Shooting Star Cafe in Oakland

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  Vanessa S

  :: 29 October 2022 09:35:28

  A cute gem hidden in Oakland Chinatown with a large variety of drinks, food, and desserts. If you take time to read the menu's list of zodiac drinks, you might get a good laugh 😂♒️. Came here for a late night snack and to unwind. It's a great place for dates and chill hangouts. I tried the matcha foam crema🧋(yum!), popcorn chicken🍗 (crispy!), and rice noodle rolls with pork spare ribs (savory goodness). They were all pretty 💣 🔥. Service was decent. Wait time was nonexistent since it was late, and the food came out pretty fast. Took a while to get the check, but otherwise, not bad at all! I would come again. 🙂

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  Will Gleason

  :: 03 October 2022 20:17:06

  Got some rice noodles and Portuguese Chicken. The peanut sauce on the rice noodles was perfect. The Portuguese Chicken I got with their fried rice and with the peppers, onions, and potatoes, it was probably the best lunch I've had in a long time. Absolutely delicious food and very generous servings! Will definitely make this a regular stop whenever I'm in Oakland.

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  Ben Cheung

  :: 22 August 2022 23:29:26

  Would have given 1 star, but 2 stars because it is one of the few restaurants that opens late in Chinatown Oakland, and there are other edible snacks or desserts. My dine-in dinner experience was exceedingly poor: 1. Ordered combo steak meal set. The 2 small pieces of chicken were dry; otherwise it comes with 1 piece of ham, fried egg, and sausage. Meal set comes with milk tea (hot drink), but the milk tea did not come with condensed milk, which is complemented with typical Hong Kong cafes when ordering milk tea. 2. Ordered baked Portuguese chicken rice (substituted with macaroni), and found to have peanut butter in the mix, which is an unexpected and a very strange addition to the dish. 3. Egg puffs meets expectation. Final check includes 15% service charge, and apparently just realized it would have been cheaper ordering to-go. Both quality and value were disappointing. Definitely will not go back for dine-in, at least for dinner.

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  John

  :: 14 August 2022 19:02:59

  Our server was very attentive and nice. Rest of staff is nice, but don't understand simple requests. Asked for two cups of ice since I asked for ice water with a lot of ice but it was served to me with a few ice cubes. I requested additional salad dressing and I received nothing. Food was actually decent. Portions were satisfactory.

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  Helen Hoang

  :: 05 July 2022 23:48:35

  The lunch specials are such a great deal. Some of items come with a drink. I added on an iced milk tea for $1.25 to my salted chicken noodle ($11). It really hit the spot. Very classic Hong Kong style eatery with all kinds of dishes. They can be pretty busy and the wait can take a while. Pricing is amazing though.