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Tue-Thu. 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tue-Thu. 5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Fri-Sun. 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Fri-Sun. 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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Thank god they have a location in Alameda! There is almost always a wait, but it is not bad compared to the wait in SF! I wish they would serve the sangria while we waited but oh well...
We ordered the rainbow salad, pumpkin chicken stew, some kind of spicy shrimp, and coconut rice. Everything was excellent except for the shrimp. The shrimp was a little too salty for our taste, but good thing we ordered a pitcher of white sangria to wash it all down. The salad was featured on Food Network and is a MUST if you're dining here. The way they mix the dry nuts with chopped vegetables was a interesting and delightful way to start our meal. The coconut rice was so good that I think I could eat 5 bowls of it alone! The shrimp was a little too much, but still hit on all taste bud levels. I want to come back and try the other eccentric dishes.... of course with 5 bowls of coconut rice!
*nom nom*
I don't like driving through Berkeley or SF, or rather, I'm not good at it, so Alameda is the only BSS I can get to safely.
Usually trendy food has minute portions, we ordered two entrees & a brown rice, had PLENTY leftover:
-Chili lamb, perfectly spicy, the server did not ask what temp, may be a little much heat for some. Generous portioning of tender meat.
-Lemongrass Salmon, a little overcooked for my taste, the veggies were aldente.
Hindrances:
-One unisex bathroom.
-Menu should have denotation for SPICY
-Cramped seating
How special and fortunate for Alamedans to have an urban treasure such as this!!! All in all, very good food, but I think I would do TO GO or eat during off hours.
I can't believe I never wrote a review of Burma Superstar.
The food is wonderful. Fresh ingredients. Perfectly cooked.
I liked the Rainbow aalad. The lamb was excellent, too.
It's busy. Expect to wait or get your food to go.
Burma Superstar is an amazing restaurant. It really does live up to the hype surrounding it.
For appetizers, we had the salt & pepper calamari - delicious! They were much larger than the ones they usually serve in Italian restaurants. For the main course, we decided on the spicy crispy chicken (exactly as it sounds), super star shrimp (very tasty and saucy), Burmese curry w/ lamb (extremely delicious), and the beef kabat (stir fried beef). Then we decided to try three different types of rice to go with it - coconut fried rice, tan poi (rice w/ spices), and Burmese fried rice (served with yellow beans).
All in all, this was one amazing meal. Now for the reality check. Parking is difficult, specially during busy nights. There are public parking lots and a garage nearby. Street parking may be difficult - but if you like to walk, try a few blocks off Park Street. And yes - it does get full and the wait can get long. Luckily we arrived when a table opened up. The people after us had to wait for a while - probably 15 to 30 mins. But still, the parking and wait is worth it.
Endless birthday strikes again! Three friends took me out to lunch in honor of my b-day (last month). We came here on Tuesday, the Big Storm day. We had an early lunch and were able to have a lovely time despite the hurricane-like weather outside.
We started off with the Rainbow Salad (sans shrimp).yummy!
Followed by the Samusa Soup--mmmm So satisfying, especially the
crunchy bits of falafel and noodles.
For lunch we shared:
Sesame Chicken--pretty good, not the best
Eggplant with Garlic Sauce---the eggplant was the most tender eggplant I've ever had. It literally melted in our mouths with garlicky
goodness!
Garlic Noodle--could have had just a tad more garlic.
Tan Poi
Basmatti rice cooked with cardamom, cinnamon, raisins, and topped with fried onions. Wow! Was this good!
The Jasmine tea that accompanied the meal was delicate and perfect.
The service was great ! The servers kept our water glasses and teapots full. The dishes came out evenly spaced.
We were completely happy and stuffed!
I have a rule too. If Tina Tamale and Lainie like a restaurant-it's a winner!
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Solid. Tried this place after the Oakland Art & Soul Fest. Revisit last Thursday.
This place is a pretty nice restaurant. We went on a packed Thursday night. Wait wasn't too long though ~20 min. Street parking was bad but parking was free at the Civic Center Parking Garage -- slim pickings @ ~7pm -- 5th floor out of 6 1/2
SERVICE: Staff here are super friendly and courteous. They know the menu pretty well. I never tried Burmese food and they were able to give me pretty good suggestions.
FOOD: Had Samusas and Tea Leaf Salad on the first visit. The rest on the second.
