Saturn Cafe — Restaurant in Oakland

Update: Had another burger and fries and mac and cheese… all was bomb. Updated review to 4 stars.

To the owner: thanks for replying. I don’t need a refund, but thanks for offering. Also, the “onion rings” pictured on DoorDash and UberEats are the old-school onion strings that Saturn used to serve. Just sayin. The old way is better to me. Glad others enjoy it.

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I’ve been going to Saturn Cafe for years and years. They unfortunately closed down in Santa Cruz. I went to the Oakland location today to pick up an order. It is run out of a ghost kitchen off of Adeline. I ordered an impossible burger there with a side of their famous onion rings. Really good burger. Was super disappointed in the onion rings…they were not the classic, stringy, seasoned onion rings from Saturn. Instead, they were thick-cut, tempura-based onion rings and just filled with oil. They were inedible, and I had to throw them out. I don’t know what happened, maybe they ran out of theirs and borrowed from another restaurant in the ghost kitchen. All I know is that’s not how they ever were. It was really bad. But, I’d still give them a second chance. Just never ever serve those onion...

The food itself is pretty good when we go there! My usual is the Nachos and or Onion rings with fries. The Nachos can be a hit or miss since the chips are always soggy but they are pretty good. Like the Nachos, the Onion rings can be a hit or miss since they usually undercook the rings are raw and not really crunchy but more soft. Another sad thing is that the coating of the onion rings usually slides right off of the actual onion. The fries should be more crunchy and they could use a little more salt on the top. The service is pretty okay but they can be usually unreliable as they can say that my order is done when it's actually not done and their menu isn't really accurate because they usually take off great items off the menu which can cause us to get excited over something on the menu it but it's not on the menu no more. I wish there were more parking spaces since we usually have to walk a little far just to...

I was so excited to see Saturn Cafe is back in the Bay! We were loyal patrons at their old location in Berkeley ordered from here last week and were thrilled to see it's just as good as it used to be. I got the Space Cowboy burger and my boyfriend got the Chicken Avocado Club and both were great portion sizes, ready quickly for pick up and super tasty. Can't wait to...