. It was very well worth it. The tasting menu was well crafted, with a good combination of plates and a hint of Caribbean/South American touches. We sat at the chef's counter and had a front row seat to the kitchen, watching the orchestration that goes into delivering the dishes. Highly recommended!
Love this restaurant! It’s a total delight every time
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really, really excellent food and service! We splurged by adding the drink pairing to our tasting menu order and were really impressed by how cohesive the entire experience was, everything was delicious and well paced. They obviously put a lot of thought and effort into their dishes and the experience of their guests.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chef Mark makes a mean 7 course meal, and the pairings are very well done. I hope they continue to have the non-alcoholic pairing as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really, really excellent food and service! We splurged by adding the drink pairing to our tasting menu order and were really impressed by how cohesive the entire experience was, everything was delicious and well paced. They obviously put a lot of thought and effort into their dishes and the experience of their guests.
A few blips but overall great, menu descriptions need work (beet wedge is actually a kale salad etc). More fries! All yummy and charming people.
Our first visit to Mago —We enjoyed all the dishes on Prix Fixe Menu prepared by PETIT AMERICAIN. Will definitely return to try the Mago menu soon!
Petit Americain Popup served one of the best meals I've had this year. The steak tartare was silky and rich with a bright pop from capers and shallots. The chicken liver mousse was impossibly smooth and decadent. Every ingredient felt carefully sourced and every flavor was dialed in perfectly. The intimate popup setting and knowledgeable staff made it even better. Highly recommend.
Wonderful dining experience right here in Oakland. With its South American slant, Mago's a welcome change from other places. Shout out to the beverage pairings which were sometimes unexpected, but always appropriate to the accompanying dish. Fine, professional and helpful service. Great treat for my birthday dinner.
A very creative menu with artfully presented dishes. Also well paced. Had plenty to eat despite seemingly smaller portions. One member of our party would have liked bigger pours with the cocktails and wine but overall we thought it was a wonderful experience.
Beautiful dining experience. Thank you to the beautiful crew who prepared everything that night.
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I had a bit higher expectations. The 2 of the 7 dishes were great, but the others were mediocre. As far as the service, the plates came out very slow. For a restaurant that is Michelin recognized, I have had better.
Came here to celebrate my wedding anniversary with my husband who is a big foodie. We were really excited to visit Mago but were sadly disappointed. I’ll start with the good though - the service! We were there the celebrate our anniversary and on arrival were congratulated and were served a complementary dessert at the end as well! Our waiter was sweet, attentive and knowledgeable.
The mid - the food. Presentation was great but my husband and I felt that the dishes lacked flavor. We weren’t blown away by any of the dishes, honestly my husbands favorite dish was a pear with jalapeño on it. Nothing blew our mind, or made us want to come back…
The con - we came mid-week (Tuesday) for at 7PM dinner reservation. 7PM with two kids is honestly early for us to get out, and we felt rushed towards the end. We started the night with a cocktail and moved to a bottle of wine halfway through the prefix menu. Important to note we were seated on the bar of the open kitchen. Halfway through the bottle and before we were served dessert the kitchen crew is cleaning up in our faces. Fully brooming the floor, scrubbing the counters, even having an after work beer in front of us. It’s not even 9PM! We felt rushed to finish our bottle of wine and eat the desserts. We noticed it says the restaurant closes at 8:30, but then don’t start a new round of service at 7 if your crew is going to start cleaning up in front of clients (and it’s not cheap!) and our waiter even went home and we didn’t know who to ask our check or make our tip out it. This completely ruined the night. We could have been okay with the sub par food since we have a good evening and the experience was cute, but have the restaurant do the work they should do when the doors are locked in front of
Our face after paying so much money was disgusting. To make it worse, there were tables behind us who didn’t even get served their dessert yet, so we can’t even blame it on ourselves for “over saying”. Also music was really soft, felt like we had to speak in whispers.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 4
Mago was a huge disappointment. The food and service were mediocre.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
One of my favorite restaurants in all of Oakland! Have been there for several birthday dinners and date nights and it never disappoints. The wine line is on point too. Its also relatively affordable for fine dining (you get 8 courses for the pri fixe) and the food is innovative -- I cant think of any other place doing specifically Latin American inflected fine dining. They are also down to accomodate virtually any dietary restriction.
My family and I drove from more than 50 miles to dine at Mägo for my birthday. It was very well worth it. The tasting menu was well crafted, with a good combination of plates and a hint of Caribbean/South American touches. We sat at the chef's counter and had a front row seat to the kitchen, watching the orchestration that goes into delivering the dishes. Highly recommended!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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