SAMUSA -- Samusa, samosa, tasty! Chicken was okay. Had the vege one in the SAMUSA SOUP -- Don't let the red fool ya. Not really spicy at all. Try it if you like samusas. PLATHA and DIP -- sweet bread, savory dip. Layers of crispy (oily), and soft and tender. Couldn't stop eating! TEA LEAF SALAD -- different in a good way. Decent, I think the peanuts were bitter. SUPERSTAR VEGETARIAN NOODLES -- kinda pasty.. I liked the potatoes but meh. Not my taste. FIERY BEEF -- not fiery enough. Fairly sweet. I liked it with the TAN POI -- a bowl of yum! Rice and Spice (Cardamom/Cinnamon/Raisins). BURMESE STYLE CURRY -- tender and not so tender pieces of lamb braised in curry. A little gamey for my tastes.
DRINK: BURMA COOLER -- a light beer, with ginger and lemon. Pretty refreshing. Got it to combat the anticipated spice, but ended up not needing it.
PRICE: ~20 per person pre tip. Pretty good for drinks and
NOTES: Write your name on the clipboard if there are no seats available. The Maitre d' will call you if you leave a number. There's practically no waiting area so we took a stroll around Park St. Aaalmost ate at Toomie's but we received a call, right after putting our name down on the waitlist.
Definitely going to try the RAINBOW SALAD. It looked mouth watering good. Maybe a little SANGRIA to start off the next Mojito Monday.
I don't get what all they hype is about.....
went there last weekend with some girlfriends.. the place is small so there was a wait..the waiter was nice, the food was OK nothing special to me...the only thing to rave about is the price.
There's a lot of good things to say about Burma.
Coconut rice is SO good. AMAZINGLY good. I wish there were a restaurant that just offered this rice. I'm positive it would be popular and famous fast. It was sweet, soft, fluffy, subtle, and delicate. SO GOOD.
Food came out fast.
Interesting crowd.
Great wait staff. :)
Beef stew - beef could've been more tender, but that's negligible. Potatoes are delicious with the sauce.
Rainbow salad: delicious! complex and famous for a reason.
Green beans: slightly spicy, delicioussss. Use the extra chili sauce/oil to eat with your rice.
Reasons why Burma is not a 5:
Chicken and pumpkin stew: have to disagree with my party and say that it wasn't thaaat good. It has an herb in it that was far too overpowering for me. True it was good, but not my fave of the meal.
Tea salad was all right. It's just romaine lettuce with pickled(?) tea leaves, which is interesting but not impressive.
Each dish=$9.25+ so it was somewhat pricey for lunch. $23/person.
I shall def return once I can afford it!
Tea leaf salad and rainbow salad or a can't miss. Also, the catfish stew/soup is soooo delicious and pumpkin curry is very yummy as well. Two complaints very small portions and the food at this Burma superstar seems alot less spicy than the original restaurant on Clement in SF.
If you are going to eat at this Alameda spot call ahead to have them put you on the waiting list. Also, this place can be a little difficult to fine when you drive by... they only have a very small restaurant sign.
I have never had Burmese food before, so I did not know what to expect. Some friends have been here before and told us it is great. So here goes nothing.
This place is small and clean. They don't take reservations, so get here early because the line starts forming and its first come first serve.
Its a little pricey here, for the amount of food you get. But if you come with 5-6 people its great, because you can sample a lot of different dishes.
Everything we had was excellent, very flavorful and we did not have any misses. The food is like a mix of Indian, Chinese, Malasian and Thai.
GREAT CHOICES:
* Platha and Dip - Multi layered bread served with a coconut chicken curry sauce
* Salt and Pepper Calamari - Lighty battered and fried with scallions and peppers
* Tea Leaf Salad - Featured on Food Network
Yes, we really do go to Burma to get the tea for this salad, and it's worth the trip. With textures from fried garlic, peanuts
GOOD CHOICES:
* Burmese Style Curry Shrimp - Burma SuperStar's speciality curry made with tomatos. Medium spicy
* Superstar Vegetarian Noodles - Traditional Burmese noodles with tofu, cucumbers, potatoes, chili sauce, and cabbage. Served at room temperature
* Burmese Traditional Rice Salad - Traditonal rice salad with dried shrimp (or vegetarian), string beans, cilantro, crushed roasted peanuts, cabbage, and chilis
OKAY CHOICES:
* Sesame Beef - Strips of beef lightly fried with a sweet and tangy sauce. Topped with sesame seeds
* Classic Burmese Chicken Casserole with Cardamom Cinnamon Rice - Braised chicken leg (on the bone) and shrimp buried in a claypot and baked with biryani rice, raisins, and nuts
My friend and I had been meaning to try this place for the last few weeks due to Yelp raves on the tea leaf salad. Then, about 2 weeks ago I saw that they have another location in SF, and the line was out the door! So you can imagine the anticipation building up!
