Chicken Caesar in Oakland

What people say about the caesar

"UPDATED: They made it right. I appreciate their attention to customer service! Longer updated review on the "Y" review S.M. platform. Limited here in total words/characters! ORIGINAL REVIEW: CHECK YOUR ORDER BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE STORE!!!! We were shorted ~$10.00 of our order! NOT. HAPPY. ABOUT. THAT!!! Didn't know until the next day, and then it was too late to do anything about it! So "buyer beware": OPEN THE STAPLED BAG BEFORE LEAVING THE PREMISES, because once you're GONE, it's TOO LATE to resolve later-discovered missing items!!! If my review were JUST on the taste/quality of the food, I'd give 5 stars. Sadly, it's not! We needed a quick, hot, nourishing, and tasty meal to quickly feed a hungry group at the last minute, on a cold & rainy New Year's Eve, near where our group was located! NOT the easiest of tasks, mind you, so after a bit of research we decided that "Homeroom To Go" was a good choice. Happily ordered platters for most of our items: Garlicky bacon mac & cheese with a side of BBQ pulled pork; green beans; Caesar salad; 2 orders of 1/2 dozen brownies (12 total); 5 orders of the "holiday mint" giant Oreo cookies (10 TOTAL). With tax, OVER $200.00 and that's BEFORE any potential tip! WAY overpriced - shoot, we probably could have had a much fancier steak dinner for that kind of money - but did I mention this was New Year's EVE, at the LAST MINUTE?!?!? Yeah, sometimes you overpay for pasta, salad, veggies, and dessert! I doubt I would pay that high a price for staples again, even if flavorful! Being the aforementioned rainy NYE, the place was hopping busy upon arrival! The texts kept me informed of my order & ready-for-pick-up status. With no place to easily park, I double parked to get my items, and everything was neatly packed in a box for me to carry out. However, the hot & cold items were all packed & stacked together, the dressing and BBQ sauce were in their own containers (I thought they'd be mixed in to their respective items as ordered), & there was NO serving utensils in the box until I ASKED for them. I found the serving staff was rushed and not all that friendly, seemingly inconvenienced at my repeated requests for ENOUGH plates, napkins, & serving ware to meet our groups' needs. NOT "rude" in any way; just not real friendly either, maybe due to the incredibly busy night? NYE. benefit of the doubt! So I repacked the items into the respective insulated "hot" and "cold" bags I'd brought in with me, rearranged them inside the provided box, grabbed my bag-o-goodies, and left with hands full! Upon arrival to my destination & a busy event, I unpacked the mains', salad, & SOME of the desserts: specifically, 6 of the brownies and *5* of the Oreos. I did NOT look in the bag to COUNT the rest, but "knew" we still had 6 more brownies and 5 Oreos for later, if needed. NO ONE ELSE EVER TOUCHED THE BAG OR EVEN KNEW WHERE IT WAS! At the end of the evening, 1 of the 5 set out Oreos were consumed, 1 went back into the bag with the remaining brownies and Oreos, and 3 were left behind. OR SO WE THOUGHT!!! Once home, leftovers went into the fridge and the dessert bag sat on the counter for the night. THE. NEXT. DAY: While unpacking the bag, AFTER removing the remaining brownies, we DISCOVERED ONLY 1 OREO COOKIE WAS IN THE BAG!!!! WE SHOULD HAVE HAD 4 MORE, THAT WERE NEVER PACKAGED!! My RECIEPT order showed the 5 orders correctly, as did my credit card charge for the FULL PAYMENT of such! But 4 NEVER WERE CORRECTLY PACKAGED in the order, and now - New Year's Day - LONG after I'd picked up the order - I was JUST DISCOVERING WE DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING WE PAID FOR! & HAD NO WAY TO RESOLVE IT! So, word to the wise: EVEN when rainy, busy, and rushed - maybe ESPECIALLY when rainy, busy, and rushed - ALWAYS OPEN THE STAPLED BAG AND ENSURE YOU'RE GETTING WHAT YOU PAID FOR! WE DIDN'T! And that's $10.00 of our hard earned resources that we can't recover. LESSON. LEARNED!!!"

"This is pick-up from not for food from the restaurant Homeroom, which makes multiple versions of mac and cheese. This is one of my absolute favorite restaurants and I will make up any reason to order - oh, I’m babysitting my nephew, guess I better pick up dinner, getting lab work in the area, ok I’m swinging by, etc 😂 My favorite is the Gilroy Garlic Mac and Cheese with Bacon, although the Garden Pesto Mac and Cheese is a close second. Just go for it! I used to love the brownies, but it tastes like the recipe changed, so I don’t get those anymore. Adding a side or splitting a whole Caesar salad is a great way to round out the meal."

What people say about the caesar

"The host went out of his way to accommodate us when we arrived 30 minutes before our reservation. We sat at a table in the bar area and our bartender/waiter was attentive and professional. The fried olives were excellent but brussels sprouts were no better or worse than any other establishment. My Caesar was outstanding--you could taste the anchovies and the twist to use different greens and feta really worked. K's jumbo shrimp lived up to it's name and he liked the arugula and bean mix it came on. Overall a pleasure to dine there."