Our best meal in a year !! What a wonderful menu , tasty and innovative . The fireplace grilled duck and Sea Trouts are exquisite. The setting is the best of all the outdoor eateries we had recently tried , in an alley with well placed heaters and away from the road noises . Definitely will go back again soon !

Excellent service, nice ambience for outdoor dining and heaters work very well. Loved the food - a very special evening!

Love this place. Unique restaurant, great food, excellent service. Best spot in Oakland.

Perfect for date night. Was a little chilly outside even with the heat lamps but once they moved them closer, we were much more comfortable. Prix fixe menu was lovely. Small portions but filling by the end.

Lovely outdoor dining set up! I went here this past weekend for a galentine's dinner and very much enjoyed the food and service. They now use the quaint alley way adjacent to the restaruant, but the area is blocked off to the sidewalk for some sense of privacy. The heating lamps were a nice touch, as it's still chilly at this time of year. They're good at following safety protocols, given the pandemic, and the food was still as delicious as pre-pandemic! They're only doing pre fixe menu, which was great - four courses, very satisfying. Our waitress was knowledgeable with offering appropriate wine pairings for our meal. And also, I love that they include gratuity with the pricing! I'll definitely be back soon :)

Quite good in terms of food and service, but a few of the dishes were not quite there for the price paid. I would have preferred a ala carte menu.

A truly spectacular restaurant and wine list that is making magic during COVID. Let's keep them running!

The dinner was delicious and the service was excellent. This is our third time dining at Homestead and it has been an enjoyable experience every time.

Service and food is exceptional!

We had a lovely socially-distanced meal in the side patio area of the restaurant. The staff was super friendly and the food was delicious. We particularly loved the outdoor space with heat lamps.

The food was superb, the service was excellent.

Fred and Sue are outstanding hosts and serve fantastic four course dinners, now of course outside, some inside. They are very friendly and welcoming, and the food is plated beautifully and very creatively offered. We always enjoy fine dining in a very casual and welcoming atmosphere. Outstanding...

Despite the challenges Homestead faces, we had a lovely meal outdoors in the space between the buildings. As usual the food was excellent!

Wonderful food, strategic and informed wine list, consistent and excellent service.

We enjoyed our alfresco dining. Relaxing environment. Food was delicious.

Fantastic prix fixe menu, excellent service, all-around a great experience.

Keeping an amazing dinning experience alive, despite a pandemic. Love this place!

First time there. We ate outside in a little alleyway, which was lovely. Service was great. The host was super knowledgeable about every single thing on the wine list including an unusual pairing of Sherry with the lobster agnolotti. Will definitely go back. Highly recommended.

Another lovely meal at Homestead! It's always been a go-to location for us for special occasions, and now with Covid it's one of the places we feel most comfortable dining out. They've taken over the walkway/passage/alleyway between the restaurant and the next building over and created a lovely outdoor dining area. Unlike other places in our neighborhood you don't have lots of foot traffic walking by you so it feels very cozy and protected. So far they don't have heaters though, so dress warmly!

The food was especially delicious on this last visit with every single course being absolutely remarkable. They do a prix-fixe menus with a couple choices for each course, so make sure you are comfortable with that.

If you are a wine lover, be sure to ask for the full wine list, which is full of well-aged selections of top wines. I never fail to find something new and exciting to try, and never have to feel I'm drinking something that has not reached maturity.

We celebrated my birthday at Homestead and it was perfect. The outdoor setting in the patio was really nice and the service was excellent. The food was absolutely delicious and we had a superb wine. Overall definitely a five star experience!

I could tell the restaurant was delighted to have us dining with them. Wait staff fabulous, very in tune with COVID-19 protocol, food was fabulous. Did not feel rushed. Would go back in a heartbeat.
Not too long ago my husband and I went to a Michelin Star restaurant in Oakland - food was not up to par, wait staff was less than efficient... did not feel like a welcomed guest!!!