Unable to procrastinate any longer, we finally make it in last Saturday night. There was a waiting list before us for front tables, but we decided to forego the wait and sit near the kitchen for the sake of hunger, which ultimately was a great decision because the delicious smells from behind the scenes wafted all in our direction to begin the first phase of the digestion process: salivation.
:::FOOD:::
We ordered 3 dishes:
1) Samusas:
Excellent! I love this kinda stuff! It's like a cross between the Thai garee-pap (curry puff) and Indian Samosas. It comes with 4 moderate-size puffs, stuffed with a gracious amount of shredded curried chicken + veggie, delicately fried, with a light spicy sweet dipping sauce. Delicious!
2) Tea Leaf Salad
I'm gonna admit I had no idea what to expect (since I had only heard about the reviews from my friend) -- I was under the impression that we would be wrapping things graciously in tea leaves, but no no -- it was much more of a "party in your mouth!" (as the menu describes). All of the ingredients are arranged artistically individually on the plate, then mixed for you at the table side. There isn't a whole lot of stuff in it, but explodes with flavor once devoured -- crunchy, tangy, savory, fresh, the whole shebang!
3) Rainbow Salad
Similar to the Tea Leaf Salad, all (22!) of the ingredients were separated initially then mixed at together at our table. But, be fore-warned if you are a salad-lover, that this isn't your typical "salad" (aka: no greens!): it consists of a variety of noodles, nuts, spices, and other random goodies that despite the lack of veggies, tastes so refreshing. (Kinda reminds me of the Vietanmese vermicelli noodle dish, but way lighter and more crunch). This dish pairs very well with the Tea Leaf Salad.
:::SERVICE:::
I think we had 3 different servers help us out - very well staffed. Consistently checking in on us and describing all the ingredients, they were very attentive.
:::PRICE:::
1 appetizer + 2 entrees = $35ish (including tip).
Moderate price for decent portion sizes, but quite worth the experience in my opinion.
:::AMBIANCE:::
A modern look with splashes of Burmese statues/art here and there.
All in all, this being my first ever experience with Burmese food, I was quite satisfied. It was the perfect dinner for at the end of a hot summer day. I'd love to come back to try their other foods for another ocassion (ie: popular entrees and their desserts!).
You know, how sometimes the heat makes cranky folks even more cranky-pants and unbearably temperamental? Imagine taking both a hot and bothered cranky Tween daughter and a 7-year-old Wild Child out on a scorching hot day on Park Street in Alameda at their insistence because they both wanted haircuts.
Since it's the last weekend before school starts, Park Street is overcrowded with a bunch of loud teens and tweens with way too much time and way too many hormones on their hands. Skateboards keep clattering loudly away on the sidewalks and Fixie bike tricks intermingled with adolescent flirting and screeching commentary dominate the scene. That noise added to my crankiness and supremely annoying sweatiness.
The idea was to eat lunch and Wild Child and Sullen Tween would then have their hair appointments afterwards. I love the Burma SuperStar in SF, and had recently dined in the one in Temescal. This was my third visit to the Alameda Burma SS, and the meal ended up chasing away much of the crankiness, especially since my Tween was initially hell-bent on eating at Subway making me even crankier. "I don't want to sit in some fancy sit-down restaurant, Mom!" she hissed. I insisted we go to Burma SuperStar anyway.
So, while my two kids sulked and looked over the menu, I figured I'd have to take charge ordering the bulk of the dishes. I wanted so badly to order the famous Tea Leaf Salad but Sullen Tween insisted on ordering the Burmese Chicken Salad entrée, so I ordered the Chicken Noodle Coconut Soup, and Garlic Noodles with prawns since Wild Child would live on shrimp if I allowed him too.
