Hibiscus

Upscale cafe featuring soul food with Creole and Classical French influences

“In a blossoming Uptown” Oakland neighborhood, chef Sarah Kirnon (ex Front Porch) is serving up a “tasty” “take on nouveau Caribbean”-Creole fare, say surveyors, who are particularly partial to her “smashing fried chicken” (“pour on the housemade habanero hot sauce”); though some find the experience “uneven”, others applaud the “great lunch scene”, “accommodating” staff and upbeat “after-work”...