Monkey King

The lemon pepper chicken is Fire

First time here, and I can say I had a great experience. For those who have never been here, you pay first and then they bring you your food. The decor is pretty neat and it’s definitely different. Very colorful and nice, definitely pleasing to the eye. I ordered some crab fried rice and honey walnut prawns. The crab fried rice was good, but I didn’t really taste much crab meat. The honey walnut prawns were fried a little bit too hard, so they were extra crunchy and borderline rubbery. But I’m willing to give it another go and try it at another time because the staff was really awesome and everyone else in my party enjoyed their food. I recommend.

This Monkey King is the third branch of a family owned business, the other two are in Alameda. I've been doing to the locations for a while and highly recommend them for their wings, garlic noodles and various Asian entrees. This location has a full bar. I haven't dined in there before since they opened in the middle of COVID, but they now have a dining area. I've mainly ordered takeout from them and they haven't disappointed.

The food was smackin. Great music. Service was great. I definitely recommend. I had the Lumpia and crab fried rice. Going back on my next lunch break. Walking distance from Oakland Kaiser.

Have to be honest the food was a little disappointing. Wouldn't call this a 'restaurant' but instead a place to get great fusion fried food. Everything is fried and salty so make sure that's what you want. If so - 5 stars! If not, don't go.

Good wings. Nice options. Odd vibe. Like a half abandoned sushi restaurant that got turned into this new place by throwing up some tvs to distract you from it. Staff always seems friendly but a little off. Hard to explain. Just an odd vibe. Fountain sodas would be nicer than cans. Took a star off for the rice, though. It was super old, with dried out crunchy bits. Not at all fresh or properly prepared. The noodles and wings were good.

I paid 60 dollars for my food and got small portions, like no that's what we're not doing like Alameda was better. But this staff was nice. And they ran out of plates so they had to use togo containers.

Food is average, the prices are super high and the food doesn’t even come close to compensating for that, not bad but not good either