OMG the best outdoor meal of 2020. LOL Truly. The chef-owner and his team go above and beyond to deliver a great experience. The ingredients, food, and service were all 5-star. The wine list, coffee, and desert are also 5-stars. It's not a wine store, coffee shop or pastry shop either. WOW. Give it a try and you will not be disappointed. Even when they are able to move indoors for the diners, it's going to be a great food experience. Truly.

The staff went above and beyond to make sure our anniversary was extra special!

I have really enjoyed Homestead during our previous 2 visits, and enjoyed most aspects of the meal this time. The service was very good, and the COVID protocols were thorough and adhered to. The appetizer with apple/kohlrabi was terrific. However, my pork entre was undercooked (pink and squishy). I can roll with rare salmon and steak, pork seems like it should be more done IMO. The deserts were also just average.

The Black Cod was outstanding! Everything else was great but the layered chocolate cake: simply delicious.

Perfect for Date tonight

They've made the most of their available outdoor space!

Loved the experience! Both my partner and I were very impressed by all the covid measures and how well they had organized the space. We had a wonderfully delicious dinner that made my partner's birthday celebration that much more special. Thank you!

First Bay Area trip since COVID-19. Meal was wonderful. Traffic nearby less so.

Fabulous meal! It was our first date night out since COVID and it was amazing. Four course pre fixe menu - beautiful refined cuisine with a very safe set-up (well-distanced outdoor tables, single-use menus, masked servers, etc).

Each course was very well done. Creative recipe and attention to detail. Wine service was great (brought our own old bottle, and had the right equipment and appropriate stemware)

Great night out

Everything here is made from scratch and innovative and delicious. Their homemade sourdough bread is the best I've ever had in the Bay area, and you can even buy individual loaves. Glad they are back.

They have the very best Short Ribs I have ever eaten. Can't wait until they serve them again.

We liked Homestead before Covid, but we are even more impressed now. At the last-minute we decided to try our luck at a real date for our anniversary and scored a table. Homestead has transformed a small alleyway adjacent to their building into a European sidewalk cafe serving inventive yet still comforting American cuisine. (Don't miss the gnudi!) Warm and welcoming but professional service (even as they recite strict Covid protocols, they put you at ease). Only a few decisions to make with a 4-course prix fixe that will please whether you want light or heavy, fish or meat. Great wine recs. Thoughtful touches like salted chocolate chunk cookies in a tiny box with "Happy Anniversary" in someone's gorgeous cursive put our alfresco evening out over the top. Thank you Homestead.

The fixed menu offered excellent and diverse choices. Everything was delicious and well prepared. Overall, the format represents a good value. The short rib mole entrée with delicata squash was inspired.

Homestead is doing an amazing job keeping a positive face through the challenges of operating in a pandemic. Service was impeccable and our food matched. The menu included one of the best pasta dishes I’ve ever had with perfectly moist and crispy meat. Sugo de Carne, please bury me with it.

We had a lovely anniversary dinner. With CoVid, we had single use menus printed with Happy Anniversary which was a nice touch. They had tables set up in the alley which is okay but only so much you can do in this situation so we totally understood. The service here is fantastic! Everyone is very welcoming and friendly. It was a prix fixe menu with two choices in each of four courses. We had one of everything so we could share and try all the dishes. All of the food was excellent and the main entrees of duck and trout were delicious! We were completely stuffed by the end of the meal but still managed to have some port with our desserts. They have an extensive wine list for all kinds of budgets. The gratuity is included in the price of the meal so its nice they are supporting their employees this way. It would be great if they could create a little more ambience at the tables (a flameless candle? or something for mood lighting) but overall we loved it and would come again.

What a treat! My friend and I celebrated our birthdays with exquisite food and great service. The duck was outstanding - the best I have ever had. As a matter of fact, everything was delicious and well presented.
I will soon come back when the chocolate pie is on the menu.
When we left, we received a Happy Birthday gift: chocolate chip cookies. Thank you!

We went for my birthday. They did a great job making it a special night. They also were awesome with making us feel safe in this time of COVID. The food was good overall. Not thrilled with how my sides were cooked with my main course but everything else was very enjoyable.

Fantastic food and drink and absolutely wonderful staff. This was the best meal I’ve had in quite some time.