Volcano Island

Reviews

• RA

  Riana Atmadjaja

  2 days ago
  5.0
  This is our 1st time visit. Their boneless fried chicken with special sauce is the best! Crunchy, tasty, and yummy! Japje n kalbi are good, too. Highly recommended for home and great cooking!
• ES

  Eric Shaw

  Jun 4, 2026
  5.0
  Fantastic mom & pop shop tucked away in a quaint neighborhood strip mall. The food was amazing and the owners are super nice. They have great taste in music too.
• EH

  Evelyn Huynh

  May 30, 2026
  5.0
  Oh my gosh… this was the first time I tried this place and I am so sad that I didn’t know about it sooner when I was still living full-time in the area… Not only is the food absolutely delicious, but the customer service was impeccable… I have never had so much fun, ordering food and everything was delicious…10/10 recommend!
• IZ

  Ilana Zucker-Scharff

  May 29, 2026
  5.0
  This place has the best Tteokbokki I’ve since I lived in Seoul (and even out ranks some of the stuff I had there). Good amount of spice and flavor. Rice cakes were perfectly chewy and the Eomuk was tasty and not mushy in the slightest. Also the folks working there were so nice!
• ML

  Monica Lee

  May 15, 2026
  5.0
  TL;DR: Look no further than Volcano Island for some BOMB KFC! Customer Service - 5/5* My husband found this place thanks to Reddit recs for best KFC places in the Easy bay. We came here with his siblings for a Saturday lunch (5 of us in total) and Eli immediately greeted us and gave us the full rundown of the menu and the story of how his mom and him came to own this place. We decided to actually just eat outside to be able to enjoy the food right away. Once Eli saw we were going to eat there, he was super accommodating and brought us a ton of napkins, salads, extra pickled daikon, and even some drinks! He even brought his mom Esther out to chat with us and it was so wholesome to hear their story! Food - 5/5* AMAZING. We ordered the Volcano Island (spicy) chicken, the Mama Seoul's signature chicken, and some pickled radish. We actually preferred the Mama Seoul's signature (his mom's recipe) over the Volcano island (the original store's recipe that they kept since it was a fan favorite), but they were both super crunchy, juicy, and flavorful. We were also lucky enough to try some of their salad. We learned that the radish and salad dressing were all Esther's own recipes and they paired really well with the chicken. The radish had such amazing crunch and freshness, and the salad dressing was light and tangy. We loved it so much, we actually bought a pint of the salad dressing to take home! All in all, Eli and Esther made us feel like we were eating dinner at their house. Looking forward to coming back again from Fremont (with friends!) and trying more of their KFC flavors and all the other dishes they have to offer.

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