Oakland
Restaurants
Welcome to MetroGuide.Network's Oakland DiningGuide, a directory of restaurants and related restaurant information for Metropolitan Oakland, California. Use MetroGuide's DiningGuide service to find Oakland restaurants by location or cuisine.
As the birthplace of California cuisine -- stemming from when Bay Area restaurateurs started using and promoting fresh area ingredients -- Oakland’s top chefs enhance the region's culinary mix with exotic flavor, new cooking techniques and one-of-a-kind recipes. Resulting is a kaleidoscope of top-flight eateries, big on ethnic diversity, and even bigger on adventure. Lois the Pie Queen, among Oakland’s oldest restaurants, serves a signature Reggie Jackson, with eggs, grits, biscuits and pork chops. Quinn’s Lighthouse Restaurant and Pub, built as the Oakland Harbor lighthouse in 1903, serves buffalo burgers and Quinn’s Doodaas -- platters of rice, black beans and prawns. Milano’s is known for California-influenced specialties including risottos, wood-oven pizza and polenta with quail. For Aztec cuisine, El Huarache Azteca dishes up mole poplano, huaraches and hacoyos from Toluca and sweets and gorditas from Que Retaro. For Eritrean and Ethiopian cuisine, Asmara specializes in tenderloin tips with awaze dip and lamb in berbere sauce. Sabina Indian Cuisine serves clay-pot dishes and curries. Oak Plaza Restaurant daily specials include halibut wrapped in fig leaves and warm artichoke salad. In Jack London Square, Zazoo’s serves seafood, pasta and steaks in a waterfront setting, and Barclays Restaurant and Pub has a rotating beer list. Holy Land Kosher Food serves authentic tastes of Israel, T.J.’s Gingerbread House dishes up what it calls Louisiana Fancy Fine, and Lan Houng serves Vietnamese fare. For Moroccan experiences, Tanjia does five-course prix fixe feasts with nightly belly dancing. Burger chains run from Fuddruckers to Barney’s Gourmet Hamburger.
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Oakland Dining Search
Oakland Dining By Location
To perform a quick search for restaurants in the Metropolitan Oakland area, please select one of the locations below (restaurant listings will be grouped by cuisine / category):
·Oakland Airport Restaurants located south of the city center near Metropolitan Oakland International Airport (OAK)
·Berkeley Restaurants located northeast of Oakland in the Berkeley and Lafayette areas
·Pleasanton Pleasanton is located southeast of Oakland. This area also includes restaurants located in Livermore
·San Francisco Metro Restaurants in San Francisco and other communities sit across the San Francisco and Richardson Bays via the Oakland and Golden Gate Bridges |
·Oakland Dining options located in the greater Oakland area including the cities of Emeryville and Alameda
·Hayward Dining options located south of Oakland in the area of Hayward, Castro Valley and Union City
·Surrounding Communities Dining options located in surrounding communities of Oakland including Vallejo, Walnut Creek and San Ramon |
Oakland Dining By Cuisine
Or, select a cuisine / category from the list presented below (restaurant listings will be grouped by location).
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 | “Wonderful place to dine and as always great food. Try the prime rib with garlic mashed potatoes. The prince cut (which is the sm…” Review Details. Said about: Castle Rock Restaurant, by Member, Tom, Livermore |
| “Bad Bad Host” | |
| “Our family use to come to this restaurant for two years and we would go twice a month. We were well known. We loved everyone and…” Review Details. Said about: Sushi Boat Restaurants, by "Tia", San Lorenzo |
| “Stay Away” | |
| “Went there with my 10 year old. He had a little pizza, and I the pork chop, which was overcooked and dry. The main problem, thou…” Review Details. Said about: Prima Ristorante, by "Jeff", Walnut Creek |
| “Felt Ignored” | |
| “I am a Korean food junky. Two years ago a friend and I went for dinner. The service was OK (short on staff), the cost was high a…” Review Details. Said about: Korean Bbq Buffet, by "Lively", San Leandro |
| “East Bay's Best Mexican Food” | |
| “Carnitas are the best. Chicken Enchiladas and Chile Relleno are delicious! Plain & simple the food is just the best - plus they …” Review Details. Said about: Taqueria Senaida's, by "Jeannine", Hayward |
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