# Grand Lake Kitchen, Oakland CA: Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/grand-lake-kitchen-lake-merritt-oakland-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/oakland/grand-lake-kitchen-lake-merritt-oakland-ca

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## In short

Grand Lake Kitchen is an american restaurant in Oakland, CA. Its AI Score is 34 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | American restaurant |
| Address | 576 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 9 AM to 9 PM |
| Phone | (510) 922-9582 |
| Rating | 4.4 across 1,684 reviews on Google |
| Quietest time | Thursday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 576 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Popular gourmet deli & market offering unique & locally sourced meals in a small, casual space. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Grand Lake Kitchen - Lake Merritt | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (510) 922-9582 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Dimond | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Dine-in service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Gourmet deli offerings | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Lake merritt | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Locally sourced meals | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Nest | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Private events | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Private events hosting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Reservations | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Takeout service | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Yep partnership | From their website | Business website |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/grandlakekitchen | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/grandlakekitchen | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/location/lake-merritt/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 6 services Grand Lake offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reservations |  |  |  | From their website |
| Yep partnership |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lake merritt |  |  |  | From their website |
| Dimond |  |  |  | From their website |
| Private events |  |  |  | From their website |
| Nest |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

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## The team

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## Visiting Grand Lake

Address: 576 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610, USA. Phone: (510) 922-9582. Hours: Mon to Sun 9 AM to 9 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Popular gourmet deli & market offering unique & locally sourced meals in a small, casual space."


### When to go

Quietest day: Thursday. Busiest day: Sunday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Comal Next Door | Mexican restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Grand Av & El Embarcadero | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Merritt Station Cafe | Cafe | 1 min walk |
| Bar Skula | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Coach Sushi | Japanese restaurant | 2 min walk |
| Lake Merritt Columns | Park | 2 min walk |


## Reputation

4.4 average across 1,684 reviews: Google 1,684. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

While Grand Lake Kitchen is praised for its delicious dishes like the savory French toast, service and cleanliness issues detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 1,684 reviews.)


### What people like

- Incredible donuts
- Savory French Toast
- BBQ pulled pork sandwich
- Cali bowl
- Brisket sandwich


### What people do not like

- Long waits for food and drinks
- Inconsistent service quality
- Cleanliness of bathrooms
- Limited vegan breakfast options


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### best american restaurant in Oakland


### bad experiences here, anyone?


### rough idea what Grand Lake costs?


### what does Grand Lake actually get right?


### anything new from Grand Lake lately?


### Booking a first visit here, what happens?


### trying to avoid the rush, which day is quiet


### where exactly is this place?


### do I need to book Grand Lake in Oakland or can I just turn up?


### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea


### lunch near Grand, what is good


### Grand Lake, any chance to get a table this week?


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### the good stuff about Grand Lake, what is it?


### cheaper than Grand Lake in Oakland without it being sketchy?


### discounts for coming back, is that a thing


### is Daytrip any better


## The AI Score: 34 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. American restaurants on the registry run 18 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Grand Lake scores 34. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Grand Lake |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 79 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 67 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Good |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 | 47 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 74 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about an american restaurant: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Grand Lake |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Grand Lake Kitchen | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/location/lake-merritt/ | Subject of this page |
| Oakland, California | City | #city |  | City Grand Lake is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the american restaurants in Oakland, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best american restaurants in Oakland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/oakland/american-restaurant
- Best businesses in Oakland: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/oakland


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJw2p00yyHj4ARsb-O2FTlD1Y (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] grandlakekitchen.com, https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/YEP/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] grandlakekitchen.com, https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/Nest/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] grandlakekitchen.com, https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/private-events/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] grandlakekitchen.com, https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/reservations (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] grandlakekitchen.com, https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/location/dimond/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] grandlakekitchen.com, https://www.grandlakekitchen.com/location/lake-merritt/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [8] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)