lemon drop

2542 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda
(510) 995-8762

Recent Reviews

Clay Springer

Just reminiscing spent plenty time at the lemon tree back in the day. Good to see the lemon drop is still rocking my home town. Carry on lemon drop.

Arthur

On my way back from snagging the deal of the century on dinner, I thought, 'Why not keep the good times rolling?' So, I swung by the Lemon Drop for an after-dinner cocktail and dessert. I opted for their 'Naughty by Nature' cocktail and paired it with FRESH Point Reyes Oysters. Let's just say, I'll be making more 'research trips' to Lemon Drop for their cocktails and grub! #GRUBLYFE

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

R P

Service, drinks and atmosphere are wonderful. The hand crafted drinks are inventive and tasty. The food is so-so, but the staff are fantastic and on top of things.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Mega Taylor

We didn't eat there we just had cocktails. My son and I customer service awesome&atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Jim A

Koo little spot. Came here randomly with a group of friends. Good location, street parking. Had a Henny sidecar, it was on the sweet side but it was good.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 3

R Rao

Arrived at 8:00pm to celebrate an occasion (2 people), an unfriendly server took our two-drink order and disappeared. By 8:45pm, we still had not received our simple order and asked another employee about it. Several tables around us who entered way later got served much faster, so it’s not like the place was overly busy. The employee found our order in the system and shrugged, offered no apology.After wasting nearly an hour of our lives, we asked to cancel the order (it was also incorrect in her iPad) and left. The space, food, and drinks *seemed* nice but unfortunately for the owner, their staff has an awful attitude and doesn’t care. Genuine waste of time.

Service: 1

Ashley W

This place definitely has potential are server was new a sweet Asian girl and a black girl both sweet girls, so sorry I didn’t get names very patient with us just needs to make sure she knows what drinks are which only negative thing I asked for a reg margarita and she told me that they don’t make them so I ended up getting a spicy marg way to spicy than my aunt ordered a spicy marg and got a regular margarita but this place has potential in my opinion, also glasses were not so clean lipstick stains so just a few lil things that can be fixed I’m a bartender so I always check my glasses before I pour so maybe keep that in mind music was definitely on point so good I followed the dang dj dj Kream yesssss anyways the other waitress who I don’t know if she was new or not but tried to tell us the tip isn’t included which it was so just making sure the waitresses know little things like this because we were going to leave double tip if we didn’t check that receipt overall we had a good time there and oh the chicken and waffles are good just the waffles could be more flavorful they were very bland the chicken was good though and the sauce they put on the side is like a curry sauce but the sauce made the chicken really good the manager or owner not sure who he was was very nice to us it was my aunts bday but definitely will come back thinking bout coming back next Sunday honestly lol

Food: 4

Service: 3

Daniele Rodriguez

The service was cool. The bar the music was too low. Other than that's it was ok5 for the

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 4

Brittani Daniels

First time I’ve ever been to this place and I wasn’t disappointed entirely! Lol this caveat is for a missed opportunity by the new bartender. (I’ll get to that)Visiting my best friends up from SoCal and we went out for drinks after dinner and first time out on the island and this place is definitely a vibe, from Malik the manager to the cute decor!I tried several of the signature cocktails which I’ve included ratings and pictures of. Don’t worry I didn’t drink all of these myself but I did have a sip of each, and 5 out of the 6 cocktails were top tier.So our first round was made by bar manager Malik and those beverages were delectable, rich flavors, just enough of the “good stuff”, and beautiful presentation! Second round was made by someone else and he was new (so I understand) and the beverages didn’t come together as well. Granite I am not an alcohol connoisseur but I do appreciate a nice flavor profile.Like any bar, they will make anything you order but I would encourage you to try the Lemon Drop (signature beverage) as it was definitely my favorite!Parking: Parked on the street, depending on when you go you can get free parking or metered parking!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Lemon Drop

Thomas Scott

First time checking the place out.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Corina Lange

Cool, aesthetic bar to grab a drink solo or with others! There is plenty of bar seating and couches, and you get to seat yourself, which makes for a comfortable experience of your choice. The drinks are reasonably priced for the quality, and I like how the ingredients are listed beneath a sketch of each of the specialty cocktails. I got the signature Lemon Drop cocktail and it was great. They also serve snacks if you want an accompaniment to your cocktail. I didn't have time to try these but imagine they're just as tasty.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Lemon Drop

Kanoa Arteaga

Incredible refresh on what once was a very sad local haunt where old timers would go and get sloppy on a weeknight. The revitalized space seems to foster more connection via cozy fire pits out front and comfortable “stay a while” seating inside. Service was friendly, if a little slower than what we’re used to in similar looking spaces but that’s okay. The cocktails are inventive and pay clever homage to pop culture brightspots.I had the Naughty By Nature which was fun and fruity - though a little on the puckery side for me. And my partner had the namesake cocktail which turned out to be an impressive reimagining of the classic Lemon Drop - tasted like something made from lemons plucked from the tree in your neighbor’s backyard, which here, I wouldn’t be shocked if that actually turned out to be the case.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Lemon Drop

Ana Briones

Service was great, very attentive. Drinks were good, and the Cajun wings were tasty!

Bryan H

The interior design is quite nice, the service attentive, the music appealing. The food wasn't uniformly good, though. The Beet Salad was totally bland. The Drinks were beautiful, however. I would come back for the people watching and the booze. It was a beautiful day, and the door-windows were wide open. I was going back to rainy Portland, and I soaked in the sun and warm air!

Katy

I have such mixed feelings about this place. The drinks are really good, the food is good, and the atmosphere is nice, but the service is just not great. The bartenders seem great, but every time we’ve been here we’ve sat at a table and it’s taken ages to order and get our drinks and then no one’s ever come back to check on us or to drop off our bill; 4/4 times we’ve been we’ve had to get up and ask the bartender for our check, as our waiter or waitress goes MIA (we also have yet to have a friendly server). The drinks are pricey and *if* the service was ace, I’d be fine with the price, but it’s just an obnoxious experience every time and we tend to default to other places where the staff is more attentive and friendly.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

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