Wild Child devoured almost the entire bowl of the Garlic Noodles with Prawns when he initially groused that he wasn't hungry. The Chicken Coconut soup was brought out and carefully dished out. It was delicious! The Chicken Salad was brought out and while the Tea Leaf and Ginger Salads are still my favorites, this was a very good Chicken Salad.
The ginger lemonade was excellent, and they have a nice selection (including Chimay) of beer on tap. So, our brief immersion into Burmese Cuisine alleviated much of the crankiness. I was only very cranky later on that evening because someone beat me to the leftovers!
Food: 5 stars
Ambiance: 4.5 Stars: a little dark but clean and polished
Service: 5 stars: gracious, attentive and tolerant of initially very cranky clientele!
Ate there a couple weeks ago but cannot stop thinking about it (in a good way). The tea salad haunts me. I must have more. The other food was great too - I don't remember what else we had because I was so stoned on the salad. Go eat the tea salad. Do not share (my mistake) - get your own. :) mmmmmmm
Went there on a Sunday night and found the place packed. Had to wait 30 min. Glad we did c uz this place rocks. Catfish Chowder was great and we loved the seseame beef. would have give 5 stars if they took reservations. We will come again on a week night.
Samusa soup yeah!
Tea leaf salad, meh.
Lemongrass salmon, nah.
The samusa soup is a must have.
The tea leaf salad is okay. It's a bit of birdseed and iceberg lettuce really.
The salmon was incredibly dry, as if it were left in the oven way too long.
Burma is probably a 3 or 4, this visit was a bit of a let down. How do you run out of all rice except for brown and jasmine at lunch time with a less than half full restaurant?
Redic!
I am officially a fan.
It's been talked about, featured on foodie friendly tv shows, written up in newspapers and of course, it's been Yelped!
And FINALLY I got to chow down on the famous Tea Leaf Salad, and some coconut rice that was...
MMMMMMMMMM. My stomach is growling. I'm hungry. I want Burma SuperStar... nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
Seriously. This place is obsession-worthy.
Normally when I go to a restaurant I have about one or two vegan-friendly options AFTER I've modified the heck out of them. Here I had like 7 thinks I could just order. Like a regular person! I was overwhelmed.
The service was awesome. Our server was patient with my indecision, honest about what I should NOT order, AND she was super normal. I felt like I was visiting a friend for lunch at her house. (Really, I almost felt like I should just take my dishes to the sink myself.)
I WILL go back. The ambiance was inviting, the staff was friendly, and the food... (my mouth just watered again.)
This is a winner. %100.
AND. This awesome little Alameda location had no wait. I mean, ZERO. (Super bounus, right?!)
This was my first (and definitely not last) time experiencing Burmese food and was this awesome! We were a group of 7 and we had fantastic service. We shared the Tea Leaf ad Rainbow Salads- which the flavoring was absolutely incredible. I loved how the server not only brought our food, described the ingredients, and then mixed them up for us. A multitude of flavor in every bite!
I ordered the SuperStar Shrimp which was absolutely delicious! I couldn't decide b/t that and another dish that was sweeter and had tofu. The waitress asked if I was in a spicy or mellow mood and so I chose the spicier of the two choices. At first blush the smell reminded me of soy sauce, of which I am not a fan, and I wasn't sure about the dark, heavy sauce. But once I tasted it, I knew I chose right. The onions, garlic, chilies, and shrimp made for an incredible-tasting meal that I have not experienced before this place. Highly recommend!
So, um, can I bring this place back to MA w/me???? Alameda, you don't need it, right???
Ok, this place is so good that. I had to Yelp right away. My husband and I are STILL here and still eating!
We are having garlic noodle, coconut rice, lettuce cups, and lychee cocktail. . . So yummy!
This is my new favorite place!
I was totally blown away by the food at this restaurant. From the name I thought this was going to be a fast food place or a joint. Instead what I found was a very nice restaurant in the fashionable section of Alameda that served fantastic food. Yeah you heard me - Alameda.
I've been on a quest to taste all different kinds of foods. Burmese - check. Burmese food like foods from nearby regions has a distinct Indian twist.
