Plank

Reviews

• DC

  DeAnna Claytor

  Nov 17, 2025
  1.0
  As a supporter of women's professional sports I made a special trip to Jack London Square to watch the NWSL semi-final game Orlando Pride vs. NY Gotham at the Plank. We choose the plank because of the outside seating. When we arrived we requested a TV which the football game had just ended to show the match and were promised they'd get it up shortly. We ordered our drinks and waited patiently. They choose to ignore the request and add a game that was already being played on all the other TVs. The staff member finally came to say they weren't going to play the match on their TV after they moved me around the patio. What a waste of time and money. I'll never support the Plank again. Hopefully Oakland will follow through with opening a Dave and Busters. Absolutely NO Vegan food options either. 👎👎
• KP

  Kimba The Poet

  Nov 10, 2025
  1.0
  Went to plank yesterday to look at the game and have a couple of drinks I was feeling bubbly and wanted to get a margarita to celebrate my birthday, I went up to the bar to order my drink, I stood there waiting I made eye contact I said hi I would like to order a drink then a white man came behind me they took his order and ignored me I'm still standing there and everyone around me is getting served I am the only African American person at the bar everyone else was getting served and it was quite obvious so myself and my fiance both left and spent our dollar somewhere else. I would not recommend plank it used to be fun but the bartenders were angry and brought my birthday celebration there to a halt I'm lightweight pissed.
• DG

  Darlene Gray

  Nov 5, 2025
  5.0
  I was pleasantly surprised.This was my first time going there.It was a job event, a lot of fun.A lot of funThe food was average, but the drinks were free.Not the liquor just the water.And the sodas and the bowling was very, very exciting.And fun for our group
• BD

  bartika dutta

  Oct 26, 2025
  5.0
  This place is buzzing with energy — a perfect mix of a bowling alley, video games, and a cozy beer garden. Strings of lights overhead give it a fun, festive vibe. We ordered drinks and loaded French fries, and asked for the cheese on the side. They were thoughtful enough to also put the bacon separately. Pedro, our server, was great company — easygoing and fun to chat with. The mystery gummy bear drink was a surprise, sweet with just the right zesty kick. We had a great time, and would definitely recommend this place!
• JJ

  Jamake

  Oct 21, 2025
  1.0
  We had to eat here bc was only place really open before 5pm at Jack London and we were hungry so tried them out. Our server was horrible. I didn't get her name but older Hispanic lady. Right from the beginning seemed like she had an attitude and didn't want to serve us. Our friend tried to ask about local IPAs to try since she was visiting Oakland for the first time and she just stared at her and didn't really answer or try to be helpful. She also didn't come back to provide refills or check on us. She just said I'm closing out ticket bc she was leaving. Just horrible service and on top of that the food was just ok. The beef ribs I will say were great but wasn't really much meat on them just mostly bone so that was disappointing as well. McDonald's would have been a better choice bc we spent way too much for horrible service and average food. We did speak with the manager and she was nice and gave us a free desert which honestly wasn't good either but that's not the managers fault. I wouldn't recommend going here if you do the beef ribs are great just hopefully you actually have meat on yours.

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