Kowbird

(5 Reviews)
1733 Peralta St, Oakland, CA 94607, USA

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Category: Restaurant,
Address: 1733 Peralta St, Oakland, CA 94607, USA
Zip code: 94607
Website: https://www.kowbird.com/
Opening hours (Edit)
Monday:Closed
Tuesday:Closed
Wednesday:11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Thursday:11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Friday:11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Saturday:11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 8:00 PM
Sunday:11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, 5:00 – 7:00 PM

Customer Ratings and Reviews

  • Kara Chan on Google

    (April 13, 2022, 4:24 am)

    Great juicy chicken sandwich. I like the original the best. Mac and cheese is good. The Nashville chicken was too spicy for me but great flavor. Honey mustard is good.

  • Chris Burns on Google

    (March 27, 2022, 8:58 pm)

    Pretty darn good chicken sandwich. Not sure I'd wait in line for one, but at 11 on a recent Saturday that wasn't necessary. The hot sandwich is just that, be confident in your spice tolerance when ordering.

  • Jill Zaleski on Google

    (February 13, 2022, 2:13 am)

    We have been on the hunt for the best spicy chicken sandwich ever since Fremont diner closed in Sonoma. We’ve had some good ones but this one.. the Nashville was so bomb, and had just the right amount of heat to make the nose run. The mac and cheese is worth the hype, and the sweet lady taking orders that made the cooked cabbage tonight.. oh my… was it AMAZING!! The Smokey flavor that was incorporated made it the best cooked cabbage I have EVER had. Thank you for such a great and spicy meal! We will return.

  • Chrissy Hershey on Google

    (February 7, 2022, 6:10 pm)

    Got both the spicy sandwich and the honey. Both were very good and very flavorful. The spicy was definitely spicy despite some other reviews I've read saying otherwise. The fries are not good at all. For a place with a fairly limited menu making good fries shouldn't be too much of an ask, especially for the price. The Mac n cheese was good. Atmosphere and decor is nothing note worthy. No indoor seating, only a few picnic tables outside. Indoor seating and a cute atmosphere would go a long way for the place in my opinion but they did open very recently so I won't be too harsh.

  • James Mathieson on Google

    (January 18, 2022, 11:02 pm)

    Wait is far more tame at the end of the day than it was midday opening weekend. Arrived around 7:30, waited about 10 min, ordered Southern Bird, Fries, and a Sweet Tea. There's no seating available yet, so I didn't get to eat until 15 minutes later after the walk home.

    Chicken was enormous. Crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, though so juicy it's very close to being undercooked. The sauce is tasty, but a bit too much liquid for my taste (I like my bird fairly dry) as it became soggy towards the end (plus the walk home).

    Fries were entirely forgettable, soft with no crisp.

    Sweet tea was very good and obviously sweetened with honey rather than sugar, simple, or corn syrup.

    Staff were courteous and helpful with issues. Similar to Horn BBQ, there is a lot of room for improvement in service speed, especially in ordering and POS.

    Overall, a good start with room for improvement. In general, everything here could use about another minute or so in the fryer and at least an option to get the sauce on the side. Shifting away from a single line and register for takeout to the parallel ordering of sit-down service would help with service speed. Similarly, bringing back the outdoor tables that Pretty Lady had would improve the experience by enabling patrons to eat their meal while fresh.

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