We ordered:
Salt and Pepper Calamari - This appetizer was heavenly. Deep fried tender calamari with a light crispy batter seasoned with salt and pepper. It was great start to a great meal. $9.75
Vegetarian Samusa Soup - a tangy spicy soup. The samusa was good but I would have loved this soup without it. $10.75
Burmese Style Curry Beef - Such full flavor. The robustness of the curry and spices accented the tender chunks of beef. This is a stew like dish and the beef was cook just perfect. $13.75
Pea Leaf - Stir fried tender pea plant leaves in a light garlic sauce. You can totally taste the Chinese influence in this dish. $9.75
Classic Burmese Chicken Casserole with Cardamom Cinnamon Rice - With the amount of shrimp that was in this dish, it is more of a Chicken and Shrimp Casserole. What defines this dish is the Cardamom Cinnamon Rice. This is the first time I've had rice cooked this way and man was it good. I would have never imagined this combo would be good but good it was.
Of all the restaurants that I eat at during our trip to NoCal, the food here was by far the best.
Next time? I am going to have the Coconut rice but at their Oakland location.
I wanted to see what the hype was about since I kept hearing ravenous reviews about the food. So when the bf came up for a visit, we decided to give Burma SuperStar a try.
He ordered some beef curry with coconut rice, and seeing as the Yelp community was extolling the garlic noodles, I ordered some with duck meat. And we saw the table next to us had some delicious looking bread, so we got some of that too.
It was delicious! The beef curry was flavorful, and the coconut rice accompanied it gracefully. The garlic noodles --I am a garlic fiend, I love anything that tastes or smells like garlic-- was better than I expected. The multi-layered bread was crispy and flakey. Yum!
However, as a starving and constantly poor college student, my only lament is that the portions are too small for the price (and thus a little pricey).
Can't complain about the quality of the food though! Pretty friendly service too.
Lo and behold, I finally got my hands on you! I've waited so long, you've been hyped about so much. I went to your SF location many times to find a swarm of people outside and a long wait time that steered me away from trying your tasty food. Thank goodness I discovered you hidden away and now I finally fulfilled my goal to try you, twice actually...
Appetizers
- Burmese Samusas: Chicken or vegetarian 5 pieces, but only 3 pieces came out. The rest came out a while later. Pretty good, better without the house special sauce.
- Roasted Calamari: Thick and fat with a puffy batter outer layer. Chewy and overly oily. *skip*
Soup
- Vegetarian Samusa Soup: It's like soggy samusas in an Indian/Thai fusion soup. A hint spiciness, not too much and a bit sour. Alright, but great with a side of jasmine rice or their Platha (Indian pan fried layered bread, but extremely oily!!) .
Salads
- Tea Leaf Salad: I've never tried a tea leaf salad with lettuce as an additional ingredient, but this is my FAV dish here! Skip the jalapenos if you are spicy conscious like me. *Must Order*
- Rainbow Salad: 22 different ingredients, but it seems like much less. I love the addition of noodles in this dish, but this one was a bit too spicy for me (stinging lip kind of spicy!)
Entree
- Spicy Chicken with Fresh Basil: Chicken breast with lemongrass, basil, garlic and sweet peas. Hold off on the salt, please! Way too salty.
- Spicy and Crispy Chicken: Deep fried chicken breast in a sweet and tangy sauce. Like orange chicken at Panda Express, but much more gooier sauce that sticks like glue. Not too spicy and it came with broccoli, which I liked.
- Garlic Noodles w/ duck: Salt overload!
- Wok Tossed Broccoli: Broccoli topped with fried onions. I'm really getting a salt OD!
Sides
Love the coconut rice, Tan Poi (basmatti rice) was spiced up (not in a hot/spicy way) a bit too much for me, and Jasmine rice is always the safe alternative.
Dessert
- Jackfruit nutella eggrolls w/coconut ice cream: love the ice cream, I can taste large pieces of young coconut and the egg rolls weren't bad at all.
Definitely order the MANGO LASSI, the best I've tasted by far! Even better than at Indian restaurants. Everything was either overly salty or oily, but I would come back only for the tea leaf salad.
P.S. They have cute T-shirts with the Burma Superstar logo and other designs for sale too!
I make a point of going to Burma SuperStar whenever I can. My friends and I used to go to the SF location but thankfully, we now have a Burma or two in the East Bay! Things I must eat when I'm there: tea leaf salad, rainbow noodle salad, and platha. It's also hard to go wrong with their noodle dishes (e.g., garlic noodles with duck). Both the tea leaf and rainbow noodle salads boast an array of complex tastes in your mouth that compliment each other perfectly. Also, don't get me started on the platha...it's fried bread that breaks apart so you can see all the different layers of bread. Plus, it comes with a little bowl of chicken curry you can dip the bread in although the platha is so flavorful you don't really need it.
