Xingones at Fort Green — Restaurant in Oakland

I’ve heard great things about the wings here at Xingones so I finally made some time to try it out for myself!

Xingones offers fast casual dining and also has a bar. We opted for dine-in so we ordered at the front, took our number, and seated ourselves. Their decor is very vibrant yet feels cozy with how it’s set up. There are some high top tables, couch seats, and normal tables. On the back wall, you’ll see their logo, a great photo-op if you come with friends! This restaurant would be great for large gatherings as well.

I’m not sure if they were understaffed when I was there, but it took a few minutes for someone to come take our order at the front. Once we ordered, we grabbed some water at the self-serve station and waited for about ten minutes. The food came out pretty quick!

Our Xingones Nachos came out first, I was very excited to try the Picadillo on the nachos. It’s one of my childhood favorites! The nachos were $14 and it came with a pretty decent serving, definitely enough for two people. It was topped with picadillo (stir fried ground beef and veggies), cotija cheese, sour cream, cilantro, onion, and had red salsa on the side. I’m not sure what kind of salsa it was, but it was pretty bland and rather oily. It did offer a nice contrast and character to the richness of the nachos which was nice. The nachos were plentiful, but rather than the toppings being layers between the chips, it was just smacked on top. So, once we got through the top layer of chips/topping we were left with a bunch of plain chips. The chips itself were very crispy and not too oily.

For the wings, we got a Large (12 pieces) with two flavors (citrus hot and spicy Korean) which came with two ranch cups, carrots, and celery for $23. You could pay a few extra bucks for all flats or all drums but we like a nice variety. For me, the star of the wing platter was the ranch— I really enjoyed how much dill they used in it! The wings were obviously fried, but were not crunchy at all and the meat was pretty dry and didn’t have much flavor soaked into the meat itself even though the sauce was evenly coated. It also didn’t feel like the wings were fried to order, but I could be wrong. Thankfully, the citrus hot sauce made the wings somewhat enjoyable. It was bright, flavorful, and seasoned well. The hot korean sauce was too one-note for me. The spice levels were both very mild, but that’s okay!

I am truly hoping it was just an off day for Xingones, as many of my friends have told me they come here just for the wings. Since it’s down the road from me, I’ll definitely come back to see what the rest of their menu...

Try walk in and to eat. But when I attempted to walk in the door I was blocked by a gentleman. He didn’t say anything to me so I ask is this the Mexican restaurant he goes yes it is you need ID obviously I misunderstood him he said “need ID to drink”

I’m 58 years old I look at him I said I have to have an ID to go in here ? So he says you have to have ID to drink. I said number one and 58 years old number two I’m not drinking

I sit down and I’m sticking to tables no waitress 100° inside … no thank you

How does a place like this even pretend that they’re going to stay in business when they have dude at the door blocking the entrance to the restaurant ? what a joke

I travel all over the world and I’ve never seen somebody block entrance to a restaurant in order to card a person.

Yes ID required to get into nightclubs but not to a dive dump restaurant like this with nobody in it.

Here I am five months later looking at this review because I’m looking for a place to go get tacos not going here. Can’t believe it still be...

New location located in Jack London! And it's the perfect atmosphere for them! Beautiful and colorful decor that provides a welcoming atmosphere. Drinks are nice and strong. Even their agua fresca were delicious; i recommend blueberry lemonade. And the food is just as good. I had the fried chicken and mole while my friend had the chicken taquitos and they were both delicious. Hot and crunchy fried chicken with a smokey mole sauce with a kick served with rice, beans and a side of tortilla and pico de gillo. The taquitos were crunchy and the chicken, while white meat, was still flavorful and juicy. Then i had their vanilla bean panna cotta which was the absolute star of the night. With whipped cream, toasted coconut flake, caramel sauce and berries, it was absolutely mouth watering. They dont have table service. You order at the counter and they give you a number. And if you need to order something else, go back to...