Grand Lake Kitchen - Dimond

2042 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland - 94602
253 reviews
Cocktail Bar
(510) 866-2639

The bone marrow was delicious and the burrata with leek confit was amazing! The Lychee Bellini was a nice way to start my Sunday morning. I highly recommend this place for Sunday brunch. The staff is receptive and have positive, buoyant personalities—cordial and friendly from the host to the bus boy. The people watching is extraordinary and the styles are just spectacular to see. It left me feeling inspired. ? ???? all around. I love this place!

Nice menu with various options for a variety of tastes. We've been in a couple of times while in town visiting friends. Both visits were good.

I placed an order from DoorDash for a trout and they changed my order without even asking if it was okay and just choosing what they wanted. They sent me a chicken when I’m a pescatarian per strict health diet. I called to speak to a manager. All they said was I’m sorry and that was it. What awful service.

We ordered takeout from Grand Lake and were very happy with the quality and creativity of the dishes. The matzah ball soup is an unusual offering and lives up to the old-fashioned recipe — including a basketball-size matzah ball!! The Cali salad is an excellent choice with a nice combination of ingredients, including a choice of egg salad, chicken salad or hummus included in the price. The chickpea stew was a winner — it had a delicious curry sauce and fresh crips veggies as well as chickpeas, served with warm pita. Really good stuff at this place!

Good food; would be nice to have larger brunch selection; excellent wait staff: courteous and attentive! A parking lot would seal the deal!?

The service wasn't anything to write home about. I got "papers please" at the door, so be prepared to show a vac card, if you're into that kind of thing. The food was fresh, but the table ordering system ruined the experience. The waitress could add on another OJ, or anything else for that matter. Every time you need something, it's back to the app. It was really lame. Oddly enough, the food was really great, but the experience sucks outside.

GLK offers a special annual Hanukkah dinner. It includes a succulent brisket, creamy mashed potatoes, broccoli rabe, and some huge crispy latkes! Additionally it comes with some homemade horseradish for the meat, and apple sauce and sour cream for the latkes. Even jelly donuts for dessert. Can't rave enough about the quality of the food! Didn't want it to end. This is the second time we ordered this, and it's going to be an annual tradition in our home...

Food was fine. My partner specifically ordered the meat on the side of the dish because she's vegetarian, but didn't want to pay full price for a dish without the meat. We flagged down a server to ensure this was served on the side.When the order came, the meat was on it. The server apologized, took the dish and said they would "take care of it". 5 minutes later, the same dish, meat picked off and put in a side dish was brought out - cold, clearly the same food.Fine, don't agree to remake the food, but don't give the same food back and call it fresh!

the food was decent & the bill was outrageous; a quickly growing trend in the area. not good enough to go back or recommend, especially considering the prices.

This was my 1st time dining at the Dimond Grand Lake Kitchen. The online menu doesn't do it justice in my opinion. The restaurant has indoor and outdoor dining. Don't forget your VAX CARD!!?. My niece's new friend graciously treated us to brunch. The ambience was delightful, and we were able to talk and get caught up. Our friend ordered and received a huge chicken salad. We ordered salmon Benedict which was plentiful and AMAZING! We each shared an order of tasty French toast. I ate 1/2 of my Benedict for dinner. Thank you Pam C. for introducing my niece and me to GLK. It will be one of our top go to places to dine.