Burma also gets props for me for taking such good care of me when my family hosted an engagement party for 14 people. Although the restaurant has a policy of not taking reservations, my fiance was able to swing an unofficial reservation with them. The service throughout the meal was great. Plus, they didn't charge a corkage fee for all the bottles of wine and champagne we opened during the meal.
Burma Superstar has the misfortune of being located next to "We are Hair", with its weird 80's "We are Hair" sign. So I think my mind melded the two storefronts into one weird place where I wouldn't want to get my hair cut or eat.
BIG MISTAKE. The rainbow salad is the shit. While a bit expensive, their menu also explains their mission and thanks their customers for their support. That eases the pain of the tab a little.
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So You talk about the beef curry...well lemme' tell you I'm Filipino, and this is some olives & peppers short of some bad caldereta....DEFINATELY Killed a star from the review!
Salmon was Okay
Garlic Noodles w/ Duck was pretty darn good.
The Samusas were the highlight of the meal.
They're huge fans of the red sauce. I was over it halfway through.
I thoroughly enjoyed the big Platha dessert ("thousand layer bread") with Strawberries, apple slices, Mango Sorbet & Vanilla Ice Cream!
THe other star-killer was the price. $80 for:
2 Thai Iced Teas
4 piece Samusas appetizers
one small plate of garlic noodles w/ duck
one small plate of Beef Curry
one small plate of Salmon
2 desserts.
That's 80 dollars before tip, which they are attentive, but still. I heard all kinds of hype about this place, and for an $80 gamble I felt like I crapped out. It would have probable tasted better if it were $50. I personally think you're better off going to your favorite Thai Place, cuz the food is not far off from Burmese food.
Horrible experience tonight at Burma Superstar in Alameda. All they cared about was getting us out of there as quickly as possible. They tried to take away are food before we were done.
The server started clearing plates that we were clearly not done with. I was looking forward to a nice dinner. What we got was rushed and rude service. I will not go back.
Update: Inconsistent on culinary quality. Drink elsewhere first- their cocktails are clueless weak sauce.
Almost as good as the SF one (on a good night), except never waiting for a table...at least not for dinner during the week.
Samusa soup where have you been all my life? Everything I shared with my group was great, especially the soup and the coconut rice. The only thing that won't be a repeat is the platha (fried bread). It was way too greasy for my taste but the chicken curry dip that came with it was delish. Definitely adding this place to my restaurant repertoire.
Oh, Yah...finally a place that satisfies my garlic cravings. The Tea Leaf Salad was different & deliciouso. The White sangria with Lychee hit the spot and the fried pudding w/ginger ice cream was well...as expected - Awesome.
I didn't know what Burmese food would taste like, but knew it would be a flavor-filled experience and it did not disappoint. I mean, really, how could you not love food with Thai, Indian, and Chinese influences???
Our server was attentive and cracked a smile at all the right moments, which made our dinner even better. We weren't rushed even though the place was packed and a healthy meal for 3 was about $33/ea including tip and drinks.
Oh, and did I mention the Garlic? Yum.
Very good Burmese food. The service is excellent as well: staff is cordial and helpful.
This restaurant is small and getting more popular so there is sometimes a line at lunch time.
I had the curry chicken noodles both time I went there and recommend it. It could use a bit of spicyness but the other dishes I sampled had enough.
HOLY MOLY! Burma Superstar is one of the best restaurants I've been to since I moved to the bay area 3 years ago. I went for my first time about a week ago and haven't shut up about it since. I haven't had a dish there that is not worthy of 5 stars!
Best dish I have had yet is the RAINBOW SALAD, enough said, just GO!!!
Frankly, I was underwhelmed. I remember going here when the restaurant was still directly connected to the hair salon next store, and I loved the garlic noodles. They were thin little strands of pan seared egg noddles, sprinkled with garlicky goodness. But come a few years later and Alameda is exploding with hipsters who have babies and good credit, and it's changed. The name is different, they created a wall and worse of all the beloved garlic noodles rose in price and changed to thick fried rice noodles. Negative! I'm being nostalgic here, but I found it to be far more expensive than a regular Thai place, though the flavor and food itself was pretty similar. Save yourself the 40 minute wait and 20 extra dollars and just go across the street for some sweet Thai
One of my default restaurants I go to in Alameda when I want to eat out. It's just consistently good every time I go there. I've noticed lately though that there is a line out the door on Friday and Saturday nights which is unheard of in Alameda, unless you're Sushi House, La Pinata or Ole's Waffles. But I digress. The food is good I highly recommend-
- Chicken Samosas
- Beef Curry
- Chicken Briyani (sp?)
