B-Dama

Japanese restaurant · Old City

B-Dama

Japanese restaurant · Old City

907 Washington St, Oakland, CA 94607

Highlights

Nestled in Swan's Marketplace, this lively spot serves up beloved Japanese dishes with a twist, highlighting imaginative flavors and fresh ingredients.

907 Washington St, Oakland, CA 94607 Get directions

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@onthegrid

"B-Dama, Downtown Old Oakland by Pitch Interactive. Fresh flavors and solid portion sizes make B-Dama our favorite spot to grab a steaming bowl of udon soup or tuck into some fresh sushi rolls. Vegetarians will love the tofu steak option while meat eaters adore the pork misozuke. If you go, don’t forget to top your meal off with a matcha affogato, a scoop of vanilla ice cream served with a shot of green tea."

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@eater

"B-Dama, the popular izakaya within Swan’s Market, won’t be coming back after the pandemic has closed permanently." - Becky Duffett

Restaurant Closings in the San Francisco Bay Area - Eater SF

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"Dela Curo and Sundo will take over B-Dama, Ono’s Old Oakland restaurant, which has been closed since the start of the pandemic." - Luke Tsai

Sundo’s Japanese Fruit Sandwiches Are the East Bay’s Newest Not-Too-Sweet Treat - Eater SF

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"His Swan’s Market izakaya, B-Dama, was a pioneer in Oakland in terms of bringing creative takes on inexpensive Japanese comfort foods into the mainstream." - Luke Tsai

B-Dama’s Chef Wants East Bay Diners to Know the Pleasures of Japanese Black Curry - Eater SF

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Hitoshi Hokamura (hokayan)

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The casual version of Delage with creative Chef Chikara-San who is from Oita prefecture originally. Regular menu is all stable and good with reasonable price, but if you do special order well in advance you would enjoy variety of Wagyu dish, tuna head grill as we as Nakaochi scraping from huge tuna bones. Great combination of Hokkaido Uni and fresh Nakaochi, and you can make a hand role.

Thomas Elliott

Google

Teriyaki chicken to go but I ate at the market. The chicken and rice was great, the miso soup, salad and beans were not so good-the miso soup is always amazing, just not this time. Plus so many sauces between my plate and my coworkers that we didn’t know what sauce went with what dish lol She ordered (FYI) veggie tempura lunch, well rang up as shrimp but no shrimp add extra veggies (wish I had a pic) because barely any veggies and still charged the same price. I’ve definitely had better experiences from this spot. Maybe it was an off day or just too busy.

Darryl Lewis

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Ordered the spicy fried chicken with curry. It was really, really good! I am retuning to try more dishes. It all looks so good.

anne elaine price

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I always enjoy eating at B-Dama for lunch. The food is light, fresh and so full of flavor. Everything I ordered has been delicious.

Ken Wong

Google

Tried the vegetable udon for dinner. Was really tasty with the dashi broth. Very mildly flavored and hearty. Would get this again.

darius kraus

Google

I just became a fan of chicken wings!!! Not usually my favorite dish but they had me sucking the meat off the bone. Everything else was excellent also. Dining is in a shared seating area with three other restaurants so it does have a market feel. Although their sushi menu is not huge it is always a pleasure to eat.

Steve S

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Don't understand what the big hype is about this place. The rice on our spicy tuna roll was a bit hard, which meant, it was old and not fresh. My kimchi beef rice bowl was so bland, I had to add soy sauce. You know it's really bad when an Asian needs to add soy sauce to the rice. Furthermore, how can this place be a single $ rating, when group of 4 were still hungry after spending almost $60.

Albertino M.

Google

This place isn't for those who just want to satisfied their Japanese cravings. What you get here is fresh made to order food. There might be a longer than usual wait, but it's well worth it. Weekly special are posted on presentation board. Got me a box of karrage with dry rub powder curry spice. Very tender meat even after all that frying. I do suggest some rice or get their set which comes with soup, salad, and rice.

@onthegrid

Oakland

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@eater

"B-Dama, the popular izakaya within Swan’s Market, won’t be coming back after the pandemic has closed permanently." - Becky Duffett

Restaurant Closings in the San Francisco Bay Area - Eater SF

View Postcard for B-Dama

@eater

"Dela Curo and Sundo will take over B-Dama, Ono’s Old Oakland restaurant, which has been closed since the start of the pandemic." - Luke Tsai

Sundo’s Japanese Fruit Sandwiches Are the East Bay’s Newest Not-Too-Sweet Treat - Eater SF

View Postcard for B-Dama

@eater

"His Swan’s Market izakaya, B-Dama, was a pioneer in Oakland in terms of bringing creative takes on inexpensive Japanese comfort foods into the mainstream." - Luke Tsai

B-Dama’s Chef Wants East Bay Diners to Know the Pleasures of Japanese Black Curry - Eater SF

View Postcard for B-Dama

Hitoshi Hokamura (hokayan)

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Thomas Elliott

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Darryl Lewis

Google

Ordered the spicy fried chicken with curry. It was really, really good! I am retuning to try more dishes. It all looks so good.

anne elaine price

Google

I always enjoy eating at B-Dama for lunch. The food is light, fresh and so full of flavor. Everything I ordered has been delicious.

Ken Wong

Google

Tried the vegetable udon for dinner. Was really tasty with the dashi broth. Very mildly flavored and hearty. Would get this again.

darius kraus

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Steve S

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Albertino M.

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