Ikaros Greek Restaurant (Takeout & Catering) - Oakland, California

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We ordered lamb shank and lamb stew with okra , absolutely delicious and generous portions. House wine was great. Service and atmosphere 5! Will definitely come back !

Maggie Yue

It’s a great spot for a sit down dinner with friends! The atmosphere is lively, the food is fresh, and the service is amazing. I love the crab-artichoke dip with bread, the grilled octopus with balsamic vinaigrette, and they have a special on mussels this month. It’s a little more on the expensive side so I can’t come too often but definitely come with friends to enjoy a good Greek meal!

The gyro stacked btw- is HUGE.

SkyLarkCrow

George the owner (handsome man in the middle) and the staff are excellent!

May have been an error on our part that we didn't realize the grilled salmon would be more on the blackened side, being used to more moist baked salmon. I mentioned this to the waitress who said she'll see what she could do to help since we had started eating it. Then to our pleasant surprise she came back and said they are preparing the salmon the way we like it. Then George the owner came to ask about the salmon and we explained. He was very understanding and accommodating. The spanakopita, vegetables, rice pilaf were just delicious and the salmon that came after was perfection!

The broccoli was exceptionally good! I don't know what about it, but both my nephew and i found it ever so flavorful!

Enjoyed ambiance and cleanliness of the place. It's nice when the music is just right so you can enjoy the listening and have a conversation.

Veronica Ruby

I give the highest caterer recommendation to Ikaros To Go (catering by the team that ran Ikaros restaurant). They planned and managed a very delicious memorial dinner for us for approximately 75 guests. The customer service and food were excellent - our menu included roasted salmon, vegetarian mousaka, rice, Greek salad and garlic bread, plus dessert of Baklava and sugar cookies which everyone also loved. They also handled dinnerware, water, lots of set up and clean up, soft drinks and pretty bottled Greek waters for the tables. They were extremely considerate, thoughtful, flexible, organized and reliable. Ikaros to Go went above and beyond and made our event very special. We are very grateful - Thank you Ikaros to Go!

Asha Loupy

The quality of the food has really gone down hill. I used to really like this place, but all the food is stale. On a recent delivery, the gyro meat was obviously from the day before and had sat cut under heat lamps because it was as dry as jerky. This has happened twice in the last month, so it seems like it's a regular shift to stale, old food.

If you want Greek delivery, Simply Greek on Piedmont is a much better bet in quality and quantity.

Tom Balaban

I was disappointed to learn the eat-in operation had closed so we decided to order online. The ordering process was fine. They said my order would be ready in 20 minutes and I live about 15 minutes away. I headed there immediately.

When I got there I found an unstaffed area with kiosks and lockers. While waiting in this pickup lobby numerous people came in, flashed something on their phones and picked up their orders from a locker. I got NOTHING but a text that my order was ready. I still have no idea what they got on their phones that opened a locker.

Finally someone yelled for help and a man came out. After he was done with the person who called out, I asked about my order. He brought it out immediately and told me it had been in a locker for 10 minutes. Some information on how to use their pickup operation would have been helpful.

Bottom line, what might have been a good meal was cold and just OK. Their pickup operation sucks. Oh, they also forgot the fries.

Heliana Mano

Since I lived in Albania for my first 18 years I have basically grown up eating delicious food from the perfect combination of cuisines such as Turkish, Italian and Greek! So, i am well familiar with Greek food as we have a lot gyros, greek salad, mousaka, their pies and so much more in Albania too. I loved the Greek food festival this year so I was very excited to try out Ikaros on grand ave with my in laws who were travelling from India 🙂

The service is lovely, place is neat and food is really good! Price wise is a tad expensive for my taste but their servings are pretty big so come and share.

Between the four of us we shared:

- traditional moussaka
- veg moussaka
- ikaros gyro with fries
- spanakopita mezes (spinach pie)

We were more than full when we polished our plates. Spanakopita was really tasty and filling and gyro was ah-ma-zing!!! Both moussakas were good but too heavy for my taste.

We chatted a bit at the end with the owner and she was lovely to talk to. Left with a great experience and a warm feeling in my heart, maybe because it reminded me a bit of my homeland. Can't wait to be back for more 🙂

Ángel Ávila

Ordered from Uber Eats, got a Horiatiki salad with a chicken gyro add on. It’s not a gyro, it’s just chicken. Please update that add-on to reflect that