- Coconut Rice
And of course, the neighborhood it is in is super cute, being on Park St., the main street of Alameda. But then again, I might be biased being an Alamedan. :)
I only have three recommendations for what to order at Burma SuperStar.
1) White wine sangria by the pitcher (light and delicious, with fresh fruit)
2) Tea Leaf Salad (crunchy and flavorful, can be shared)
3) Anything else (yummy)
I've been here twice, and both times I let other people do the ordering for me. The first time was our server, and everything he selected was delicious. The second time was with some friends, and everything they selected was delicious.
I know my vagueness risks losing coveted Useful votes, but my conclusion is "You can't go wrong."
Wow, the meat dishes must be amazing because the veggie stuff was inedible. We ate here once shortly after it opened--just after they purchase it from the owner of Hinn Tha Burma Bistro (which was awesome).
We ordered a number of veggie-friendly dishes and they were without qualification, the worst dishes I have ever purchased outside of a fast food establishment. I'll eat just about anything if I pay $9 for it, but I literally took one bite of this stuff and that was it.
What's more, the waiter didn't seem at all interested in that fact that we weren't eating our food. Yikes-nice customer service, bro.
The place is always packed, so it must have some good stuff, but if you're vegetarian, stay as far away from this place as possible. Really, it was that bad.
I try something different everytime and it is always delicious. One of the best asian places in Alameda.
I've had the tea salad and enjoy watching its preparation but it can be overwhelmingly garlicky.
My favorite dish to order here include:
- pumpkin shrimp - if you love hearty chunks of squash in your curry, you'll enjoy this!
- classic burmese casserole - the cardamom reminds me of Indian food, which is nice in a claypot rice dish like this
Service is fast and friendly, never crowded at lunch the couple times I went on Sundays.
I first tried Burma Superstar of San Francisco after hearing about it on TV. The first one was Doug McConnell on Bay Area Back roads and Check Please.
I tried the San Francisco location about three times, and then tried the Alameda and finally the Oakland site.
Yesterday at the Oakland site, we had the Rainbow salad, Garlic Noodles with duck, Braised pumpkin stew with chicken, Chili basil mango with chicken.
Everything was great, service was fast and the waiter answered our many questions.
All for a reasonable price.
Where do I start?!!? This place is only one of my all time favorite restaurants in the whole world. My bestie Kelley introduced me to Burma a year or so ago and I can't get enough. It's far enough away from us to be a super special treat.
Our favorite items are the Burma coolers to drink (beer, with ginger and lemon...so refreshing! name says it all!), the samosa soup, sesame beef, and walnut shrimp. We recently tried the garlic noodles, and the mango chicken which were also delicious!
The waiters have always been great and they have the coolest neon green chopsticks. Love, love, love it! I would totally want the sesame beef to be my last meal...YUM!
I was so excited to come here. The reviews--both on Yelp and those that were passed on to me via word of mouth--promised a delicious experience that would be otherworldly. So here's the review: it was good, but it was a 3.5 star experience.
Overall, I felt slightly accosted by the abundance of spices. Incredibly aromatic, and very flavorful. Maybe a bit much. It wasn't quite my thing, although my other dinner compatriots (especially the birthday boy) were raving after each bite.
i had heard the phrase "burma superstar" floating around the east bay, and i always assumed it was some variety show on channel 19 with lots of colors and audience participation. when i found out it was a restaurant - with a cult following - i jumped right in.
what fantastic food! not only are the flavors perfectly balanced, but the textures. oh, the textures.
that flamboastin' tea leaf salad with the crunchies and the munchies and the crispies...
that nom-a-licious chicken curry with rice noodles so tender, it's like you're eating puffy clouds or angel wings...
delicious, people. let me tell you. i love that the servers mix everything at your table and explain to you each part of the dish, so that you can appreciate it all the more.
thai food, you've been replaced.
Alameda, CA
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