Garden House - Oakland

You have opened FINALLY again after years of construction! It's hard to find because of missing shielding, but much bigger space now. They've kept the same workers behind the counter, and I think they're the same prices. I have my usual sesame salad and tastes like before. Will go to the Mango salad for the next time, but this will be a regular lunch place again! Love that her sister restaurant Aburaya has a to-go counter in the same room as.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PLACE buuuuuut they have been closed since March without info when / when they reopen. I'll pass at least once a week and pray that I'll fix my pasta salad. Please open up so you can take my money.

One of my regular lunches. Large salads and rice dishes all chicken centric, but with vegan and vegetarian options. Super fast and friendly service. Faves are Sesame Chicken Salad and Spicy Chicken Bowl.

I don't know why this restaurant has no higher profile, but it should. Then it is good again that others overlook this neighborhood because it means more meat for me. Sure, it has not the culinary panache of Brett Cooper's Aster over the street, but bite for bite, I would say Hoffmann's offers a more satisfying culinary experience only because cook / owner Karen Hoffmann keeps it simple and hearty with little flowering. Jamie W. and I were the first days of the evening next to the window when we looked past life on Guerrero. We were immediately pulled to the $11 Confit Chicken Wings.

Great prices, good quality food, medium slow service. Overall love this place. Go a couple times a week.