Visiting Chinatown, or just looking to better appreciate what it has to offer? Get to know this Oakland neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a Chinese restaurant to a Filipino spot.
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Chinatown, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.
1. Shandong Restaurant
Topping the list is Chinese spot Shandong Restaurant, which offers seafood and noodles. Located at 328 10th St., Suite 101 (between Webster and Harrison streets.), it's the most popular business in the neighborhood, boasting four stars out of 2,705 reviews on Yelp.
On the menu, you'll find handmade dumplings, fried rice, cashew chicken, scallion lamb, fried prawns and more.
2. Battambang Restaurant
Cambodian spot Battambang Restaurant is another top choice. Yelpers give the business, located at 850 Broadway St. (between Ninth and Eighth streets), 4.5 stars out of 534 reviews.
The restaurant offers authentic Cambodian cuisine, serving dishes like duck curry, smoked eggplant, mango sticky rice, papaya salad and more.
3. Huangcheng Noodle House
Huangcheng Noodle House, a Chinese spot that offers noodles and more, is another much-loved neighborhood go-to, with 4.5 stars out of 231 Yelp reviews. Head over to 734 Webster St. (between Seventh and Eighth streets) to see for yourself.
According to East Bay Express, Chef Jimmy Hung is his family's third-generation noodle-maker. The restaurant specializes in dao xiao mian, a handmade Chinese wheat noodle. The menu also features dishes like kung pho chicken, fried rice, shredded potato with a hot oil sauce, boiled sliced fish in a hot sauce and more.
4. Cafe Gabriela
Check out Cafe Gabriela, which has earned 4.5 stars out of 346 reviews on Yelp. You can find the Filipino spot, which offers coffee, sandwiches and more at 988 Broadway (between Ninth and 10th streets).
According to its Facebook page, the restaurant is named after a Filipina Revolutionary, Gabriela Silang. This spot serves up sandwiches like pulled pork adobo, peppered turkey with cranberry, tomato and fresh mozzarella and more.
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