Spending time in Upper Laurel? Get to know this Oakland neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a Cambodian restaurant to a coffee roastery.
Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Upper Laurel, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.
1. Phnom Penh House Restaurant
Topping the list is Phnom Penh House Restaurant. Located at 3912 MacArthur Blvd. (between 38th and Patterson avenues), the Cambodian and Asian fusion restaurant is the highest-rated business in the neighborhood, boasting 4.5 stars out of 389 reviews on Yelp. Stop in for authentic Southeast Asian soups, curries, fried rice, meat and seafood dishes and more.
2. Café Santana Roasting Company
Next up is coffee roastery Café Santana Roasting Company, offering small-batch, craft-roasted coffee. This spot, which displays work by local artists on its walls, serves pour-overs, espresso drinks and a selection of cafe eats, like empanadas and bagel sandwiches. The roastery's beans are also available by the bag, and Yelpers give the business, located at 4100 MacArthur Blvd. (at the corner of MacArthur Boulevard and 39th Avenue), 4.5 stars out of 151 reviews.
3. Happy Garden
Then there's Happy Garden, a nearby Chinese restaurant that's proven to be another neighborhood go-to, with four stars out of 128 Yelp reviews. Swing by for meat, seafood and noodle favorites, as well as clay pot dishes and sizzling cast iron platters of pepper steak, ginger scallion oysters and more. Head over to 4112 MacArthur Blvd. to see for yourself.
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